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DESCENDANTS
OF JOHN IRISH
References:
Page
126, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Part 3; Biographical Section
Wilbore’s
in America. 1933, by John R. and Benjamin F. Wilbour
Notes
of Benjamin Franklin Wilbour of Little Compton, Rhode Island
Notes
of Mrs. George B. Irish, 490 North Main Street, Randolph, Mass.
Notes
of Miss Mary Elizabeth Davenport, 324 Fellsway West, Medford, Mass.
Notes
of Miss Ava M. Irish, Baraboo, Wisconsin
1484.
IRISH, Benjamin B.6, (John5, Samuel4,
John3, John2, John1)
b.
1-9-1814 in Little Compton, R.I. d. 8-21-1908 at Freetown, Mass.
When
13 years old, he went to New Bedford and entered auditing
business
there.
1485.
m. (1) 11-3-1840, Lydia A. Shearman, b. 7-12-1813; d. 3-28-1845.
Child:
1666.
Lydia S., b. 3-7-1845; d. 2-18-1847.
1485.
m. (2) 11-8-1845, Rebecca P. Phillips of Assonet, Mass. b. 1813 at Freetown,
Mass. dau. of James and Phebe Phillips.
d. 4-9-1853,
Children:
1667.
Benjamin F., b. 11-8-1846; d. 12-24-1908, New Bedford, Mass.
1668.
Nancy
1485.
m. (3) 6-25-1855, Eliza Hillman Covell, b. 12-11-1823; d.
dau.
of Clement and Almy B. Covell.
Children:
1669.
George Otis, b. 2-29-1864, New Bedford, Mass. d. in 1948. A dentist.
1670.
m. (1) 12-22-1888 Jessie E. Sheffield, dau. of Frank and Harriet
(Wrightington)
Sheffield of Fall River, Mass. b,
6-12-1870; d. 5-18-1920 New Bedford, Mass.
Children:
1674.
George Benjamin, b. 12-10-1890 at New Bedford, d,
3-14-1926,
Flushing, N.Y.
1675.
m. Doris Peirce, b. 9-3-1895 at New Bedford, dau. of
Harry
M. and Nellie F. Peirce of Warwick,
R.I.
Children:
1679.
Alfred George, b. 10-13-1919, New Bedford, Mass.
1680.
m. Esther Louise Clark, dau. of Lyman J. and
Myra G. Clark of Falmouth, Mass.
Children:
1682.
David Clark, b. 3-4-1956
1683.
Bradford George, b. 4-4-1959
1681.
Eleanor Francis, b. 9-6-1921, Cambridge, Mass.
1676.
Marion Covell, b. 1-31-1897
1677.
m. (1) 6-4-1922, William Blumers Delano of Fair-
haven,
Mass.
1678.
m. (2), Carlton M. Rice, b.
1671. m. (2) 5-31-1922 Jane Murray Tobey,
of Nantucket, Mass., dau,
of
Albert Irving and Mary (Murray) Tobey, d. in N.Y.
1672.
Charles Sumner, b. 2-11-1866; d. 12-19-1916.
1673.
m. 7-15-1908, Evelyn Slocum, b.; d.
8-21-1908 at East
Freetown,
Mass. Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass. No issue.
References:
P.
126 Bristol County, Mass. Biographical Section, Part 3.
Notes
of Benjamin Franklin Wilbour of Little Compton, R.I.
Wilbore’s
Family Genealogy, 1933. By John R. and Benjamin F. Wilbour
Mrs.
George B. Irish, 490 N. Main Street, Randolph, Mass.
Miss
Mary Elizabeth Davenport, 327 Fellsway West Medford, Mass., granddaughter of
William
Davenport
(Irish), brother of Benjamin D. Irish
Howard
M. Chapin, Librarian, R. I. Historical Society, Providence, R.I.
P.
263 Vital Records of New Bedford, Mass.