Andrew Kerr and Esther Stephenson

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Husband Andrew Kerr ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Feb 1768 - Ireland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jul 1850 - Washington Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Pleasant Grove, East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Hugh Kerr (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1805 2

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Wife Esther Stephenson ¹

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            AKA: Esther Stevenson 2
           Born: 18 Nov 1782 - near Coon Island, Washington Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Aug 1849 3
         Buried:  - Pleasant Grove, East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Stephenson (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Baird (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Jane Kerr ^{2 5}

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           Born: 30 Oct 1806 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jesse Bane (      -      ) 2 5

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2 M Robert Kerr ^{2 5}

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           Born: 6 May 1808 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy Vanderhuff (      -      ) 2 5

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3 M James Kerr ^{2 5}

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           Born: 18 Dec 1810 2
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Harriet Van Syock (      -      ) 5

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4 M William Kerr ^{2 5}

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           Born: 27 Dec 1813 - Buffalo Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 2 May 1890 - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Cynthia Peden (1817-Aft 1893) 3

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5 F Eliza Kerr ⁵

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            AKA: Elizabeth Kerr 2
           Born: 17 Dec 1816 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Esther Kerr ^{2 5}

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           Born: 15 Dec 1818 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Kerr

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He emigrated from Ireland in 1781, and bought a farm of Mr. Leeper, located on Buffalo Creek, in East Finley township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, containing one hundred and eighty-five acres.

He was born in Ireland, and learned the trade of a weaver. He emigrated to America at the age of eighteen, landing, after a voyage of thirteen weeks, at New York, and thence proceeding to Buffalo township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, where in the spring of 1787 he purchased about six hundred acres of land, situated nearly four and a half miles northeast of Claysville. There in the unbroken wilderness he erected his cabin home.
Several years after his marriage, his aged parents left their native land to spend their declining years with their son. His mother was a physician, and successfully followed that profession in America until 1822, when both she and her husband died of yellow fever. Andrew became a wealthy farmer, but afterward sold the greater portion of his property to "give bail" for a nephew, and this expense almost ruined him. He continued to live on the farm until his death. He was an active supporter of the Democratic party. In religious connection he united with the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and the letter of recommendation which he brought to America in 1786 was still in the possession of his grandchildren a century later. [CBRWC, 1413]

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 744, 776.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1413.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1414.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 744.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 776.