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Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr 1548 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jan 1548

Birth Location: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jan 1617

Death Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Maxwell

Mother: Lady blood

Spouse(s): Mark Kerr

Children(s): Lady Douglas

In 1548, Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr entered the world in Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, born to Sir John Maxwell 4th Baron Herries Masters of Sandwich and Maxwell and Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal blood. Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr married Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr, and had children including Lady Isabel Kerr - Douglas. Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1548, Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr entered the world in Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, born to Sir John Maxwell 4th Baron Herries Masters of Sandwich and Maxwell and Lady Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal blood.
  • Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr married Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr, and had children including Lady Isabel Kerr - Douglas.
  • Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr passed away in 1617 in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Lady Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Lady Kerr
1548 – 1617
Birth Place: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Maxwell 4th Baron Herries Masters of Sandwich and Maxwell
1512 – 1583
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal) blood
1530 – 1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
*Lord (Robert MAXWELL, 5th Lord of Carlaverock *1493 edit) dates
1510 – 1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
LADY (JANET DOUGLAS of DRUMLANRIG, BARONESS) GLAMIS
1498 – 1537
Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Willem (Lord Herries van) Terregales
1508 – 1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Catherine (" Countess of Cassillis") Kennedy
1510 – 1545
Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Maxwell
1484 – 1546
Margaret Douglas
1492 – 1537
Andrew Stewart
1472 – 1513
Lady Home
1485 – 1537
Gilbert Cassillis
1485 – 1527
Isabelle Campbell
1490 – 1530
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Kerr's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell -) Kerr (8 Jan 1548 – 8 Jan 1617) m. Mark (1st Earl of Lothian) Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609)
  1. 1. Lady (Isabel Kerr -) Douglas (1585 – 30 May 1628) m. Sir (Willem (William) Douglas (9th Lord of Drumlanrig & Knight of The Garter & 1st Earl of Queensburry & Earl of Morton & Earl of) Doug (1585 – 8 Mar 1640)
    1. 1. Col (Hon Sir William Douglas of) Kelhead (1618 – 13 Dec 1673) m. Agnes Home (1618 – 29 Jan 1652) m. Lady (Jean Stuart of) Schelinlaw (16 Jan 1620 – Dec 1662)
      1. 1. Mary Douglas (Sep 1645 – 1680) m. John Kimbrough (1640 – 1715)
        1. 1. John Kimbrough (1661 – 1743) m. Elizabeth Bradley (16 Mar 1655 – 1750)

Lady Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1548
8 Jan 1548
Birth of Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr in Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1617
8 Jan 1617
Age 69
Death of Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1548
    Event Place: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, v Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1617
    Event Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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