KENNEDY, Alexander of Craigoch, then of Culzean 1
- Born: About 1585
- Marriage (1): KENNEDY, Agnes 'of Ardmillan' 1
- Died: September 1652 1
Alexander married Agnes KENNEDY 'of Ardmillan'.1 (Agnes KENNEDY 'of Ardmillan' was born about 1600.)
Marriage Notes:
"Sir Alexander Kennedy, the third, but second surviving, son, became the ultimate heir of his father Sir Thomas. On 3 July 1621 he got a royal charter of the lands and barony of Bargany and others on the resignation of Thomas Kennedy, and he himself resigned these lands three years afterwards in favour of Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick. He acquired the estate of Culzean from his brother James in 1622, and he also obtained the barony of Greenan and numerous other lands from John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, in 1643. He invaded the lands of James, Earl of Queensberry, in 1650, and is said to have died in September 1652. He married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Kennedy of Ardmillan, and had issue"
from Scots Peerage (vol 2) 1
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