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Biography of John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis 1653-1701

Paternal Family Tree: Kennedy

On 7th January 1622 [his father] John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis and Jean Hamilton Countess Cassilis were married. She by marriage Countess Cassilis. She the daughter of Thomas Hamilton 1st Earl Haddington (age 59).

On 4th February 1638 Henry Ker and [his mother] Margaret Hay Countess Cassilis were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Hay 10th Earl Erroll and [his grandmother] Anne Lyon Countess Erroll. He the son of Robert Ker 1st Earl Roxburghe (age 68) and Jean Drummond Countess Roxburghe (age 53). They were half fifth cousins.

On 15th March 1644 [his father] John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis and [his mother] Margaret Hay Countess Cassilis were married. She by marriage Countess Cassilis. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Hay 10th Earl Erroll and [his grandmother] Anne Lyon Countess Erroll. They were second cousin once removed.

In November 1653 John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis was born to John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis and Margaret Hay Countess Cassilis.

In April 1668 [his father] John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis died. His son John (age 14) succeeded 7th Earl Cassilis.

In December 1668 John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis (age 15) and Susannah Hamilton Countess Cassilis (age 35) were married. She by marriage Countess Cassilis. The difference in their ages was 20 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and Margaret aka Mary Feilding. He the son of John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis and Margaret Hay Countess Cassilis. They were half second cousins.

Around 1672 [his son] John Kennedy Lord Kennedy was born to John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis (age 18) and [his wife] Susannah Hamilton Countess Cassilis (age 39).

In 1692 Charles Mohun 4th Baron Mohun Okehampton (age 17) fought his first duel with John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis (age 38)

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Before 1694 John Michael Wright (age 76). Portrait of John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis (age 40).

In 1694 [his wife] Susannah Hamilton Countess Cassilis (age 61) died.

In 1695 [his mother] Margaret Hay Countess Cassilis died.

In or before 1700 [his son] John Kennedy Lord Kennedy (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Hutchinson Countess Ruglen (age 22) were married. He the son of John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis (age 46) and [his former wife] Susannah Hamilton Countess Cassilis.

On 23rd July 1701 John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis (age 47) died. His grandson [his grandson] John (age 1) succeeded 8th Earl Cassilis.

Royal Ancestors of John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis 1653-1701

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis 1653-1701

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Kennedy 1st Earl Cassilis 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Kennedy 2nd Earl Cassilis 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl Cassilis 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Kennedy 4th Earl Cassilis 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kennedy 3rd of Bargany 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Kennedy of Bargany 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Kennedy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Kennedy Countess Cassilis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandFather: Hew Kennedy 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lyon 4th Lord Glamis 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Douglas 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Janet Douglas Lady Glamis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Lyon Marchioness Hamilton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Keith 2nd Earl Marischal

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Keith Master of Marischal

Great x 2 Grandmother: Janet Keith 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Douglas 2nd Earl Morton 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Douglas 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Crichton Countess Morton

Father: John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

John Kennedy 7th Earl Cassilis 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hay 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hay 7th Earl Erroll 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Logie

Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Hay 8th Earl Erroll 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Robertson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Robertson Countess Erroll

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Hay 9th Earl Erroll 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hay 5th Earl Erroll 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hay 6th Earl Erroll 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ruthven Countess Erroll 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jean Hay 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen or Eleanor Stewart Countess Erroll and Sutherland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Hay 10th Earl Erroll 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Douglas

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Douglas

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boyd

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Douglas 6th Earl Morton 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Erskine 17th Earl of Mar 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Erskine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Campbell Countess Mar 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Douglas Countess Erroll 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Leslie 4th Earl Rothes

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Leslie Countess Morton

Mother: Margaret Hay Countess Cassilis 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Douglas Lady Glamis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lyon 8th Lord Glamis 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Keith Master of Marischal

Great x 3 Grandmother: Janet Keith 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Douglas 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Patrick Lyon 1st Earl Kinghorne 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Abernethy 5th Lord Saltoun

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Abernethy 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hay 2nd Lord Hay of Yester 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hay 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crichton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandMother: Anne Lyon Countess Erroll 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England