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Walter Ker 1518–1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

Birth Location: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1584

Death Location: Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Ker

Mother: Jeanette Home

Spouse(s): Isabelle Home, Isobel Home, Isabell Hume

Children(s): Willem Woodheld, Thomas KERR, Isabel KERR, Catherine KERR, Margaret Kerr, Robert Ancram, William Woodheld, Sir Kerr

The story of Walter Ker began in 1518 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland. Walter Ker married Isabell Hume, Isabelle Home, Isobel Of Wedderburn Home, and had children including Catherine Kerr, Isabel Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Robert Kerr Earl Van Ancram, Sir Sir William Cessford Kerr, Thomas Kerr, Willem Lord Kerr Van Ancram En Woodheld, William Lord Kerr Of Ancram And Woodheld. Walter Ker passed away in 1584 in Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Ker began in 1518 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland.
  • Walter Ker married Isabell Hume, Isabelle Home, Isobel Of Wedderburn Home, and had children including Catherine Kerr, Isabel Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Robert Kerr Earl Van Ancram, Sir Sir William Cessford Kerr, Thomas Kerr, Willem Lord Kerr Van Ancram En Woodheld, William Lord Kerr Of Ancram And Woodheld.
  • Walter Ker passed away in 1584 in Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Walter Ker's Ancestors

Self
Walter Ker
1518–1584
Birth Place: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Parents
Sir Andrew Ker
1480–1545
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Jeanette Home
1490–1543
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Baron (Thomas Kerr of Smailholm Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst
1448–1484
Smallholm Tower, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Douglas
1425–1484
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1400–1437
Catherine DeColville
1415–1484

Walter Ker's Descendants

1.
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Walter Ker (1518–1584) m. Isabelle Home (1520–01 May 1585) m. Isobel (of Wedderburn) Home (1513–27 Aug 1586) m. Isabell Hume (ABT 1530–Abt 1613)
  1. 1. Willem (Lord Kerr van Ancram en) Woodheld 1548–1590 m. Margaretha Dundas 1542–1590
    1. 1. Robert (Kerr, Earl of Ancrum, Lord of Nisbet, Langnewton, and) Dolphinstoun 1578–1654 m. Elisabeth Murray 1582–1620 m. Anne Ker 1600–1657
      1. 1. *William (Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian, 3rd Earl of Argyll, 2nd Earl of Ancrum Earl of) Lothian 1605–1675 m. Lady (Anne née Kerr, 3rd Countess of Lothian in her own right, Kerr,) 10thGGM 1618–1667
        1. 1. Lady (Mary) Kerr 1640–1706 m. John (Baron) Borthwick 1616–
        2. 2. Lady (Vere) Kerr 1649–1674
        3. 3. David Kerr 1630–
        4. 4. Lady (Mary Elizabeth) Kerr 1633–1706
        5. 5. John Kerr 1647–
        6. 6. Lady (Margaret) Kerr 1645–1681
        7. 7. Lady (Margaret) Kerr 1637–1643
        8. 8. Lady (Lilias) Kerr 1654–
        9. 9. Lady (Henrietta) Kerr 1653–1741
        10. 10. Lady (Jeane) Kerr 1635–1636
        11. 11. Lady (Anne) Kerr 1631–1658
        12. 12. Charles Kerr 1642–1642
        13. 13. Harry Kerr 1645–1648
        14. 14. Sir (William) Kerr 1638–1672
        15. 15. Lady (Vere Kerr) (Campbell) 1649–1674
        16. 16. Robert (Kerr, 1st Marquess of) Lothian 1636–1702
        17. 17. Lady (Mary) Kerr –1708
        18. 18. Lady (Elizabeth) Kerr 1633–
        19. 19. Robert (1st Marquess of Lothian) Kerr 1636–1702
        20. 20. David Kerr 1645–1728
        21. 21. Mary Ker 1640–1707
        22. 22. David Kerr 1645–
        23. 23. Lady (Mary) Kerr –1708
        24. 24. Jean (Drummond) Kerr 1635–1675
      2. 2. Charles (Ancram) Kerr 1624–1690
      3. 3. Vere Kerr 1625–1633
      4. 4. William ((1st Earl of Lothian)) Kerr 1610–1675
      5. 5. Stanley Kerr 1622–1666
      6. 6. Agnes (Lady Nisbet) Kerr 1613–1739
      7. 7. Charles (Ancram) Kerr 1624–1690
      8. 8. Elesbeth Kerr 1613–1678
      9. 9. Vere Kerr 1625–1674 m. Neil Campbell 1630–1692
        1. 1. Archibald Campbell –1744
        2. 2. Charles Campbell –1694
      10. 10. Lady (Margaret) Kerr 1613–1690 m. Robert Maclellan –1641
      11. 11. Robert Ker 1603–
      12. 12. John Ker 1605–
      13. 13. Anne Kerr 1598–
      14. 14. Mary Kerr 1604–
      15. 15. Catherine (Kerr Earl of) Lothian 1600–1675
      16. 16. Elizabeth Kerr 1625–
      17. 17. Vere Kerr 1625–
      18. 18. Agnes Kerr 1612–
      19. 19. Sir (William Kerr 3rd Earl of Lothian, 3rd Earl of Argyll 3rd Earl of Argyll, 2nd Earl of Ancrom) Kerr 1605–1675
    2. 2. Edward Kerr 1570–1625
    3. 3. Willem Kerr 1580–
      1. 1. Anna Kerr 1640–1692
    4. 4. Elizabeth Kerr 1577–1631
    5. 5. Isabel Kerr 1581–
    6. 6. Willem Kerr 1580–
    7. 7. Sir (Robert Ker Lord Ker 1st Earl of Roxburgh, Member of the Privy Council of) Scotland 1578–1654
  2. 2. Thomas KERR 1534–1596
  3. 3. Isabel KERR 1542–1572
  4. 4. Catherine KERR 1537–
  5. 5. Margaret Kerr 1543–1579
  6. 6. Robert (Kerr Earl van) Ancram 1578–1654
  7. 7. William (Lord Kerr of Ancram and) Woodheld 1548–1590
  8. 8. Sir (Sir William Cessford) Kerr 1543–1601

Walter Ker's Timeline

3 Records

1518
1518
Birth of Walter Ker in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland
1548
24 Oct 1548
Age 30
Walter Ker was married
None
1584
1584
Age 66
Death of Walter Ker in Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cesfurd, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1548

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1584
    Event Place: Cessford Castle, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [3] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 721

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