Kerr Ancestory 1190 Ad to 1861

edmondsallan- hello to every one . In the previous Journal on the " Kerr ancestory " re- 5,000 -- 2,009 AD we covered the " First " years in the early Kerr ancestory . This Journal is in general on the Middle part of their Ancestory. Before we get underway , we need to mention a characteristic that has flowed in over 90% of the Kerrs with part of the original Gene still in their bodies today . They are usually left -handed , or can use either arm / hands etc' as easy as we use one . The following poem was writtten by the " Lord " general who's army's ,fought the " Kerr's " at the battle of " Flodden Field " in 1513 AD

THE KERRS WERE AYE - THE DEADLIEST FOES
THAT E'ER TO ENGLISHMEN WERE KNOWN
FOR THEY WERE ALL BRED LEFT-HANDED MEN
AND TO " FENCE" AGAINST THEM , THERE WAS NONE.

From " John Kerr - Hunter of Stobo " who now has a huge land grant from " De Bruys "a relation of King Bruce of Scotland ,we move onto " Sir Ralph Kerr a grandson of the original ancestor " John Kerr" We can see he was already ' Knighted " To save a lot of detail which I have & are proven documents ( available on the Net ) we follow the following

Ralph had two (2 ) sons
Eldest - Sir Thomas Kerr- m - 1st Catherine Colville-
Children - Margaret who m- - Thomas Kerr - son of Andrew Kerr
( 2nd son of Ralph's)they had a son " Sir Andrew Kerr of Ferniehiest"
He married a Janet Home ( daughter of Lord Home - advisor to the
Royal Family )
They had three (3 ) sons -Thomas (d- 1524)Sir John ( eldest -d-1562
and " Robert of Ancram " who married " Isabel Home) related to Lord Home .Thomas & Sir John's famillies both within a 150 years died off with no following ancestors.The Surviving family was " Robert of Ancram." the following is that line of Descendancy

William Kerr( d-1590) m- Margaret Kerr ( his cousin )
eldest son - Robert _ 1st Earl of Ancram (d-1654 )ist m Elizabeth Murray- 2nd M - Anne . He had eight ( 8 ) children with Elizabeth & one (1 ) with Anne - his name was" Charles" By his 1st marriage are as follows
William - 3rd Earl of Lothian - d 1675- m- Lady Anne- Countess of Lothian their eldest son was
Robert - 1st Marquis of Lothian - d 1703 . the next five ( 5 )eldest Descending sons were called - William and numbered 2nd , 3rd ,4th, 5th ,6th ,
Marquis of Lothian . the Last was called John 7th Marquis of Lothian. From these in Line descendants all the ancestory and surviving " Kerrs " around the world come from . The descendants who went to Ireland , Australia , and New Zealand were from "Robert 1st marquis of Lothian" who -m- Lady Jane Campbell From this point forward they are all easily traceable if any one wishes to do so. I have up to 2009 documentation details on nearly all the world's " Kerr " Families .
Today the " Floors Castle ( a beautiful huge ancestral home of the 'Kerrs " ) with over 22,000 acres of land including villages etc is occuppied by the "Duke & Duchess of Roxburgh " Roxburgh is the county which in the clan map of a' Scotland ' is known and called ' Kerrs " county . The Duke & Duchess are of the " Kerr descent ". Of interest " Stobo Castle" is stiil well kept & occuppied .
It took over 5 years to gather & prove them . Their is more about these " Kerrs " that I compiled, & printed & bound . This Book I gave to my new son in law " a " Kerr" as it is the only one of its kind and is from many proven documents from 5,000 BC till 2009 AD in time it will become very valuable because of its Rarity . time for me to go - Edmondsallan