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Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy 1542–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: Sep 1598

Death Location: Islands, Orkney, Scotland

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: Margery Kennedy

Spouse(s): Robert, Stewart

Children(s): Patrick Stuart, Mary Stewart, Henry Stewart, Katherine Stewart, Sir Stewart, Robert Stewart, James Stewart, John Stewart, Elizabeth 1, Jean Stewart, William 1

Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy was born in 1542 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margery Margaret Sophia Kennedy. Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy married Robert 1St Earl Of Orkney Stuart Stewart, and had children including Elizabeth Stewart 1, Henry Stewart, James Stewart, Jean Stewart, John Stewart, Katherine Stewart, Mary Stewart, Patrick 2Nd Earl Orkney Stuart, Robert Stuart Stewart, Sir James Graemsay Stuart Stewart, William Stewart 1. Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy passed away in 1598 in Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy was born in 1542 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margery Margaret Sophia Kennedy.
  • Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy married Robert 1St Earl Of Orkney Stuart Stewart, and had children including Elizabeth Stewart 1, Henry Stewart, James Stewart, Jean Stewart, John Stewart, Katherine Stewart, Mary Stewart, Patrick 2Nd Earl Orkney Stuart, Robert Stuart Stewart, Sir James Graemsay Stuart Stewart, William Stewart 1.
  • Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy passed away in 1598 in Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Jean Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Jean Kennedy
1542–1598
Birth Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margery (Margaret Sophia) Kennedy
1517–1597
Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Gilbert (2nd Earl of Cassillis) Kennedy
1485–1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Isabel (Lady) Campbell
1489–1529
Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir High
1466–1513
Lady Argyll
1465–1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean Kennedy's Descendants

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Jean (Janet Baroness Campbell) Kennedy (1542–Sep 1598) m. Robert, (1st Earl of Orkney Stuart) Stewart (1533–4 Feb 1591)
  1. 1. Patrick (2nd Earl Orkney) Stuart 1562–1614 m. Margaret Livingston 1565–1619
    1. 1. James Stuart 1599–1707 m. Mrs. (JAMES) STUART 1600–1691
      1. 1. Eleanor Stuart 1630–1699 m. John Upton 1622–1699
        1. 1. Mary Upton 1665–1755 m. Shubael Stearns 1655–1734
        2. 2. Joseph Upton 1670–1753
        3. 3. William Upton 1663–1740
        4. 4. John Upton 1654–1727
        5. 5. Eleanor Upton 1656–1663
        6. 6. James Upton 1660–1702
        7. 7. Samuel (T) Upton 1664–1743
        8. 8. Ann Upton 1660–1730
        9. 9. Ezekiel Upton 1668–1711
        10. 10. Francis Upton 1671–1694
        11. 11. Isabel Upton 1667–1689
        12. 12. William Upton 1658–1663
        13. 13. Abigail Upton 1660–1730
        14. 14. Elizabeth Upton 1659–1720
    2. 2. Robert Stuart 1585–1614
  2. 2. Mary Stewart 1563–1644
  3. 3. Henry Stewart 1565–1590
  4. 4. Katherine Stewart 1550–1609
  5. 5. Sir (James Graemsay Stuart) Stewart 1567–1629
  6. 6. Robert (Stuart) Stewart 1574–1643
  7. 7. James Stewart 1576–1591
  8. 8. John Stewart 1578–1643
  9. 9. Elizabeth (Stewart) 1 1572–
  10. 10. Jean Stewart 1564–1642
  11. 11. William (Stewart) 1 1570–

Jean Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
1598
Sep 1598
Age 56
Death of Jean Janet Baroness Campbell Kennedy in Islands, Orkney, Scotland
Islands, Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Freuquhy, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1598
    Event Place: Islands, Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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