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Lady Janet, Jean Kennedy 1540 – 1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1598

Death Location: Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland

Father: Gilbert Kennedy,

Mother: Margery Kennedy,

Spouse(s): Robert Stewart,

Children(s): Grizel Stewart, Lady Stewart, Sir Stewart, Jean Stewart, Robert Stewart

The birth of Lady Janet Jean Kennedy took place in 1540 in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland, to Gilbert Kennedy, and Margery Sophia Kennedy,. Lady Janet Jean Kennedy married Robert Stewart,, and together they had Grizel Stewart, Lady Mary Stewart, Sir James Graemsay Stewart, Jean Stewart and Robert Stewart. Lady Janet Jean Kennedy's death occurred in 1598 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland.

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Parents

Gilbert Kennedy,
1515 – 1558
Birth Location: Maypole Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
GK
Margery Kennedy,
1517 – 1597
Birth Location: Bargany Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
MK

Spouses(s)

Robert Stewart,
1533 – 1592
Birth Location: Scotland
RS

Children(s)

Grizel Stewart
1560 – 1615
Birth Location: Scotland
GS
Lady Stewart
1563 – 1644
Birth Location: Orknay Islands, Scotland
LS
Sir Stewart
1567 – 1629
Birth Location: Graemsay, Orkney, Scotland
SS
Jean Stewart
1570 – 1642
Birth Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland
JS
Robert Stewart
1575 – 1643
Birth Location: Scotland
RS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1537
    Event Place: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1540
    Event Place: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland

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

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1598
    Event Place: Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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