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John E. ORR Sex: M Birth: 25 Jul 1726 in Scotland Death: in fairfax County VA
Father: Alexander ORR b: in Scotland-- Mother: Agnes DALRYMPLE b: in Scotland
Marriage 1 Susan Monroe GRAYSON b: 1743 in Prince William, Virginia
Married: 1761 in Colchester, Fairfax, VA
Children
Alexander Dalrymple ORR b: 6 Nov 1761
Ann ORR b: AFT 1762
Benjamin Grayson ORR b: ABT 1768
John Dalrmple ORR b: 1771
Eleanor ORR b: 26 Aug 1772 in Loudoun County, Virginia
Susannah Elizabeth ORR b: 1766
William Grayson ORR b: ABT 1782
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Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600-1700s
Marriages of Virginia residents Vol LL, Part II, Page 134

Orr, John, born 25 Jul, 1726, son of Rev Alexander Orr of Waterside, Dumphries, Scotland, and Agnes (Dalrymple): married 1761, Susan(Monroe) Grayson, dau of Benjamin and Susannah(Monroe) Grayson

Hon. John Orr, a member of the Virginia Assembly, and a signer of Richard Henry Lee's resolution against the Stamp Act in 1766

John Orr had come to Virginia in 1750. He was the son of Rev Alexander Orr, of " Hazelside", Renfrewshire, Scotland, and his wife, Lady Agnes, daughter of Hon John Dalyrymple, Laird of Waterside, and grandson of Rev Alexander Orr, of Burrowfield, Renfrewshire, and ardent covenanter, who suffered martyrdom for his relifious faith, and his wife Lady Barbara Craufurd, of Auchinaines. The Orrs were an ancient family of Renfrewshire, dating back to1100 A. D., and the Craufurd family was indeed one of the most ancient and highly connected families of the realm, being decended within four generations from King Janes IV, of Scotland, through at least a dozen seperate lines, notably those of Stewart, Eglington, Seton, Lamont, and others
(vide. " A Few Old Families" McCall, Glasgow.) "General Account of Shire of Renfrew," Craufurd and Seton, Glasgow, 1792.
John Orr was drowned while attempting to cross Club Run near his home in Loudoun Co., VA

Entries recorded on June 11, 1782
Item 20 John Orr is allowed for 50 lb Beef stall fed @@ 4d
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John Orr, who served in the war of 1812 under Col. Johnson
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