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Margery Sophia Kennedy 1517–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland

Death Date: 1596 - 1597

Death Location: Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Kennedy

Mother: Lady Dunbar

Spouse(s): William Craigie, Gilbert Kennedy

Children(s): Janet Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, William Wallace, Helen (Cathcart), Isobel Kennedy, Margaret Stewart, Sarah Teasdale, John I, Thomas Cu, Gilbert Kennedy

In 1517, Margery Sophia Kennedy entered the world in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland, born to Alexander Kennedy And Lady Mariot Dunbar. Margery Sophia Kennedy married Gilbert Kennedy, William Wallace Of Craigie, and had children including Catherine Kate Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy, Helen Kennedy Cathcart, Isobel Kennedy, Janet Cassillis Kennedy, John Wallace I, Margaret Stewart, Sarah Teasdale, Thomas Kennedy Master Cassillis 1St Lord Of Cu, William Of Craigie Wallace. Margery Sophia Kennedy passed away in 1596 in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1517, Margery Sophia Kennedy entered the world in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland, born to Alexander Kennedy And Lady Mariot Dunbar.
  • Margery Sophia Kennedy married Gilbert Kennedy, William Wallace Of Craigie, and had children including Catherine Kate Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy, Helen Kennedy Cathcart, Isobel Kennedy, Janet Cassillis Kennedy, John Wallace I, Margaret Stewart, Sarah Teasdale, Thomas Kennedy Master Cassillis 1St Lord Of Cu, William Of Craigie Wallace.
  • Margery Sophia Kennedy passed away in 1596 in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margery Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Margery Kennedy
1517–1596
Birth Place: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Parents
Alexander Kennedy
1491–1551
Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Mariot) Dunbar
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margery Kennedy's Descendants

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Margery (Sophia) Kennedy (1517–1596 - 1597) m. William (Wallace of) Craigie (3 January 1513–8 March 1538) m. Gilbert Kennedy (1515–28 November 1558)
  1. 1. Janet (Cassillis) Kennedy 1540–1598 m. Robert (Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van) Orkney 1533–1592
    1. 1. Lady (Marie "Mary" Stewart of) Orkney 1561–1644 m. Lord (Patrick) Grey 1560–1611
      1. 1. Jane (Gray,) Lady 1589–1640 m. Sir (John Wemyss Earl of) Wemyss 1586–1649
        1. 1. Lady (Beatrice 'Beatrix' Wemyss of) Brae 1622–1663 m. James (Fraser of) Brea 1612–1649
      2. 2. Lord (Andrew) Grey 1585–1663
    2. 2. Patrick (Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Orkney 1568–1615
    3. 3. Jean Stewart 1563–1642
    4. 4. James (1st of Graemsay Stewart of Eday and) Tullos 1560–
    5. 5. Henry (Stewart Master of) Orkney 1566–1590
    6. 6. Katharine Stewart 1562–1631
    7. 7. Lady (Elizabeth) Stewart 1575–1642
    8. 8. Robert Stewart 1570–1593
    9. 9. John (Stewart 1st Earl of) Carrick 1574–1646
  2. 2. Catherine (\ Kate) Kennedy 1539–1593 m. Sir (Patrick Vans \ Vaus \ Vaux Knight, Lord of Barnbarroch, Rector of Wigton, Ambassador to) Denmark 1529–1597
    1. 1. Catherine Vaus 1574–1655 m. William (Houston\Houstin) Jr. 1571–1645
      1. 1. John Houston 1605–1631 m. Sarah (J) Burney 1608–
        1. 1. Sarah (Hosetine \) Houston 1626–1729 m. Andrew Hidden 1622–1701
    2. 2. Sir (John) Vance 1580–1662
    3. 3. Alexander Vance 1565–1642
    4. 4. Jean (Vance) (Vans) 1585–1730
    5. 5. Patrick Vance 1561–1617
    6. 6. Eupheme (Vance) (Vans) 1571–
    7. 7. Margaret (Caroline) Vance 1843–
  3. 3. William (of Craigie) Wallace 1533–1615
  4. 4. Helen (Kennedy) (Cathcart) 1538–1622
  5. 5. Isobel Kennedy 1535–1590
  6. 6. Margaret Stewart 1535–1622
  7. 7. Sarah Teasdale 1534–1631
  8. 8. John (Wallace) I 1540–1570
  9. 9. Thomas (Kennedy Master Cassillis, 1st Lord of) Cu 1561–1652 m. Elizabeth (McGill \) Makgill 1559–1622
    1. 1. Helen Kennedy 1587– m. Sir (John E Fergusson) Knight 1583–1647 m. James Mure 1576–1611
      1. 1. Simon Fergusson 1620–
      2. 2. Jonet Fergusson 1622–
      3. 3. Alexander Fergusson 1614–1685
    2. 2. Alexander Kennedy 1588–1652 m. Agnes (Kennedy of Maybole, 1st Baroness of) Kilh 1596–1653
      1. 1. Marion Kennedy 1626–
      2. 2. Rev. (Gilbert) Kennedy 1628–1699
      3. 3. Lord (Alexander Kennedy of Kilhenzie) Castle, 1638–1697
      4. 4. Agnes Kennedy 1634–1635
      5. 5. Thomas Kennedy 1640–1692
      6. 6. Margaret Kennedy 1630–1671
      7. 7. Sir (John Kennedy 6 Earl of) Cassilus 1620–1665
    3. 3. Gilbert (Kennedy Laird of) Drumurchie 1570–1653
  10. 10. Gilbert Kennedy 1541–1576

Margery Kennedy's Timeline

4 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Margery Sophia Kennedy in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1517
1517
Birth of Margery Sophia Kennedy in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
1596
1596 - 1597
Age 79
Death of Margery Sophia Kennedy in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1597
12 January 1597
Age 80
Death of Margery Sophia Kennedy in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Scottish Covenanters Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 January 1597
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1596 - 1597
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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