Robert
Kerr
Jr.
Born in Virginia
Son of Robert Kerr Sr.
and Martha (Hayes) Kerr
Brother of
Martha C (Kerr) Allen
Husband of
Amy (George) Kerr
— married
12 Dec 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Father of
Martha (Kerr) Clack, Jesse Kerr Sr, William Kerr, David Kerr, Robert Kerr, Margaret (Kerr) Clack and Thomas Jefferson Kerr
Died
at age 60
in Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2015
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Biography
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Robert KERR (1758 - 1819) . Born in USA on 15 May 1758 to ROBERT II Kerr (1732-18060 and Martha HAYES (1733-1786) .
Robert KERR II married Amy George (1767-1837) and had 11 children. He passed away on 8 May 1819 in USA. [1]
Research Notes
There is no definitive proof that Robert was the father of Jesse Kerr, but Robert is in the right location at the right time to believe that he was the father of Jesse.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 April 2021), memorial page for Robert Kerr Jr. (15 May 1758–8 May 1819), Find A Grave: Memorial #43497774, citing Saffell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Leah Bird Cotton (contributor 47165031) .
- Marriage Name: Robert Kerr Jr Gender: Male Marriage Date: 12 Dec 1786 Marriage Place: Greene, Tennessee, USA Spouse: Amy George Source Information Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Spouse Amy George; see: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ72-YWL : 9 March 2021), Robert Kerr and Amy George, 12 Dec 1786; citing Greene, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 72, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,148,701.
- Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn. (Three pages including two land grants of 342 acres and 21 acres, both on 4 May 1810; first page: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2882/images/33118_290642-00422?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=124551
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Douglas Green 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M735651 [compare]
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~0.78%
Pip Sheppard :
23andMe, GEDmatch A888563 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A888563 [compare], Ancestry member tsheppard1960
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~0.78%
T. J. Shepherd :
23andMe, GEDmatch NW5923227 [compare]
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~0.78%
Pam Logan :
23andMe
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~0.78%
William Wood :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Peggy Enman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A895889 [compare], Ancestry member peggyharv95
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~0.78%
Lindsey (Shepherd) Rowland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KY2988136 [compare], Ancestry member lsrowland69
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~0.39%
Joshua Woosley :
23andMe
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~0.39%
JP Schell :
23andMe, GEDmatch JA903014C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EQ2238330 [compare], Ancestry member jilllschell
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~0.39%
JJ Schell :
23andMe, GEDmatch LX154509C1 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch LX7117881 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jason Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jjs2411
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~0.39%
Amie Garrison :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LP3470005 [compare], yourDNAportal AMI4540573f, Ancestry member garrison_amie
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Pip Sheppard
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Kerr-8847 and Kerr-3813 appear to represent the same person because: Previously unknown in my line. Recently identified as the father of Jesse Kerr.
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Rejected matches › Robert Kerr (1849-)
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