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Lady Catherine, "Kate" Kennedy 1537 – 1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 Mar 1593

Death Location: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Gilbert Cassilis

Mother: Margery Kennedy

Spouse(s): Patrick (Vaux,Vaus), Robert Stewart

Children(s): Catherine Vaus, Sir Vans, Patrick Vance, Alexander Vance, Eupheme (Vans), Sir Vance, Jean (Vans), Elizabeth (Vans), Florence (Vans), Mary (Vaus)

Born in 1537 in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy was the child of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis and Margery Sophia Riccarton Kennedy. In time, Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy married Patrick Vans (Vaux,Vaus) and Robert Stewart, and they raised a family that included Catherine Vaus, Sir John Vans, Patrick Vance, Alexander Vance, Eupheme Vance (Vans), Sir John Vance, Jean Vance (Vans), Elizabeth Vance (Vans), Florence Vance (Vans) and Mary Vance (Vaus). Lady Catherine "Kate" Kennedy died in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1593.

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Parents

Gilbert Cassilis
1515 – 1558
Birth Location: Girvan, Maybole Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margery Kennedy
1517 – 1596
Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire), Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Patrick (Vaux,Vaus)
1529 – 1597
Birth Location: Barnbarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Robert Stewart
1533 – 1593
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Catherine Vaus
1557 – 1614
Birth Location: Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Vans
1559 – 1642
Birth Location: Barnbarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Patrick Vance
1561 – 1617
Birth Location: Lybrack, Ireland
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Alexander Vance
1565 – 1642
Birth Location: Longcastle, Ireland
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Eupheme (Vans)
1571 –
Birth Location: Dunragit, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Vance
1580 – 1662
Birth Location: Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jean (Vans)
1585 – 1730
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth (Vans)
Birth Location: –
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Florence (Vans)
Birth Location: –
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Mary (Vaus)
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1537
    Event Place: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Mar 1593
    Event Place: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
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