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James Ker 1445–1501 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1445

Birth Location: Caverton, Roxburghshire, Schotland

Death Date: 25 November 1501

Death Location: St Boswells, Roxburghshire, , Scotland

Father: Andrew Cessford

Mother: Lady Cessford

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James Ker was born in 1445 in Caverton, Roxburghshire, Schotland, the child of Andrew Kerr Lord Of Aultournburn And Cessford And Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn And Cessford. James Ker passed away in 1501 in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Ker was born in 1445 in Caverton, Roxburghshire, Schotland, the child of Andrew Kerr Lord Of Aultournburn And Cessford And Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn And Cessford.
  • James Ker passed away in 1501 in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, , Scotland.

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James Ker's Ancestors

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James Ker
1445–1501
Birth Place: Caverton, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Parents
Andrew Kerr Lord of Aultournburn and Cessford
1420–1445
Altonburn, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and) Cessford
1425–1484
Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew (Lord Kerr van Aultournburn en) Cessford
1405–1481
Auldtounburn, Roxburgh, Scotland
Margaret Tweedie
1397–1425
Crighton, Midlothian, Scotland
Willem (Douglas Earl van) Angus
1400–1437
Mar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Elizabeth Hay of Yester, Countess of) Angus
1400–1484
Yester Castle, Gifford, East-Lothian-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Angus
1376–1403
Mary Scotland
1380–1457
William Hay
1380–1421
Alicia Hay
1382–1451
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1442–1499
Margaret OGILVY
1446–1486

James Ker's Timeline

2 Records

1445
1445
Birth of James Ker in Caverton, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Caverton, Roxburghshire, Schotland
1501
25 November 1501
Age 56
Death of James Ker in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1445
    Event Place: Caverton, Roxburghshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 November 1501
    Event Place: St Boswells, Roxburghshire, , Scotland

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