Ancestor of Earls of Ancram, Earls of Lothian and Marquesses of Lothian.
The family seat is still Ferniehirst (or Ferniehurst) Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
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Pronounced "Car".
Andrew Kerr, of Cessford and Auldtounburn, on Scottish border with England,
Thomas Kerr
of Smailholm, 1st of Ferniehirst,
mar Margaret Ker [dau of Sir Thomas Ker of Ferniehirst],
he inherited Ferniehirst by mar,
ancestor of Kerr of Ferniehirst,
Jedburgh,
Roxburghshire,
on Scottish border with England,
he died pre-1484,
had issue:
Sir Andrew Kerr
of Ferniehirst,
mar pre-1501 to
Janet Home,
he died post-1545,
had issue:
Robert Kerr
of Ancram
and Woodheid,
ancestor of Kerr of Ancram, Roxburghshire,
mar Isabel Home
[descendant of
Robert III, King of Scotland
and of Henry I],
he died Feb 1588,
had issue:
William Kerr
of Ancram and Woodheid,
mar Margaret Dundas
[descendant of
Robert II, King of Scotland
and of Henry I],
he was assassinated in Edinburgh, Dec 1590,
by his cousin
Robert Ker,
the future 1st Earl of Roxburghe,
had issue:
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