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Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume 1483–1543 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1483

Birth Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: 5 Oct 1543

Death Location: Fennehirst Caslte, Jedborgh, Yeviotdale, Scotland

Father: Patrick Polwarth

Mother:

Spouse(s): Andrew Ferniehurst

Children(s): Lady Ferniehirst, Mark Kerr, Robert Kerr, John Ferniehurst

Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume was born in 1483 in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Patrick Home Laird Van Polwarth And Ellen Shaw. Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume married Andrew Lord Kerr Van Ferniehurst, and had children including John Lord Kerr Van Ferniehurst, Lady Isabelle Kerr Baroness Ferniehirst, Mark Kerr, Robert Kerr. Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume passed away in 1543 in Fennehirst Caslte, Jedborgh, Yeviotdale, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume was born in 1483 in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Patrick Home Laird Van Polwarth And Ellen Shaw.
  • Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume married Andrew Lord Kerr Van Ferniehurst, and had children including John Lord Kerr Van Ferniehurst, Lady Isabelle Kerr Baroness Ferniehirst, Mark Kerr, Robert Kerr.
  • Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume passed away in 1543 in Fennehirst Caslte, Jedborgh, Yeviotdale, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Patrick Polwarth
1450–1503
Birth Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
PP

Spouses(s)

Andrew Ferniehurst
1480–1545
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
AF

Children(s)

Lady Ferniehirst
1515–1585
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LF
Mark Kerr
1520–1584
Birth Location: –
MK
Robert Kerr
1518–1588
Birth Location: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland
RK
John Ferniehurst
1500–1562
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
JF

Lady Hume's Ancestors

Self
Lady Hume
1483–1543
Birth Place: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
Patrick Home Laird van Polwarth
1450–1503
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Hume's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Janet (Polswarth) Home) Hume (1483–5 Oct 1543) m. Andrew (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst (1480–4 October 1545)
  1. 1. Lady (Isabelle Kerr Baroness) Ferniehirst 1515–1585 m. Lord (Walter Kerr, Lord of) Cessford 1510–1586 m. Robert (Von Woodend & Ancrum, De Kerr Von) Ferniehirst 1518–1588 m. Andrew Lundy –1598
    1. 1. Margaretha Kerr 1540– m. Alexander (Canmore Lord) Home 1530–1575
      1. 1. Margaret Keith 1565–1598 m. George Keith 1553–1623
        1. 1. Lady (Anne Agnes Keith Dunottar, Countess of) Morton 1586–1648 m. Willem ((William) Douglas (8th Earl of Morton)) I 1582–1648
  2. 2. Mark Kerr 1520–1584
  3. 3. Robert Kerr 1518–1588
  4. 4. John (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst 1500–1562

Lady Hume's Timeline

2 Records

1483
1483
Birth of Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
1543
5 Oct 1543
Age 60
Death of Lady Janet (Polswarth) Home Hume in Fennehirst Caslte, Jedborgh, Yeviotdale, Scotland
Fennehirst Caslte, Jedborgh, Yeviotdale, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1483
    Event Place: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1543
    Event Place: Fennehirst Caslte, Jedborgh, Yeviotdale, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
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