Agnes Crichton, of Cranstoun Riddle

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AGNES CRICHTON

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The Question of Identity

Agnes Crichton is the daughter of Sir Patrick Crichton of Cranston-Riddell. The Scots Peerage III: 226 note 4

First Marriage

Agnes Crichton married George Sinclair, eldest son of Oliver Sinclair of Roslin. The Scots Peerage III: 226 note 4

Second Marriage

Agnes Crichton married Andrew Ker of Cessford. The Scots Peerage III: 226 note 4

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

                   1

9 May 1506:

RMS, 1424-1513: 2965

                   2

20 February 1508-09:

RMS, 1425-1513: 3307

                   3

11 April 1510:

RMS, 1424-1513: 3444

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Agnes Crichton was the daughter of Sir Patrick Crichton. She married, firstly, George Sinclair of Roslin, younger, son of Sir Oliver Sinclair of Roslin and Margaret Borthwick, before 1487. She married, secondly, Sir Andrew Kerr of Cessford, son of Sir Robert Kerr, younger of Cessford and Christian Rutherfoord, on 20 October 1487. Children of Agnes Crichton and Sir Andrew Kerr. 1. Catherine Kerr 2. Mark Kerr+ d. 29 Aug 1584 3. Sir Walter Kerr 4. Andrew Kerr d. a 1573 5. Margaret Kerr Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Disputed Origins

Agnes Crichton, daughter of Sir Patrick Crichton, of Cranston Riddell, Captain of Edinburgh Castle, and Katherine Turing, married Sir Andrew Ker, of Cessford, b.1482, Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 24 Jul 1526, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Parents seen as Katherine Turing And Sir Patrick Crichton of Cranston-Riddell

And some websites show Sir Patrick Crichton as Sir Patrick Crichton who married Deborah Bakersfield

Genealogy

• Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled ... By Peter Beauclerk Dewar Pg.770 GoogleBooks
• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe... shows the wife of Sir David Crichton of Cranston Riddell as Margaret Schaw [Shaw]
• Clan Home Genealogical Database
• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hume/tree/54528.htm cites
• 645 Gordon A. MacGregor, The Red Book of Fife; PDF, Crichton of Naughton (http://gordonamacgregor.com/Crichton of Naughton.pdf : downloaded 5 Feb 2011)
• http://redbookofscotland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Content-V...
• http://www.crichton.se/lineage.html
• http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/House_of_Crichton House Crichton of Cranston Riddell. Lords of Cranston Riddell, Cluny and Naughton. Issued from David, younger son of James Crichton, 2nd Lord Crichton.
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00046312&tree=LEO