Tag: Susquehanna River

James Kerr (1682-7 – 1770): Murky, Misty Beginnings in Ireland and Pennsylvania — To 1730

October 21, 2026

Or, Subtitled: “This summer we have had 12 or 13 sayle of ships from the North of Ireland with a swarm of people.” In this posting, I’m moving the focus of my series about the Kerr family back another generation, from Samuel Kerr (1715-1725 — aft. 1762), who moved from Augusta County, Virginia, to the … More James Kerr (1682-7 – 1770): Murky, Misty Beginnings in Ireland and Pennsylvania — To 1730

Patrick Colhoun of County Donegal, Ireland (Died 1740/1, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania): Immigrant Progenitor of the South Carolina Long Cane Calhoun Family

June 1, 2024

About Patrick Colhoun, the immigrant ancestor and father of Ezekiel Calhoun and his siblings Mary (Noble), James, William, and Patrick Calhoun, not a great deal is known with certainty. What researchers have thought they’ve known over the years has often turned out to be wrong, as such scant documentary evidence as we now have about … More Patrick Colhoun of County Donegal, Ireland (Died 1740/1, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania): Immigrant Progenitor of the South Carolina Long Cane Calhoun Family