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 Deaths 1800

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Date transcribed2015-08-29
Transcribed byCarol and Barrie Corfield

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Kerr" in "Deaths 1800" Surname  Kerr    
First name  Andrew    
Rank  Captain    
Year  1800    
Month  April    
Place  New Town, Cuddalore    
Full text  Lately [April], At New Town, Cuddalore, aged 76, Capt Andrew Kerr, formerly of the country service, but better known by the name of the Old Commodore. He was born at Fort St David's about the year 1724. He was a sensible old man, of plain and blunt manners, strongly characteristic of his profession. In his will, he directed his body to be interred in a particular spot of his garden, without ceremony or service. His coffin had lain for many years in his godown, and was occasionally made use of as a liquor chest, or a receptacle for horse gram    
Edition year  1800    
Page No  103    
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