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Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford 1545–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

Birth Location: Cessford Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 27 May 1601

Death Location: Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord Cessford

Mother: Lady Kerr

Spouse(s): Jeanette Douglas, Margaret Dundas

Children(s): Robert Roxburgh, Lord The, Beatrice Kerr, Margaretha Kerr, Sir Kerr

The story of Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford began in 1545 in Cessford Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom. Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford married Jeanette Douglas, Margaret Dundas, and had children including Beatrice May Kerr, Lord Sir Robert Ker 1St Earl Of Roxburgh Member Of The, Margaretha Kerr, Robert Earl Kerr Of Roxburgh, Sir Thomas Kerr. Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford passed away in 1601 in Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford began in 1545 in Cessford Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford married Jeanette Douglas, Margaret Dundas, and had children including Beatrice May Kerr, Lord Sir Robert Ker 1St Earl Of Roxburgh Member Of The, Margaretha Kerr, Robert Earl Kerr Of Roxburgh, Sir Thomas Kerr.
  • Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford passed away in 1601 in Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Lord Cessford's Ancestors

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Lord Cessford
1545–1601
Birth Place: Cessford Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Sir Sir Walter Kerr Lord of Cessford
1508–1584
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isabelle) Kerr
1515–1585
Ferniehirst Castle, Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Andrew (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst
1480–1545
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Jeanette Home
1490–1543
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Cessford's Descendants

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Lord (Willem Kerr van) Cessford (1545–27 May 1601) m. Jeanette Douglas (1545–) m. Margaret Dundas (15 December 1542–20 September 1590)
  1. 1. Robert (Earl Kerr, of) Roxburgh 1570–1649 m. Lady (Margaret Mary Maitland, Baroness) Roxburgh 1570–1614 m. Johanna Drummond 1595–1643
    1. 1. Henry Kerr 1599–1640
    2. 2. Jean ((Countess of Perth)) Ker 1590–1622 m. (1e (Lord)John) Drummond 1588–1662
      1. 1. Countess (Jane) Drummond 1620–1663 m. Sir (John Richard) Fleming 1610–1664
        1. 1. John Fleming 1634–1665 m. Mary (Mercy Randolph,) Immigrant 1639–1717 m. Anne (Ker, Countess of) Wigtoun 1638–1673
      2. 2. William (Drummond) Kerr 1622–1675
      3. 3. Henry Drummond 1614–1622
      4. 4. James (Drummond Earl Van) Perth 1615–1675
  2. 2. Lord (Sir Robert Ker (1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of) The 1565–1649
  3. 3. Beatrice (May) Kerr 1567–1589
  4. 4. Margaretha Kerr 1568–1631
  5. 5. Sir (Thomas) Kerr 1582–1644

Lord Cessford's Timeline

2 Records

1545
1545
Birth of Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford in Cessford Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cessford Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1601
27 May 1601
Age 56
Death of Lord Willem Kerr van Cessford in Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Cessford Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 May 1601
    Event Place: Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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