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Lady Mary Margaret Kerr 1567 – 1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Mar 1567

Birth Location: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Dec 1589

Death Location: Whytbank, Midlothian, or Cessford, Roxburgshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Kerr

Mother: Lady Douglas

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Lady Mary Margaret Kerr was born in 1567 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Sir William Kerr and Lady Janet Douglas. Lady Mary Margaret Kerr passed away in 1589 in Whytbank, Midlothian, or Cessford, Roxburgshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Mary Margaret Kerr was born in 1567 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Sir William Kerr and Lady Janet Douglas.
  • Lady Mary Margaret Kerr passed away in 1589 in Whytbank, Midlothian, or Cessford, Roxburgshire, Scotland.

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Lady Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Lady Kerr
1567 – 1589
Birth Place: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir William Kerr
1543 – 1600
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Douglas
1549 – 1611
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James) Douglas
1507 – 1575
Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Christian Montgomerie
1506 – 1575
Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas,
1481 – 1513
Elizabeth Gordon
1485 – 1512
John Montgomery,
1483 – 1520
Lady Edmonstone
1485 – 1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Douglas,
1430 – 1484
Lady Crichton
1432 – 1539
Sir Montgomery,
1460 – 1546
Helen Campbell,
1460 – 1528
Archibald Edmonstone,
1452 – 1502
Johanna Sauchie
1450 – 1490

Lady Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1567
25 Mar 1567
Birth of Lady Mary Margaret Kerr in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1589
15 Dec 1589
Age 22
Death of Lady Mary Margaret Kerr in Whytbank, Midlothian, or Cessford, Roxburgshire, Scotland
Whytbank, Midlothian, or Cessford, Roxburgshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1567
    Event Place: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1589
    Event Place: Whytbank, Midlothian, or Cessford, Roxburgshire, Scotland

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