I descend from Robert Kerr (b. 10 Dec 1726 in Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) with the following grandfathers in that line: Daniel, Robert, Adam, William Bailey Kerr & Orville Erry Kerr.

I descend through John Kerr, 1850ish in PA. He married Margaret Garlinger and had the following children, Susie, Frank, Samuel, Charles, James, Clem, Herman, Raymond, Margaret and Della Margaret. I have not done any further research on this line.

Im descended from William Kirkcaldy, son of Sir Thomas Kerr. He was born in Fernihurst Castle in 1542 and prefered to go by his mother's maiden name of Kirkcaldy rather than Kerr. Most of his children immigrated to America in 1632 and changed their surname to Carr. The reasoning behind the surname change is that they wanted to dissasociate themselves with their father, who didn't get the land grant rights he wanted. I have traced the Kerr line to the first known, John Kerr. Who was born around 1330. He and his brother are the earliest recorded but it's believed the family came to England (and then Scotland) with William the Conqueror in 1066. My Carr line ends with my great-great-great-great-great Grandmother, Elizabeth Carr. Who died in Batavia, NY of breast cancer in 1819. Her husband was Moses French Jackman. A distant cousin of Elizabeth's was Ann Carr. Her and her husband, John Putnam, along with their daughter Ann Jr were some of the main accusers in the Salem Witch Trials.

My husbands line descends through "2" Kerr lines
1st line - William Kerr m: Margaret
Theodore Kerr m: Anna Nighswonger
Charles Ernest Kerr m: Eva Ogan
Clifton Ernest Kerr m: Rosa Mable Webb
Charles Richard Kerr m: Karen Sears
Etc

2nd Line
Mathew Kerr (Indian Scout along with son Hamilton) m: Margaret
Jane Kerr m: Peter Nighswonger
Reisen Nighswonger m: Susannah Buffington
Abraham Nighswonger m: Jane Sellars
Anna Nighswonger m: Theodore Kerr

Any connections?

I am a Kerr and need a lot of help. My Father is Larry David Kerr & His Father is Elmer David Kerr who married Irene Shirley Duel (Erie area). They only had two kids my father & my uncle Rick.

I believe Elmer was born in Indiana, Pa in June, 1920. He died in May, 1975.

I am stuck. My gram passed away in 2001 but I am not close to the Kerr's at all. So I am need help. I have 4 kids and want them to know there family history. Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction. Thanks in Advance.

Brand - will see what I can find

My connection with the Kerr family is my ggggrandmother, Fatha Kerr who was born in the Knoxville, TN area around 1797. Her father was John Kerr; born in 1767 in VA; Alexander Kerr 1726-Williamsburg, VA m. Mary Elizabeth Rice
Alexander Kerr 1694 Roxburghshire, Scotland
Archibald Kerr 1667 Roxburghshire, Scotland

my connection to the kerr family is Sarah "Sally" Kerr my 4th great grandmother who married William Gooch Jr. of caswell co., nc Sarah's father was Alexander Kerr/ mother Mary Elizabeth Rice, his father was Alexander Kerr (the immigrant)and his wife Martha Rice from the bahamas, his father Archibald Kerr of Scotland and his wife Helen(Helenor) Sinclair. my family much inter married with the kerr,s as they had a close relation and lived in the same area of north carolina for over 200 years

My Kerr connection is my great great great grandmother, Christian Kerr born in Eckford, Roxburghshire in 1775 and married to Walter Blackbell in Longformacus, Berwickshire in 1794. Their descendants now live in Australia, New Zealand, England, Canada and USA that we know of.

I descend from Robert Kerr (b. 10 Dec 1726 in Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) with the following grandfathers in that line: Daniel, Robert, Adam, William Bailey Kerr & my Grandmother Eliza Jane Kerr who married John Adam Scott.

My 2nd great grandmother was Mary Ann CARR born 1810 in (Edinburgh?), Scotland.

She immigrated to America about 1833-1834 and married James GRAY. born 1804 in (Glasgow?).

They had a son and daughter in Connecticut 1834, 1836, who were baptized at Seamen's church in New York. A daughter was born in 1838 in Iowa. Located in Hancock Co., Illinois by 1840 where they had 4 sons. They came to California in 1854. James Gray was a millwright /carpenter in the east and a farmer in Illinois & Calif.

A family tradition is that Mary Ann Carr's father in Scotland had a factory where paisley shawls were made.

James and Mary Ann (Carr) Gray's 1st daughter was named Jane Ann. Second son was named James Carr. Based on Scottish naming patterns, her parents MIGHT have been named James and Jane Ann Carr. I would like to find her siblings and parents and place of birth/ residence in Scotland.

My husband, Champ Rhymes Kerr, is descended from Jack Charles Kerr, son of Jack Bryan Kerr, son Charles Champ Kerr, son of Andrew Jackson Kerr. All of the above except Andrew Jackson were from Texas, Andrew Jackson may have ended up there, we're not sure of his birth place. Any help from there would be appreciated!

we are from the Frank P. Kerr & Elizabeth (Queen) Maddox line of Kerrs. Their son George Kerr married Lucy Hill, who had Dewey George Kerr who then married my grandmother Winnie Lansford from Americus, GA, they had 5 children 2 boys (both died at early ages) then 3 daughters, Dorothy Kerr, Elaine Kerr and my mother Betty Ann Kerr...

I do have a question, if anyone has information please notify me at Pamelajolopez@comcast.net.... The Christmas house or Palmer home in Williamsburg, VA was owned by an Alexander Kerr in the 1730's. This home is directly adjacent to the Capitol. Is this Alexander Kerr the one that is on the line of Frank P. Kerr? I am running into a brick wall because some sources state that he is the one that came over on the ship to avoid execution from involvement in the Jacobite rebellion, while other sources state that this Alexander Kerr never married and had no children. Any insight would be welcomed and deeply appreciated.

I only know my Kerr ancestry back to my great grandfather John James Carr who emigrated to the US from Ireland in 1833. Based on records I have located, John James had a sister, Margaret Kerr who married James Watson in New York City circa 1850. Appreciate hearing from anyone who thinks they can connect to this family.

I am also doing Y chromosome DNA testing to see if DNA can establish a link where the paper records appear to have been lost. The Y chromosome passes from father to son, virtually unchanged, so every living male has the almost the exact same DNA signature as his direct paternal line ancestor several hundred years ago.

The Carr Family DNA Genealogy Project accepts YDNA haplotypes from any source and uses that information along with established family histories to establish the common ancestry among Carr, Kerr and Karr paternal lines. A phonetic variations of Carr are included because families often changed the spelling of the name over the generations.

You can see that many Carr family paternal line haplotypes have already been established on the project websites.

http://www.carr-genealogy.com/

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/carr/

If using DNA to extend your family tree interests you, many companies that test DNA for genealogy can be found through the internet. I have used several companies over the years. The company that has consistently provided the most reliable results and the best service is Family Tree DNA. I am the volunteer administrator of the Carr Surname Group at Family Tree DNA and would love to assist you with any questions you may have. My involvement is purely for Carr family history research, I have no financial ties with any DNA test company. I have found over the last 40 years of researching my family history that helping others often results in my learning about my family as well, thus assisting others has become a normal part of my family history research.

Hi Kathy
I have a Andrew Jackson Kerr whose father was William - no other info

Hi Renee! We've traced that our Andrew Jackson Kerr was the son of Joseph Perry Kerr who was born in 1828 in Fairfield SC and died in 1912 in lufkin, TX. His father was William Joseph Kerr, who was born in 1790 in Scotland, we think in Ayrshire. Perhaps your William was actually the grandfather, in which cse we're directly related. We also think we know who William Joseph's father was, but we're not sure at this time - records past 1790 aren't as easy to come by. They appear to have fled Scotland for Ireland due to religious persecution.

John, we had the Kerr YDNA done on my husband at the Clan Gathering in Edinburgh this August. It was interesting how many ties to Irvine came up, but research showed a long association between clan Kerr and the Irvines in the past (mutual defense, maybe?). I'll look up your website and see about posting his YDNA results.

Hi, I am brand new to this site. My great great grandfather's mother was Elizabeth Kerr. She was married to James Steele. Her father was Archibald Ker and her mother was Elizabeth Hyslop. She was born in Kirkconnell, Scotland. That's about all the info I have on them except her 2 children's info.

Hi, our Kerrs immigrated from Ireland to Quebec around 1841. Names are James Kerr married to Jane Henderson. Children - James, Catherine, Jemina, William born in Ireland. Last child Sarah born in Quebec.

I'm trying to trace this family back to a specific place in Ireland. Any one missing a James Kerr in their Irish family tree? Maybe we connect :)

My Kerr line is from Berkshire Cty, MA with my grandmother's mother, Marion E. Kerr. Her parents were Thomas M. Kerr b1856 Scotland, and Jessie (SMITH) Kerr b1860. Their first child, Thomas N., was born in Scotland, and their other children, Marion, Jean, James and Robert were born in MA and NJ.

There are so many Thomas and Jessie data pieces from the surrounding two years of birth, or travel through Canada, that I'm getting confused. There is a cemetary in Canada with all of the right names, but I'm not convinced that it is the same family.

My grandmother was passionate about the Colquhoun Clan, so I am assuming that the line came from around the Clan territory of Loch Lomond?