Gilbert Kennedy, of Bargany and Ardstinchar

Family

From "Historical account of the noble family of Kennedy, Marquess of Ailsa and Earl of Cassilis ... (Anon.)"

Thomas Kennedy of Bargany is mentioned. He married Agnes, daughter of Hugh, second Earl of
Eglinton, and had issue two sons ;

• Gilbert, his eldest son, who married Janet, daughter of Andrew, Lord Ochiltree. He was killed at the skirmish of Brockloch, near Lady Corse, at Maybole, by Lord Cassillis 1 friends, on 11th December 1601.* He was succeeded by his son Thomas.
• Sir Thomas Kennedy's second son was Thomas Kennedy of Drummurchie, who slew Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean near Ayr on the 12th May 1602, in revenge for the death of his brother Gilbert. He fled to Ireland, where he lived with the Viscount of Ardes. In 1620 the estate of Bargany was sold by Thomas Kennedy, son of Gilbert Kennedy of Bargany, to Sir Thomas Hamilton of Lesterwick, with whose descendants in the female line it still remains.

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Seen as son of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis. BUT not so, according to The Scots peerage, Vol. IV, page 373

notes

:http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCP8X_Bargan y_Tomb_Ballantrae_Scotland

The Bargany Tomb, also known as the Kennedy Mausoleum, init ially covered the remains of Gilbert Kennedy, last Laird of Bargany in 1601. Built by his wife who is also interred t here. At one time the tomb formed the south wall of the par ish church.

Gilbert Kennedy was only 25 years old when he was killed i n a skirmish at Maybole, nearby, on 11 December 1601. He was initially buried in Ayr church. In 1605 his wife had hi s remains moved with much pageantry to this mausoleum, whic h at the time was the south wall of the newly built church . The wooden door was not there and arch was open whilst th e church existed. That church was knocked down in early 180 0s, leaving this structure, when current Parish church wa s built. An information board explains more as does the chu rch website, which has a very good plan of outline of churc hes and tomb.

From Is President JFK a Plantagenet Descendant ? Nov 2013

Andrew Stewart, Master of Ochiltree, and his wife Margaret Stewart of Methven, did have a daughter who married a Gilbert Kennedy. But he was of a different Kennedy family, not the one shown in Tim Dowling's pedigree, and his line died out with his Thomas who died sp.

The account of Stewart of Ochiltree in vol. 6 of SP gives the following seven daughters:

• 1. Margaret, m. John Stewart of Traquair
• 2. Anne, m. Andrew Ker, 1st Lord Jedburgh
• 3. Marjory, m. Sir Roger Aston
• 4. Martha, m. Nichol Rutherford of Hundalee
• 5. Jean or Anna, m. Gilbert Kennedy, "apparent heir of Thomas Kennedy of Bargany"
• 6. Agnes
• 7. Susanna

The best pedigree that I can find for the family of Kennedy of Bargany is in vol. 1 of James Paterson, History of the County of Ayr with a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire [1847] - available via Google Books and the Internet Archive. It says that Gilbert Kennedy and his wife (here called Janet) had a son Thomas who d. sp and two daughters who died young.

Tom Dowling's pedigree assigns Gilbert Kennedy as a son of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassillis, and his wife Margaret Lyon. But according to vol. 2 of SP this couple had only two sons - neither named Gilbert. Oddly enough, Gilbert Kennedy of Bargany was killed as a result of a longstanding feud between the Bargany and Cassillis branches of the Kennedy family - apparently at the instigation of the 5th Earl of Cassillis.

As it happens, Gilbert Kennedy of Bargany does appear to have a descent from Edward III - via his mother Agnes Montgomerie, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Eglinton. But the suggested descent from him to JFK still seems pretty weak.

See also

• History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogical Account of the ..., Volume 2  By James Paterson. Page 286
• http://www.maryqueenofscots.net/feuding-of-the-scottish-nobility-in...

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• http://www.montyhistnotes.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I105...
• Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, VOLUME 1 page 39
• History of the county of Ayr, Volume 1 By James Paterson. Page 99

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Gilbert Kennedy was the third son of Thomas Kennedy of Bargany and Agnes Montgomerie daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 2nd Earl of Eglinton. Bargany Castle, demolished in the 17th century, was on the south side of the river Girvan in Dailly parish in Ayrshire. Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Kennedy_of_Bargany_and_Ardsti...

"Gilbert Kenndy of Bargany, the Laird of the Kennedy House of Bargany who at the age of 25 years had been murdered on 11th December, 1601, at Pennyglen near Maybole....The bodies of Janet and Gilbert were entombed in a Mausoleum, or aisle, commemorated under a classical canopy. Later memorial tablets were built into the walls both internally and externally Subsequent burials commemorated by tablets on the walls, are of the descendants of the Kennedys." Source: Sign at the Old Ballentrae Cemetery.

Family

From https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

1. He married Janet Stewart. She was born 1566, and died 1605. [NO - she was married to Gilbert Kennedy, 7th of Bergany: http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
2. He married Margaret MacDowall, daughter of Uchtred MacDowall.

Children

1. ? Gilbert Kennedy was born 1593. He married Isabell Campbell. She was born 1603.

References

• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...