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Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy 1536–1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: About 1536

Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1636

Death Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Barqany

Mother: Lady Dunbar

Spouse(s): Sir GGF, John Cunningham

Children(s): Sir (Muir), Andrew Muir, Thomas GGU, Hew Boyd, Margaret Boyd, Helen Boyd, James Mure, Egidia Boyd, Sir GGF, Elizabeth Boyd, David Colonel

Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy was born in 1536 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Lord Kennedy Van Barqany And Lady Mariot Dunbar. Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy married John Cunningham, John De Pollock, Sir John Mure Of Caldwell 14Th Ggf, and had children including Andrew Muir, David Boyd Colonel, Egidia Giles Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Helen Boyd, Hew Archibald Boyd, James Mure, Margaret Boyd, Sir Robert Muir Of Caldwell 13Th Ggf, Sir William Mure Muir, Thomas Mure 13Th Ggu. Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy passed away in 1636 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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  • Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy was born in 1536 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Lord Kennedy Van Barqany And Lady Mariot Dunbar.
  • Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy married John Cunningham, John De Pollock, Sir John Mure Of Caldwell 14Th Ggf, and had children including Andrew Muir, David Boyd Colonel, Egidia Giles Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Helen Boyd, Hew Archibald Boyd, James Mure, Margaret Boyd, Sir Robert Muir Of Caldwell 13Th Ggf, Sir William Mure Muir, Thomas Mure 13Th Ggu.
  • Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy passed away in 1636 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Kennedy's Ancestors

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Lady Kennedy
1536–1636
Birth Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Lord Kennedy van Barqany
1491–1551
Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Mariot) Dunbar
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Canmore \Dunbar, Lord Dunbar van) Mochrum
1445–1503
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet, Baroness Fleming) Stewart
1460–1530
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Garlies
1434–1496
Elizabeth Douglas
1489–1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Willem Dalswinton
1408–1480

Lady Kennedy's Descendants

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Lady (Janet of Bargeny) Kennedy (About 1536–1636) m. Sir (John Mure of Caldwell 14th) GGF (Abt. 1532–10 September 1570) m. John Cunningham (abt 1536–)
  1. 1. Sir (William Mure) (Muir) 1547–1616 m. Lady (Margaret) Crawford 1570–1615
    1. 1. William (Muir \) Mure 1610–1657 m. Dame (Elizabeth) Hamilton 1615–1653
      1. 1. John (Muir) I 1648– m. Issobell Hendersone 1648–
        1. 1. John (Muir) II 1672–
      2. 2. Matthew (Muir) Mure 1650–1684
    2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Crawford 1570–1615
    3. 3. Andrew Muir 1585–
    4. 4. Isabel Mure 1586–
    5. 5. Marion Muir-Lindsay 1589–1657
    6. 6. James Muir 1593–1653
    7. 7. Lady (Langshaw) Mure 1594–1652
    8. 8. William (, 2nd) Mure 1594–1639
    9. 9. William (Mure (Muir) of) Rowallen 1595–1616
    10. 10. Robert Muir 1600–1622
    11. 11. Grissel Muir 1603–
    12. 12. Elspeth Muir 1605–
    13. 13. Joan (or Elizabeth) Mure 1605–1610
  2. 2. Andrew Muir 1547–1627
  3. 3. Thomas (Mure 13th) GGU 1550–1611
  4. 4. Hew (Archibald) Boyd 1551–1612
  5. 5. Margaret Boyd 1552–1597
  6. 6. Helen Boyd 1554–
  7. 7. James Mure 1555–1610
  8. 8. Egidia (Giles) Boyd 1556–1586
  9. 9. Sir (Robert Muir of Caldwell, 13th) GGF 1558–1610
  10. 10. Elizabeth Boyd 1562–1590
  11. 11. David (Boyd,) Colonel 1566–1623

Lady Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1536
About 1536
Birth of Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
1636
1636
Age 100
Death of Lady Janet of Bargeny Kennedy in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: About 1536
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] RootsWeb WorldConnect Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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