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Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr 1580 – 1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 17 August 1632

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Mark Newbattle,

Mother: Lady Maxwell

Spouse(s): Lord Cunninghame

Children(s): Alisone Cuningham

Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr was born in 1580 in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Mark Kerr, Lord Newbattle, and Lady Margaret Maxwell. Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr married Lord William 8th Earl of Glencairn Cunninghame, and had children including Alisone Cuningham. 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, Scotland, the child of Mark Kerr, Lord Newbattle, and Lady Margaret Maxwell.
  • Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr married Lord William 8th Earl of Glencairn Cunninghame, and had children including Alisone Cuningham.
  • Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr passed away in 1632 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mark Newbattle,
1558 – 1609
Birth Location: Rothes, Moray, Scotland
MN
Lady Maxwell
1548 – 1617
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
LM

Spouses(s)

Lord Cunninghame
1585 – 1630
Birth Location: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
LC

Children(s)

Alisone Cuningham
1600 –
Birth Location: Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
AC

Lady Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Lady Kerr
1580 – 1632
Birth Place: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Mark Kerr, Lord Newbattle,
1558 – 1609
Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Lady (Margaret) Maxwell
1548 – 1617
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Mark (Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker) Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1520 – 1584
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Dame Helena E) Leslie
1526 – 1596
Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Sir (John *Maxwell, Baron Herries, Master of) Maxwell
1512 – 1583
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Agnes *Herries, Baroness) Herries
1539 – 1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Ferniehurst
1480 – 1545
Jeanette Home
1490 – 1543
Sir Leslie
1500 – 1558
Margaret Crichton
1500 – 1546
Robert Bothwell
1493 – 1546
Lady Douglas
1498 – 1537
Sir Terregles
1501 – 1543
Catharina Kennedy
1510 – 1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Cambusnethan
1463 – 1513
Elizabeth Carmichael
1473 –
Sir Crichton
1472 – 1513
Margaret Stewart
1450 – 1512
John Maxwell
1450 –
Lady Bothwell
1475 – 1557
Andrew Stewart
1472 –
Lady Terregales
1485 – 1537
Gilbert Cassillis
1485 –
Isabel "Kennedy"
1483 – 1529

Lady Kerr's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Janet Alisoun Andrew) Kerr (1580 – 17 August 1632) m. Lord (William 8th Earl of Glencairn) Cunninghame (1585 – October 1630)
  1. 1. Alisone Cuningham (1600 – ) m. Edwarde (George (Knight)) Wilson (1590 – 11 Sep 1634)
    1. 1. Sir (James Henry Cunninghame Wilson) (Wolsoun)(Wulson) (11 Sep 1618 – May 1672) m. Margaret Kidd (1645 – 1696)
      1. 1. Joseph Wilson (1662 – 19 Jul 1703) m. Anne Turner (Oct 1667 – 8 Apr 1719)
        1. 1. John Wilson (1652 – 1721) m. Mary ((Hawley)) Haley (abt 1684 – 1722)

Lady Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
1632
17 August 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, Scotland

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