Re: Kirkwood in Lancaster Cty. PA about 1760
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In reply to:
Re: Kirkwood, PA in Lancaster Cty. / Robert Kirkwood Harford County, MD
Lindsay Robinson 9/03/05
Lindsay-
For many years I have been looking for the Kirkwoods of Jefferson County, Kentucky.Mary Kirkwood b 1776 md Francis Adams b 1776.They married in Jefferson Co., KY.Francis was born in York PA. The only record of birth I have for Mary is 1850 census that says Virginia....As you know that is not hard proof.
I have looked in Lancaster/York area thinking she came to KY with the Pennsylvania crowd.The Kirkwoods that I have in Kentucky are William who md Nancy Ann Adams (da of Francis & Mary Kirkwood Adams), and Mary who married Francis Adams.My THEORY is that these Kirkwoods are from PA. and I cannot find their roots because their father was dead and their mother remarried. That would explain why there is no Kirkwood in Jefferson County that would be their father.Understand that is just a guess.
The other guess that I have is that they descend from the Robert or William Kirkwood that was killed with George Rogers Clark fighting Indians in Illinois
I would appreciate any information that would get me out of this black hole.
Thank you,
Martha Easter
Daytona Beach, FL