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Author: young1451
Surnames: Carr McEwen
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William Carr b. 1732 in Ireland . His daughter Sarah Carr married David McEwen circa 1770
and they had a son before the Carr and McEwen families boarded the Ship Brittanie in Fall
1773 which sailed from Dublin to New York Province where they took up farming on the
Kingsborough Patent owned by Sir John Johnson family . William Carr and son in law David
McEwen joined the 1st Batt. of King's Royal Regiment of New York KRRNY on June 19 1776
and served until disbanded in Canada 1783 . William Carr name also spelt Cart , Karr ,
Kerr before settling at Carr in Canada . William Carr and David McEwen families shared Lot
3 Front Cornwall Twp Stormont County Upper Canada [Ontario] ; where David ran a Ferry
Service and William was a farmer and weaver .
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