Doddridge County Roots


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First Name Last Name
Walter KER

Walter KER

Male 1656 - 1748  (92 years)


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  • Name Walter KER
    Birth 1656  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Death 10 Jun 1748  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Walter Ker and his wife Margaret, with other Scotch nonconformists, were deprived of his property and exiled under perpetual banishment upon the accession of James II in 1685. They came to New Jersey and settled at Freehold, Monmouth County. They were buried on a hilly point of ground about one-half mile east of the present Tennent church building.
    Person ID I3759  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2002

    Family Margaret ___,   b. 1661, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1734, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Children 
    +1. William KER,   b. 1700, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1777, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F1337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1547] Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition, (1904), p. 390.

    2. [S504] Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 46.

    3. [S1547] Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition, (1904), p. 360 & 390.