Margaret KERR ¹⁵²¹

   FamilySearch ID: L45X-4YR

  General Notes:

When Margaret Kerr was born in 1570, in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Thomas Kerr 9th of Ferniehurst - Warden of the Marches - Provost of Jedburgh, was 41 and her mother, Janet Kirkcaldy, was 30. She married Sir Robert Melville of Burntisland, Second Lord of Monimail in October 1584. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 24 May 1594, in Spain, at the age of 24, and was buried in Scotland.

  Burial Notes:

Ferniehirst, Abbey Saint Bathans
Berwick, Scotland

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Title of Nobility: ~B Melville,,. ⁹⁴⁸

Margaret married John LAING, son of Cuthebert LAING and Annes MOORHOUSE, in November 1590 in Dunfermline, , Fife, Scotland.⁹⁴⁸ (John LAING was born in 1570 in Saint Andrews, , Fife, Scotland ¹⁵²¹, christened on 26 July 1580 in Saint Andrews, , Fife, Scotland ¹⁵²¹ and died about April 1617 in Saint Andrews, , Fife, Scotland ¹⁵²¹.)