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Note: ecember 1, 1691 and is identified as of Ballykill and Conroe, County Lurgan, Ireland (Clanroll in County Lurgan and Ballynakill in County Queens). His first marriage was to Ann Henderson, by whom a daughter, Sarah Greer, who married Joseph Gruble. He married, second, Rachel Morton, by whom, issue, four: Thomas, James, Samuel and Rachel." (He died 17 2nd month 1738, according to Quarker records.) (GREGOR, MacGREGOR, MacGHEE, MAGRUDER, GRIERSON, GRIER, GREER --- A HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE ABOVE FAMILIES AND MANY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1954, compiled by Robert M. Torrence, A.B., F.G.S.P., F.I.A.G., 110 Edgevale Road Baltimore 10, Maryland, pages 44 - 45.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: The Quaker records give 1 12th month 91, which was translated by Torrence and others as 1 December 1691. The Quaker records, according to Kevin Howley, used March as the first month and should be transcribed as 1 February 1691. Lurgan is apparently in County Armagh, Ireland. I have not found a County Lurgan.) Thomas Greer was a weaver. Information about him is from Burke's Irish Family Records, page 500.
Note: "Thomas Greer, fourth child of James and Eleanor (Rea) Greer, was born D
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