Mary Kennedy (1400)

Born 1400 in Scotland

Descendants

Biography

Mary Kennedy has previously been shown as the daughter of Sir James Kennedy and Mary Stewart, but has been detached for lack of reliable sources. See the research note below for more about this.

She married Andrew Agnew, 1st of Lochnaw in 1426 at Scotland.

Children of Mary Kennedy and Andrew Agnew, 1st of Lochnaw

• Gilbert Agnew
• Patrick Agnew
• Andrew Agnew, 2nd of Lochnaw b. 1427, d. 1483/84

Research Note

Parentage

Neither Scots Peerage or Royal Ancestry show a daughter for James Kennedy and Mary Stewart. A review of the sources found on the Peerage, and a search of the Google Group soc.genealogy.medieval reveal the following:

Two editions of the Sheriffs of Galloway apply considerable circumstantial evidence and wishfull thinking to build a weak case.^[1][2] Her first name appears with a question mark in the first account. The charters cited in this account never mention the wife of Andrew Agnew.^[3]

This identification was followed by a later family history that took her given name as fact, but supplied no supporting evidence. Also cited was a 17xx newspaper notice regarding shipping, with a long parenthetical note by the author, is placed so that it looks like it was part of the original notice.^[4]

Two postings on Google Group soc.genealogy.medieval try to support this identification, but neither provide any additional primary evidence. The first is just looking for ideas for a book, restating the pedigree from the previous books.^[5] The second supplies some rationale, but relies almost entirely on the parethetical note given in the Book of the Agnews, not realizing it was not part of the newspaper notice.^[6] Neither of these postings received any responses.

Sources

1. ↑ Andrew Agnew, The Agnews of Lochnaw: A History of the Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway…. (Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1864), 56-57, 628, Internet Archive.
2. ↑ Andrew Agnew, The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway: Their "Forebears" and Friends…. 2 vols., 2nd ed. (Edinburgh: David douglas, 1893), 1: 244, Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1882-) 2: 40-41 #183 & 184, Internet Archive.
4. ↑ Mary Virginia Agnew, The Book of the Agnews: James Agnew of Pennsylvania…. (Philadelphia: s.p., 1926) chart following 373, 393, 436-438, Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Matthew Rockefeller, "Clan Agnew", 10 October 2004, Google Groups.
6. ↑ J. I. Robbi, "Mary Kennedy Daughter of Sir James Kennedy and Lady Mary Stewart," 19 June 2007, Google Groups.

See also:

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p18423.htm#i184222
• http://www.house-empire.com/personpage.lasso?token.cardid=7697