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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 married Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, John Earl of Cassillis Kennedy, and had children including Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy Earl van Cassillis, David Kennedy, John Earl of Cassillis Kennedie. Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy passed away in 1596 in Cassillis Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • 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 married Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, John Earl of Cassillis Kennedy, and had children including Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy Earl van Cassillis, David Kennedy, John Earl of Cassillis Kennedie.
  • Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy passed away in 1596 in Cassillis Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margery Kennedy's Ancestors

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Margery Kennedy
1517 – 1596
Birth Place: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Lord Kennedy van Barqany
1490 – 1550
Mariot Dunbar
1495 –
Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Lord Kennedy van) Barqany
1461 – 1549
Scotland
Katherine Montgomery
1465 –
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Barqany
1436 – 1509
Elizabeth Barbany
1465 – 1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margery Kennedy's Descendants

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Margery (Sophia Riccarton) Kennedy (1517 – 12 Jan 1596) m. Gilbert (Kennedy, 3rd Earl of) Cassilis (12 May 1515 – 8 December 1558) m. John (Earl of Cassillis) Kennedy
  1. 1. Lady (Catherine "Kate") Kennedy (1537 – 14 Mar 1593) m. Patrick (Vans) (Vaux,Vaus) (1529 – 22 December 1597) m. Robert Stewart (1533 – 4 February 1593)
    1. 1. Catherine Vaus (1557 – 1614) m. William Houston (1550 – 1613)
      1. 1. Sir (William II) Houston (1590 – 1631) m. Marianne Adair (1593 – 1630)
        1. 1. Sir (William) Houston (1608 – 1685) m. Lady (Sarah Jane Todd Houston of) Primrose (1599 – 1700)
    2. 2. Sir (John) Vans (1559 – June 1642)
    3. 3. Patrick Vance (1561 – 1617)
    4. 4. Alexander Vance (1565 – 1642)
    5. 5. Eupheme (Vance) (Vans) (1571 – )
    6. 6. Sir (John) Vance (1580 – 26 July 1662)
    7. 7. Jean (Vance) (Vans) (1585 – 1730)
    8. 8. Elizabeth (Vance) (Vans)
    9. 9. Florence (Vance) (Vans)
    10. 10. Mary (Vance) (Vaus)
  2. 2. Gilbert (Kennedy Earl van) Cassillis (15 October 1541 – 14 December 1576) m. Margaret Kennedy (11 December 1547 – 23 November 1626)
  3. 3. David Kennedy
  4. 4. John (Earl of Cassillis) Kennedie

Margery Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1596
12 Jan 1596
Age 79
Death of Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy in Cassillis Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland
Cassillis Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

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

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

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