Kennedy Family Tree » Alexander Porterfield Laird of Duchall (1591-1675)

Personal data Alexander Porterfield Laird of Duchall 

Source 1
  • He was born in the year 1591 in Duchall Castle, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
  • He died in the year 1675 in Duchall Castle, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he was 84 years old.

Household of Alexander Porterfield Laird of Duchall

He is married to Agnes Blair.

They got married on August 3, 1610 at Duchall Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he was 19 years old.

They got married in the year 1613 at Duchall Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Grissel Porterfield  1614-1723
  2. William Porterfield  1615-1677
  3. John Porterfield  1620-1694

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Porterfield Laird of Duchall

Alexander Porterfield Laird of Duchall
1591-1675

1610

Agnes Blair
1602-1622


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Historical events

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1610: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
    • May 14 » Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
    • July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
    • August 2 » During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
    • August 9 » The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
    • October 17 » French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.

About the surname Porterfield Laird of Duchall


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Brian Kennedy, "Kennedy Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kennedy-family-tree/P25699.php : accessed May 6, 2025), "Alexander Porterfield Laird of Duchall (1591-1675)".