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About Widow first name unknown Kerr
Widow Kerr had 5 others in her household by Canoy Creek in 1776: Joseph, Andrew, Elizabeth, Robert and John
(Elizabeth may be Andrew's (or another son's wife) and Robert and John may be grandchildren for all we know)
See this account:
- Research topic #1 = Notes and Queries Historical, Biographical, And Genealogical: Chiefly relating to Interior Pennsylvania (I do not have the Volume Number) but which ever volume it is in it's on page 180
This source is online: at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/493097?availability=Fam...
"Members of Donegal Church in 1776" III
~ ''(suggesting that in an earlier piece there was I and a II)''
second column
Family # 22 includes
Widow Kerr
Joseph Kerr
Andrew Kerr
Elizabeth Kerr
Rob't Kerr
'John Kerr
- * discussion: This looks to be a family missing a husband but including children, John being the youngest. As our John was born circa 1775, maybe he is the"baby" of the family.
- other text: These Kerrs are listed under "Cannin Quarter"
"The is known generally as Canoy, after the creek of that name. McFarquahar has now turned his face towards the river and is evidently traveling along the road leading from Elizabethtown to Galbraith's Ferry (now Bainbridge.)"
(towns near the Susquehanna)
So: We have this Kerr family's general locale... We need more details to find a match.
More information about said Donegal Church
location of Donegal Church
Location Donegal Springs Rd., East Donegal Township, Pennsylvania
A close read of the wiki page reveals that the reporter in bold italics above was : Rev. Colin McFarquhar
- The 1st Fed. Census of 1790, Donegal Township has (only) 9 pages with males 16 and over starting at 8833 and ending with 9302...That's 469 men of which only one is named Kerr. He is Andrew Kerr on page 9 w/ 4 females and no male children. This would be a match for the supposed son of Widow Kerr (above)
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