As and FYI A group of landspeculators operating under the name Donnel, Barr, Barr, and Barr, we very active around 1786 in the SW VA area. I don't know if these Barr's are the same folks, but they were operating out of Philadelphia. Bill On Thursday, May 26, 2005, at 02:21 PM, Sandra Ferguson wrote: > from a lookup; > > An Andrew Barr was a loyalist who had been a prisoner, but was > discharged in Oct of 1777. > Robert Barr was listed as a landowner 1774, in Kennett twp > A Rev. Samuel Barr was the minister of the New London Presbyterian > Church (no date given, but after 1778.) > > 1765 Chester Archives ; > John Barr a freeman in West Nantmeal ( a freeman was an > unmarried man who lived in the twp but owned no land) > John Barr owned 40 acres in EAst Caln > John Barr lived in Ridley but owned no land. > > HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PA, by Futhey and Cope; > A John Barr was listed on the tax list of EAst Caln, 1753 > An Andrew Barr was a loyalist who had been a prisoner, but was > discharged in Oct of 1777. > Robert Barr was listed as a landowner 1774, in Kennett twp > A Rev. Samuel Barr was the minister of the New London Presbyterian > Church (no date given, but after 1778.) > > > WILLS OF THE AREA; the following is the only will for a John Barr, or > that mentions the name John Barr, before 1829; BARR, JOHN. E. > Caln.February 22, 1774. No date of probate.To daughter Rose Erwin £7. > To daughter Rebecca Haddin £5. All remainder real and personal to wife > Margaret, also Executrix.Wit: John Jacobs, Margaret Maulsby. > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.17 - Release Date: 5/25/2005 > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, > helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Is there anyone who can look up a marriage certificate in West Chester for------- John Patterson Massey and Margarita Kirkpatrick------January 20,1853--- Paying for this research is not a problem-------- I need the name of Johns parents-------- Mark Massey