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Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr 1580 – 1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian or Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 17 Aug 1632

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Sir Requests,

Mother: Countess Maxwell

Spouse(s): * Cunningham

Children(s): LADY Wylson)

Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr was born in 1580 in Newbattle, Midlothian or Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir Mark Kerr, Lord Newbottle, 1st Earl Lothian, Master of Requests, and Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell. Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr married * William Cunningham, and had children including LADY Alisoun \ Alison Cunninghame (Wilson Wilsone Willson Wylson). Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr passed away in 1632 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr was born in 1580 in Newbattle, Midlothian or Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir Mark Kerr, Lord Newbottle, 1st Earl Lothian, Master of Requests, and Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell.
  • Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr married * William Cunningham, and had children including LADY Alisoun \ Alison Cunninghame (Wilson Wilsone Willson Wylson).
  • Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr passed away in 1632 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Lady Kerr's Ancestors

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Lady Kerr
1580 – 1632
Birth Place: Newbattle, Midlothian or Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Mark Kerr, Lord Newbottle, 1st Earl Lothian, Master of Requests,
1558 – 1609
Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland
Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell
1557 – 1617
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Walter Lord Kerr Van) Cessford
1508 – 1581
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabelle) Home-Kerr
1515 – 1585
Ferniehirst, Midlothian, , Scotland
Lord (JOHN MAXWELL van Terregales, 4th Lord of) Herries
1512 – 1583
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (AGNES HERRIES, of Terregles, Baroness) Herries
1530 – 1594
Terregles, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Kerr
Agnes Chrichton
1500 – 1543
Sir Kerr
1471 – 1545
Jeanette Hume
1483 – 1543
Robert Maxwell
1493 – 1546
Lady Douglas
1498 – 1537
Sir Terregles
1501 – 1543
Catherine Herries
1510 – 1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Crichton
1472 – 1513
Marion Maxwell
1485 – 1527
Andrew Stewart
1472 – 1513
Lady Terregales
1485 – 1537
James Scots
1473 – 1513
Agnes Stewart
1489 – 1541

Lady Kerr's Descendants

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LK
Lady (Janet Alisoun Andrew) Kerr (1580 – 17 Aug 1632) m. * (William) Cunningham (1575 – 1 October 1631)
  1. 1. LADY (Alisoun \ Alison Cunninghame (Wilson Wilsone Willson) Wylson) (1600 – 1635) m. Sir (Edwarde George) Wilsone (1590 – 11 Sep 1634)
    1. 1. SIR (James Henry Cunninghame Wilson Wolsoun) Wulson (11 Sep 1618 – May 1672)
      1. 1. James (Cunningham) Wilson (c.1668 – 17 FEB 1740) m. Sarah (Durdin \) Durden (5 May 1671 – Bef. 1734)
        1. 1. William Willson (3 Jun 1703 – 1773) m. Rachel Baynard (abt 1715 – 23 Feb 1749)

Lady Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr in Newbattle, Midlothian or Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Newbattle, Midlothian or Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1632
17 Aug 1632
Age 52
Death of Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Newbattle, Midlothian or Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1632
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

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