William Kerr, merchant

William Kerr married Margaret Fyers, daughter of Thomas Fyers. The marriage was booked at South Leith in Midlothian, Scotland, in September 1798 [Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XYS9-LJM A marriage intimation was published in the Edinburgh Magazine. It reads as follows: "At Edinburgh, 21 September 1798, Mr. William Kerr, merchant at Leith, and Miss Margaret Fyers, daughter of the late Thomas Fyers, overseer of the King's works for Scotland" [Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volume X New Series (London, 1798), page 316].