'Kinnear1'
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Families covered: Kinneir of Balmerino, Kinnear of Kinloch, Kinnear of Kinnear (Kinneir of Kinneir), Kinnear of Lochton
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First displayed: 01.10.17Last updated: 01.10.17Back to 'Can You Help ?'
| Several early members of this family have been identified - with the family name given as de Kiner, de Kinner & de Kynner - but the earliest connected family member found is ... | |||||||||||||||
| David Kinneir of Kinneir, Fife (a 1488, d before 1543) | |||||||||||||||
| This David is identified as father of John (d before 1602) but we suspect that he has been confused with a son of the same name. The dates appear to support the view that there was an intervening generation. | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | David Kinneir of Kinneir (Kinnear of Kinnear) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 25.03.1563) Elizabeth Lindsay (dau of John Lindsay, 5th Lord of the Byres) probably wife of this David, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Kinneir of Kinneir (d before 1602) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Ramsay | |||||||||||||||
| i. | David Kinneir of Kinneir (a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| We presume that this David was father or grandfather of (rather than the same person as) ... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | David Kinneir of Kinneir (a 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | David Kinneir of Kinneir (Kinnear of Kinnear) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sophie Kinneir (dsps) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Anstruther, 1st Bart of Balcaskie (d 03.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| Their daughter died young. | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mary Kinneir of Kinneir (Kinnear of Kinnear) (d 1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Kenneth Mackenzie (later Sir Kenneth, Bart of Cromartie, son of George, Viscount Tarbat) | |||||||||||||||
| Their daughter died young. | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Agnes Kinneir or Kinnear of Kinnear | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1886 does not identify Agnes's husband but the Bayne sources suggest that he was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. David Kinnear 'of that ilk' | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Kinnear of Kinnear (d 1700) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Cecilia Kinnear of Kinnear (d 10.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James (probably not David) Bayne, later Kinnear | |||||||||||||||
| Their daughter married William Douglas and had a daughter, Cecilia Maria, who married John Macdonald of Sanda and sold Kinnear to Charles Kinnear of Kinloch (below). | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Henry Kinneir (Abbot & Commendator of Balmerino Abbey) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Bethune (dau of Robert Bethune of Creich) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Kinneir of Barnden (Commendator of Balmerino) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | David Kinneir (d 1632, rector of Auchterhouse) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Kinneir of Balmerino (a 1635) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Jean Kinneir | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Scott | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Scott (a 1629) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Henry Kinneir | ||||||||||||||
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| The following should not be shown as we have yet to find a connection to the following family from elsewhere in the database. Nevertheless, "said to be a descendants of the old family of Kinnear, of that ilk" was ... | |||||||||||||||
| John Kinnear of Longforgan | |||||||||||||||
| m. Isobel Bisset | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Kinnear of Fingask, Perthshire (d 1801) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalen Soutar | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Charles Kinnear of Kinnear & Kinloch | ||||||||||||||
| had | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1772) Ann Hunter (dau of James Hunter of Inchture, sister of Charles of Seaside & Thomas of Glencarse) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Kinnear of Kinloch (d 27.08.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1792) Lucretia Anderson (dau/coheir of Thomas Anderson of Newburgh, sister of Jane) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Charles Kinnear of Kinnear & Kinloch (b 1796, d 09.04.1874) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1825) Christian Jane Greenshields (dau/heir of John Boyd Greenshields by Jane, dau of Robert Boyd of Drum & sister/heir of Robert Boyd of Drum) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1837, spm) Charlotte Paterson (dau/coheir of George Paterson of Cimoquhie) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (17.11.1801) Janet Thomson (dau of George Thomson of Nuthill) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Murray Kinnear (d 1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Skelton (WS) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas (d 1838), George, Susan (d 1815) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Charles Kinnear of Kinnear (d unm 09.01.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Kinnear | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Greenhill of Cordon | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Susan Kinnear (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Patrick Kinnear of Lochton, Perthshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hunter (sister of Charles Hunter of Seaside) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Patrick Kinnear of Lochton had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1811) Elizabeth Hill (dau of Patrick Hill of Pitfour) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | 2 daughters (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | "several daughters" | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1886 ('Kinnear of Kinnear and Kinloch') with some support for the early generations in the upper section from 'Balmerino and its abbey' (Rev. James Campbell, 1867, p390)
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