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Janet Cassillis Kennedy 1540–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: September 1598

Death Location: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: Margery Kennedy

Spouse(s): Robert Orkney

Children(s): Lady Orkney, Patrick Orkney, Jean Stewart, James Tullos, Henry Orkney, Katharine Stewart, Lady Stewart, Robert Stewart, John Carrick

In 1540, Janet Cassillis Kennedy entered the world in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Gilbert Kennedy And Margery Sophia Kennedy. Janet Cassillis Kennedy married Robert Lord Stuart Van Zetland Earl Van Orkney, and had children including Henry Stewart Master Of Orkney, James 1St Of Graemsay Stewart Of Eday And Tullos, Jean Stewart, John Stewart 1St Earl Of Carrick, Katharine Stewart, Lady Elizabeth Stewart, Lady Marie Mary Stewart Of Orkney, Patrick Stewart 2Nd Earl Of Orkney, Robert Stewart. Janet Cassillis Kennedy passed away in 1598 in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Janet Cassillis Kennedy entered the world in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Gilbert Kennedy And Margery Sophia Kennedy.
  • Janet Cassillis Kennedy married Robert Lord Stuart Van Zetland Earl Van Orkney, and had children including Henry Stewart Master Of Orkney, James 1St Of Graemsay Stewart Of Eday And Tullos, Jean Stewart, John Stewart 1St Earl Of Carrick, Katharine Stewart, Lady Elizabeth Stewart, Lady Marie Mary Stewart Of Orkney, Patrick Stewart 2Nd Earl Of Orkney, Robert Stewart.
  • Janet Cassillis Kennedy passed away in 1598 in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Janet Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Janet Kennedy
1540–1598
Birth Place: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Margery (Sophia) Kennedy
1517–1596
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Grandparents
Gilbert (Kennedy 2nd Earl of) Cassillis
1485–1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Campbell
1489–1553
Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alexander Kennedy
1491–1551
Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Mariot) Dunbar
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cassilis
1463–1513
Lady Borthwick
1465–1516
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Kennedy
1436–1508
Lady Montgomerie
1433–1467
William Borthwick
1435–1503
Mariot Hoppringdale
1425–1473

Janet Kennedy's Descendants

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Janet (Cassillis) Kennedy (1540–September 1598) m. Robert (Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van) Orkney (1533–4 February 1592)
  1. 1. Lady (Marie "Mary" Stewart of) Orkney 1561–1644 m. Lord (Patrick) Grey 1560–1611
    1. 1. Jane (Gray,) Lady 1589–1640 m. Sir (John Wemyss Earl of) Wemyss 1586–1649
      1. 1. Lady (Beatrice 'Beatrix' Wemyss of) Brae 1622–1663 m. James (Fraser of) Brea 1612–1649
        1. 1. Magdeline Fraser 1640–1727 m. George (Mac Sheorais Cuthbert 10th Laird of) Castlehill 1635–1724
    2. 2. Lord (Andrew) Grey 1585–1663
  2. 2. Patrick (Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Orkney 1568–1615
  3. 3. Jean Stewart 1563–1642
  4. 4. James (1st of Graemsay Stewart of Eday and) Tullos 1560–
  5. 5. Henry (Stewart Master of) Orkney 1566–1590
  6. 6. Katharine Stewart 1562–1631
  7. 7. Lady (Elizabeth) Stewart 1575–1642
  8. 8. Robert Stewart 1570–1593
  9. 9. John (Stewart 1st Earl of) Carrick 1574–1646

Janet Kennedy's Timeline

4 Records

1537
1537
Birth of Janet Cassillis Kennedy in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1540
1540
Birth of Janet Cassillis Kennedy in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1598
1598
Age 58
Death of Janet Cassillis Kennedy in Kirkwall Castle, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkwall Castle, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
1598
September 1598
Age 58
Death of Janet Cassillis Kennedy in Islands, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Islands, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1537
    Event Place: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1598
    Event Place: Kirkwall Castle, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: September 1598
    Event Place: Islands, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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