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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN IRISH

244. IRISH, Ichabod⁴, (John³, John², John¹)

b. 1-6-1740 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

d. 11-23-1813 or 8-5-1815 in Vassalborough, Kennebec County, Maine.

245.   m. (1) 10-7-1764, Ruth Cook, b. 9-16-l743 in Tiverton, R.I., dau. of Thomas Cook.

Child:

+1245. Phillip, b. about 1766; d. 8-7-1819 in Clinton, N.Y. Intestate.

1246.  m. 10-18-1789, Hulda Wilbur, b. 6-1-1771 in Little Compton,

R.I. d. 7-11-1847. Dau. of Silvanus and Sylvia (Chase) Wilbur.

246.   m. (2) in 1768, Hannah Grinnell, b. 8-31-1745

(As mentioned in the Will of Richard Grinnell in 1787)

Children:

1247. Betsey, b. 9-30-1769

1248.   m., Ebenezar Whitcomb of Barretstown, Maine.

Children:

1268. Ebenezer Whitcomb

1269. Ira Whitcomb; d. young.

1270. John Whitcomb

1271. Ira Whitcomb

1272. Thirsa Whitcomb; m. Abel Blood

1273. Betsey Whitcomb; m. a Dillingham

1274. Mahala Whiteomb; m. William Fletcher

1275. Henry Whitcomb;

1276. Nancy Whitcomb; m. Kingman Gurney

1277. Sally Whitcomb; m. John Whitcomb

1278. Benjamin Whitcomb; A twin of Sally

1279. Ruth Whitcomb: m. Charles Elliott

1280. Eleazer Whitcomb

1249. Mary, b. 1770; d. in March 1792.

1250. Ruth,

1251.   m. Jonathan Fletcher of Lincolnville, Maine

Child:

1281. Sally Fletcher, m. Robert Moody

1252. Parmelia, b. 7-22-1773; d. 5-20-1797.

1253. Comfort, b. 1-18-1775; d. 5-1-1796.

1254. Thankful, b. 4-8-1778; d. 1-20-1798.

1255.   m., Walter Philbrook and had a son James Philbrook.

1256. Mahala, b. 8-13-1780; d. 12-20-1799.

1257. Thrusa, b. 8-13-1780; d. 8-6-1791. A twin of Mahala.

+1258. Cornelius Bailey, b. 3-10-1782 at Westpoint, Mass.

1259.   m. 12-5-1804, Polly Adams, dau. of Capt. Joel Adams.

1260. Hannah, b. 5-10-1784

1261.   m. (1), Abiel Ledoit

1262.   m. (2), David Haskell

1263. Levi, b. 5-19-1786; d. 5-1-1820.

1264.   m. 10-4-1810, Anna Pease, widow of Banham Pease.

+1265. Ichabod Jr., b. 5-31-1790

1266.   m. (1) in July 1812, Lucy Mitchell, dau. of Jeremiah Mitchell.

1267.   m. (2), – Curtis of New Castle, Maine.

247. m, (3) 7-30-1794, Jane (Story) Thompson, who d. 6-16-1810 at 63 years at

Union, Lincoln County, Maine.

248. m. (4) 10-23-1811, at Vassalborough, Maine Friend’s Meeting, Deborah

Conklin, b. 12-28-1760; d. 3-31-1857. Dau. of Zudock and Jemima

(Barrow) Conklin of Plymouth, Mass.

NOTE: Ichabod was called a “Good Quaker”. He went to Maine with his 2nd wife.