http://www.nicholsgenealogy.net/nichols/kerr/kerr-alex-sr.htm -------------------- Scottish jeweler; merchant in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.

Source: Colonial Williamsburg Official Guidebook 1779

Alexander was the son of Archibald Kerr of Graden.

Alexander was trained as a silversmith before his capture and became a nabob

of Williamsburg owning a house across the street from the Capital building.

Alexander bought the house from the estate of a fellow prisoner transported

on the same voyage of the Elizabeth and Anne, Dr. John Brown, a surgeon from

Coldstream.

Alexander and his brother Henry were sons of Archibald Ker(r) of Graden and

Helenor St. Clair, daughter of Sir James St. Clair of Roslin. The boys'

father died when they were still young children. Their mother raised them

as Roman Catholics.

Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ALLEN/2006-09/1159136653