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Notes about John Kerr

1. The Lifter Controversy.
One of the places where the controversy raged most furiously was at Beith in Ayrshire. This parish is no great distance from those of Dalry and Kilmaurs, and the Lifters seem to have obtained a strong footing there, although no congregation of the denomination was founded in that place. At a meeting of the Kirk Session of the Anti-Burgher Church in Beith, (2) held on 11th September, 1782, it was intimated that four elders and one deacon had left the congregation. Their leader was one Bryce Kerr, (3) who took up a strong position on the Lifter question, and who some time previously had succeeded in having the Communion postponed, because his views were not accepted regarding this matter. The minister at this period was Andrew Mitchell (1740-1812), whose son, Dr John Mitchell, was afterwards minister of Wellington Church, Glasgow. Dr Mitchell used to relate how as a boy he had seen Bryce Kerr haranguing the members of the congregation with such vehemence that the foam flew from his lips, charging the people to stand to the position they had taken up,
"else they would rot in their graves." As has been said, no congregation of the Lifters was formed in Beith ; but the church there was so weakened by secessions that the Synod had to make a grant to it, in order that the minister should get his stipend paid.

(2) Small, History, ii. 529.
(3) Kerr was an elder as was also his uncle, John Kerr. The Session minute refers to Bryce Kerr as "an incendiary in this affair." Small (History, ii. 304) calls him the "champion of the Ayrshire Lifters." Though Kerr himself was such a pillar among the Lifters in Dalry, his family appear to have joined the Relief Church in Beith, probably after his death. A relative, probably a Grandson, Bryce Kerr,
M.A., was ordained minister of the Relief Church, Largo, Fife, on 29th March, 1843. He died at Beith on 25th October in the same year.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Kerr

Robert Kerr
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Elizabeth Stewart
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James Gavin
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Margaret Stephen
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Robert Kerr
± 1670-1757
Ann Gavin
± 1690-????

John Kerr
1715-????


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    1. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1715 KERR, JOHN b. 24/07/1715 (Old Parish Registers Births 596/10 60 Kilbirnie) Not downloaded
      1715 KERR, JOHN b. 24/07/1715 (Old Parish Registers Births 596/10 60 Kilbirnie)

    Historical events

    Birthday July 24, 1715

    • The temperature on July 24, 1715 was about 15.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1715: Source: Wikipedia
      • April 15 » The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
      • May 3 » A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
      • July 20 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
      • July 31 » Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
      • September 1 » King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, which is the longest of any major European monarch.
      • November 13 » Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.
    

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