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She was most likely the daughter of Walter Kerr, considering that her will inventory was done by William Kerr, who would have been her brother, and she named one of her sons Walter. In a family bible, her birth is listed above her Barclay children with her name as "Margaret Kerr", and includes the birth dates of daughters Mary and Martha Brown.
1691
Jan 6
| 1691 • The Treaty of Limerick, ending the Williamite War in Ireland and guaranteeing civil rights to Roman Catholics, is signed. (It was broken "before the ink was dry") The Flight of the Wild Geese — the departure of the Jacobite army — follows. |
1740
Nov 18
Age: 49y
birth of childMary Etta Brown New Jersey, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1740 • Samuel Richardson's popular and influential epistolatory novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded is published in London. |
1769
Oct 16
Age: 78y
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willMentions daughters Mary and Martha, as well as her son "Walter Barclay". David Carlile is a witness. William Ker, son of Walter Kerr, does the inventory of her estate. One of Walter Kerr's other sons also married a Catherine Brown. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1769 • Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire is established as John Wentworth, the Royal Governor, conveys a charter from King George III of England. |
1769
Sep 30
Age: 78y