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Agnes Crichton 1492–1543 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1492

Birth Location: Cranstoun Riddell, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 5 Oct 1543

Death Location: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Sir II

Mother: Lady Maxwell

Spouse(s): Andrew Cessford)

Children(s): Mark Newbattle), Sir Cessford, Catherine Kerr, Margaret Kerr

The story of Agnes Crichton began in 1492 in Cranstoun Riddell, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland. Agnes Crichton married Andrew Kerr Lord Kerr Van Cessford, and had children including Catherine Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Mark Kerr Abbott Of Newbattle, Sir Walter Kerr Of Cessford. Agnes Crichton passed away in 1543 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Agnes Crichton began in 1492 in Cranstoun Riddell, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland.
  • Agnes Crichton married Andrew Kerr Lord Kerr Van Cessford, and had children including Catherine Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Mark Kerr Abbott Of Newbattle, Sir Walter Kerr Of Cessford.
  • Agnes Crichton passed away in 1543 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir II
1470–1513
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Lady Maxwell
1475–1527
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Andrew Cessford)
1485–1526
Birth Location: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Mark Newbattle)
1516–1584
Birth Location: Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland
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Sir Cessford
1509–1581
Birth Location: Castle Cessford, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland
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Catherine Kerr
1510–1566
Birth Location: Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland
CK
Margaret Kerr
1517–
Birth Location: Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland
MK

Agnes Crichton's Ancestors

Self
Agnes Crichton
1492–1543
Birth Place: Cranstoun Riddell, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert Crichton II
1470–1513
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Marion Margaret) Maxwell
1475–1527
Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Robert Crichton I (van) Sanquhar)
1435–1495
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Marion Stewart
1439–1478
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
John Maxwell
1455–1513
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Agnes (Margaret (Stuart) Stewart Maxwell Countess Of) Bothwell
1480–1557
Traquair, Peebles Shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alan Darnley)
1408–1439
Katherine Seton
1410–1478
Robert Maxwell)
1403–1485
Janet Crichton
1428–1488
King Stewart
1451–1488
Lady Crawford)
1473–1487
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King II
1430–1460
Mary Scotland
1433–1463
Christian Oldenburg
1426–1481
Dorothea Denmark)
1430–1495

Agnes Crichton's Descendants

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Agnes Crichton (1492–5 Oct 1543) m. Andrew (Kerr (Lord Kerr van) Cessford) (1485–18 Jul 1526)
  1. 1. Mark (Kerr (Abbott of) Newbattle) 1516–1584 m. Dame (Helen) Leslie 1520–1594
    1. 1. Catherine Kerr 1555–1600 m. William (Maxwell (5th Lord Herries of) Terregles) 1555–1604
      1. 1. John (Maxwell (6th Lord) Herries) 1580–1613 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Beaumont 1579–1630
        1. 1. Baron (John Robert Herries Maxwell (3rd Earl of Nithsdale, 7th Lord Herries of) Terregles) 1605–1677 m. Lucy Douglas 1602–1699
      2. 2. James Maxwell 1584–
      3. 3. Grissel Maxwell 1585–
      4. 4. Agnes Maxwell 1600–1664 m. William (Robert) Johnston 1593–1658
        1. 1. Sgt. (THOMAS Johnston) (Johnson) 1640–1658 m. Elizabeth Dean 1640–1731
    2. 2. William Kerr 1559–1581
    3. 3. George (Kerrcarr) Carroll 1561–1593
    4. 4. Andrew (Ker of) Fenton 1560–1581
    5. 5. Mark Kerr 1558–1609 m. Margaret Maxwell 1557–1617
      1. 1. George Kerr 1589–1652 m. Catherine Gardiner 1593–
        1. 1. Andrew Kerr 1621– m. Lady (Margaret) Maxwell 1627–1700
      2. 2. Lady (Isabelle) Kerr 1585–1623 m. Sir (William Douglass (1st Earl of Queensberry, Baron of) Drumlanrig) 1585–1638
        1. 1. Lady (Margaretha) Douglass 1610–1678 m. Sir (Archibald Duncan Campbell (1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of) Argyll) 1597–1661
      3. 3. Janet Kerr 1580–1632
      4. 4. Lady (Johanna Kerr (Countess of) Crawford) 1577–1632 m. Robert (Martin Boyd (Master of) Boyd) 1567–1597
        1. 1. Robert (Boyd (7th Lord of) Boyd) 1595–1628 m. Margaret Montgomerie 1595–1628 m. Christian Hamilton 1595–1645
        2. 2. James (Boyd (9th Lord) Boyd) 1597–1654
      5. 5. Margaret Kerr 1582–
      6. 6. Robert Kerr 1580–1624
  2. 2. Sir (Walter Kerr of) Cessford 1509–1581
  3. 3. Catherine Kerr 1510–1566
  4. 4. Margaret Kerr 1517–

Agnes Crichton's Timeline

2 Records

1492
1492
Birth of Agnes Crichton in Cranstoun Riddell, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland
Cranstoun Riddell, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland
1543
5 Oct 1543
Age 51
Death of Agnes Crichton in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1492
    Event Place: Cranstoun Riddell, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1543
    Event Place: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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