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Margaret Kerr 1573 – 1643 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1573

Birth Location: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Mar 1643

Death Location: Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Mark Kerr

Mother: Margaret Maxwell

Spouse(s): James Home

Children(s):

Margaret Kerr was born in 1573 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Mark Kerr and Margaret Maxwell. Margaret Kerr married James Home. Margaret Kerr passed away in 1643 in Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Kerr was born in 1573 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Mark Kerr and Margaret Maxwell.
  • Margaret Kerr married James Home.
  • Margaret Kerr passed away in 1643 in Midlothian, Scotland.

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Margaret Kerr's Ancestors

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Margaret Kerr
1573 – 1643
Birth Place: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Mark Kerr
1558 – 1609
Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Maxwell
1548 – 1617
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John Maxwell
1512 – 1583
Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Agnes (de) Herries
1531 – 1593
Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Maxwell
1493 – 1546
Janet Drumlanrig
1495 – 1551
William Herries
1501 – 1543
Katherine Kennedy
1510 – 1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Maxwell
1455 – 1513
Agnes Stewart
1455 – 1530
William Douglas
1481 – 1513
Elizabeth Gordon
1485 – 1512
Andrew Herries
1477 – 1513
Janet Douglas
1476 – 1500
James Kennedy

Margaret Kerr's Timeline

3 Records

1573
1573
Birth of Margaret Kerr in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1643
15 Mar 1643
Age 70
Death of Margaret Kerr in Midlothian, Scotland
Midlothian, Scotland
1661
11 Mar 1661
Age 88
Burial of Margaret Kerr in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1643
    Event Place: Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1661
    Event Place: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

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