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Walter Kerr 1511–1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1511

Birth Location: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1583

Death Location: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Andrew Ferniehurst

Mother: Jeanette Home

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Walter Kerr began in 1511 in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Walter Kerr passed away in 1583 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Kerr began in 1511 in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
  • Walter Kerr passed away in 1583 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew Ferniehurst
1471–1545
Birth Location: Castle Ferniehurst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
AF
Jeanette Home
1490–1543
Birth Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
JH

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Walter Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Walter Kerr
1511–1583
Birth Place: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Andrew Lord Kerr van Ferniehurst
1471–1545
Castle Ferniehurst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jeanette ("Janet" of Polwarth) Home
1490–1543
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Kerr of Smailholm 1st of) Ferniehirst
–1484
Lord (Sir George de (Hume)) Home,
1430–1497
VERIFIED- Home (Hume) Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland -Home Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th or early 13th-century castle held by the Home family, who became Lords and Earls.
Lady (Mariota (Mariëtte, Margaret) de Sinclair (St Clair, Saint Clair), of) Polwarth
1435–1496
VERIFIED- Herdmanston (Hermiston, Herdmanstoun) Castle, Haddingtonshire (now East Lothian), Scotland -Only an arched gateway remains. Held by the Douglas's; Sir Wm. St. Clair had a charter from Archibald Douglas, in 20 Jan 1401.
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Walter Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1511
1511
Birth of Walter Kerr in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1583
1583
Age 72
Death of Walter Kerr in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1583
    Event Place: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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