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Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford 1549–1611 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1549

Birth Location: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: Apr 1611

Death Location: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Drumlanrig

Mother: Christian Montgomerie

Spouse(s): Sir Cessford

Children(s): Lady Kerr, Sir Scotland, Sir Roxburgh, Robert Roxburghe, Margaret Scott

Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford was born in 1549 in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir James Douglas 7Th Laird Of Drumlanrig And Christian Montgomerie. Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford married Sir William Kerr Lord Of Cessford, and had children including Lady Mary Margaret Kerr, Margaret Kerr Of Cessford Baroness Scott, Robert Nesbit Kerr Roxburghe, Sir Robert Ker Lord Roxburgh, Sir Robert Kerr 1St Earl Of Roxburgh Member Of The Privy Council Of Scotland. Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford passed away in 1611 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford was born in 1549 in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir James Douglas 7Th Laird Of Drumlanrig And Christian Montgomerie.
  • Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford married Sir William Kerr Lord Of Cessford, and had children including Lady Mary Margaret Kerr, Margaret Kerr Of Cessford Baroness Scott, Robert Nesbit Kerr Roxburghe, Sir Robert Ker Lord Roxburgh, Sir Robert Kerr 1St Earl Of Roxburgh Member Of The Privy Council Of Scotland.
  • Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford passed away in 1611 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Lady Cessford's Ancestors

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Lady Cessford
1549–1611
Birth Place: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir James Douglas 7th Laird of Drumlanrig
1507–1575
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Christian Montgomerie
1506–1575
Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (William Douglas, 6th Laird of) Drumlanrig
1481–1513
Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Elizabeth Gordon
1485–1512
Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
John (Montgomery, 1st Earl & 3rd Lord Master of) Eglinton
1483–1520
Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth) Edmonstone
1485–1533
Duntreath Castle, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Drumlarnig
1430–1484
Lady Crichton
1432–1539
Sir Ba
1460–1546
Helen Eglinton
1460–1528
Archibald Dunreath
1452–1502
Johanna Sauchie
1450–1490
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Drumlanrig
1400–1464
Lady Carlyle
1410–1460
Sir Dumfrieshire
1409–1478
Lady Huntley
1413–1478
Sir Eglinton
1425–1468
Catherine Dunore
1438–1533

Lady Cessford's Descendants

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Lady (Janet Douglas of) Cessford (1549–Apr 1611) m. Sir (William Kerr Lord of) Cessford (16 May 1543–Feb 1600)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Margaret) Kerr 1567–1589
  2. 2. Sir (Robert Kerr 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of) Scotland 1565–1649
  3. 3. Sir (Robert Ker Lord) Roxburgh 1570–1649
  4. 4. Robert (Nesbit Kerr) Roxburghe 1612–1650
  5. 5. Margaret (Kerr, of Cessford, Baroness) Scott 1570–1631

Lady Cessford's Timeline

2 Records

1549
1549
Birth of Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1611
Apr 1611
Age 62
Death of Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Innerkething, Perth, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1611
    Event Place: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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