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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 Khalkha submit to the Manchu invaders, bringing most of modern-day Mongolia under the rule of the Qing dynasty. |
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 • James Watt is granted a patent for improvements to the steam engine, an invention which helps inaugurate the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. |
1769
Sep 30
Age: 78y
| 1769 • Louis Antoine de Bougainville returns to Saint-Malo following a three-year circumnavigation of the world with the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile, with the loss of only seven out of 330 men; among the returning crew is Jeanne Baré, the first woman known to have circumnavigated the globe. |