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Rev William III Wallace of Failford, Minister of the Gospel at Failford Major 1555–1611 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Apr 1555

Birth Location: Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 06 Apr 1611

Death Location: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Cassillis

Mother: Dame Cassillis

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Rev William III Wallace of Failford, Minister of the Gospel at Failford Major was born in 1555 in Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Gilbert Kennedy Earl Of Cassillis And Dame Margaret Margery Sophia Kennedy Lady Of Glencairn Countess Of Cassillis. Rev William III Wallace of Failford, Minister of the Gospel at Failford Major passed away in 1611 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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  • Rev William III Wallace of Failford, Minister of the Gospel at Failford Major was born in 1555 in Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Gilbert Kennedy Earl Of Cassillis And Dame Margaret Margery Sophia Kennedy Lady Of Glencairn Countess Of Cassillis.
  • Rev William III Wallace of Failford, Minister of the Gospel at Failford Major passed away in 1611 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Rev Major's Ancestors

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Rev Major
1555–1611
Birth Place: Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Gilbert Kennedy Earl of Cassillis
1515–1558
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Dame (MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of) Cassillis
1517–1596
Bargary, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Gilbert (Kennedy ND Earl of) Cassillis
1485–1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Campbell
1489–1553
Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (Alexander "Lord of Bargany" Kennedy (4th Earl of) Bargany)
1501–1551
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Marion Dunbar
1465–
Great-Grandparents
David Cassilis
1463–1513
Archibald Argyll
1465–1513
Lady Stuart
1464–1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Colin Argyll
1433–1493
Isabel Stewart
1437–1510
John Stuart
1560–
(Baroness) Seton
1554–1616

Rev Major's Timeline

2 Records

1555
6 Apr 1555
Birth of Rev William III Wallace of Failford, Minister of the Gospel at Failford Major in Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland
1611
06 Apr 1611
Age 56
Death of Rev William III Wallace of Failford, Minister of the Gospel at Failford Major in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Apr 1555
    Event Place: Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Apr 1611
    Event Place: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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