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Robert Kerr 1518 – 1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1518

Birth Location: Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: FEB 1588

Death Location: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Andrew Kerr

Mother: Agnes Crichton

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In 1518, Robert Kerr entered the world in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Andrew Kerr and Agnes Crichton. Robert Kerr passed away in 1588 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1518, Robert Kerr entered the world in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Andrew Kerr and Agnes Crichton.
  • Robert Kerr passed away in 1588 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Robert Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Robert Kerr
1518 – 1588
Birth Place: Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Andrew Kerr
1482 – 1526
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Crichton
1484 – 1565
Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Ker
1389 – 1404
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christian Rutherford
1438 – 1500
Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Patrick Crichton
1460 – 1510
Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth Murray
1460 – 1478
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Walter Cessford
1445 – 1511
Isabel Hay
1438 –
Patrick Crichton
1440 – 1461
Deborah Bakersfield
1440 – 1478
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew Kerr
1425 – 1481
Margaret Tweedie
1413 –
Robert Crichton
1393 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1397 – 1479
Nicholas Erskine
1345 – 1406
Jean Cameron
1356 – 1442

Robert Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1518
ABT 1518
Birth of Robert Kerr in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1588
FEB 1588
Age 70
Death of Robert Kerr in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1518
    Event Place: Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: FEB 1588
    Event Place: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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