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Lord Hew Kennedy 1509 – 1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1509

Birth Location: Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 Aug 1565

Death Location: Tofts, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord Kennedy

Mother: Lady Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Stewart

Children(s): Lord Kennedy

Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains was born in 1509 in Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Gilbert Kennedy and Lady Isabelle Campbell. Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains married Lady Janet Stewart, and had children including Lord Gilbert Kennedy. Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains passed away in 1565 in Tofts, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains was born in 1509 in Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Gilbert Kennedy and Lady Isabelle Campbell.
  • Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains married Lady Janet Stewart, and had children including Lord Gilbert Kennedy.
  • Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains passed away in 1565 in Tofts, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lord Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Lord Kennedy
1509 – 1565
Birth Place: Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Gilbert Kennedy
1485 – 1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabelle) Campbell
1489 – 1529
Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Kennedy's Descendants

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Lord (Hew) Kennedy (1509 – 16 Aug 1565) m. Lady (Janet) Stewart (17 Jul 1505 – 5 Feb 1580)
  1. 1. Lord (Gilbert) Kennedy (12 May 1515 – December 22, 1558) m. Lady (Margery Sophia) Bredie (01 Jan 1517 – 12 January 1597)
    1. 1. Lord (Col Gilbert) Kennedy (15 Oct 1541 – 14 December 1576) m. Lady (Margaret) Lyon (30 Dec 1547 – 23 Nov 1626)
      1. 1. Lord (Hugh) Kennedy (Bef. September 1577 – 5 Mar 1627) m. Lady (Katherine) McDowall (1570 – 1659)
        1. 1. Lady (Grace Margaret) Kennedy (1586 – 1665) m. Andrew Alexander (1560 – 23 Oct 1647)

Lord Kennedy's Timeline

9 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.
1509
1509
Birth of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.
1509
1509
Birth of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1532
May 1532
Age 23
Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains was married
None
1565
16 Aug 1565
Age 56
Death of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1565
16 Aug 1565
Age 56
Death of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Tofts, Stirling, Scotland
Tofts, Stirling, Scotland
1565
16 Aug 1565
Age 56
Death of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Tofts, Stirling, Scotland
Tofts, Stirling, Scotland
1565
16 AUG 1565
Age 56
Death of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Tofts, Stirling, Scotland
Tofts, Stirling, Scotland
1565
16 Aug 1565
Age 56
Death of Lord Hew Kennedy , 2nd of Girvan Mains in Tofts, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tofts, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1509
    Event Place: Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1509
    Event Place: Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: May 1532
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1565
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1565
    Event Place: Tofts, Stirling, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1565
    Event Place: Tofts, Stirling, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 AUG 1565
    Event Place: Tofts, Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1565
    Event Place: Tofts, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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