Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
Glen Ellyn, IL  60137
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Walter KERR Lair of Cessford [6936]
(1445-1501)
Isabel DE HAY of Lochorwart and Yester, latterly Cessford [6937]
(Abt 1451-1487)
Sir James RUTHERFORD II of that Ilk [6939]
(Abt 1424-1498)
Margaret ERSKINE [6940]
(Abt 1430-1474)
Lord Robert KERR [6875]
(1465-1500)
Christian RUTHERFORD [6876]
(1469-1505)
Sir Andrew KERR Knight of Cessford [6864]
(1485-1526)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lady Agnes CRICHTON [6865]

Sir Andrew KERR Knight of Cessford [6864] 1607

  • Born: 1485, Cessford, , Roxburghshire, Scotland 1607
  • Christened: 1485, Gateshaw, , Roxburghshire, Scotland 1607
  • Marriage (1): Lady Agnes CRICHTON [6865] on 20 February 1510 in Sanquhar, , Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1606
  • Died: 15 July 1526, Roxburgh, , Roxburghshire, Scotland at age 41 1607
  • Buried: After 23 January 1526, Melrose, , Roxburghshire, Scotland 1607

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  General Notes:

Sir Andrew Kerr of Cessford was a Scottish borderer. He was the son of Sir Robert Kerr of Caverton, Roxburghshire, cupbearer and master of artillery to James IV, by his wife Christina, daughter of James Rutherford of Rutherford. He fought and survived the Battle of Flodden in 1513, and became a Warden of the Marches. Cessford was damaged by the English in 1519, and when the Earl of Surrey besieged the castle in 1523, he reckoned Cessford the third strongest castle in Scotland.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He worked as a Baron of Kerr-Cessford.

2. Title Of Nobility: 7th Baron of Ferniehurst,,.

3. Cause of Death: killed in the Battle of Melrose, on 15 July 1526, in Roxburgh, , Roxburghshire, Scotland. 1606


Andrew married Lady Agnes CRICHTON [6865] [MRIN: 5490], daughter of Sir Patrick CRICHTON of Cranston-Riddell [6893] and Katherine TURING [6894], on 20 February 1510 in Sanquhar, , Dumfriesshire, Scotland.1606 (Lady Agnes CRICHTON [6865] was born in 1490 in Sanquhar, , Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1607, christened in , , , Scotland,1607 died on 5 November 1543 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1607 and was buried in 1543 in , , , Scotland 1607.)