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Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian 1558–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 February 1558

Birth Location: Rothes, Moray, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Apr 1609

Death Location: Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Father: Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll

Mother: Dame Leslie

Spouse(s): Countess Maxwell

Children(s): Lady Kerr

In 1558, Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian entered the world in Rothes, Moray, Scotland, born to Mark Commendator Abbott Of Newbattle Ker Kerr Carr Carroll And Dame Helen E Lesley Leslie. Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian married Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell, and had children including Lady Isabel Of Lothian Kerr. Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian passed away in 1609 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1558, Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian entered the world in Rothes, Moray, Scotland, born to Mark Commendator Abbott Of Newbattle Ker Kerr Carr Carroll And Dame Helen E Lesley Leslie.
  • Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian married Countess Margaret Fergusson Maxwell, and had children including Lady Isabel Of Lothian Kerr.
  • Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian passed away in 1609 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1520–1586
Birth Location: Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MK
Dame Leslie
1526–1596
Birth Location: Rothes, Moray, Scotland
DL

Spouses(s)

Countess Maxwell
1548–1617
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
CM

Children(s)

Lady Kerr
1585–1628
Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
LK

Mark Lothian's Ancestors

Self
Mark Lothian
1558–1609
Birth Place: Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Parents
Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1520–1586
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Dame (Helen E Lesley) Leslie
1526–1596
Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Grandparents
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
George (Leslie Earl van) Rothes
1476–1558
Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
Margaret (Wood) Crichton,
1480–1545
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cranston-Riddell
1460–1510
Elizabeth Murray
1460–1541
William GF
1460–1513
Margaret Balfour
1465–1520
William, Crichton
1455–1493
Lady Scotland
1450–1512
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Riddell
1435–1461
Lady Bakersfield
1440–1478
Sir Tullibardine
1441–1525
Mary Keith
1445–1483
Sir Burleigh
1435–1513
Lady Ogilvy
1440–1533
King II
1430–1460
Mary Guelders
1433–1463

Mark Lothian's Descendants

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Mark (Kerr Earl van) Lothian (20 February 1558–8 Apr 1609) m. Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell (8 Jan 1548–8 Jan 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
        1. 1. elizabeth Ogilvie 1678– m. John Mclaren 1675–

Mark Lothian's Timeline

2 Records

1558
20 February 1558
Birth of Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian in Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Rothes, Moray, Scotland
1609
8 Apr 1609
Age 51
Death of Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Hartfeild Paisley, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1609
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Scotland
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