Isabel de Hay, Lady Kerr Of Cessford - a marriage event listed in her profile prior to her own birth date.

Started by Sharon Doubell on Friday, April 18, 2025
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Brian Clinton Brown says about Isabel de Hay, Lady Kerr Of Cessford

Some dates seem to be off?

Isabel de Hay, Lady Kerr Of Cessford has a marriage event listed in her profile prior to her own birth date.
Tip: Contact the manager for the profile of Isabel de Hay, Lady Kerr Of Cessford to review her birth date and event timeline.

I can find no dates in the cited sources on her profile:

Lairds and gentlemen: A study of the landed families of the Eastern Anglo-Scottish Borders c.1540-1603 Vol 2 pp 55-8 & 118-9

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Possibly the problem is in an erroeous circularity created by the wikipedia hyperlink that accidentally conflates two Walter Kerr who maried two Isabels.

Only one was a Sir:

Lairds and gentlemen: A study of the landed families of the Eastern Anglo-Scottish Borders c.1540-1603 Vol 2 pp 55-8 & 118-9

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The father of Walter Kerr, Laird of Cessford Sir Andrew ( of Auldtounburn & Cessford) Kerr

Is the ggg grandfather & g grandfather of Sir Walter Kerr of Cessford, Kt. & Isobel Kerr, of Ferniehirst respectively.

Consanguinity, much? :-)

But this shows me nothing to elucidate whether the Marriage Date on Geni:
27/09/1443 Roxburghshire
is correct.

I can find no primary sources for her marriage, or for any of her dates here - except possibly circular references to other family trees:

Birth: 1445 Yester, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: 20 October 1487 (41-42) St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

I'm going to remove all 3 dates - logged above - pending the provision of actual Sources for them.

I have nothing to add ... I removed the now-inconsistent Curator note.

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