Ancestry of
William Scott

(–1725)

Mark Kerr

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of William Scott — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • Mark Kerr 
  • Mother:
  • Helen Leslie   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1553 
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Apr 1609 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret Maxwell
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1592 
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  • Child:

  Robert Kerr (Ahnentafel No:14 )

  • Notes: 

  • 1st Lord Newbottle and 1st Earl of Lothian

    Mark Kerr was said to have died by witchcraft according to his siblings. Two women suspected to have committed the sorcery were investigated by commissioners appointed by the Privy Council.

• Sources for Mark Kerr

  • ¹ Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 1759.