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Lord John Kerr 1500 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jun 1500

Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 26 Jan 1558

Death Location: Northumberland, England

Father: Andrew Ker

Mother: Jeanette Home

Spouse(s): Margaret Collingwood, Katherine logan, Janet Clavering

Children(s): Margaret Ker, Robert Kerr, Thomas Kerr, John KERR, Andrew Carr, Katherine Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Elizabeth Kerr, Thomas Kerr, Margaret Kerr

The story of Lord John Kerr began in 1500 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Lord John Kerr married Margaret C Collingwood, Katherine Catharina of Cessford logan, Janet De Clavering, and had children including Margaret Ker, Robert of Kersland Kerr, Thomas Kerr, John KERR, Andrew Carr, Katherine Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Elizabeth Kerr, Thomas Kerr, Margaret Kerr. Lord John Kerr passed away in 1558 in Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lord John Kerr began in 1500 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
  • Lord John Kerr married Margaret C Collingwood, Katherine Catharina of Cessford logan, Janet De Clavering, and had children including Margaret Ker, Robert of Kersland Kerr, Thomas Kerr, John KERR, Andrew Carr, Katherine Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Elizabeth Kerr, Thomas Kerr, Margaret Kerr.
  • Lord John Kerr passed away in 1558 in Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew Ker
1480 – 1545
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
AK
Jeanette Home
1490 – 1543
Birth Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
JH

Spouses(s)

Margaret Collingwood
1504 – 1538
Birth Location: Eslington, Northumberland, England
MC
Katherine logan
1510 – 1565
Birth Location: –
Kl
Janet Clavering
1480 – 1551
Birth Location: Alnwick, Northumberland, England
JC

Children(s)

Margaret Ker
1520 –
Birth Location: Roxburghshire, Scotland
MK
Robert Kerr
1526 – 1535
Birth Location: Ker Island, Ayrshire, Scotland
RK
Thomas Kerr
1529 – 1586
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
TK
John KERR
1536 – 1581
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JK
Andrew Carr
1536 – 1581
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
AC
Katherine Kerr
1538 – 1606
Birth Location: Peebles-shire, Scotland
KK
Margaret Kerr
1540 – 1595
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MK
Elizabeth Kerr
1541 – 1573
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
EK
Thomas Kerr
1529 – 1586
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
TK
Margaret Kerr
1540 – 1595
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MK

Lord Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Lord Kerr
1500 – 1558
Birth Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Andrew Ker
1480 – 1545
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jeanette Home
1490 – 1543
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Kerr of) Smailholm
1448 – 1484
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaretha (Ker of) Kersheugh
1450 – 1512
George Home
1432 – 1497
Midlothian, Scotland
Mariota (St. Clair) [Sinclair]
1436 – 1496
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Kerr
1420 – 1481
Margaret Douglas
1425 – 1463
David Home
1407 – 1450
Elizabeth Carmichael
1408 – 1495
John Sinclair
1418 – 1444
Katherine Home
1426 – 1456
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Ker
1357 – 1438
William Douglas
1398 – 1437
David Home
1382 – 1452
Alicia Douglas
1388 – 1469
John Carmichael
1374 –
unknown
John Sinclair
1397 – 1466
Isobel Home
1400 – 1471
Alexander Home
1407 – 1489
Mariotta Lauder
1405 – 1466

Lord Kerr's Descendants

1.
LK
Lord (John) Kerr (15 Jun 1500 – 26 Jan 1558) m. Margaret (C) Collingwood (1504 – 1538) m. Katherine (Catharina of Cessford) logan (1510 – 9 Jan 1565) m. Janet (De) Clavering (Abt 1480 – 1551)
  1. 1. Margaret Ker (1520 – ) m. Thomas Turnbull (1520 – 5 Jun 1606)
  2. 2. Robert (of Kersland) Kerr (1526 – 1535)
  3. 3. Thomas Kerr (1529 – 1586) m. Janet Kirkcaldy (1540 – 1572) m. Lady (Janet of Buccleuch) Scott (Abt 1546 – 1587)
    1. 1. William Kerr (16 May 1562 – 13 Jan 1598) m. Mary (Ann) Clifford (9 Sep 1573 – 7 Mar 1603) m. Elizabeth Lyon (Abt 1555 – Abt 1590) m. Elizabeth Lyon (1565 – 1616) m. Elizabeth Ord (1572 – 1616) m. Elizabeth Lyon (1562 – 1607)
    2. 2. Andrew Kerr (1565 – 19 Dec 1631) m. Katherine Houston (1568 – 1646) m. Anna Stewart (Abt 1566 – 1670)
    3. 3. Mary Kerr (Abt 1565 – )
    4. 4. Margaret Kerr (1570 – 24 May 1594)
    5. 5. Julian Kerr (1572 – 30 Mar 1637) m. Patrick Hume ( – Aft Mar 1637) m. Thomas Hamilton (Jan 1563 – 29 May 1637)
    6. 6. James Kerr (1577 – Jul 1645) m. Mary (Fox) Rutherford (1575 – ) m. Janet (1590 – 1586) m. Mary Rutherford (Abt 1583 – ) m. Lady (Frances Howard Carr Countess of Warwick and) Somerset (31 May 1590 – 27 Aug 1632) m. Janet Scott (1605 – 1645)
      1. 1. Robert Ker (Abt 1595 – ) m. Christian Hamilton (Abt 1599 – )
      2. 2. Robert Carr (1629 – 1692) m. Christian Hamilton (Abt 1620 – 7 Nov 1688)
        1. 1. Thomas Carr (13 Mar 1646 – Nov 1711) m. Mary (Lucy) Garland (1654 – Abt 1745) m. Susannah Brooks
    7. 7. Janet Ker m. Patrick Hume ( – Abt 1608)
  4. 4. John KERR (1536 – 1581)
  5. 5. Andrew Carr (1536 – 24 Aug 1581)
  6. 6. Katherine Kerr (1538 – 1606) m. James Stewart (8 Apr 1534 – 9 Mar 1607) m. James (Stewart of) Traquair (1505 – 3 Sep 1606)
    1. 1. Mary (Anne) Stewart (Bet 1544 and 1570 – 18 Feb 1587) m. Francis Fraser (Abt 1565 – )
    2. 2. Robert Stewart (1552 – Feb 1623)
    3. 3. William Stewart (Abt 1553 – 20 May 1605) m. William Stewart (Abt 1567 – )
    4. 4. Mary (elspeth) Stewart (1555 – 28 Feb 1606) m. John (Theodore) Rose (1550 – 1606)
      1. 1. William Rose (1581 – 1664)
      2. 2. John (Rose) II (1585 – 1650) m. Janet Urquhart (Abt 1582 – Abt 1655)
        1. 1. John (Rose) III (1610 – 1675) m. Margaret Falconer (1609 – 1676) m. Christian Gordon (Abt 1610 – Bet 1577 and 1666)
        2. 2. Alexander Rose (1612 – 1683)
        3. 3. Kennis Rose (1620 – 1675)
      3. 3. Hugh Rose (1585 – 1643)
      4. 4. James Rose (1585 – 1643)
      5. 5. David Rose (1590 – )
      6. 6. Robert Rose (1592 – 1679)
      7. 7. William (Leondes) Rose (1594 – 1671)
    5. 5. Walter Stewart (Abt 1555 – 1640) m. Margaret Robertson (Bet 1522 and 1580 – )
    6. 6. Janet Stewart (1 Nov 1555 – 28 Feb 1606) m. John Vetch (1557 – 1606) m. John Veatch (1564 – )
    7. 7. James Stewart (Abt 1558 – ) m. Katherine Rutherford (Abt 1560 – )
    8. 8. Janet Stewart (1 Nov 1558 – 28 Feb 1606) m. John Veitch (Abt 1555 – 1606)
    9. 9. Isabel Stuart (Abt 1559 – ) m. William Rutherford (Abt 1557 – )
    10. 10. Margaret (Kelly) Stewart (1562 – 21 Dec 1625) m. William Burnet (Abt 1546 – Abt 1653)
    11. 11. Mary Stewart (Abt 1564 – )
    12. 12. Gelis Stewart (1566 – 14 Nov 1624) m. William Rutherford (1570 – 1665)
    13. 13. # (1576 – 30 Jul 1607)
    14. 14. John Stewart (1594 – )
    15. 15. William (Charles) Stewart (1605 – 1682) m. Jeane Stuart m. Jonet ((Janet)) Currie (1612 – )
    16. 16. Janet Stewart m. John Veitch (1579 – )
  7. 7. Margaret Kerr (1540 – 1595) m. William Hay (Abt 1541 – 10 Mar 1590)
  8. 8. Elizabeth Kerr (1541 – 24 Jan 1573)

Lord Kerr's Timeline

3 Records

1500
15 Jun 1500
Birth of Lord John Kerr in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1558
26 Jan 1558
Age 58
Death of Lord John Kerr in Northumberland, England
Northumberland, England
1559
1559
Age 59
Burial of Lord John Kerr in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1500
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Jan 1558
    Event Place: Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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