Terry Webb Tree 2017 » Sir William Lord of Cessford Kerr (1543-1606)

Personal data Sir William Lord of Cessford Kerr 

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Household of Sir William Lord of Cessford Kerr

(1) He had a relationship with Margaret Dundas.


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(2) He is married to Margaret Dundas Kerr.

They got married in the year 1590 at Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland, he was 46 years old.


(3) He has/had a relationship with Lady Margaretha Dundas.


(4) He is married to Lady Janet Douglas of Cessford ..

They got married on March 3, 1563 at Kincardineshire, he was 19 years old.

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    2. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com
    3. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday May 16, 1543

    • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1543: Source: Wikipedia
      • July 12 » King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
      • August 25 » António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
      • September 9 » Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

    Day of marriage March 3, 1563

    • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1563: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 19 » The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
      • December 4 » The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)

    Day of death May 27, 1606

    • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1606: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
      • January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
      • February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
      • April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
      • April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
      • December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
    

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