• General Notes

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  Some say Isobel Kennedy Lady is not John's mother but that Patrick was
  first married to Julianna Shaw. In the Register of Sasines for 1601,
  P atrick's wife is referred to as "Isobel Kennedy, Lady Grymett". She may
  have been the widow of Kennedy of Knockdon.
  Notes for ISOBEL KENNEDY from Kimberly Egan:
  Gaelic Name: Gaelic, CealU1aideach (Ugly head)
  Motto: Avise la fin (Con sider the end)
  Badge: Oak
  Lands: Arrick, Ayrshire Lochaber and Skye
  Origin o f Name:MacUalraig, Ceannaideach
  Kennedy comes from the flattering Gaelic word cinneidigh, which in
  ancient Ireland meant "ugly headed". Crossing the Irish Sea to settle in
  an area of Dalriada now called Carrick in Ayrshire, they wer e probably
  led by Gilbert, whose son Duncan became the 1st Earl of Carrick in the
  11th century.
  This name comes from the old Irish Gaelic, 'cinneidigh', l iterally
  meaning 'ugly headed'. The family came from Ireland to Celtic Dalria da,
  now Strathclyde, but are mainly associated with the district of Carrick
  in Ayrshire. They claimed descent from the Earls of Carrick and kinship
  to t he Bruce family, whom they supported against the Comyns and
  throughout the Wa r of Independence.
  John Kennedy of Dunure acquired lands at Cassillis about 13 60, and
  witnessed a charter by Robert II in 1384. His son, Sir Gilbert, was o ne
  of the hostages for the release of David II by the English in 1357.
  Gilb ert's son, James, married Princess Mary, second daughter of Robert
  III. Their son, another Gilbert, was created Lord Kennedy in about 1457
  and was one of the six regents during the minority of James III. A
  brother of the first Lord Kennedy, James Kennedy, was one of Scotland's
  best-Ioved bishops. He served briefly as High Chancellor of Scotland and
  was Bishop of Dunkeld, and later A rchbishop of St. Andrews. At St.
  Andrews he founded St. Salvator's College in 1455.
  Hugh Kennedy of Ardstinchar served as commander of the scots mercenary
  troops who fought for Joan of Arc at the siege of Orleans; hence Joan
  figur es on the arms of Kennedy of Bargany. Sir David, third Lord Kennedy
  , was cre ated Earl of Cassillis in 1509 and died at Flodden in 1513. The
  second Earl w as murdered in 1527. Gilbert, third Earl, was one of four
  Scottish commission ers who were poisoned at Dieppe on their return from
  the marriage of Mary , Q ueen of Scots to the Dauphin in 1558. He had
  inherited his title at the age o f twelve when one of his first acts was
  to sign, under duress, the death warr ant of Patrick Hamilton, the first
  Scottish Protestant martyr. The fourth Ear l earned an infamous reputation
  by 'roasting' Alan Stewart, Abbot of Crossrag uel, in the black vault of
  Dunmore in order to obtain tracts of abbey land.
  The sixth Earl of Cassillis, John, was Lord Justice General of Scotland
  from 1649 to 1651. He was a zealous Protestant, as was his son, the
  seventh Earl, and both were firm supporters of Parliament during the
  civil war. The Justice General sat in Cromwell's House of Lords. They
  suffered for their beliefs, b ut their estates remained largely intact.
  When the eighth Earl died without h eirs their was a three-year court
  dispute to determine the succession. The Ho use of Lords finally found in
  favour of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean in pref erence to William, Earl of
  March and London. Sir Thomas's brother, David, an advocate, succeeded him
  in 1775 as tenth Earl, and was an active improver. He commissioned the
  architect Robert Adam to build the castle at Culzean, consi dered to be
  Adam's masterpiece.

Details of Isobella's family with Patrick McIlvane