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Lord Sir Thomas Kerr 1529 – 1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 June 1529

Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 30 March 1586

Death Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: John Ferniehurst

Mother: Katherine Ker

Spouse(s): Lady Kirkcaldy, Baroness Kirkcaldy, Lady Buccleuch

Children(s): Lord Kerr, Sir Coun, Sir Coun

In 1529, Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) entered the world in Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to John Kerr, 8th Baron of Ferniehurst and Katherine Catharina of Cessford Logan Ker. Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) married Lady Janet Kirkcaldy, Baroness Janet Kirkcaldy, Lady Janet Scott, of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, and had children including Lord Sir Andrew Kerr, Sir Robert Kerr, 10th Baron of Ferniehurst, 1st and last Earl of Somerset, 1st Viscount Rochester, Keeper of Westminster Palace,Privy Coun, Sir Robert Kerr, 10th Baron of Ferniehurst, 1st and last Earl of Somerset, 1st Viscount Rochester, Keeper of Westminster Palace,Privy Coun. Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) passed away in 1586 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1529, Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) entered the world in Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to John Kerr, 8th Baron of Ferniehurst and Katherine Catharina of Cessford Logan Ker.
  • Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) married Lady Janet Kirkcaldy, Baroness Janet Kirkcaldy, Lady Janet Scott, of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, and had children including Lord Sir Andrew Kerr, Sir Robert Kerr, 10th Baron of Ferniehurst, 1st and last Earl of Somerset, 1st Viscount Rochester, Keeper of Westminster Palace,Privy Coun, Sir Robert Kerr, 10th Baron of Ferniehurst, 1st and last Earl of Somerset, 1st Viscount Rochester, Keeper of Westminster Palace,Privy Coun.
  • Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) passed away in 1586 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Ferniehurst
1500 – 1559
Birth Location: Scotland
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Katherine Ker
1510 – 1565
Birth Location: Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Kirkcaldy
1520 – 1572
Birth Location: Grange, Banffshire, , Scotland
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Baroness Kirkcaldy
1522 – 1572
Birth Location: Halyards Palace, Grange, Banffshire, Scotland
BK
Lady Buccleuch
1555 – 1596
Birth Location: Buccleuch, Selkirkshire, Scotland
LB

Children(s)

Lord Kerr
1565 – 1631
Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Coun
1585 – 1645
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
SC
Sir Coun
1585 – 1645
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
SC

Lord Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Lord Kerr
1529 – 1586
Birth Place: Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
John Kerr, 8th Baron of Ferniehurst
1500 – 1559
Scotland
Katherine (Catharina of Cessford Logan) Ker
1510 – 1565
Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Kerr's Descendants

1.
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Lord (Sir Thomas) Kerr (17 June 1529 – 30 March 1586) m. Lady (Janet) Kirkcaldy (1520 – 11 May 1572) m. Baroness (Janet) Kirkcaldy (abt 1522 – 1572) m. Lady (Janet Scott, of Kirkurd and) Buccleuch (1555 – abt 1596)
  1. 1. Lord (Sir Andrew) Kerr (1565 – 1631) m. Dame (Anne) Stewart (1566 – 1670)
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Kerr (1580 – AFT 1645) m. Margrat Ramsay (1572 – AFT 1645)
      1. 1. Janet Kerr (15 Dec 1623 – circa 1662) m. John (Patterson) III (3 January 1622 – 31 May 1644)
        1. 1. Sir (John William) Patterson (1680 – 23 Sep 1745) m. Anne Knox (1 February 1640 – aft 1720)
  2. 2. Sir (Robert Kerr, 10th Baron of Ferniehurst, 1st and last Earl of Somerset, 1st Viscount Rochester, Keeper of Westminster Palace,Privy) Coun (1585 – Jul 1645) m. Elspet Kilgour (1562 – Abt. 1612)
    1. 1. Bessy Kerr (about 1581 – 1635) m. William Leirmonth (about 1577 – )
      1. 1. Jhone Leirmonth (June 1602 – ) m. Elspeth Vaitche (1610 – )
        1. 1. Margaret Learmount (30 JUL 1645 – ) m. Adame Wallker (4 January 1637 – )

Lord Kerr's Timeline

15 Records

1529
17 Jun 1529
Birth of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Ferniehirst Castle Midlothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ferniehirst Castle Midlothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1529
17 June 1529
Birth of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
1529
17 Jun 1529
Birth of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Ferniehurst Castle, Fife, , Scotland
Ferniehurst Castle, Fife, , Scotland
1529
17 Jun 1529
Birth of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Ferniehirst Castle Midlothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ferniehirst Castle Midlothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1529
17 June 1529
Birth of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1529
17 June 1529
Birth of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1545
1545
Age 16
Birth of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire,, Scotland
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire,, Scotland
1586
31 March 1586
Age 57
Death of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1586
31 Mar 1586
Age 57
Death of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1586
31 March 1586
Age 57
Death of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in London, Middlesex, , England
London, Middlesex, , England
1586
30 Mar 1586
Age 57
Death of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1586
30 March 1586
Age 57
Death of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1586
30 March 1586
Age 57
Death of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1586
30 March 1586
Age 57
Death of Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1792
3 Jun 1792
Age 263
Lord Sir Thomas Kerr , 9th Baron of Ferniehurst (Lady Elizabeth Heron''s hero who saved her Castle) was baptized in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England
Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1529
    Event Place: Ferniehirst Castle Midlothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 June 1529
    Event Place: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1529
    Event Place: Ferniehurst Castle, Fife, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire,, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1529
    Event Place: Ferniehirst Castle Midlothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 June 1529
    Event Place: Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 June 1529
    Event Place: Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 3 Jun 1792
    Event Place: Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Yorkshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1837

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 March 1586
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1586
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 March 1586
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, , England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Mar 1586
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 March 1586
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 March 1586
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 March 1586
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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