Lucy (Pickens) Kerr (1702 - abt. 1785)

Born 1702 in Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Matthew Gillespie — married 2 Sep 1722 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Wife of John Kerr — married 1730 in Abingdon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1785 at about age 83 in North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Lucy /Pickens estimated birth date is 1702 in Ulster, Ireland^[1]

Mathew Gillespie traveled from Ireland to Pennsylvania with the Pickens family. Lucy Pickens married Mathew Gillespie in 1722 at Presby. Church, Pennsylvania. After Mathew died, Lucy married John Carr (Kerr). Records of Tinkling Spring Presby.

On 27 March 1740 in Orange County Court, Virginia, "John Carr made oath that he imported himself, Lucy his wife, Margaret Gilasby, Matthew Glasby, his wife's children, Jane, Wm:, Barbara, Lucy & Martha Carr, his children, at his own Charge from Ireland to Philadelphia & from thence into this Colony and that this is the first time of his proving his & their rights in order to obtain Land" in Virginia. The oath was ordered to be certified.^[2]

She married twice: m1: Matthew Gillespie, m2: John Carr [aka Kerr].

In 1749 and 1761 she was listed with her husband John Kerr, selling land in Augusta VA to their sons in law.^[3]

Children

Children with John Kerr:

• Jane Kerr b c1731, married John Hinds
• William Kerr b c1732, married Martha
• Barbara Kerr b c1735, imported with the family, but no further records
• Lucy Kerr b c1737, married John Alison Sr
• Martha Kerr b c1740 imported with the family, but no further records
• Elizabeth Kerr bap 2/6/1743, married James McClure
• Letitia Kerr bap 9/22/1745, married James Laird
• Margaret Kerr bap 8/2/1747
• Mary Kerr bap 2/27/1749

Research Notes

Place Creation

• Orange County, Virginia was created in 20 Sep 1734 from Spotsylvania County.
• Augusta County, Virginia (unorganized; organized 1745) was created in 15 Dec 1738 and was formed from Orange County.
• Botetourt County, Virginia (pending; effective 1770) was created in 28 Nov 1769 from Augusta County.
• Cowpasture River lies to the west of and is not the same place as Beverley Manor.
• The entirety of Beverley Manor lies within present-day Augusta County, bounded on north by Middle River, east and south by South River, and west by a line a little east of Spotswood.

See Augusta County, Colony of Virginia for a map created from recent research. Spratlin-29 23:02, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Parents

Lucy Pickens daughter of William Pickens and Margaret Pike was born about 1700 in Pennsylvania^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2118882068 Page: Source number: 1121.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CD2. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=956558&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1702 Birth place: Ir Marriage date: 1730 Marriage place: PA APID: 1,7836::956558
2. ↑ County Court, Orange County, Virginia, County Court general index to orders and minutes; order and minute books, 1734-1867, Orders, v. 1-2, 1734-1741.; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-NSQ2-2?cat=402491), image 368.
3. ↑ CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 DEED BOOK NO. 9. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 371 Page 353.
4. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

See also:

• Family Research by Laura Sullivan Phillips & Arline Sullivan Byrd
• Information from Don Scarbrought's notes on the Pickens family.v
• Source: S-2118882068 Repository: #R-2145420208 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv Note: APID: 1,7836::0
• Source: S-2126527828 Repository: #R-2145420208 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=2283858&pid=253
• Source: "Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WF-RN6C : accessed 4 August 2017), Matthew Gillespy and Lucy Pickin, 02 Sep 1722; citing Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, various churches and archives, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 823,996.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Kara_s.ged on 22 September 2010.
• This person was created on 10 March 2011 through the import of Adams,Fowler,Roulston,Twilla_2011-03-09.ged.
• Duplicated with the import of LaBach Family Tree April 28 2011.ged on 05 May 2011.
• Thank you to Elaine Jeffries for creating WikiTree profile Pickens-462 through the import of Turley_McCormick _ Davis_Barke.ged on Apr 6, 2013.
• Thank you to David Black for creating WikiTree profile Pickens-502 through the import of David_s Family Tree_Ancestry_26Jun2013.ged on Jul 23, 2013.
• Triplicated by Kelly Sinclair on 17 Nov 13.