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Margery Sophia KENNEDY 1517–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1517

Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 12 Jan 1597

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: ALEXANDER KENNEDY

Mother: MARIOT DUNBAR

Spouse(s): 3rd KENNEDY, William Wallace

Children(s): Gilbert Kennedy, THOMAS KENNEDY, Janet Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, John Wallace, William Wallace, Margaret Wallace, Helen Wallace, Isobel Kennedy, John Kennedy

Margery Sophia KENNEDY was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Kennedy And Mariot Dunbar. Margery Sophia KENNEDY married 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis Gilbert Kennedy, William Wallace, and had children including Catherine Kennedy, Gilbert 4Th Earl Of Cassilis Kennedy, Helen Wallace, Isobel Kennedy, Janet Jane Kennedy, John Wallace, John Wallace Kennedy, Margaret Wallace, Thomas Kennedy, William Wallace. Margery Sophia KENNEDY passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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  • Margery Sophia KENNEDY was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Kennedy And Mariot Dunbar.
  • Margery Sophia KENNEDY married 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis Gilbert Kennedy, William Wallace, and had children including Catherine Kennedy, Gilbert 4Th Earl Of Cassilis Kennedy, Helen Wallace, Isobel Kennedy, Janet Jane Kennedy, John Wallace, John Wallace Kennedy, Margaret Wallace, Thomas Kennedy, William Wallace.
  • Margery Sophia KENNEDY passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margery KENNEDY's Ancestors

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Margery KENNEDY
1517–1597
Birth Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
ALEXANDER KENNEDY
1491–1551
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
MARIOT DUNBAR
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Sir Thomas (3rd Earl Of Bargany) Kennedy 13th) GGF
1461–1525
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Katherine of Barbany Montgomerie de Kennedy 13th) GGM
1465–1533
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayreshire, Scotland
John Dunbar
1445–1503
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Eupheme Dunbar
1422–1494
Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Kennedy
1440–1500
Isobel Ogilvy
1442–
John Kennedy
1436–1508
Elizabeth Montgomerie
1440–1467
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hew Barqany
1380–
John Ogilvy
1388–1489
Lady Seton
1424–1471

Margery KENNEDY's Descendants

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Margery (Sophia) KENNEDY (Abt. 1517–12 Jan 1597) m. 3rd (Earl of Cassillis Gilbert) KENNEDY (1517–28 Nov 1558) m. William Wallace (1513–1538)
  1. 1. Gilbert (4th Earl of Cassilis) Kennedy 1541–1576 m. Margaret, (Marchiones of Hamilton Lyon (Lady of Glamis),) concubine 1547–1626
    1. 1. Charles Kennedy 1565–1625 m. Lady (Margaret Elspet Bairdy, Lady of) Dumferline 1562–1630
      1. 1. Elizabeth Kennedy 1610–1660 m. BALTHASAR (ARCHIBALD) Mercer 1600–1650
        1. 1. Helena (Mercer) Claypoole 1634–1688 m. James Claypoole 1634–1687 m. Helen MercesMercer 1638–1688
        2. 2. Thomas Mercer 1641–1641
        3. 3. Elizabeth Mercer 1638–1689
        4. 4. Rachel (R) Mercer 1644–1718
        5. 5. Robert Mercer 1635–1653
        6. 6. Rachel (Claypoole) MERCER 1644–1718
        7. 7. Elizabeth Mercer 1624–
    2. 2. Thomas Kennedy 1559–1602
    3. 3. HEW KENNEDY 1567–1607
    4. 4. Meg Kennedy 1568–
  2. 2. THOMAS KENNEDY 1545–1602
  3. 3. Janet (Jane) Kennedy 1542–1598
  4. 4. Catherine Kennedy 1550–1593
  5. 5. John Wallace 1530–1570
  6. 6. William Wallace 1533–1616
  7. 7. Margaret Wallace 1535–
  8. 8. Helen Wallace 1539–1622
  9. 9. Isobel Kennedy 1535–1590
  10. 10. John (Wallace) Kennedy 1540–1570

Margery KENNEDY's Timeline

2 Records

1517
Abt. 1517
Birth of Margery Sophia KENNEDY in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
1597
12 Jan 1597
Age 80
Death of Margery Sophia KENNEDY in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1517
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jan 1597
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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