JOHN ASTON/AUSTIN - KIRK
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JOHN ASTON/AUSTIN - KIRK
| Raven (View posts) | Posted: 19 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT |
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Surnames: ASTON, KIRK, KIMERY, MCCRACKEN, KUNTZ, MOFFETT, KELSEY, SHIELDS, BROBECK, BROWN, HENLEY
John ASTON/AUSTIN, born 1752. Emigrated to America and married Mary ? (surname unknown). They settled in Pennsylvania, later Augusta County, Virginia. Children were: James, Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, and John. Daughter, Mary Elizabeth ASTON married a man named KIRK. Their son John ASTON KIRK married a KELSEY and lived in the area of Providence Church and/or Salem Presbyterian Church. Their daughter Mary Ann KIRK married William KIMERY. William KIMERY had a brother, George KIMERY. George KIMERY owned large parcels of land adjoining Washington College Academy. These families settled around Salem Presbyterian Church and/or Salem Baptist Church (Brownsborough) in Washington County. Many KIRK graves can be located at Salem Presbyterian Church and Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery in Limestone, Washington County, Tennessee. The KIRK family in the Asbury Community married into the BROBECK, HENLEY and BROWN families. ASTON family graves may also be located in the KEPLINGER-Cherry Grove Cemetery, Cherokee Community, Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee