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Margery Sophia, Riccarton Kennedy 1517 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 Jan 1596

Death Location: Cassillis Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Alexander Barqany

Mother: Mariot Dunbar

Spouse(s): Gilbert Cassilis, John Kennedy

Children(s): Lady Kennedy, Gilbert Cassillis, David Kennedy, John Kennedie

Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Lord Kennedy van Barqany and Mariot Dunbar. Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy later married Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis and John Earl of Cassillis Kennedy, and together they raised children including Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy Earl van Cassillis, David Kennedy and John Earl of Cassillis Kennedie. In 1596, Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy passed away in Cassillis Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Parents

Alexander Barqany
1490 – 1550
Birth Location: –
AB
Mariot Dunbar
1495 –
Birth Location: Scotland
MD

Spouses(s)

Gilbert Cassilis
1515 – 1558
Birth Location: Girvan, Maybole Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
GC
John Kennedy
Birth Location: –
JK

Children(s)

Lady Kennedy
1537 – 1593
Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LK
Gilbert Cassillis
1541 – 1576
Birth Location: Scotland
GC
David Kennedy
Birth Location: –
DK
John Kennedie
Birth Location: –
JK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1517
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Jan 1596
    Event Place: Cassillis Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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