The three unique names of the three daughters have been frequently misinterpreted and changed. Lacking Biblical literacy of their origins the names are swept aside.
Jasper Terry of Montgomery County, Virginia who names his wife as Margaret Terry in the 1819 will of that county specifically mentions the three daughters...
Keziah Terry who married Lawson Graham
Karon-Happuck Terry who married Joseph Rose
Jemima Terry who married Peter DeWeese (and will name a son with a Terry middle name!)
In Job 42:14 (ESV):
"And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch..."
The line of William Terry and Rachel had a daughter named Jemima who married in 1796 an Ezekiel Boucher and then about a year later marries another woman (A Graham who may be related to the Lawson Graham above).
Depending on when they were born, Jemima of this line might have been named in memory of a relative or friend or merely named for an apt phrase of scripture that reflected the parent's own blessings after some time of trial.
This family group may be related to the Jasper Terry-Mary Morrison group or to the William Terry -Rachel group. It will all depend on the DNA as the two groups have very different haplogroups.
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