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Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville 1489 – 1536 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Jul 1489

Birth Location: Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: August 13, 1536

Death Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: John Cambusnethan

Mother: Elisabeth Carmichael

Spouse(s): Sir VI

Children(s): Robert Boyd

The story of Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville began in 1489 in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville married Sir Robert Lee Boyd , 4th Lord of Kilmarnock VI, and had children including Robert G. Boyd. Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville passed away in 1536 in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville began in 1489 in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville married Sir Robert Lee Boyd , 4th Lord of Kilmarnock VI, and had children including Robert G. Boyd.
  • Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville passed away in 1536 in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Cambusnethan
1463 – 1513
Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Schotland
JC
Elisabeth Carmichael
1473 – 1559
Birth Location: Balmedie, Lanarkshire, Schotland
EC

Spouses(s)

Sir VI
1485 – 1548
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
SV

Children(s)

Robert Boyd
1517 – 1590
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
RB

Lady Somerville's Ancestors

Self
Lady Somerville
1489 – 1536
Birth Place: Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
John Lord Somerville van Cambusnethan
1463 – 1513
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Elisabeth Carmichael
1473 – 1559
Balmedie, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Laird (Patrick) Murray
1460 – 1527
Rowallen Castle, Kilmaurs, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Hepburn, Baroness Muirhead of) Lauchope
1455 – 1542
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Hepburn
1450 – 1508
Margaret Gordon
1468 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Somerville's Descendants

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Lady (Helena Kelly (Boyd)) Somerville (3 Jul 1489 – August 13, 1536) m. Sir (Robert Lee Boyd , 4th Lord of Kilmarnock) VI (1485 – 1548)
  1. 1. Robert (G.) Boyd (1517 – 3 January 1590) m. Countess (Margaret Mariot Colquhoun, 1525, Countess of) Glens (1525 – 11 Aug 1601)
    1. 1. Thomas (Boyd, 6th Lord of) Kilmarnock (1544 – 1 Jun 1611) m. Margaretha Campbell (11 Dec 1550 – 5 May 1597)
      1. 1. Isobel Boyd (1580 – 1626) m. James (Cunningham, 6th Earl of) Glencairn (12 Jan 1574 – 26 May 1625)
        1. 1. Andro Cunynghame (22 Jan 1626 – 30 Jun 1676) m. Katherine ((Kid)) McCullough (18 Jun 1643 – 30 Jun 1676)

Lady Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1489
3 Jul 1489
Birth of Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
1536
August 13, 1536
Age 47
Death of Lady Helena Kelly (Boyd) Somerville in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Jul 1489
    Event Place: Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 13, 1536
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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