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Walter Kerr Sir 1508–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1508

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

Death Date: 27 August 1586

Death Location: Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Andrew Ferniehurst

Mother: Jeanette\Janet Polwarth

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In 1508, Walter Kerr Sir entered the world in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, born to Andrew Kerr Lord Of Ferniehurst And Jeanette Janet Home Lady Polwarth. Walter Kerr Sir passed away in 1586 in Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1508, Walter Kerr Sir entered the world in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, born to Andrew Kerr Lord Of Ferniehurst And Jeanette Janet Home Lady Polwarth.
  • Walter Kerr Sir passed away in 1586 in Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Walter Sir's Ancestors

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Walter Sir
1508–1586
Birth Place: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Andrew KERR Lord of Ferniehurst
1482–1545
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Jeanette\Janet (HOME Lady) Polwarth
1490–1543
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Thomas KERR
1464–1484
Scotland
Margaret KERR
1440–
Patrick (HOME Laird of) Polwarth
1435–1503
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.
Ellen SHAW
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.
Great-Grandparents
Andrew KERR
1405–1481
Isabel DOUGLAS
1421–1484
Thomas KERR
1400–
Catherine COLVILL
1400–
David HOME
1407–1450
Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
1410–1495
James SHAW
1439–1491
Isabel ROSS
1420–1500
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert KER
1380–1404
William DOUGLAS
1396–1464
Andrew KERR
1420–1481
David HOME
1382–1469
Alicia DOUGLAS
1385–1450
James SHAW
1374–1444
Mary ANNAND
1380–

Walter Sir's Timeline

2 Records

1508
1508
Birth of Walter Kerr Sir in Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1586
27 August 1586
Age 78
Death of Walter Kerr Sir in Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1508
    Event Place: Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 August 1586
    Event Place: Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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