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JOSEPH Cunningham 1568 – 1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1568

Birth Location: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Death Date: 1637

Death Location: 1686754, Orkney, Scotland

Father: John Cunningham

Mother: Sarah Gordon

Spouse(s): Nancy Blessington

Children(s): Lord Cunningham

JOSEPH Cunningham was born in 1568 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, the child of John Percy Cunningham and Sarah Gordon. JOSEPH Cunningham married Nancy Mary Blessington, and had children including Lord David Cunningham. JOSEPH Cunningham passed away in 1637 in 1686754, Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • JOSEPH Cunningham was born in 1568 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, the child of John Percy Cunningham and Sarah Gordon.
  • JOSEPH Cunningham married Nancy Mary Blessington, and had children including Lord David Cunningham.
  • JOSEPH Cunningham passed away in 1637 in 1686754, Orkney, Scotland.

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JOSEPH Cunningham's Ancestors

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JOSEPH Cunningham
1568 – 1637
Birth Place: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Parents
John Percy Cunningham
1529 – 1602
Leinster, Dublin, Ireland
Sarah Gordon
1531 – 1631
,Leinster,Dublin,Ireland
Grandparents
Lord (Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl") Cunningham
1510 – 1579
Glencarin Dumfries-shire, Skottland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Mary (Ada) Robinson
1504 – 1579
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lord (Captain James) Gordon
1501 – 1547
Lochinvar, Scotland
Lady (Mary Margaret) Crichton
1501 – 1535
Sanquhar Castle, Kirkpatrick, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cunningham
1476 – 1541
Margaret Campbell
1469 – 1542
George Robinson
1483 – 1550
Lady Blackaby
1449 – 1517
Liard Lochinvar
1472 – 1513
Lady Accarson
1480 – 1538
Lord Crichton
1472 – 1513
Lady Maxwell
1472 – 1527
2nd-Great-Grandparents

JOSEPH Cunningham's Descendants

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JOSEPH Cunningham (1568 – 1637) m. Nancy (Mary) Blessington (1568 – 1640)
  1. 1. Lord (David) Cunningham (1607 – 1691) m. Rachel Hamilton (1 Feb 1625 – 7 Aug 1665)
    1. 1. James (William) Cunningham (1695 – 19 Mar 1765) m. Margaret (Ann "Mattie") Graves (10 Aug 1708 – 17 Jul 1763)
      1. 1. Rebecca Cunningham (1715 – 22 March 1768) m. Charles O'Daugherty (1712 – 17 JUL 1763)
        1. 1. Major (William) Dougherty (01 NOV 1748 – 6 January 1834) m. Esther Wells (1750 – abt 1823)

JOSEPH Cunningham's Timeline

2 Records

1568
1568
Birth of JOSEPH Cunningham in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
1637
1637
Age 69
Death of JOSEPH Cunningham in 1686754, Orkney, Scotland
1686754, Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1568
    Event Place: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1637
    Event Place: 1686754, Orkney, Scotland

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