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fidence of the highest officers iu that sei-vice. He subsequently settled 

 in King's County, Nova Scotia, where he was appointed a Colonel of 

 Militia, and where his memory will long be cherished with the greatest 

 respect. He lost two sons in the Army and Navy, and has left a wife and 

 eleven children to mouni the loss of an affectionate parent." 



Colonel Kerr and his wife Eliza Brown, had sixteen children, eight 

 sons and eight daughters, who arrived at maturity. One of his sons, 

 Thomas, was an ensign in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and was 

 mortally wounded at the battle of Frenchtown in the war of 1812. An- 

 other son, Janies, died in the navy on board the Royal William, about 

 the time when he was passed as lieutenant. Another son, John, became 

 an eminent and wealthy merchant of St. John, N.B. Joseph was an 

 extensive mill owner and merchant in Wallace, N.S., and David Shank 

 was a leading member of the Bar of New Brunswick. Five of his sons 

 and all of his daughters married and left numerous descendants. 



John McGill was a native of Scotland and was a lieutenant in Arm- 

 strong's company at the battle of Brandywine. He was promoted to be 

 captain in October, 1777, and on Armstrong's promotion to be 

 major, in October, 1778, became captain of the Grenadier company, 

 which he gallantly led during the remainder of the war. He went to 

 St. John at the peace, and was a grantee of that city and also of Parrs- 

 boro, but afterwards removed to Upper Canada where he became a person 

 of note. He died at Toronto in 1834, aged 83. He was appointed Com- 

 missary of Stores under Simcoe in 1791. At the time of his death he 

 was a member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. 



Stair Agnew, son of the Rev. John Agnew, was bom in Virginia. 

 He was lieutenant in the Queen's Rangers at the battle of Brandywine 

 and was then promoted to be captain, but was so severely wounded that 

 he was unfit for active duty during the remainder of the war. Lieut. 

 Wickham commanded liis company in his absence, and afterwards Lieut. 

 Hugh MacKay. in the autumn of 1780, when somewhat recovered, he 

 went with General Leslie to Virginia. He followed the movements of 

 General Leslie in South Carolina, and General Arnold having taken 

 Portsmouth, Capt. Agnew and his father were going by sea to that place, 

 when they were captured by a French frigate and taken to France. They 

 were confined in the castle of St. Male until the peace. Capt. Agnew 

 settled in York County, near Fredericton, and was a member of the New 

 Brunswick House of Assembly for thirty years. He was also a judge of 

 the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for York. He died in December, 

 1821, at the age of 63. Some of his descendants are still living in New 

 Brunswick. 



