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Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford 1577 – 1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1577

Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 17 Aug 1632

Death Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Mark Newbattle,

Mother: Countess Maxwell

Spouse(s): Robert Boyd, Willem Glencairn

Children(s): James Kilmarnock

Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford was born in 1577 in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Mark II Kerr, Lord Newbattle, and Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell. Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford married Robert Martin VI Boyd, Master of Boyd, Willem Cunningham Earl van Glencairn, and had children including James Boyd, 9th Lord of Boyd Kilmarnock. Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford passed away in 1632 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford was born in 1577 in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Mark II Kerr, Lord Newbattle, and Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell.
  • Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford married Robert Martin VI Boyd, Master of Boyd, Willem Cunningham Earl van Glencairn, and had children including James Boyd, 9th Lord of Boyd Kilmarnock.
  • Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford passed away in 1632 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Lady Crawford's Ancestors

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Lady Crawford
1577 – 1632
Birth Place: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Mark II Kerr, Lord Newbattle,
1558 – 1609
Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell
1548 – 1617
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Mark (Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker) Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1516 – 1584
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Dame Helena Elizabeth) Leslie
1526 – 1596
Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Agnes Crichton
1488 – 1543
Andrew Cessford
1482 – 1526
Sir Leslie
1500 – 1558
Margaret Crichton
1480 – 1546
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Crawford's Descendants

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Lady (Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of) Crawford (1577 – 17 Aug 1632) m. Robert (Martin VI Boyd, Master of) Boyd (15 May 1567 – May 1597) m. Willem (Cunningham Earl van) Glencairn (1585 – 1 October 1631)
  1. 1. James (Boyd, 9th Lord of Boyd) Kilmarnock (1 Jul 1597 – 1654) m. Catherine (Elizabeth) Creyke (3 January 1617 – 23 October 1655)
    1. 1. Andrew Boyd (1632 – 1708)
    2. 2. Mary (Margaret Beverly) Boyd (1 March 1637 – 1 June 1678)
    3. 3. William (Crayke) Boyd (1638 – March 1692)
    4. 4. Eva Boyd (1640 – )
    5. 5. Eva Boyd (1642 – )
    6. 6. Jean Boyd (1644 – 8 May 1692)
    7. 7. Catherine Boyd (September 1644 – )
    8. 8. Lord (William Boyd - 10th Lord of Kilmarnock - 1st Earl of) Kilmarnock (1646 – 20 Mar 1692) m. Jean Cunningham-Boyd (1 Feb 1647 – 23 January 1692)
      1. 1. James (Boyd Earl of Kilmarnock) Lockhart (22 APR 1669 – 1705)
        1. 1. John (Thomas) Boyd (1704 – 30 Jun 1789) m. Nancy (Ann) Urie (1719 – 10 Feb 1756)

Lady Crawford's Timeline

2 Records

1577
1577
Birth of Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
1632
17 Aug 1632
Age 55
Death of Lady Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of Crawford in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1577
    Event Place: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1632
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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