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1. Kerr, James
   1. Ball, Martha
      1. Kerr, John
         1. Pickens, Lucy
            1. Kerr, Andrew Sr
            2. Kerr, William
            3. Kerr, Jane
            4. Kerr, James
            5. Kerr, Barbara
            6. Kerr, Lucy
            7. Kerr, Martha
            8. Kerr, Isabella
            9. Kerr, Elizabeth
            10. Kerr, Letitia
            11. Kerr, Margaret
            12. Kerr, Mary
      2. Kerr, Elizabeth
      3. Kerr, Samuel
      4. Kerr, William
      5. Kerr, Andrew
      6. Kerr, David
      7. Kerr, Eleanor
      8. Kerr, Letitia
      9. Kerr, James

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Source References

1. Marcia: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marciamcclure&id=I20141&style=TABLE My Son Adam's Family
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        ID: I20141
        Name: James KERR
        Given Name: James
        Surname: Kerr
        Sex: M
        _UID: 267D11CC156E4431AD298EC6F9FED39E0AEF
        Change Date: 15 Feb 2011
        Note:
        James Kerr was named one of the original Justices of the Peace in Augusta County, Virginia when the first Augusta County Court was formed on December 9, 1745. Also named as Justices of the Peace were John and Andrew Pickens. Several of the Pickens family intermarried with the Kerr's and other prominent Augusta County families. The family of James Kerr were members of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, the first church formed in Augusta County, Virginia, near present day Staunton, Virginia. (Source: "The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom", by Howard McKnight Wilson, pub. 1954.

         

        Jim Veregge, Cerritos, CA
        Delijim@aol.com
        "He and his family migrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania before 1728-1730, when his sons were married, probably in Chester/Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Lancaster was formed in 1729 from part of Chester County). Many researchers believe that this Kerr family came from Paxton Township, in Chester/Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and this has been at least partially corroborated by a statement of Lt. General Andrew Pickens (The Pickens family was very close to the Kerr family, and intermarried several times):

        1811 letter by Gen. Andrew Pickens to General Light Horse Harry Lee in which Gen. Pickens states that he was born in Paxton township (located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania). It's transcribed in Sharp's history of the Pickens family, p. 135.

        "I was born in PA, Paxton Township, on the 19th Sept. 1739. My father removed with his family when I was very young to Virginia, and settled for a few years west of where Staunton now stands about 8 miles, and in the year 1752 or 3, removed to the Waxhaws and was amongst the first settlers of that part of South Carolina. My father and mother came from Ireland. My father's progenitors emigrated from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes."

        In 1738/9, James Kerr purchased land in the Orange/Augusta County, Virginia area, where they migrated with several other prominent Scotch families (Buchanan, Steele, Pickens, Anderson, Allison, Campbell, Robertson and Hays just to name a few).

        There was a James Ker of Augusta County, who left a will in Orange County, Virginia (the predecessor county of Augusta County) in Will Book 2, 66-7, dated 18 April 1745, proved 22 August 1745. This will mentions brothers DAVID and HUGH KERR; Charles Lewis, son of Col. John Lewis; William, son of William Hutchison; Elinor, wife of George Hutchison, MARGARET SPEAR, MARGARET PICKENS, William Henderson, Gabriel Home and DAVID CRAIG. It was witnessed by Andrew Russell and William Lewis. NOTE: In 1761, Andrew Russell witnessed a deed of John and Lucy Kerr to John Allison. Note, too the PICKENS reference. This James Kerr, COULD be a father of the James Kerr that died in 1770 in Augusta County. With the Pickens, Spear and Craig references, he is undoubtedly related, more research is necessary to prove a relationship.

         

         

        James Kerr was one of the first settlers of Augusta County, Virginia, and built a large log house on Middle River between 1738-1740. This house, was used as an early meeting and court-house for the newly formed county of Augusta (formed in 1738-1745). This house was a rather large house, needed to house his large family that recently arrived from Pennsylvania. It is depicted and discussed in detail in the book "Kerrs and Kin, 1730-1930", by Vincent Brown Kerr, published 1930 in Staunton, Virginia.

         

         

        This house is also pictured and described in Old Homes of Augusta County, The Pioneer Home of the Kerr Family, by Gladys B. Clem, Ninth of Landmark Series, pp. 53-56."

        Birth: 1682 in Scotland / Northern Ireland ?
        Death: 1770 in Augusta Co, VA
        Note: An Archibald Hamilton was administrator of the estate of James Kerr in Augusta County, Va in 1770. John Kerr's land is mentioned.

         

         

        Father: James KERR

        Marriage 1 Martha BALL \ BELL
        Children
        John KERR b: ABT 1705
        Elizabeth KERR b: ABT 1707
        Samuel KERR b: 1715
        William KERR b: ABT 1716
        Andrew KERR b: ABT 1718
        David KERR b: 1719
        Eleanor KERR b: ABT 1720
        Letitia KERR b: 7 JAN 1723 in Pennsylvania
        James KERR b: ABT 1725 in Pennsylvania

         

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        ID: I20141
        Name: James KERR
        Given Name: James
        Surname: Kerr
        Sex: M
        _UID: 267D11CC156E4431AD298EC6F9FED39E0AEF
        Change Date: 15 Feb 2011
        Note:
        James Kerr was named one of the original Justices of the Peace in Augusta County, Virginia when the first Augusta County Court was formed on December 9, 1745. Also named as Justices of the Peace were John and Andrew Pickens. Several of the Pickens family intermarried with the Kerr's and other prominent Augusta County families. The family of James Kerr were members of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, the first church formed in Augusta County, Virginia, near present day Staunton, Virginia. (Source: "The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom", by Howard McKnight Wilson, pub. 1954.

         

        Jim Veregge, Cerritos, CA
        Delijim@aol.com
        "He and his family migrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania before 1728-1730, when his sons were married, probably in Chester/Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Lancaster was formed in 1729 from part of Chester County). Many researchers believe that this Kerr family came from Paxton Township, in Chester/Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and this has been at least partially corroborated by a statement of Lt. General Andrew Pickens (The Pickens family was very close to the Kerr family, and intermarried several times):

        1811 letter by Gen. Andrew Pickens to General Light Horse Harry Lee in which Gen. Pickens states that he was born in Paxton township (located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania). It's transcribed in Sharp's history of the Pickens family, p. 135.

        "I was born in PA, Paxton Township, on the 19th Sept. 1739. My father removed with his family when I was very young to Virginia, and settled for a few years west of where Staunton now stands about 8 miles, and in the year 1752 or 3, removed to the Waxhaws and was amongst the first settlers of that part of South Carolina. My father and mother came from Ireland. My father's progenitors emigrated from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes."

        In 1738/9, James Kerr purchased land in the Orange/Augusta County, Virginia area, where they migrated with several other prominent Scotch families (Buchanan, Steele, Pickens, Anderson, Allison, Campbell, Robertson and Hays just to name a few).

        There was a James Ker of Augusta County, who left a will in Orange County, Virginia (the predecessor county of Augusta County) in Will Book 2, 66-7, dated 18 April 1745, proved 22 August 1745. This will mentions brothers DAVID and HUGH KERR; Charles Lewis, son of Col. John Lewis; William, son of William Hutchison; Elinor, wife of George Hutchison, MARGARET SPEAR, MARGARET PICKENS, William Henderson, Gabriel Home and DAVID CRAIG. It was witnessed by Andrew Russell and William Lewis. NOTE: In 1761, Andrew Russell witnessed a deed of John and Lucy Kerr to John Allison. Note, too the PICKENS reference. This James Kerr, COULD be a father of the James Kerr that died in 1770 in Augusta County. With the Pickens, Spear and Craig references, he is undoubtedly related, more research is necessary to prove a relationship.

         

         

        James Kerr was one of the first settlers of Augusta County, Virginia, and built a large log house on Middle River between 1738-1740. This house, was used as an early meeting and court-house for the newly formed county of Augusta (formed in 1738-1745). This house was a rather large house, needed to house his large family that recently arrived from Pennsylvania. It is depicted and discussed in detail in the book "Kerrs and Kin, 1730-1930", by Vincent Brown Kerr, published 1930 in Staunton, Virginia.

         

         

        This house is also pictured and described in Old Homes of Augusta County, The Pioneer Home of the Kerr Family, by Gladys B. Clem, Ninth of Landmark Series, pp. 53-56."

        Birth: 1682 in Scotland / Northern Ireland ?
        Death: 1770 in Augusta Co, VA
        Note: An Archibald Hamilton was administrator of the estate of James Kerr in Augusta County, Va in 1770. John Kerr's land is mentioned.

         

         

        Father: James KERR

        Marriage 1 Martha BALL \ BELL
        Children
        John KERR b: ABT 1705
        Elizabeth KERR b: ABT 1707
        Samuel KERR b: 1715
        William KERR b: ABT 1716
        Andrew KERR b: ABT 1718
        David KERR b: 1719
        Eleanor KERR b: ABT 1720
        Letitia KERR b: 7 JAN 1723 in Pennsylvania
        James KERR b: ABT 1725 in Pennsylvania

         

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2. Marcia: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marciamcclure&id=I20150 My Son Adam's Family
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        ID: I20150
        Name: John KERR
        Given Name: John
        Surname: Kerr
        Sex: M
        _UID: 0DE492BCCC47405A82D962DD56B2DD980357
        Change Date: 19 Feb 2011
        Note:

        From Jim Veregge's notes:
        This entry from Orange County, Virginia establishes the importation of John Kerr and his family into Orange (Later Augusta) County, Virginia:

        County Court Records of Orange Co. Va. Order Book #2 1739 to 1741. Importations pg. 138
        "John Carr made oath that he imported himself, Lucy his wife, his
        children Jane, William, Barbara, Lucy & Martha Carr & Margaret Gilasby &
        Mathew Gilasby at his own charge into the colony, & that this is the first
        time of proving their rights in order to obtain land." March 27th. 1740.
        Found at the Va. Historical Society in Richmond, Va. on 6 / 7/ 2000.

        In 1740, John Kerr was listed as a member of John McDowell's Militia Co. (see Kegley's Virginia Frontier, pg. 140.) The company also included Ephraim McDowell and John Allison. Note that this McDowell family married into the family of Michael Woods of Albemarle County, VA, whose son Archibald with his family settled in the Long Cane settlement by the Kerr's in the 1760's.

         

        From Bill Lindsey's notes:
        Per a 17 Nov. 1755 vestry order, lands of Cap. Wm. Christian's company in Augusta Co. and parish were processioned, with Wm. Karr on the list (Vestry Bk. 139; Chalkley 2, 440). John and Andrew Carr were processioned at the same time, evidently in the same company (ibid., 147; Chalkley 2, 440). The procession list suggests the latter lived side by side. Note that another procession list in 1755, by Samuel Given, shows AK living beside James and John.

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        Jim Veregge -

        8 AUGUST 1759 John Kerr of Rowan Co NC to James Hamilton, on Middle River at mouth ofChristian’s Creek between Long Meadow Run and Christian’s Creek. James Kerr, wit and 17 MARCH 1764 George Skillern and Elisabeth to James Kerr, £1.10, 1 acre, 3 roods, 10 perches, in fork of Christian's Creek and Middle River of Shanandore, part of 180 acres patented to John Kerr, 5th September, 1749, and by John to James Hamilton, and conveyed to George, on Christian's Creek. Teste: Jno. Anderson, Robert Wilson, William Kerr. Delivered: James Kerr, 10th June, 1771.

        CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800

        Page 638.--17th March, 1764. George Skillern and Elisabeth to James Kerr , £1.10, 1 acre, 3 roods, 10 perches, in fork of Christian's Creek and Middle River of Shanandore, part of 180 acres patented to John Kerr, 5th September, 1749, and by John to James Hamilton, and conveyed to George, on Christian's Creek. Teste: Jno. Anderson, Robert Wilson, William Kerr. Delivered: James Kerr, 10th June, 1771.

        Page 267.--19th May, 1761. John Ker and Lucie ( ) to Hugh Botkin, £13.10, 174 acres on a draft of North River of Shanando; cor. Robert McMahan. Teste: John Botkin, William Kerr, William ( ) Mathers, John Reburn. Delivered: John Botkin, 5th June, 1762.

        Page 270.--19th May, 1761. Same to Willam Mathers, £10, 112 acres, part of a survey of 275 acres surveyed for John Kerr in Beverley Manor on a branch of Middle River; Manor line. Teste: William and Jes. Kerr, John Hind. Delivered: Henry King per order of Wm. Mathers, 29th December, 1774.

        Page 353.--20th May, 1761. John Kerr and Lucie ( ) to John Allison, £2, 10 acres on east side Shanandoe betwixt land of said Ker and Allison, part of 400 acres; Andrew Ker's line. Teste: Andrew Russell, Edward Rutledge, William Ker. Delivered: John Allison, February, 1768.

        He sold 459 acres in 1762. Did he still have the 451 acres remaining? See next note. MAM]

        NOVEMBER 16, 1763.
        (342) 451 acres of John Kerr's land added to tithables. [Is the a different John Kerr? MAM]
        190 acres of Wm. Kerr's land added to tithables.
        375 acres of Saml. Hind's land added to tithables.
        112 acres of Wm. Mather's land added to tithables.

        Page 331.--18th May, 1768. John Kerr and Lucy ( ) and William Kerr and Martha ( ) to James Laird, £50, 124 acres on Middle River of Shanando, 100 of which is part of 400 joining Beverley Manor and patented to said John 30th July, 1742, the other 24 acres patented to said William 2d June, 1760, joining the former tract; corner John Allison. Teste: Edward
        Rutledge, Alexander Walker, Wm. ( ) Mathers. Delivered: James Laird, February, 1770.

        16 AUGUST 1768
        John Carr and Lucy to William McClure, 150 Acres in Beverly Manor on branch of Middle Creek.

        page 400 William Kerr vs. John Dixon.--Trespass on land involving title. John Allison appeared as agent for William Kerr and was William's nephew. William Rankin is about to remove to Kentucky, 16th September, 1789. William and James Kerr were sons of John Kerr. Jury finds special verdict; patent to Wm. Kerr 2d June, 1760. William Kerr and Martha, his
        wife, 17th May, 1768. Deposition of Elizabeth McClure, 5th August, 1789. She was the daughter of John Kerr. William Allison, son of John Allison, Sr. See some papers of above suit in the papers Samuel Hunter vs. Torbett and Mitchell.

        AUGUST, 1793 (D to M). William Kerr vs. John Dixon.--Trespass on land involving title. John Allison appeared as agent for William Kerr and was William's nephew. (note: John Allison m. Lucy2 Kerr (John1))William Rankin is about to remove to Kentucky, 16th September, 1789.

        William and James Kerr were sons of John Kerr. Jury finds special verdict; patent to Wm. Kerr 2d June, 1760. William Kerr and Martha, his wife, 17th May, 1768. Deposition of Elizabeth McClure, 5th August, 1789. She was the daughter of John Kerr. William Allison, son of John Allison, Sr. See some papers of above suit in the papers Samuel Hunter vs. Torbett and
        Mitchell.

        SC Archives:
        Date: 8/10/1756
        Description: CARR, JOHN, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
        Names indexed: CARMICHAEL, JOHN; CARR, JOHN; DE BRAHM, WILLIAM
        Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY; LYNCHES CREEK
        Document type: PLAT
        Birth: ABT 1705
        Note:
        CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
        AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XIV.
        page 160
        (March 1770) (65) John Kerr, eldest son of deceased, qualifies admr. of James
        Kerr.
        1
        Death: 1772 in Rowan Co, NC ?
        Note:

        From Jim Veregge's notes
        CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
        AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV
        page 406
        Commonwealth vs. John Dixon.--Trespass for cutting down James Kerr's
        corner trees 31st May, 1794. John Allison was grandson of John Kerr,
        deceased, 1794. This suit involves title to land of James Kerr and John
        Dixon in 1792.
        1
        Immigration: 27 MAR 1740 Augusta Co, VA
        Note:

         

        http://www.carr-genealogy.com/tree/tree13.html
        County Court Records of Orange Co. Va. Order Book #2 1739 to 1741. Importations pg. 138
        "John Carr made oath that he imported himself, Lucy his wife, his
        children Jane, William, Barbara, Lucy & Martha Carr & Margaret Gilasby &
        Mathew Gilasby at his own charge into the colony, & that this is the first
        time of proving their rights in order to obtain land." March 27th. 1740.
        Found at the Va. Historical Society in Richmond, Va. on 6 / 7/ 2000.
        Event: John Kerr was listed as a member of John McDowell's Militia Co. (see Kegley's Virginia Frontier, pg. 140.) Military 1740 1

         

         

        Father: James KERR b: 1682 in Scotland / Northern Ireland ?
        Mother: Martha BALL \ BELL

        Marriage 1 Lucy PICKENS b: 1702 in Ireland
        Married: 27 MAR 1730 in Chester or Lancaster Co, PA 1
        Children
        Andrew KERR b: ABT 1727 in PA
        William KERR b: ABT 1731 in PA
        Jane KERR b: ABT 1732 in PA
        James KERR b: ABT 1734 in PA
        Barbara KERR b: ABT 1735 in PA
        Lucy KERR b: ABT 1736 in PA
        Martha KERR b: ABT 1738 in PA
        Isabella KERR b: ABT OCT 1740 in Orange Co, Virginia
        Elizabeth KERR b: ABT FEB 1743 in Orange Co, Virginia
        Letitia KERR b: ABT SEP 1745 in Augusta Co, VA
        Margaret KERR b: ABT AUG 1747 in Augusta Co, VA
        Mary KERR b: ABT FEB 1749 in Augusta Co, VA

        Sources:
        Abbrev: Jim Veregge, Descendants of James Kerr
        Title: Descendants of James Kerr, Jim Veregge, Cerritos, CA, Apr 9, 1999 http://www.carr-genealogy.com/tree/tree13.html

         

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3. Descendants of James Kerr, Jim Veregge, Cerritos, CA, Apr 9, 1999 http://www.carr-genealogy.com/tree/tree13.html Jim Veregge, Descendants of James Kerr