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Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll 1520–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 29 Aug 1586

Death Location: Newbottle Castle, Durham

Father: Sir Kerr

Mother: Agnes Crichton

Spouse(s): Dame Leslie, Lady Leslie, Helen Lesley, Isabel Home

Children(s): Mark Lothian

The story of Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll began in 1520 in Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll married Dame Helen E Lesley Leslie, Helen Lesley, Isabel Home, Lady Dame Helena E Leslie, and had children including Mark Kerr Earl Van Lothian. Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll passed away in 1586 in Newbottle Castle, Durham.

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Biography

  • The story of Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll began in 1520 in Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
  • Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll married Dame Helen E Lesley Leslie, Helen Lesley, Isabel Home, Lady Dame Helena E Leslie, and had children including Mark Kerr Earl Van Lothian.
  • Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll passed away in 1586 in Newbottle Castle, Durham.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll's Ancestors

Self
Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1520–1586
Birth Place: Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Knight Sir Knight Andrew "Dand" 7th Baron of Ferniehurst Carr Kerr
1471–1545
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Agnes Crichton
1488–1543
Cranstoun Riddell, Mid, Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Patrick Crichton, of) Cranston-Riddell
1460–1510
Cranstoun Riddell, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth Murray
1460–1541
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Riddell
1435–1461
Lady Bakersfield
1440–1478
Sir Tullibardine
1441–1525
Mary Keith
1445–1483
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert III
1401–1445
Lady Sanquhar,
1418–1479

Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll's Descendants

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Mark (Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker) Kerr\Carr\Carroll (1520–29 Aug 1586) m. Dame (Helen E Lesley) Leslie (1526–26 October 1596) m. Lady (Dame Helena E) Leslie (1526–26 October 1594) m. Helen Lesley (1545–18 Aug 1596) m. Isabel Home (1513–)
  1. 1. Mark (Kerr Earl van) Lothian 1558–1609 m. Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell 1548–1617
    1. 1. Lady (Isabel of Lothian) Kerr 1585–1628 m. William (Douglas * (1st Earl of Queensbury and 9th Feudal Baron of) Drumlanrig) 1582–1640
      1. 1. Margaret (Johnstone Douglas) Lady 1603–1677 m. George (Carnowseis) Ogilvie 1561–1625
        1. 1. patrick Ogilvie 1623–1710 m. Helen Garioch 1665–1694

Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll in Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1586
29 Aug 1586
Age 66
Death of Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll in Newbottle Castle, Durham
Newbottle Castle, Durham

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Abbey Newbottill, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1701-1750

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Aug 1586
    Event Place: Newbottle Castle, Durham

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