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Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice 1558–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Feb 1558

Birth Location: Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland

Death Date: 8 April 1609

Death Location: Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Father: Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll

Mother: Lady Leslie

Spouse(s): Margaretha Maxwell

Children(s): Margaretha Yester, Lilias Lothian, Mary Kerr, Lady Crawford, Lady Kerr, Isabel Kerr\Carr\Carroll, Johanna Kerr\Carr\Carroll, Sir Lothian, Helen Kerr\Lawrie, Elizabeth Kerr\Hamilton, Sir Lothian, Mary Kerr, John (Ker), Jean Lindsay, Sir Ker,, Mark Mauldslie, James Kerr\Carr\Carroll\Carey, George Kerr

Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice was born in 1558 in Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland, the child of Mark Commendator Abbott Of Newbattle Ker Kerr Carr Carroll And Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie. Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice married Margaretha Maxwell, and had children including Elizabeth Kerr Hamilton, George Kerr, Helen Kerr Lawrie, Isabel Kerr Carr Carroll, James Robert Kerr Carr Carroll Carey, Jean Lindsay, Johanna Kerr Carr Carroll, John Kerr Ker, Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr, Lady Jean Johanna Kerr Countess Of Crawford, Lilias Kerr Of Lothian, Margaretha Kerr Lady Countess Hay Of Yester, Mark Kerr Mauldslie, Mary Kerr, Sir Henry Ker, Sir James Kerr Of Lothian, Sir Robert Kerr 2Nd Earl Of Lothian. Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice passed away in 1609 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice was born in 1558 in Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland, the child of Mark Commendator Abbott Of Newbattle Ker Kerr Carr Carroll And Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie.
  • Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice married Margaretha Maxwell, and had children including Elizabeth Kerr Hamilton, George Kerr, Helen Kerr Lawrie, Isabel Kerr Carr Carroll, James Robert Kerr Carr Carroll Carey, Jean Lindsay, Johanna Kerr Carr Carroll, John Kerr Ker, Lady Janet Alisoun Andrew Kerr, Lady Jean Johanna Kerr Countess Of Crawford, Lilias Kerr Of Lothian, Margaretha Kerr Lady Countess Hay Of Yester, Mark Kerr Mauldslie, Mary Kerr, Sir Henry Ker, Sir James Kerr Of Lothian, Sir Robert Kerr 2Nd Earl Of Lothian.
  • Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice passed away in 1609 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1516–1584
Birth Location: Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MK
Lady Leslie
1526–1596
Birth Location: Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaretha Maxwell
1548–1617
Birth Location: Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
MM

Children(s)

Margaretha Yester
1570–1645
Birth Location: St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MY
Lilias Lothian
1587–1659
Birth Location: Lothian, West Lothian, Scotland
LL
Mary Kerr
1578–1628
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
MK
Lady Crawford
1577–1632
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
LC
Lady Kerr
1580–1632
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
LK
Isabel Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1574–1628
Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, Newbattle, East Lothian, Scotland
IK
Johanna Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1575–1630
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
JK
Sir Lothian
1590–1624
Birth Location: Lothian, Morayshire, Scotland
SL
Helen Kerr\Lawrie
1580–1644
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
HK
Elizabeth Kerr\Hamilton
1581–1632
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
EK
Sir Lothian
1584–1625
Birth Location: Scotland
SL
Mary Kerr
1594–1632
Birth Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
MK
John (Ker)
1585–1650
Birth Location: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Jean Lindsay
1582–1632
Birth Location: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Schotland
JL
Sir Ker,
1599–1642
Birth Location: Broughton, Midlothian, Scotland
SK
Mark Mauldslie
1584–1652
Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
MM
James Kerr\Carr\Carroll\Carey
1575–1645
Birth Location: Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
JK
George Kerr
1589–1652
Birth Location: Kelso, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
GK

Sir Justice's Ancestors

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Sir Justice
1558–1609
Birth Place: Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland
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 Kerr
1480–1545
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Jeanette Home
1490–1543
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Justice's Descendants

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Sir (Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of) Justice (20 Feb 1558–8 April 1609) m. Margaretha Maxwell (1548–8 January 1617)
  1. 1. Margaretha (Kerr Lady Countess Hay of) Yester 1570–1645 m. James (Delahay (Hay) '7th Lord Hay of) Yester' 1564–1608
    1. 1. Walter (Scott Earl of) Buccleuch 1586–1633 m. Agnes ((Lady)) Murray 1590–1647 m. Mary ((Lady) Delehay) Scott 1592–1631 m. Mary ((Lady) Delehay) Scott 1592–1631
      1. 1. Willem (Jansz Scott VanBarkeloo) (Lubberdinck) 1620–1683 m. Leysebet ("Elizabeth") JANS 1650–1683
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Willemse) Barkeloo 1671–1720 m. JACOB (THIJSSEN( THYSSEN) LAENEN (LANE) Van) Pelt 1669–1761
        2. 2. Willem Borkelo 1669–1715
        3. 3. David VanBarkelo 1678–
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Lane) Barkelo\Barkalow 1682–1720
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Willemse) VanBarkelo 1679–1730
        6. 6. Niel Barkeloo 1668–1683
        7. 7. David (Janse) Barkeloo 1672–
        8. 8. Jan VanBarkalow 1672–
        9. 9. Daniel (Willemse) VanBorckeloo 1678–1705
        10. 10. Dirck\Derrick (Willem) Barkeloo\Borkelo 1683–1744
        11. 11. Coenraed (Willemse) VanBorckeloo 1680–1754
        12. 12. Derrick (Van) Borkeloo 1667–
        13. 13. Annetje (Harmanse) VanBarkelo –1698
        14. 14. Cornelia VanBarkeloo 1660–
        15. 15. Francis VanBarkelo 1640–1750
        16. 16. Peter VanBarkeloo 1644–1696
      2. 2. Alexander Scott 1631–1687
      3. 3. Jane (Jean (Lady)) Scott 1628–1688
      4. 4. Mary ((Lady) Scott) McFarland 1631–1644
      5. 5. Sir (Walter Scott, Lord Scott of Buccleuch and) Buckalew 1625–1625
      6. 6. David ((Sir)) Scott 1627–1648
      7. 7. Elizabeth ((Lady)) Scott 1621–1647
      8. 8. Sir (Francis Edward Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch and) Buckalew 1626–1651 m. Lady (Margaret Leslie of) Rothes 1620–1688
        1. 1. Lady (Anna Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmouth, 4th Countess of Buccleuch, 5th Baroness Scott of Buccleuch, 5th Baroness Scott) of 1651–1732
        2. 2. Sir (Walter Scott, 3rd Earl of Buccleuch and) Bucklaw 1648–1649
        3. 3. Lady (Margaret Scott, Countess of) Buccleuch 1650–1652
      9. 9. Sarah Scott 1618–
      10. 10. John (Baronet) Scott 1630–1712
    2. 2. Robert Delahay 1591–1653
    3. 3. Jean (Delahay) Scott –1613
    4. 4. John ((Earl)) Delehay 1586–1655
    5. 5. Sir (William) Hay 1608–1648
    6. 6. Hon. (Margaret HAY OF YESTER) Lady 1592–1659
    7. 7. John (Hay Earl of) Tweedale 1595–1653
  2. 2. Lilias (Kerr of) Lothian 1587–1659
  3. 3. Mary Kerr 1578–1628
  4. 4. Lady (Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of) Crawford 1577–1632
  5. 5. Lady (Janet Alisoun Andrew) Kerr 1580–1632
  6. 6. Isabel Kerr\Carr\Carroll 1574–1628
  7. 7. Johanna Kerr\Carr\Carroll 1575–1630
  8. 8. Sir (Robert Kerr 2nd Earl of) Lothian 1590–1624
  9. 9. Helen Kerr\Lawrie 1580–1644
  10. 10. Elizabeth Kerr\Hamilton 1581–1632
  11. 11. Sir (James Kerr of) Lothian 1584–1625
  12. 12. Mary Kerr 1594–1632
  13. 13. John (Kerr) (Ker) 1585–1650
  14. 14. Jean Lindsay 1582–1632
  15. 15. Sir (Henry) Ker, 1599–1642
  16. 16. Mark (Kerr) Mauldslie 1584–1652
  17. 17. James (Robert) Kerr\Carr\Carroll\Carey 1575–1645
  18. 18. George Kerr 1589–1652

Sir Justice's Timeline

2 Records

1558
20 Feb 1558
Birth of Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice in Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland
Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland
1609
8 April 1609
Age 51
Death of Sir Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of Justice in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1558
    Event Place: Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland

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

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 April 1609
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Scotland
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