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Lord John Kerr 1500–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jun 1500

Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Andrew Ker

Mother: Jeanette Home

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

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

Lord John Kerr was born in 1500 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Andrew Ker And Jeanette Home. Lord John Kerr married Janet De Clavering, Katherine Catharina Of Cessford Logan, Margaret C Collingwood, and had children including Andrew Carr, Elizabeth Kerr, John Kerr, Katherine Kerr, Margaret Ker, Margaret Kerr, Robert Of Kersland Kerr, Thomas Kerr. Lord John Kerr passed away in 1559 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lord John Kerr was born in 1500 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Andrew Ker And Jeanette Home.
  • Lord John Kerr married Janet De Clavering, Katherine Catharina Of Cessford Logan, Margaret C Collingwood, and had children including Andrew Carr, Elizabeth Kerr, John Kerr, Katherine Kerr, Margaret Ker, Margaret Kerr, Robert Of Kersland Kerr, Thomas Kerr.
  • Lord John Kerr passed away in 1559 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lord Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Lord Kerr
1500–1559
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
1448–1500
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaretha (Ker of) Kersheugh
1450–1500
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–
John Sinclair
1397–1466
Isobel Home
1400–1471
Alexander Home
1407–1490
Mariotta Lauder
1405–1466

Lord Kerr's Descendants

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Lord (John) Kerr (15 Jun 1500–1559) m. Janet (De) Clavering (Abt 1480–1551) m. Margaret (C) Collingwood (1504–1554) m. Katherine (Catharina of Cessford) logan (1510–9 Jan 1565)
  1. 1. Thomas Kerr 1529–1586 m. Janet Kirkcaldy 1540–1572 m. Lady (Janet of Buccleuch) Scott 1546–1587
    1. 1. James Kerr 1577–1645 m. Mary Rutherford 1583– m. Mary (Fox) Rutherford 1575– m. Janet 1590–1586 m. Lady (Frances Howard Carr Countess of Warwick and) Somerset 1590–1632 m. Janet Scott 1605–1645
      1. 1. Robert Carr 1629–1692 m. Christian Hamilton 1620–1688
        1. 1. Thomas Carr 1646–1711 m. Mary (Lucy) Garland 1654–1736
      2. 2. Robert Ker 1595– m. Christian Hamilton 1599–
    2. 2. William Kerr 1562–1598 m. Mary (Ann) Clifford 1573–1603 m. Elizabeth Lyon 1565–1616 m. Elizabeth Lyon 1555–1590 m. Elizabeth Ord 1572–1616 m. Elizabeth Lyon 1562–1607
    3. 3. Andrew Kerr 1565–1631 m. Katherine Houston 1568–1646 m. Anna Stewart 1566–1670
    4. 4. Mary Kerr 1565–
    5. 5. Margaret Kerr 1570–1594
    6. 6. Julian Kerr 1572–1637 m. Patrick Hume –1637 m. Thomas Hamilton 1563–1637
  2. 2. Margaret Kerr 1540–1595 m. William Hay 1541–1590
  3. 3. Katherine Kerr 1538–1606 m. James Stewart 1534–1607 m. James (Stewart of) Traquair 1505–1606
    1. 1. Mary (elspeth) Stewart 1555–1606 m. John (Theodore) Rose 1550–1606
      1. 1. John (Rose) II 1585–1650 m. Janet Urquhart 1582–1655
        1. 1. John (Rose) III 1610–1675 m. Margaret Falconer 1609–1676 m. Christian Gordon 1610–1577
        2. 2. Alexander Rose 1612–1683
        3. 3. Kennis Rose 1620–1675
      2. 2. William Rose 1581–1664
      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
    2. 2. Robert Stewart 1552–1623
    3. 3. William Stewart 1553–1605 m. William Stewart 1567–
    4. 4. Walter Stewart 1555–1640 m. Margaret Robertson 1522–
    5. 5. Janet Stewart 1555–1606 m. John Vetch 1557–1606 m. John Veatch 1564–
    6. 6. Mary (Anne) Stewart 1544–1587 m. Francis Fraser 1565–
    7. 7. James Stewart 1558– m. Katherine Rutherford 1560–
    8. 8. Janet Stewart 1558–1606 m. John Veitch 1555–1606
    9. 9. Isabel Stuart 1559– m. William Rutherford 1557–
    10. 10. Margaret (Kelly) Stewart 1562–1625 m. William Burnet 1546–1653
    11. 11. Mary Stewart 1564–
    12. 12. Gelis Stewart 1566–1624 m. William Rutherford 1570–1665
    13. 13. # 1576–1607
    14. 14. John Stewart 1594–
    15. 15. William (Charles) Stewart 1605–1682 m. Jonet ((Janet)) Currie 1612–
  4. 4. Margaret Ker 1520– m. Thomas Turnbull 1520–1606
  5. 5. Robert (of Kersland) Kerr 1526–1535
  6. 6. John KERR 1536–1581
  7. 7. Andrew Carr 1536–1581
  8. 8. Elizabeth Kerr 1541–1573

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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