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Janet Kerr 1575–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1575

Birth Location: Dalmally, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 17 August 1632

Death Location: Glencairn, Nithersdale, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Mark Lothian

Mother: Margaretha Maxwell

Spouse(s): William Cunningham

Children(s): William Cunningham

Janet Kerr was born in 1575 in Dalmally, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Mark Kerr Earl Van Lothian And Margaretha Maxwell. Janet Kerr married John Drummond, William Cunningham, and had children including William Earl Of Glencairn Cunningham. Janet Kerr passed away in 1632 in Glencairn, Nithersdale, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Janet Kerr was born in 1575 in Dalmally, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Mark Kerr Earl Van Lothian And Margaretha Maxwell.
  • Janet Kerr married John Drummond, William Cunningham, and had children including William Earl Of Glencairn Cunningham.
  • Janet Kerr passed away in 1632 in Glencairn, Nithersdale, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Janet Kerr's Ancestors

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Janet Kerr
1575–1632
Birth Place: Dalmally, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian
1558–1609
Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland
Margaretha Maxwell
1548–1617
Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Sir (John Maxwell 4th Baron Herries Masters of Sandwich and) Maxwell
1512–1583
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal) blood
1530–1561
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Kerr's Descendants

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Janet Kerr (1575–17 August 1632) m. William Cunningham (1575–1 October 1631)
  1. 1. William (Earl of Glencairn) Cunningham 1610–1664 m. Anne Ogilvy 1615–1661
    1. 1. Alexander (Earl of Glencairn) Cunninghame 1636–1670 m. Nicol (Kirkhill) Stewart 1645–1742
      1. 1. Countess (Margaret) Cunningham 1658–1742 m. John ((Goertner)) Girdner 1656–1710
        1. 1. James (Maitland) Lauderdale 1690–1769 m. Lady (Jean Southerland-Gordon Countess) Lauderdale 1681–1746
    2. 2. Mary Cuninghame 1635–
    3. 3. James (Kilmaurs) Cunninghame 1650–1700
    4. 4. Walter Cunninghame 1650–
    5. 5. Andrew Cunningham 1650–1726
    6. 6. Anne Cunningham 1643–
    7. 7. James Cunningham 1636–1664
    8. 8. Jean Cunningham 1640–1692
    9. 9. John Cunningham 1643–1703
    10. 10. Margaret Cunningham 1640–1692
    11. 11. William Cunningham 1635–1654

Janet Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1575
1575
Birth of Janet Kerr in Dalmally, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dalmally, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1632
17 August 1632
Age 57
Death of Janet Kerr in Glencairn, Nithersdale, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glencairn, Nithersdale, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Dalmally, Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 August 1632
    Event Place: Glencairn, Nithersdale, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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