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Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr 1574–1628 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1574

Birth Location: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 May 1628

Death Location: Kelheid, Midlothia, Scotland

Father: Lord Requests,

Mother: Dame Lothian

Spouse(s): Willem Queensberry, **James Douglas, John Haddington)

Children(s): William, Douglas, James Queensberry), Margaret Kerr, Robert Morton, Anne Douglas, George Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Janet Drumlanrig)

Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr was born in 1574 in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Mark Kerr Lord Of Newbottle 1St Earl Lothian Master Of Requests And Dame Margaret Maxwell Countess Lothian. Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr married James Thomas Douglas, John Thomas Hamilton Earl Of Melrose 1St Earl Of Haddington, Morton, Willem Douglas Earl Van Queensberry, and had children including Anne Douglas, Archibald Douglas, George Douglas, Henrietta Douglas, James Douglas 2Nd Earl Of Queensberry, Janet Douglas Of Drumlanrig, Margaret Ethel Kerr, Robert Douglas Earl Van Morton, Thomas Augustus Morton, William Duke Of Kelhead Douglas. Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr passed away in 1628 in Kelheid, Midlothia, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr was born in 1574 in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Mark Kerr Lord Of Newbottle 1St Earl Lothian Master Of Requests And Dame Margaret Maxwell Countess Lothian.
  • Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr married James Thomas Douglas, John Thomas Hamilton Earl Of Melrose 1St Earl Of Haddington, Morton, Willem Douglas Earl Van Queensberry, and had children including Anne Douglas, Archibald Douglas, George Douglas, Henrietta Douglas, James Douglas 2Nd Earl Of Queensberry, Janet Douglas Of Drumlanrig, Margaret Ethel Kerr, Robert Douglas Earl Van Morton, Thomas Augustus Morton, William Duke Of Kelhead Douglas.
  • Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr passed away in 1628 in Kelheid, Midlothia, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Kerr's Ancestors

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Lady Kerr
1574–1628
Birth Place: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Mark Kerr, Lord of Newbottle, 1st Earl Lothian, Master of Requests,
1558–1609
Rothes, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dame (Margaret Maxwell, Countess) Lothian
1548–1617
Terreglestown, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Mark (Commendator Kerr\Carr\Carroll, Abbott of Newbattle 13th) GGF
1516–1584
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Dame Helena Elizabeth) Leslie
1526–1596
Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Sir (John Maxwell 4th Baron Herries Masters of Sandwich and Maxwell Merchant and Brewer, Mayor of Sandwich, Member of Parliament, Auditor, Treasurer, Jurat Bailiff to) Yarmouth
1512–1583
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Agnes Herries Baroness Herries royal) blood
1530–1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord GGF
1482–1526
Jeanette 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
1460–1543
George Rothes
1485–1558
Margaret Crichton
1480–1546
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew Leslie
1490–
George Rothes
1460–1513

Lady Kerr's Descendants

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Lady (Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian) Kerr (1574–30 May 1628) m. Willem (Douglas Earl van) Queensberry (1585–8 March 1638) m. **James (Thomas) Douglas (1585–1627) m. John (Thomas Hamilton (Earl of Melrose, 1st Earl of) Haddington) (Jan 1563–28 May 1627)
  1. 1. William, (Duke of Kelhead,) Douglas 1618–1673
    1. 1. Jean Douglas 1645– m. William Stark 1635–1700
      1. 1. Janet (Stark) (Frame) 1668–1709 m. Robert Frame 1669–1709
        1. 1. James Frame 1722–1764 m. Marion Donald 1720–1764
        2. 2. John Frame 1690–1750
        3. 3. Robert Frame 1690–1760
        4. 4. Margaret Frame 1694–1767
        5. 5. Mary Frame 1695–
        6. 6. Thomas (George) Frame 1698–1755
        7. 7. Isobell Frame 1702–
        8. 8. Elizabeth Frame 1704–
        9. 9. Robert Frame 1707–1760
        10. 10. James Frame 1709–
        11. 11. Alexander Frame 1704–1764
        12. 12. William Frame 1700–1755
      2. 2. Mary Rowell 1648–1707
  2. 2. James (Douglas (2nd Earl of) Queensberry) 1617–1671
  3. 3. Margaret (Ethel) Kerr 1610–1678
  4. 4. Robert (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1605–1649
  5. 5. Anne Douglas 1604–1700
  6. 6. George Douglas 1612–1655
  7. 7. Archibald Douglas 1609–1655
  8. 8. Janet (Douglas (of) Drumlanrig) 1615–1651

Lady Kerr's Timeline

6 Records

1574
1574
Birth of Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1600
22 Jul 1600
Age 26
Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr was married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1603
20 Jul 1603
Age 29
Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr was married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1623
Abt. 1623
Age 49
Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr was married in Dumphries, Scotland
Dumphries, Scotland
1628
30 May 1628
Age 54
Death of Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr in Holyrood,,Midlothian,Scotland
Holyrood,,Midlothian,Scotland
1632
15 Sep 1632
Age 58
Lady Frances "Isabelle" van Lothian Kerr was married in Bellie, Scotland
Bellie, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1574
    Event Place: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 22 Jul 1600
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1603
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1623
    Event Place: Dumphries, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1632
    Event Place: Bellie, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 May 1628
    Event Place: Holyrood,,Midlothian,Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kelheid, Midlothia, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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