KER, George of Fawdonside 1
User ID: H555. George married Margaret HALIBURTON co-heiress of Dirleton, daughter of Patrick HALIBURTON 5th Lord Haliburton and Margaret DOUGLAS.1 (Margaret HALIBURTON co-heiress of Dirleton was born about 1505.) Marriage Notes: "George (Ker), of Fawdonside, appointed 'gentleman in the Kingis house' 30 October 1524. He had a gift, 24 July 1526, of the ward and marriage of Walter Ker, eldest son of his late brother Andrew Ker. His name appears in the Crown charters of Cessford, 23 April and 21 September 1542, as next in remainder after Andrew Ker, youngest son of his late brother Sir Andrew Ker ; it is absent from the Crown charter of Cessford 12 March 1553-54, and the name of his son Andrew Ker of Fawdonside takes its place, from which his death in the interval may be inferred. He married Margaret, youngest of the three daughters and coheiresses of Patrick, last Lord Haliburton of Dirleton, by whom he had several sons. His heir-male and representative in a direct line, Sir Walter Ker of Fawdonside, became heir-male of the Kers of Cessford, on the death of Sir Mark Ker of Maudslie, last of the male line of Sir Andrew Ker of Cessford. Sir Mark died without male issue before 1663, and Sir Walter Ker, who had sold Fawdonside, executed deeds 11 February 1663 and 17 March 1664, ratifying the entail of the first Earl of Roxburghe, and resigning any right he might have to his estates, as heir-male and of tailzie of the Kers of Cessford. Nothing seems known of survivors, if any, of the Fawdonside line of Kers." |