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Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford 1425–1484 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1425

Birth Location: Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: Jun 1484

Death Location: Cessford, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Willem Angus

Mother: Lady Angus

Spouse(s): Andrew Cessford

Children(s): Thomas Ferniehurst, James Ker, Margaret Sandilands, Sir Kerr, Sir Kerr, Ralph Kerr, George (Home), Arthur Carr, Elizabeth Ker

Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford was born in 1425 in Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Willem Douglas Earl Van Angus And Lady Margaret Elizabeth Hay Of Yester Countess Of Angus. Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford married Andrew Kerr Lord Of Aultournburn And Cessford, and had children including Arthur George Carr, Elizabeth Ker, George Lord Kerr Van Samuelson Home, James Ker, Margaret Kinloth Kerr Sandilands, Ralph Kerr, Sir Andrew Kerr, Sir Walter Lord Cessford Kerr, Thomas Lord Kerr Van Ferniehurst. Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford passed away in 1484 in Cessford, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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  • Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford was born in 1425 in Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Willem Douglas Earl Van Angus And Lady Margaret Elizabeth Hay Of Yester Countess Of Angus.
  • Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford married Andrew Kerr Lord Of Aultournburn And Cessford, and had children including Arthur George Carr, Elizabeth Ker, George Lord Kerr Van Samuelson Home, James Ker, Margaret Kinloth Kerr Sandilands, Ralph Kerr, Sir Andrew Kerr, Sir Walter Lord Cessford Kerr, Thomas Lord Kerr Van Ferniehurst.
  • Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford passed away in 1484 in Cessford, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Lady Cessford's Ancestors

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Lady Cessford
1425–1484
Birth Place: Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
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
Grandparents
George (Douglas, 1st Earl of) Angus
1376–1403
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Scotland
Mary (Agnes Stewart, Princess of) Scotland
1380–1457
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
William Hay
1380–1421
Lockerworth, Mar, Scotland
Alicia Hay
1382–1451
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1442–1499
Margaret OGILVY
1446–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Lorn
1399–1451
Joan Beaufort)
1407–1445

Lady Cessford's Descendants

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Lady (Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and) Cessford (1425–Jun 1484) m. Andrew (Kerr Lord of Aultournburn and) Cessford (1420–1445)
  1. 1. Thomas (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst 1448–1484 m. Catharina Colville 1440–
    1. 1. Andrew (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst 1471–1545 m. Jeanette Home 1490–1543
      1. 1. John (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst 1500–1565 m. Sir (John Kerr, Laird of Fernieshire) Castle 1500–1559
        1. 1. Andrew Kerr 1562–1631 m. Anne Stewart 1566–1670 m. Margaret Ross 1584–1623 m. Lady (Agnes) Stewart 1555– m. Katherine Houston 1568–1646
        2. 2. Katherine ('Lady of Traquhair' Rutherford) Kerr 1538–1606
        3. 3. Thomas Kerr 1540–1684
        4. 4. Sir (William 'Kerr' Carr "10th Baron of) Fennehurst" 1542–1601
        5. 5. Sir (of Kersland Robert) Kerr 1526–1535
        6. 6. Elizabeth Kerr 1541–1573
        7. 7. Andrew (Carr) Kerr 1536–1537
        8. 8. Sir (Thomas, 9th Baron Ferniehurst) Kerr 1529–1586
        9. 9. John KERR 1536–1581
        10. 10. Catharina Kerr 1550–1606
      2. 2. Robert Kerr 1518–1588
      3. 3. Mark Kerr 1520–1586
      4. 4. Isabelle Kerr 1520–1585
    2. 2. Margaretha Kerr 1460–1484
  2. 2. James Ker 1445–1501
  3. 3. Margaret (Kinloth-Kerr) Sandilands 1446–1549
  4. 4. Sir (Walter Lord Cessford) Kerr 1445–1501
  5. 5. Sir (Andrew) Kerr 1450–1543
  6. 6. Ralph Kerr 1466–1525
  7. 7. George (Lord Kerr van Samuelson) (Home) 1450–1497
  8. 8. Arthur (George) Carr 1446–1549
  9. 9. Elizabeth Ker 1466–1548

Lady Cessford's Timeline

2 Records

1425
1425
Birth of Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford in Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1484
Jun 1484
Age 59
Death of Lady Margery Douglas Baroness Aultournburn and Cessford in Cessford, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1425
    Event Place: Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jun 1484
    Event Place: Cessford, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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