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Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy 1537 – 1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 Mar 1593

Death Location: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Gilbert Cassilis

Mother: Margery Kennedy

Spouse(s): Patrick (Vaux,Vaus), Robert Stewart

Children(s): Catherine Vaus, Sir Vans, Patrick Vance, Alexander Vance, Eupheme (Vans), Sir Vance, Jean (Vans), Elizabeth (Vans), Florence (Vans), Mary (Vaus)

The story of Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy began in 1537 in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy married Patrick Vans (Vaux,Vaus), Robert Stewart, and had children including Catherine Vaus, Sir John Vans, Patrick Vance, Alexander Vance, Eupheme Vance (Vans), Sir John Vance, Jean Vance (Vans), Elizabeth Vance (Vans), Florence Vance (Vans), Mary Vance (Vaus). Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy passed away in 1593 in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy began in 1537 in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy married Patrick Vans (Vaux,Vaus), Robert Stewart, and had children including Catherine Vaus, Sir John Vans, Patrick Vance, Alexander Vance, Eupheme Vance (Vans), Sir John Vance, Jean Vance (Vans), Elizabeth Vance (Vans), Florence Vance (Vans), Mary Vance (Vaus).
  • Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy passed away in 1593 in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Lady Kennedy
1537 – 1593
Birth Place: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis
1515 – 1558
Girvan, Maybole Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margery (Sophia Riccarton) Kennedy
1517 – 1596
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Gilbert (Kennedy, 2nd Earl of) Cassilis
Scotland
Isabel Campbell
Scotland
Alexander (Lord Kennedy van) Barqany
1490 – 1550
Mariot Dunbar
1495 –
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Cassilis
1463 –
Thomas Barqany
1461 – 1549
Katherine Montgomery
1465 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Barqany
1436 – 1509
Elizabeth Barbany
1465 – 1533

Lady Kennedy's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Catherine "Kate") Kennedy (1537 – 14 Mar 1593) m. Patrick (Vans) (Vaux,Vaus) (1529 – 22 December 1597) m. Robert Stewart (1533 – 4 February 1593)
  1. 1. Catherine Vaus (1557 – 1614) m. William Houston (1550 – 1613)
    1. 1. Sir (William II) Houston (1590 – 1631) m. Marianne Adair (1593 – 1630)
      1. 1. Sir (William) Houston (1608 – 1685) m. Lady (Sarah Jane Todd Houston of) Primrose (1599 – 1700)
        1. 1. Sir (John Hugh) Houston (1625 – 1702) m. Lady (Margaret Baroness of Houston) Shaw (1625 – 1730)
        2. 2. James Houston (1632 – )
        3. 3. William Houston (1665 – 1724)
  2. 2. Sir (John) Vans (1559 – June 1642)
  3. 3. Patrick Vance (1561 – 1617)
  4. 4. Alexander Vance (1565 – 1642)
  5. 5. Eupheme (Vance) (Vans) (1571 – )
  6. 6. Sir (John) Vance (1580 – 26 July 1662)
  7. 7. Jean (Vance) (Vans) (1585 – 1730)
  8. 8. Elizabeth (Vance) (Vans)
  9. 9. Florence (Vance) (Vans)
  10. 10. Mary (Vance) (Vaus)

Lady Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1537
1537
Birth of Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1593
14 Mar 1593
Age 56
Death of Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1537
    Event Place: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1593
    Event Place: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

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