Sir Andrew Ker, Sr., 1st Lord Jedburgh

Lairds and gentlemen: A study of the landed families of the Eastern Anglo-Scottish Borders c.1540-1603 Vol 2 pp 55-8 & 118-9

From thepeerage - Sir Andrew Kerr, 1st Lord Jedburgh

Sir Andrew Kerr, 1st Lord Jedburgh was the son of Sir Thomas Kerr of Ferniehirst and Janet Kirkaldy.

A contract for the marriage of Sir Andrew Kerr, 1st Lord Jedburgh and Anna Stewart was signed on 20 October 1584. He married, secondly, Katherine McCulloch circa 2 July 1621.

He died after 20 April 1633, without surviving male issue.

• He held the office of Heriditary Baillie of Jedbergh Forest.
• He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber in February 1584/85.
• He was invested as a Knight before 1604.
• He was created 1st Lord Jedburgh [Scotland] on 2 February 1621/22, with special remainder to his heirs male and successors in the family of Ferniehurst bearing the name and arms of Kerr.
• He lived at Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland.

Children of Sir Andrew Kerr, 1st Lord Jedburgh and Anna Stewart

• Andrew Kerr, Master of Jedburgh d. 20 Dec 1628
• Lilias Kerr
• Margaret Kerr
• Mary Kerr

From clankerr - Sir Andrew Kerr 1570 1631

• 1570 Different birth year
• 1588 Office of Baillie
• 1591 (Different year) Appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI
• 1591 Implicated in the plot to murder the King; Ferniehirst was made uninhabitable to punish him
• (probably before) 1598 Rebuilt and repaired Ferniehirst
• 1622 Created a Peer with the title Lord Jedburgh
• Married Dame Anna Stewart, the daughter of the Master of Ochiltree
• One son, Andrew who predeceased him
• Six daughters.
• 1633 Died (Note inconsistency - same page has death in 1631)
• Buried in the family vault at Jedburgh Abbey.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62302042/andrew-kerr

See page 72... https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/ScotsPeerageVol5.pdf