Captain William John Simcoe Kerr

Mohawk/Turtle Clan
Tekarihogea, hereditary chief of the Mohawk
[one of the last such chiefs of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)]

• Maternal grandparents:Chief Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea of the Six Nations and his third wife, Catharine 'Adonwentishon' Brant
• Great grandparents: Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet and Konwatsiasiaienni
• Married Catherine M “Kate” Hunter on July 28, 1870 in Nelson, Halton, Ontario, Canada
• Their child: Sarah Ann "Annie" Kerr
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101022802/william_john-simcoe-kerr
• https://images.ourontario.ca/brant/details.asp?ID=2710274
• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/kerr_william_johnson_7E.html

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"Roger Sharpe writes, "In 1862 the Six Nations made what appears to be their first attempt at raising a unit to serve within the ranks of the conventional militia. William John Simcoe Kerr, commonly called Simcoe Kerr, was the Captain. He was born in 1840, the youngest child of Chief (and Colonel) William Johnson Kerr, well known as leader of the warriors at the Battle of Beaver Dams during the war of 1812, and Elizabeth Brant daughter of Joseph Brant. His aunt Catherine, according to Mohawk tradition, named him Tekarihoga, (hereditary chief of the Mohawk), succeeding the deceased John Brant."
Roger Sharpe. The Indian Department and Six Nations Martial Tradition. This article originally appeared on the County of Brant wiki at ourbrant.wikia.com. http://images.ourontario.ca/brant/2710274/data

"His father William Johnson Kerr’s family connections and his role in the War of 1812 had likely always given him a certain amount of influence with the Six Nations. Following the death in 1832 of John Brant, the head chief of the Confederacy, Kerr’s influence undoubtedly increased. It was the right of his mother-in-law, Catharine Brant [Ohtowa%CB%80k%C3%A9hson], to name Brant’s successor, and she chose her infant grandson, the Kerrs’ son William Simcoe Kerr.
On July 28, 1870, Simcoe married Catherine Hunter, the daughter of John and Olivia Hunter, in Nelson Township, Halton, Ontario.
He died in 1875 and was buried at St. Luke's Anglican Church Cemetery, Burlington, Ontario."
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-7144

https://books.google.ca/books?id=lqqAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA151-IA1&lpg=PA15...