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Margaret Kemp 1542–1599 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1599

Death Location: Dunfermline, Scotland

Father: Sir Gissing

Mother: Elizabeth GGM

Spouse(s): Alexander Glencairn

Children(s): William Cuninghame

In 1542, Margaret Kemp entered the world in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, born to Sir Robert De Kempe Of Gissing And Elizabeth Smythwyn 13Th Ggm. Margaret Kemp married Alexander Cuninghame Earl Of Glencairn, and had children including William Cuninghame. Margaret Kemp passed away in 1599 in Dunfermline, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1542, Margaret Kemp entered the world in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, born to Sir Robert De Kempe Of Gissing And Elizabeth Smythwyn 13Th Ggm.
  • Margaret Kemp married Alexander Cuninghame Earl Of Glencairn, and had children including William Cuninghame.
  • Margaret Kemp passed away in 1599 in Dunfermline, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Kemp's Ancestors

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Margaret Kemp
1542–1599
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert de Kempe of Gissing
1516–1594
Gissing, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth (Smythwyn 13th) GGM
1522–1559
Barrow Hall, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire, England.
Grandparents
William (Kempe, Esq (1489-1538) (1450-1524) (mrd) 1516)
1489–1538
Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex, England
Mary Colt
1490–1542
Roydon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
John (Edmund) Smythwyn
1480–1530
Berkshire or Buckinghamshire, England
Elizabeth Spelman
1500–
Barkham Manor, Berkshire, England.
Great-Grandparents
John Spelman,
1470–1544
Elizabeth FROWICK
1480–1556
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Kemp's Descendants

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Margaret Kemp (1542–1599) m. Alexander (Cuninghame, Earl of) Glencairn (1540–11 Jun 1574)
  1. 1. William Cuninghame 1566–1630 m. Helen Brume 1564–
    1. 1. Johne Cunninghame 1590–1665 m. jean young 1590–
      1. 1. Adame Cunninghame 1600–1650 m. Marione Maxwell 1604–1650
        1. 1. Elizabeth Cunninghame 1624– m. James Currie 1625–
    2. 2. Issobell Cunnynghame 1585–1617

Margaret Kemp's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Margaret Kemp in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1599
1599
Age 57
Death of Margaret Kemp in Dunfermline, Scotland
Dunfermline, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1599
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Scotland

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