Benjamin Brown Kerr: MontyHistNotes

1806 - 1879 (73 years)

Generation: 1

Benjamin Brown Kerr was born on 12 May 1806 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (son of Hugh Kerr and Jane Jean Brown); died on 28 Jul 1879 in Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Farmer
Residence: 1810, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Capt Sample
Residence: 1820, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1830, Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1850, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; District 15
Residence: 1860, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA
Residence: 1870, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA

Benjamin married Martha Jane Orr on 27 May 1832 in Maury County, Tennessee, USA. Martha (daughter of James Orr and Elizabeth Lawrence) was born on 3 May 1812 in Tennessee, USA; died on 12 Jun 1892 in Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA; was buried in 1892 in Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Mary Emily Kerr was born on 14 Jul 1839 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 30 Jul 1893 in Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA; was buried in 1893 in Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi, USA.

Generation: 2

Hugh Kerr was born on 27 Sep 1776 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (son of Robert Mungo Kerr, Jr and Barbara Ann Brown); died after 1 Aug 1860 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1810, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Capt Sample
Residence: 1820, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1830, Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Departure: Abt 1838, London, England
Arrival: 7 May 1838, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA
Residence: 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1850, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; District 15
Residence: 1860, Kossuth, Alcorn, Mississippi, USA

Hugh married Jane Jean Brown on 20 Apr 1802 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. Jane was born in 1779 in North Carolina, USA; died on 25 Feb 1842 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane Jean Brown was born in 1779 in North Carolina, USA; died on 25 Feb 1842 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1810, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Listed as a "Free White Female, 26 thru 44" in the home of Hugh Kerr/Capt Sample
Residence: 1820, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Listed as a "Free White Female, 26 thru 44" in the home of Hugh Kerr
Residence: 1830, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Listed as a "Free White Female, 50 thru 59" in the home of Hugh Kerr
Residence: 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Listed as a "Free White Female, 60 thru 69" in the home of Hugh Kerr

Children:

1. Benjamin Brown Kerr was born on 12 May 1806 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Jul 1879 in Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA.
William M Kerr was born on 22 Nov 1808 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; died on 31 Jul 1889 in Hood County, Texas, USA; was buried in 1889 in Little River, Bell, Texas, USA.
Frances Eleanor Kerr was born on 1 Nov 1813; died on 2 Dec 1872.

Generation: 3

4.	Robert Mungo Kerr, Jr was born in 1750 (son of Robert Mungo Kerr, Sr ¶ and Margaret McCall); died in 1843. Robert married Barbara Ann Brown. Barbara was born in 1755; died in 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara Ann Brown was born in 1755; died in 1833.

Children:

2. Hugh Kerr was born on 27 Sep 1776 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; died after 1 Aug 1860 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA.

Generation: 4

8.	Robert Mungo Kerr, Sr ¶ was born in 1718 in Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland; died on 5 Apr 1789 in Hopewell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. Robert married Margaret McCall. Margaret was born in 1717; died in 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9.
Margaret McCall was born in 1717; died in 1769.
Children:

4. Robert Mungo Kerr, Jr was born in 1750; died in 1843.