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John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr 1578–1661 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Apr 1578

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 31 Aug 1661

Death Location: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Father: Robert Somerset

Mother: Effie Abercrombe

Spouse(s): Margaret Bull

Children(s): James Car

The story of John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr began in 1578 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr married Margaret Bull, and had children including James Car. John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr passed away in 1661 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • The story of John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr began in 1578 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
  • John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr married Margaret Bull, and had children including James Car.
  • John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr passed away in 1661 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Kerr's Ancestors

Self
John Kerr
1578–1661
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Robert Carr Earl of Somerset
1550–1608
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Effie (Euphemia) Abercrombe
1557–
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas 9th Baron Of Ferniehurst, Lord Kerr\Carr\Carroll , Knt, Protector of Mary, Queen of) Scotts,
1529–1586
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Lady (Baroness Janet Kirkcaldy of The Grange) Lands
1537–1587
Halyards Palace, The Grange Lands, Banffshire, Scotland
Alexander Abercrombie
1534–1586
Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Leslie
1513–1600
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Kerr's Descendants

1.
JK
John (Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr) Kerr (6 Apr 1578–31 Aug 1661) m. Margaret Bull (11 Nov 1576–DECEASED)
  1. 1. James Car 1598–1657 m. Catherine Simson 1600–1630 m. Catherine Simsone 1600–1631
    1. 1. John (Kerr Marquess of) Lothian 1630–1696 m. Jonet Myllar 1637–1686 m. Agnes Wilson 1628–1658
      1. 1. John Kerr 1666–1688 m. Margaret Smith 1668–1696
        1. 1. James Kerr 1680–1770 m. Martha Ball 1685–1771 m. Martha Bell 1685–1771 m. Lucy Pickens 1702–1785
        2. 2. Anna Kerr 1690–1748
        3. 3. Gilbert Kerr 1692–1694
        4. 4. Gustavus Kerr 1685–1755
        5. 5. Anna Kerr 1690–1695
        6. 6. John (Smith) Kerr 1686–
      2. 2. Anna Kerr 1662–1671
      3. 3. Anna Kerr 1671–1671
      4. 4. Catherine Kerr 1658–1688
      5. 5. Charles Kerr 1669–
      6. 6. James Kerr 1661–1666
      7. 7. Margaret Kerr 1664–1680
      8. 8. Christian Ker 1652–
      9. 9. John Ker 1649–
    2. 2. John Kerr 1646–1699
    3. 3. James Kerr 1636–1690
    4. 4. Jean Kerr 1640–
    5. 5. Margaret Kerr 1639–1649
    6. 6. Alexander Kerr 1634–
    7. 7. Margaret Kerr 1649–
    8. 8. Robert Kerr 1628–1692

John Kerr's Timeline

4 Records

1578
6 Apr 1578
Birth of John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1578
6 Apr 1578
John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr was baptized in Dunfermline,Fife,Scotland
Dunfermline,Fife,Scotland
1661
Abt. 1661
Age 83
Death of John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1661
31 Aug 1661
Age 83
Burial of John Johannes Joannes Car Ker Carr Kerr in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Apr 1578
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 6 Apr 1578
    Event Place: Dunfermline,Fife,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1661
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1661
    Event Place: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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