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Margaretha Kerr 1540–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 January 1580

Death Location: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Walter Cessford

Mother: Lady Ker

Spouse(s): Lord Reformation

Children(s): Lord Home, Margaretha Home

The story of Margaretha Kerr began in 1540 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom. Margaretha Kerr married Lord Alexander Home 5Th Lord Of Home Warden Of The East Marches Steward Of Dunbar Bailie Of Coldingham Eccles And Dryburgh Reformation, and had children including Lord Alexander Canmore Home Earl Home, Margaretha Home. Margaretha Kerr passed away in 1580 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • The story of Margaretha Kerr began in 1540 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Margaretha Kerr married Lord Alexander Home 5Th Lord Of Home Warden Of The East Marches Steward Of Dunbar Bailie Of Coldingham Eccles And Dryburgh Reformation, and had children including Lord Alexander Canmore Home Earl Home, Margaretha Home.
  • Margaretha Kerr passed away in 1580 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaretha Kerr's Ancestors

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Margaretha Kerr
1540–1580
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Walter Sir Lord Kerr Van Cessford
1510–1586
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isabella Lady of Ferniejurst) Ker
1520–1585
Ferniehurst Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaretha Kerr's Descendants

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Margaretha Kerr (1540–9 January 1580) m. Lord (Alexander Home 5th Lord of Home , Warden of the East Marches, Steward of Dunbar, Bailie of Coldingham, Eccles and Dryburgh,) Reformation (15 May 1526–11 August 1575)
  1. 1. Lord (Alexander Canmore Home Earl) Home 1568–1619 m. Lady (Mary Sutton Countess of) Dudley 1586–1645
    1. 1. Ann Home 1608–1649 m. James (Stuart Earl van) Moray 1608–1652
      1. 1. Thomas Stuart 1631–1647
      2. 2. Anne Stewart 1650–1719
      3. 3. Henry Stewart 1637–1674
      4. 4. Alexander Stewart 1641–1731
      5. 5. William Stewart 1643–1731
      6. 6. James Stewart 1628–1647
      7. 7. Henrietta (Stewart,) Stuart 1651–
      8. 8. Lady (Mary Stuart \) Stewart 1629–1668
      9. 9. Margaret Stewart 1653–
      10. 10. Archibald Stuart 1643–1687
      11. 11. Lady (Margaret) Stewart 1631–1667
      12. 12. Robert Stuart 1643–1707
      13. 13. Walter Stuart 1634–1672
      14. 14. John Stuart 1639–1691
      15. 15. Francis Stuart 1636–
  2. 2. Margaretha Home 1557–1598 m. George (Keith 5th Earl Marischal 2nd Lord) Altrie 1553–1623
    1. 1. Robert (Alexander) Keith 1612–1648
    2. 2. Sir (James Keith of) Benholm 1585–1635
    3. 3. Jean Keith 1622–
    4. 4. Alexander Keith 1611–
    5. 5. Anna (Keith Countess of Morton Duchess of) Queensbury 1586–1648
    6. 6. Margaret Keith 1594–1615

Margaretha Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Margaretha Kerr in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1580
9 January 1580
Age 40
Death of Margaretha Kerr in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 January 1580
    Event Place: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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