KER, Mary ¹

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Mary married James BRODIE 16th of that Ilk, son of Alexander BRODIE 15th of that Ilk, Author and Elizabeth INNES, on 28 July 1659.^{1 2} (James BRODIE 16th of that Ilk was born on 15 September 1637 ² and died in 1708.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Mary, born 28 March 1640. Married to James Brodie of Brodie, eldest son of Alexander Brodie of Brodie, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, 28 July 1659. She died March 1708, having predeceased her husband by a few days."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)




"James Brodie, his (Alexander's) only son, was married to Lady Mary Ker, a younger daughter of William, Earl of Lothian, on the 28th of July, 1659 ; and in his Diary, the Laird records that three days later 'she did subscribe her Covenant to and with God,' an obligation to which she appears to have faithfully adhered, in declining all compliance with the prelatic ministers, when a dark cloud hung over our national Church." (Preface xxxviii)

"James Brodie of Brodie, was born on the 15th of September, 1637. His marriage with Lady Mary Ker, a younger daughter of William, third Earl of Lothian, in 1659, is previously noticed. Like many of the religious ladies of the time, she seems to have been even more determined than her husband against complying with the Conformist ministers." (Preface lx)

28th of July My son was married with Lady Mary Ker ; and, on the 31st July, 1659, she did subscribe her covenant to and with God, and became his, and gave up herself to him." (page 17)

from Diary of Alexander Brodie ^{1 2}