Henry ‘the Jacobite’ Ker

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Henry ‘the Jacobite’ Ker

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Parish of Linton, Teviotdale, Roxburgh, Scotland
Death: December 22, 1751 (54-63)
Seen as, Lúcar, Almería, AN, Spain
Immediate Family:

Son of Archibald Ker, laird of Graden and Helenor St. Clair
Brother of Jean Kerr and Alexander Kerr, Sr.

Managed by: J. Darlene Scott
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About Henry ‘the Jacobite’ Ker


The Scottish historical review. “ Henry Ker of Graden.” Page 181- < Archive.Org >

4 Born,' to use his own words,2 * in the shire of Teviotdale in Scotland/ and having chad the misfortune to lose his father/ Archibald Ker of Graden, while still a child, Henry was reared under the guardianship of his mother Helenor, a daughter of Sir James St. Clair of Roslin, who ' brought him up a Roman Catholick, and sent him early into the Spanish Service.' …


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References

  • Bannatyne Club > Origines parochiales Scotiae > Volume 1 (484) < link > “In 1699 Henry Ker was served heir to his grandfather Henry Ker of Graden in the lands of Wester Hoselaw, alias Place-Graden, and in the lands of Falsyde in the parish of Lyntoune.”
  • Leishman, J. F. “Henry Ker of Graden.” The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 5, no. 18, 1908, pp. 181–90. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25517942. Accessed 7 Nov. 2022.
  • “Descendants of Henry Ker” < PDF >
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Henry ‘the Jacobite’ Ker's Timeline

1692
1692
Parish of Linton, Teviotdale, Roxburgh, Scotland
1751
December 22, 1751
Age 59
Seen as, Lúcar, Almería, AN, Spain