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James of Glencarr
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Subject: Clan James


Author:
Mark
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Date Posted: 17:23:56 03/13/12 Tue
Hi Matthew - Thank you for your comment on the message board. Clan James is just a snappy and easy to remember name for the website. There is no official 'Clan James', regardless of what certain purveyors of a Welsh 'James' tartan might like people to believe. The surname of James is a very interesting one though, and researching your own James family may bring forth all kinds of surprises. We certainly had some whilst researching ours.
Subject: Family


Author:
Matthew James
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Date Posted: 08:59:14 03/12/12 Mon
is there an official way to join the Clan? Please let me know!
Subject: A Carr From EWoodbridge


Author:
Mark
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Date Posted: 15:33:56 09/26/11 Mon
JOHN - Thank you for the kind words. There is a theory, as yet unproven, that all the Carr's in Suffolk had a common ancestor. The earliest cluster we have found is around the port of Lowestoft in the 16th century. It is possible that the surname entered Suffolk via Lowestoft, but as yet, this is still only speculation.
Subject: A Carr from Woodbridge


Author:
John Carr
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Date Posted: 10:29:27 08/13/11 Sat
Thanks for the work you've done on this site Mark.
I was born in Woodbridge and my late father used to mention that the name Carr was a version of the Scottish Kerr.
It's very interesting to follow your trail back.
Subject: WILLIAM


Author:
Mark
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Date Posted: 21:06:14 01/12/11 Wed
WILLIAM - It is very nice to hear that you have enjoyed looking through the website. I will continue to grow the site over time and there will be regular updates. My own heritage spans the four nations that make up the British Isles, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

I am currently researching my James forebears and gathering enough concrete information for articles about them. I have just uploaded an article about my paternal grandfather in the Ancestry section of the site.

Thank you once again for your interest in the website, it is encouraging to know that people do find it useful and hopefully an entertaining read :-)
Subject: Thank You


Author:
William Luke James
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Date Posted: 07:40:16 12/02/10 Thu
I was very interested in what I read on your website. My father's family came to the United States from Wales in the mid 1800's. My mother's side was mainly Irish. We have maintained a strong Celtic identity and are proud of our heritage. Thank you for all the great information on this site. I will be checking back often to read further and learn more.

Respectfully,
SGT William L. James
US Army
Subject: Carrs from Suffolk


Author:
Mark
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Date Posted: 10:24:21 06/19/10 Sat
CHARLOTTE - Thank you for the kind words. Next time I am at the Public Records Office in Ipswich, I will take a look at the Marlesford parish records to see if I can glean any further information for you.

There are a few modern Carr families stuck at around 1750 in respect to documented history. However, the Carrs in Suffolk were not numerous at that point, so it is simply a matter of luck and hard work to find the connections.

It is possible that all the Carrs in Suffolk are inter-related, especially given that the outbreak of the 'Black Death' - The Plague - in 1666 reduced the population of suffolk by at least a third. That fact was noted in the Martlesham parish records.
Subject: Carrs from Suffolk


Author:
Charlotte (Hopeful)
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Date Posted: 13:32:02 05/17/10 Mon
Very informative web page, obviously taken you a long time to compile!!....I am researching the Carrs from Marlesford area, which isn't too far from Gt Bealings. Thomas Carr married Mary Skinner in 1775 in Marlesford. Children: Mary 1776, Maria 1778, Richard 1780,James 1789, Richard 1786. I would LOVE to hear from anyone with any info!
Subject: The Kerrs


Author:
Mark
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Date Posted: 15:35:56 09/12/09 Sat
CHARLIE - It is indeed true that people tend to associate Scotland with the traditions of the Highlands, and we can blame the Victorians and the tartan craze of the 19th century for that situation.

Even the great Border and Lowland families adopted a tartan of their own at that time, and since then there has been a fusion of traditions that has created the image of Scotland most people recognise today. A kind of shortbread tin romanticism epitomised by Mel Gibson's sweeping piece of old hokum, 'Braveheart'.

It would be nice for somebody to make an exciting blockbuster movie about the Borders in the 16th century, for there is certainly enough material to get along with. The rescue of Kinmont Willie from Carlisle Castle being just one of them.

It is very good to see a rise in interest in respect to the people of the Borders. It is also good to see people taking a genuine interest in their own past and heritage generally.

Good Luck with your Borderer's history group in the USA and if you have a website, I would be more than happy to place a link on this site to it.
Subject: The Kerrs


Author:
Charlie
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Date Posted: 14:29:03 09/11/09 Fri
My hat's off to James of Glenncarr for his most accurate info on the border people and the Kerrs in general. Most wont admit their heritage and try very hard to align with the Hielanders. My family, according to the DNA testing, descended from Walter Ker of Roxburgh. He married a young Miss Douglas from Drumlanrig around 1450. His descendant, another Walter, was exiled to the colonies in 1685 but not after having his left eye put out and his left ear cut off for refusing to convert to the Queen's religion. After being convinced he was a lost cause, they allowed him to take 200 of his fellow borderers with him. 70 died at sea due to a virus of some sort.

I am the USA Representative of The Borderers, a living history group in Dumfries, Scotland. There is a link to the web site here on this page under links. My goal is to tell my fellow "Scotch Irish" countrymen that all Scots didn't wear tartan or kilts, did not refer to themselves as clans, and were not as "glamorous" as the Hielanders have been made out to be. I've met with much resistance but I'll stay the course. I'm getting many more requests for info and many are wanting to join my cause. The reivers are making a comeback in a big way!!
Subject: Which Kerr's


Author:
Mark
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Date Posted: 19:28:50 01/24/09 Sat
Ashley - We have also yet to determine which Kerr branch we are descended from, I am hoping that we will eventually find the answer to that question. A bit of genealogical research along your family tree may provide a few pointers for you, if you can go back far enough.

There is also the added complication that not all those who bear the Kerr surname are blood kin, as members of a Lords household tended to adopt the Lords surname. This was also true, to a degree, of Highland clans.

During the time of the Border Reivers, a surname was ones most precious possession and protection. To be stripped of ones surname and declared an 'outlaw' was almost a death sentence in itself. It meant that anybody would be free to kill you with no fear of arrest or reprisal, as one was literally 'outside the law'.
Subject: clan kerr


Author:
ashley john kerr (happy)
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Date Posted: 23:08:56 01/23/09 Fri
hello when i discovered your website i was very happy to hear my families heratige i was just wondering whitch of the two brothers would my family be dissended from?






brillient site

the kerrs from cambridge
Subject: WELCOME


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Mark
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Date Posted: 20:14:59 11/15/08 Sat
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