'Ker06'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Ker in/of Auchengree, Ker of Kersland
| Paterson reports that "The Kers of Kersland were understood to be the most ancient of the name in Scotland, though their early geneaolgy cannot well be traced." | |||||||||||||||
| William de Ker (a 1205) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? de Ker | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? de Ker presumed father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Ker of Kersland (d 1305) possiby father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Ker | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? de Ker | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | ?? de Ker | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | ?? de Ker presumed father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Ker of Kersland father of Margaret, presumed also of ... | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Ker of Kersland (d Flodden 1513) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Ker of Kersland | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1530) Agnes Montgomerie (d 26.10.1596, dau of Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton, by Helen Campbell) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Robert Ker of Kersland | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1556) Agnes Montgomerie (dau of Hew (Hugh) Montgomerie of Hessilhead) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Janet Ker | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Crawfurd of Jordanhill (d 03.01.1603, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| Their eldest son inherited Kersland, assumed the name Ker, and was ancestor of the later Kers of Kersland. | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Margaret Ker | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Maxwell of Dargavel | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Jean Ker | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1575) Gavin Ralston of Ralston | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Margaret Ker | ||||||||||||||
| m. Archibald Huntar of Arnele Huntar or Hunterston (d before1487) | |||||||||||||||
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| Robert Ker in/of Auchengree - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree (d before 1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Gawan (d 11.1609, sister of Hew Gawan in Bog) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree (a 1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (Bessie) Campbell (of the family of Cessnock) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree (a 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree (b 1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Gavin (a 1700) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Muir from Bloack | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Bryce Ker in/of Auchengree | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Gilmour (dau of James Gilmour of Clarkland) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Ker in/of Auchengree | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1797) Margaret Workman | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Bryce Ker in/of Auchengree | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | other issue - Robert, Margaret, Jean, Mary, Janet | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Jean Ker | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Muir in Drakemyre | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Janet Ker | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Ramday of Beith | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - James of Sidehouse, William of Meadowhead | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Ker | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Hugh Ker ancestor of Kers in Davidshill | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Daniell, Hew, Jean, Elspeth | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (part first uploaded to a Temporary page on 27.07.14) : 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p423+) with some input/support from Wikipedia ("The Barony of Kersland")
(2) For lower section : 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 1, 1847, p426+)
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