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Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr 1558 – 1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 February 1558

Birth Location: Rothes, Moray, Scotland

Death Date: 8 April 1609

Death Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll

Mother: Lady Leslie

Spouse(s): Lady Kerr

Children(s): Lady Douglas

Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * was born in 1558 in Rothes, Moray, Scotland, the child of Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll and Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie. Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * married Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr, and had children including Lady Isabel Kerr - Douglas. Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * passed away in 1609 in Newbattle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * was born in 1558 in Rothes, Moray, Scotland, the child of Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll and Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie.
  • Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * married Lady Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell - Kerr, and had children including Lady Isabel Kerr - Douglas.
  • Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * passed away in 1609 in Newbattle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mark Kerr's Ancestors

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Mark Kerr
1558 – 1609
Birth Place: Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Parents
Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1516 – 1584
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Dame Helena Elizabeth) Leslie
1526 – 1596
Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst
1480 – 1545
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Agnes (of Sanquhar) Crichton
1490 – 1526
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Sir (George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife,) Leslie
1500 – 1558
Rothes/Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Wood (Countess of Rothes)) Crichton
1500 – 1546
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
George Leslie
1460 – 1513
Lady Balfour-Leslie
1465 – 1987
John Wade
1453 – 1638
Elizabeth Somerville
1473 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mark Kerr's Descendants

1.
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Mark (1st Earl of Lothian) Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609) m. Lady (Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell -) Kerr (8 Jan 1548 – 8 Jan 1617)
  1. 1. Lady (Isabel Kerr -) Douglas (1585 – 30 May 1628) m. Sir (Willem (William) Douglas (9th Lord of Drumlanrig & Knight of The Garter & 1st Earl of Queensburry & Earl of Morton & Earl of) Doug (1585 – 8 Mar 1640)
    1. 1. Col (Hon Sir William Douglas of) Kelhead (1618 – 13 Dec 1673) m. Agnes Home (1618 – 29 Jan 1652) m. Lady (Jean Stuart of) Schelinlaw (16 Jan 1620 – Dec 1662)
      1. 1. Mary Douglas (Sep 1645 – 1680) m. John Kimbrough (1640 – 1715)
        1. 1. John Kimbrough (1661 – 1743) m. Elizabeth Bradley (16 Mar 1655 – 1750)

Mark Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1558
20 February 1558
Birth of Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * in Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Rothes, Moray, Scotland
1609
8 April 1609
Age 51
Death of Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr * in Newbattle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Newbattle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 February 1558
    Event Place: Rothes, Moray, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 April 1609
    Event Place: Newbattle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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