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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN IRISH

 

7. THE DESCENDANTS OF IRISH, JESSE4, JONATHAN3, JOHN2, JOHN1)

 

 

138. IRISH, Jesse4, (Jonathan3, John2, John1)

b. 9-26-1712 at Tiverton, Rhode Island; d, in Danby, Vermont.

139.   m. 3-21-1733, Mary Albee, b. 4-12-1710 at Mendon, Mass., dau. of James and

Mary (Thayer) Albee. She d. after 5-29-1792 in Danby, Ver-

mont. They were Quakers. He was a Freeman in Westerly,

R. I. in 1736 and in Danby, Vermont in 1778. They moved from

N. Kingston, Washington County, R. I. to Quaker Hill, Dutch-

ess County, N. Y. between 1736 and 1740. They were in the

Oswego, Quaker M. M. in Dutchess County, N. Y. in 1761. In

1765 the Quaker Meeting took action to raise money to buy a

cow to loan this Jesse Irish. From there they moved to Nine

Partners (Oblong) and in 1768 to Danby, Rutland County,

Vermont.

Children:

7759. Susanna, b. 1-10-1734; d. 9-25-1742.

+7760. David, b. 7-11-1735; d. 11-12-1807. Buried in Shelburne, Vermont.

7761.   m.o.m. 4-7-1759, Ann –; d. in 1808 in Danby, Vermont.

+7762. William, b. 11-19-1737

7763.   m.o.m. 10-15-1761, Dolly – of Dutchess County, New York

+7764. Jesse, b. 11-11-1739. He was a Freeman in Danby, Vermont in 1778

7765.   m. 10-18-1764 at Dartmouth, Mass., Ruth Wing, dau. of Matthew and

Elizabeth (Sisson) Wing of Tiverton, R. I.

7766. Mary, b. 1-11-1741

7767.   m.o.m. 12-24-1761, Rowland Soule, b. 11-5-1733 at Duxbury, Mass. Son

of George and Lydia Soule. Res. Duanesburg, New York

Children:

7783. Thomas, William, George and Jonathan Soule

+7768. Peter, b. 5-26-1743; d. in 1813.

7769.   m., Mary Corey

In 1793, he and his family moved to Adolphustown, Ontario,

Canada

7770. John, b. 9-21-1745; d. 7-27-1777. He was shot by Isaac Clark, although

“His character was without reproach.”. On 5-20-1775, he

bought a farm from his brother, Jonathan, in “Danby, County

of Charlotty, Province of N. Y.”

7771.   m. in 1772, Rebecca Doty, b. in 1756 and d. 6-1-1836, dau. of Lucretia

Doty. After the death of her husband, John Irish, she

m. (2) 4-2-1780, Stutely Stafford.

Children:

7784. Lucretia, b. in 1774

7785.   m. 11-16-1793, Jeptha King. Sometime after this, they left their

home and joined the Mormons at Navoo, Illinois