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John OrrPrint Family Tree
- Born in 1489 - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Deceased in 1603 - Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, aged 114 years old
- Robert 16th Earl of Mar - 4th Lord of Erskine Orr "Erskine" 1458-
- Elizabeth Isabella Loudoun Campbell †
- Married in 1512, Scotland, to Margaret Campbell 1485-1555 with
- Robert Orr 1520-1603
- Colin Oliphant 1487-1513
- John 5th Lord Erskine 17th Earl of Mar Erskine 1487-1555
- Margaret Erskine 1496-1533
- Margaret Erskine of Mar 1496-1572
- Robert Erskine of Mar 1505-1513
- Christian Erskine 1513-1564
- Robert Erskine of Mar
- Elizabeth (Craigsends, Renfrewshire) Cunningham.-Makgill. 1485-1519
- James Lord Erskine van Little Sauchie †1597
- Mary Erskine
- Janet Erskine 1490-
- James 1st Laird of Balgownie Erskine 1500-1597
- Margaret Erskine 1513-1572
https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stomach17&id=I2989
John Orr I 1489-1555, Margaret Campbell
Robert Orr 1520-1603, Agnes Allane
John Orr 1554-1603, Janet Bethune
James Orr I 1580-1627, Janet McClement
James J. Orr, Jennet Mountjoy
James MOUNTJOY, Circa 1573 - 1639 15731639
James MOUNTJOY was born circa 1573,
at birth place, to Simon Mountjoy and Mountjoy (born LNU).
Simon was born circa 1543, in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
was born circa 1547, in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
James had 4 siblings: Catherede Catherine MOUNTJOY and 3 other siblings.
James married Susanna MOUNTJOY (born FURSE) on month day 1595, at age 22 at marriage place.
Susanna was born on February 8 1579, in Dean Prior, Devon, England.
They had 2 daughters: Jennet ORR (born MOUNTJOY) and one other child.
James passed away on month day 1639, at age 66 at death place.
John Orr 1528-1604, Elizabeth King
Humphrey Orr 1654-1737, Anna Elizabeth King
John William Orr 1688-1762, Sarah McCkement
William D. Orr, Sarah Quigley
William Orr 1730-1790
John Orr 1750-1799, Sarah Byers
IMMIGRANTS
John Orr Sr. 1775-1845, Elizabeth Geisler
Thomas N. Orr 1811-1897, Caroline Judith Sudduth
John Burton Orr 1840, Mary Elizabeth Wilcox
Jesse Orr 1879-1972, Amy Delena Hopkins
William Robert Orr 1910-1993, Bennie McKinley
Ruth Brooks was born in 1740 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. She had one daughter in 1773. She died on April 25, 1804, in Connecticut at the age of 64. Her daughter Ruth (Bethyah) was born on November 27, 1773, in Salisbury, Connecticut.
John Orr I 1489-1555, Margaret Campbell
Robert Orr 1520-1603, Agnes Allane
John Orr 1554-1603, Janet Bethune
James Orr I 1580-1627, Janet McClement
James J. Orr, Jennet Mountjoy
James MOUNTJOY, Circa 1573 - 1639 15731639
James MOUNTJOY was born circa 1573,
at birth place, to Simon Mountjoy and Mountjoy (born LNU).
Simon was born circa 1543, in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
was born circa 1547, in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
James had 4 siblings: Catherede Catherine MOUNTJOY and 3 other siblings.
James married Susanna MOUNTJOY (born FURSE) on month day 1595, at age 22 at marriage place.
Susanna was born on February 8 1579, in Dean Prior, Devon, England.
They had 2 daughters: Jennet ORR (born MOUNTJOY) and one other child.
James passed away on month day 1639, at age 66 at death place.
John Orr 1528-1604, Elizabeth King
Humphrey Orr 1654-1737, Anna Elizabeth King
John William Orr 1688-1762, Sarah McCkement
William D. Orr, Sarah Quigley
William Orr 1730-1790
John Orr 1750-1799, Sarah Byers
IMMIGRANTS
John Orr Sr. 1775-1845, Elizabeth Geisler
Thomas N. Orr 1811-1897, Caroline Judith Sudduth
John Burton Orr 1840, Mary Elizabeth Wilcox
Jesse Orr 1879-1972, Amy Delena Hopkins
William Robert Orr 1910-1993, Bennie McKinley
Ruth Brooks was born in 1740 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. She had one daughter in 1773. She died on April 25, 1804, in Connecticut at the age of 64. Her daughter Ruth (Bethyah) was born on November 27, 1773, in Salisbury, Connecticut.
John Orr I, Margaret Campbell
o John 1489-1603 &1512 Margaret Campbell 1485-1555
Robert Orr, Agnes Allane
Robert 1520-1603 &1553 Agnes ALLANE 1526-
o John ORR 1550-
o John 1554-1602 &1579 Janet Bethune 1550-1602
John Orr, Janet Bethune
James Orr I, Janet McClement
o James 1580-1627 &1600 Janet McClement 1580-1638
o James Jr. 1601-1663 &ca 1625 Jennet Mountjoy ca 1605-1660
o John 1554-1603 & Janet Agness Bethune 1550-1602
o John James 1580-1627 &1600 Janet McClement 1584-1630
o James 1600-1663
o John 1489-1603 &1512 Margaret Campbell 1485-1555
Robert Orr, Agnes Allane
Robert 1520-1603 &1553 Agnes ALLANE 1526-
o John ORR 1550-
o John 1554-1602 &1579 Janet Bethune 1550-1602
John Orr, Janet Bethune
James Orr I, Janet McClement
o James 1580-1627 &1600 Janet McClement 1580-1638
o James Jr. 1601-1663 &ca 1625 Jennet Mountjoy ca 1605-1660
o John 1554-1603 & Janet Agness Bethune 1550-1602
o John James 1580-1627 &1600 Janet McClement 1584-1630
o James 1600-1663
"The Orrs had their origin in Scotland as early as the fourteenth century, possibly the thirteenth and took their names as did Brackenrig, Blackwood, Forest and hundreds of other families from the lands on which they lived. They are largely to be found in Renfrewshire, where there are thirteen hundred bearing the name. They are chiefly of Presbyterian faith but some are Episcopalians and in the Cathedral at Glasgow there is a memorial window to William Orr.
http://shissem.com/Hissem_Orr_Family.html
Living On the Edge
Highland family name 'Orr' means someone inhabiting the border, the 'edge' or the shoreline. The topographic origin is from the olde English pre 7th century "ORA" meaning an 'edge', shore or slope. I have lived my life with a foot in each world, the sacred and mundane. The Scottish surname traces back to the Gaelic odhar, meaning "pale", "the pale person", "dun," fair or red haired. The Orr name dates back further than the reign of James VI of Scotland (James I of England). In 1603 when the MacGregors were proscribed, some changed their names to avoid hanging, seeking sanctuary with other clans. Orr was one of the names these "children of the mist" acquired as freedom-fighters.
Padraig Mac Giolla Domhnaigh suggested that the Orr surname originates from an Anglicisation of Gaelic Mac Iomhaire. This was an old name from Renfrewshire, and a sept of the Campbells (Black Watch tartan); he stated that the name was earlier spelt Mac Ure. Historian Edward MacLysaght suggests that the name in Scotland derives from the parish of Orr or Urr in Kirkcudbrightshire, where the River Orr or Urr flowed. John Baliol (mother, Dervorgilla), an estwhile King of Scotland (1292) built his castle there. Land surrounding this river was granted to the Knights Templar by King David I (ruled 1124-1153).
Hew Orr or Urr (Hughe de Urre) swore allegiance to King Edward I in 1296. Old variants include Urr, Ure, Oorr, Oare, Owr, Owar, Ower, Oar, Or, Oarr, Oayre, Oure, Our. The Ulster version of the crest of James Orr of the Villa Antoinette, Cannes, France and Belfast has a trefoil. He was the second son of James Orr of Ballygowan and Holywood House, a Belfast banker. His mother was Jane Stewart of the Stewarts of Ballintoy. His grandfather was Alexander Orr. Being a sept or division of the Campbell Clan entitles you to wear the Campbell tartan, also the Jacobite, Caledonia and Black Watch.
The first recorded evidence of the Orrs in Ireland is of those who came from Scotland with Sir Hugh Montgomery in 1606, who crossed to Ireland for the purpose of settlement in North Down on lands ceded to him by one of the great O'Neill family. In Charles A. Hanna's History of the Scotch Irish, Vol. I, Page 496, is given the genealogy of James Orr, of Bullyblack, who died in 1627 and of Jane Clement, his wife, who died in 1636. From it I quote: 'The descendants, male and female, of this worthy couple were very numerous and as their intermarriages have been carefully recorded, we have thus fortunately a sort of index to the names of many other families of Scotch settlers in the Ards and Castlereagh.'" - from a paper read May 28, 1903 by John G. Orr of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania before the Kittochtinny Historical Society.
The Orrs of Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
(16) James Orr (c1580)
The earliest known Orr recorded in Ulster, Ireland. James Orr was born in Beith, Scotland in about 1580. Beith is a small town lying in the Garnock valley, 20 miles southwest of Glasgow, near the Firth of Clyde, in the north of Ayrshire. While still in Scotland James married Janet McClement.
In 1607, as part of the Montgomery settlement, James and his wife moved to Northern Ireland and settled in Ballyblack, to the south of Newtownards, on the Ards penisula in county Down. James Orr, of Bullyblack [sic], died in 1627. Jane Clement [sic], his wife, died in 1636. They appear to be the forebears of all the Orr's of Ireland. James Orr's descendents are traced in "Ulster Pedigree" by Gawin Orr of Castlereagh.
James Orr had two sons,
(17) James Orr Jr. (c1605), born in Scotland, he remained in the Ards penisula and died in Ballyblack in 1663.
- (18) James Orr III (1622), married Eleanor Dunlop
- (18) William Orr (1626), married Janet Gray
- (18) John Orr (1628), born 5 April 1628, married Elizabeth "Bessy" Kennedy, he died in 1704 in Killinether
- (18) Robert Orr (1638)
(17) Patrick Orr , his descendants migrated to counties Armagh and Donegal
The Orrs of County Antrim, Ireland
The Orr's of county Antrim, which is north of Belfast, were noted members of the United Irishmen and were involved in the rebellion of 1798 against English rule. After the rebellion's failure, William Orr was transported to Australia while many other Orr's fled to America. I don't know if our John, below, was one of them, but the timing is fairly good. See "Remerbering All the Orrs".
The earliest Orr recorded in Ireland is James Orr, b ca 1580 in Scotland who with his wife Janet McClement settled in Ballyblack, Co. Down in 1607. We know of James and Janet and their descendants through the work of Gawin Orr of Castlereagh, who researched and documented some 2,900 relatives in his epic `Ulster Pedigree`. This has been added to and published by Ray A Jones in 1977 under the title of " Ulster Pedigrees Descendants, in Many Lines, of James ORR and Janet McCLEMENT who Emigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland ca 1607 " This book is in the Latter Day Saints Library in Salt Lake City, Call no 929.2415 Or7j; and on fiche #6036613.
Also as Oar, Oare, Ore, Orey, Orie, Orr, Orrand, Orren, Ory, and Orreby.
http://shissem.com/Hissem_Orr_Family.html
Living On the Edge
Highland family name 'Orr' means someone inhabiting the border, the 'edge' or the shoreline. The topographic origin is from the olde English pre 7th century "ORA" meaning an 'edge', shore or slope. I have lived my life with a foot in each world, the sacred and mundane. The Scottish surname traces back to the Gaelic odhar, meaning "pale", "the pale person", "dun," fair or red haired. The Orr name dates back further than the reign of James VI of Scotland (James I of England). In 1603 when the MacGregors were proscribed, some changed their names to avoid hanging, seeking sanctuary with other clans. Orr was one of the names these "children of the mist" acquired as freedom-fighters.
Padraig Mac Giolla Domhnaigh suggested that the Orr surname originates from an Anglicisation of Gaelic Mac Iomhaire. This was an old name from Renfrewshire, and a sept of the Campbells (Black Watch tartan); he stated that the name was earlier spelt Mac Ure. Historian Edward MacLysaght suggests that the name in Scotland derives from the parish of Orr or Urr in Kirkcudbrightshire, where the River Orr or Urr flowed. John Baliol (mother, Dervorgilla), an estwhile King of Scotland (1292) built his castle there. Land surrounding this river was granted to the Knights Templar by King David I (ruled 1124-1153).
Hew Orr or Urr (Hughe de Urre) swore allegiance to King Edward I in 1296. Old variants include Urr, Ure, Oorr, Oare, Owr, Owar, Ower, Oar, Or, Oarr, Oayre, Oure, Our. The Ulster version of the crest of James Orr of the Villa Antoinette, Cannes, France and Belfast has a trefoil. He was the second son of James Orr of Ballygowan and Holywood House, a Belfast banker. His mother was Jane Stewart of the Stewarts of Ballintoy. His grandfather was Alexander Orr. Being a sept or division of the Campbell Clan entitles you to wear the Campbell tartan, also the Jacobite, Caledonia and Black Watch.
The first recorded evidence of the Orrs in Ireland is of those who came from Scotland with Sir Hugh Montgomery in 1606, who crossed to Ireland for the purpose of settlement in North Down on lands ceded to him by one of the great O'Neill family. In Charles A. Hanna's History of the Scotch Irish, Vol. I, Page 496, is given the genealogy of James Orr, of Bullyblack, who died in 1627 and of Jane Clement, his wife, who died in 1636. From it I quote: 'The descendants, male and female, of this worthy couple were very numerous and as their intermarriages have been carefully recorded, we have thus fortunately a sort of index to the names of many other families of Scotch settlers in the Ards and Castlereagh.'" - from a paper read May 28, 1903 by John G. Orr of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania before the Kittochtinny Historical Society.
The Orrs of Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
(16) James Orr (c1580)
The earliest known Orr recorded in Ulster, Ireland. James Orr was born in Beith, Scotland in about 1580. Beith is a small town lying in the Garnock valley, 20 miles southwest of Glasgow, near the Firth of Clyde, in the north of Ayrshire. While still in Scotland James married Janet McClement.
In 1607, as part of the Montgomery settlement, James and his wife moved to Northern Ireland and settled in Ballyblack, to the south of Newtownards, on the Ards penisula in county Down. James Orr, of Bullyblack [sic], died in 1627. Jane Clement [sic], his wife, died in 1636. They appear to be the forebears of all the Orr's of Ireland. James Orr's descendents are traced in "Ulster Pedigree" by Gawin Orr of Castlereagh.
James Orr had two sons,
(17) James Orr Jr. (c1605), born in Scotland, he remained in the Ards penisula and died in Ballyblack in 1663.
- (18) James Orr III (1622), married Eleanor Dunlop
- (18) William Orr (1626), married Janet Gray
- (18) John Orr (1628), born 5 April 1628, married Elizabeth "Bessy" Kennedy, he died in 1704 in Killinether
- (18) Robert Orr (1638)
(17) Patrick Orr , his descendants migrated to counties Armagh and Donegal
The Orrs of County Antrim, Ireland
The Orr's of county Antrim, which is north of Belfast, were noted members of the United Irishmen and were involved in the rebellion of 1798 against English rule. After the rebellion's failure, William Orr was transported to Australia while many other Orr's fled to America. I don't know if our John, below, was one of them, but the timing is fairly good. See "Remerbering All the Orrs".
The earliest Orr recorded in Ireland is James Orr, b ca 1580 in Scotland who with his wife Janet McClement settled in Ballyblack, Co. Down in 1607. We know of James and Janet and their descendants through the work of Gawin Orr of Castlereagh, who researched and documented some 2,900 relatives in his epic `Ulster Pedigree`. This has been added to and published by Ray A Jones in 1977 under the title of " Ulster Pedigrees Descendants, in Many Lines, of James ORR and Janet McCLEMENT who Emigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland ca 1607 " This book is in the Latter Day Saints Library in Salt Lake City, Call no 929.2415 Or7j; and on fiche #6036613.
Also as Oar, Oare, Ore, Orey, Orie, Orr, Orrand, Orren, Ory, and Orreby.