Mary Kerr books
In 2024, I purchased a 2 volume set of
The Letters of the celebrated Junius, London, 1783.
They are signed "Mary Kerr 1789".
The question is which Mary Kerr.
This is solved by the coat of arms on the books, which shows Kerr and Tompson.
This must be
Mary Tompson,
2nd wife of
Dr. William Kerr
(they married in 1773, he died 1824, she died 1841).
Kerr arms
The arms of our Kerr family.
With a
Lloyd addition added to it in the centre.
From the
John Manners Kerr grave.
Stag's head.
Kerr motto: "Deus solamen" ("God is my comfort").
Tompson arms
The arms of our Tompson family.
The LHS of the arms here. (The RHS is the Conant arms.)
From the memorial to Mary Tompson's father
George Tompson,
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.
From
pp.94-96
of
[Cox and Serjeantson, 1897].
Kerr and Tompson arms on book
The combined Kerr and Tompson arms on the two volumes.
This matches the Kerr and Tompson arms above.
See
larger
and
full size.
The signature of Mary Kerr, 1789.
See larger
and full size.
