Sir Andrew Kerr of Greenhead, 1st Baronet

Biographical Summary

"Andrew Kerr, of Greenhead, co Roxburgh, 1st of the seven sons of Sir Andrew Kerr, of Greenhead, Hietoun and Prymisideloch in that county (died between November 1612 and March 1617), by Alison, daughter of Gilbert Wauchope, of Niddrie Marischal, co Edinburgh, was served heir special to his father, 18 March 1617, and was created a Baronet [S] 31 July 1637, with rem. to heirs male whatsoever, and with a grant of, presumably, 16,000 acres, entitled the Barony of Greenhead, in Nova Scotia, of which he had seizin in December following. He was on the Committee of War, co Roxburgh, 1643-49; was M.P. [S] for that county 1643 and 1648-49 and [E] for the Sheriffdom of Roxburgh, 1659; was on the Committee of Estates, 1649; was styled 'Colonel' in 1650, and was an active supporter of the Covenant, being subsequently imprisoned at Edinburgh in 1660, and fined £6,000 in 1662. He married firstly, in 1634, Elizabeth, 1st daughter of Sir William Scott of Harden, co Roxburgh, by his 1st wife, Agnes, daughter of Sir Gideon Murray, of Elibank. He married secondly, 16 August 1664, at Edinburgh, Katherine, widow of David Campbell, of Craig, 5th and youngest daughter of John (Wemyss), 1st Earl of Wemyss [S], by Jean, daughter of Patrick (Gray), Lord Gray [S]. He died May 1665. His widow died 24 February 1668 at Dysart."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 427-428