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Dame Margaret KENNEDY, Countess of Cassillis

Dame Margaret KENNEDY, Countess of Cassillis[1]

Female 1514 - 1580  (66 years)

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  • Name Margaret KENNEDY  [2
    Prefix Dame 
    Suffix Countess of Cassillis 
    Born 1514  Bargany, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    1540 Married a second time to Sir Gilbert Kennedy   [3
    Gilbert Kennedy was a 3rd cousin 
    FamilySearch ID LCVR-PLT 
    LifeSketch   [3
    Biography 
    Buried Jan 1580  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died Between 28 Nov 1580 and 31 Dec 1580  Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    unknown Between 12 Jan 1596 and 12 Jan 1597  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Will Probated 
    Person ID I594763984  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

    Father Alexander KENNEDY, Lord of Bargany,   b. Abt 1480, Bargany, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1551, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Lady Mariot DUNBAR,   b. 1495, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1595, Bargany, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years) 
    Family ID F536729726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir Gilbert KENNEDY, 3rd Earl of Cassillis,   b. 12 May 1515, Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1558, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 1540  Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Helen KENNEDY,   b. Bef 1532, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1568, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)
     2. William WALLACE,   b. 1533, Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1616  (Age 83 years)
     3. Margaret WALLACE,   b. 1535, Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1622, Killochan Castle, Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. Lady Jean KENNEDY,   b. 1537, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1598, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     5. David KENNEDY,   b. 1539, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1543, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     6. Lady Catherine KENNEDY,   b. 1539, Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1593, Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     7. Johanna KENNEDY,   b. 1540,   d. 1598  (Age 58 years)
     8. John Wallace KENNEDY,   b. 1540, Renfrew, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1570, Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     9. Jane KENNEDY,   b. Abt 1542, Casillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Casillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland? Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Lady Isobel Sophia Lady Grymett KENNEDY,   b. 24 Jul 1542, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1598, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     11. Gilbert KENNEDY,   b. 1543, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1597, Ardstinchar Castle, Carrick, County Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     12. Sir Thomas KENNEDY, MASTER OF CASILLIS, 1ST LORD OF CULZEAN,, Knight,   b. Abt 1545, Culzean Castle, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1602, Culzean Castle, Ayreshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
     13. William Wallace KENNEDY,   b. 1545, Renfrew, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1602, Culzean Castle, Kirkoswald Carrick, Midlothia, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F536728183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Dame Margaret (Marjery) Sophia Kennedy was a daughter of Alexander Kennedy, Laird of Bargany and Mariot Dunbar of Mochrum. By her 1st. marriage to Sir William Wallace, 11th. of Craigie & 17th. of Riccartoun, she had two sons, John Wallace, 12th. of Craigie & 18th. of Riccarton, William Wallace, and a daughter, Margaret Wallace. After her 1st. husbnd Sir William Wallace's death, she married as her 2nd. husband, her cousin Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd. Earl of Cassilis, and had a number of children by him.

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Dec 2022), entry for Gilbert KENNEDY, person ID LJKR-LGD. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Dec 2022), entry for Margaret Kennedy, person ID LCVR-PLT. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Dec 2022), entry for Gilbert Kennedy, person ID LRH6-STW. (Reliability: 3).