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Sullivan
Daniel O' Sullivan, m. Sarah, dau. of Conor O' Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare, and had issure:
Owen O'Sullivan, m. Mary, dau. of Owen McSweeney, and had issue:
Phillip O'Sullivan (Major), of Ardea, Co. Kerry; m. Joan, dau. of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, and had issue:
1. Patrick, whose descendants remained in Ireland.
2. Owen, of whom later.Owen Sullivan (1690 - 1795), b., in Limerick, 17 June 1690; emigrated to America, 1723; settled at Berwick, Maine; m., 1735, Margery Browne, and, by her (who d. 1801), had issue:
1. Benjamin, b. 1736; d.s.p.
2. Daniel, of Sullivan, Maine, b. 1738; Captain in the Revolutionary War; m. (1) Anne Paul; m. (2) Abigial Bean; d. 1781, leaving issue.
3. John, of Durham, New Hampshire, b. 17 Feb 1740; Major-General in the Revolutionary Army, and first Governor of New Hampshire; m. Lydia Worcester; d. 23 Jan. 1795, leaving issue.
4. James, of whom later.
5. Ebenezer, b. 1753; Captain in the Revolutionary Army; m. Abigial Cotton; c. 3 June, 1799, leaving issue.
6. Mary, b. 1752; m. 1768, Theophilus Hary; d 1827, leaving issue.
He d. 20 June 1795.James Sullivan (1744-1808), of Boston, Mass., b. 22 April 1744; LL.D. (Harvard), 1780; Member of the Provinical Council, 1775; Judge of the Superior Court, 1776-1782; Attorney General, 1790-1807; Governor of Mass., 1807-1880; m. (1), 22 Feb 1768, Mehetable, dau. of William Odiorne, and, be her (who d. 26 Jan. 1786), had issue:
1. James, b 6 Jan 1769; d.s.p. 29 June 1787.
2. William, b 30 Nov. 1774; Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and Council for many years; Brigadier-General of Militia; LL.D. (Harvard), 1826; m., 1807, Sarah Webb Swan; d. 3 Sept. 1839, leaving issue.
3. John Langdon, of whom later.
4. Richard, b. 17 June 1779; m., 1804, Sarah Russell; d. 11 Dec. 1861, leaving issue.
5. William Bant, b. 16 March 1781; d. unm. 4 Dec 1806.
6. George, b. 21 Feb. 1783; m., 1809, Sarah Bowdoin Winthrop; d. 14 Dec. 1866, leaving issue.
7. Avis, b. 8 Oct 1771; d. in infancy.
8. Mehetable, b. 29 1772; m. (1), 1793, James Cutler; m. (2), 1801, Jonathon Amory; d. 24 March 1847, leaving issue.
9. Nancy, b. 24 April 1784; d. in infancy.
He d. 10 Dec 1808
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Dunkerron. Their son Dermond, second Count of Bearehaven, was page to the King of Spain, Philip the 4th. In Thurloe’s State Papers, vol. 1st, 479, will be found a letter from the Bishop of Cork, O’Sullivan Beare and O’Sullivan More, dated 1653, at Paris in reference to a landing of troops, estimated from eight to fourteen thousand, in Munster. Smith, 2d vol. Page 236, ed. 1774, says that in his time there was an O’Sullivan Beare in Spain, ennobled as Count of Bearehaven, who was hereditary governor of the Groyne. There is reason to believe that this line is now extinct.
2d. Sir Owen, 14th Lord of Bear and Bantry, married Ellen, daughter of James, Lord Barry, and died 1594. In 1568, he succeeded his brother as chief, and 1570, received a patent from the Crown of the territories of his sept; but his nephew Donnell when he came of age claimed as his rightful inheritance Beare, Bantry, Ardea and all other castles and domains, including the castle and haven of Dunboy. It was finally decreed that the castle of Beare, its haven and demesnes, should be allotted to Donnell; Bantry, about twenty miles to the North-east, to Sir Owen; saving to Sir Philip, younger brother and tanist to Sir Owen, the castle of Ardea and its dependencies on the river Kenmare in Glenarough. Dermod, son of Sir owen, married a daughter of Cormac, Lord Muskerry, and died Lord of Beare and Bantry, in 1617. Their son Dermod, married Joan, daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald, 16th Earl of Desmond, and succeeding his father, died in 1618. From him descends Marshal MacMahon, the present Duke of Magenta.
4th. Dermod, born 1526, married Johanna MacSwiney, grand-daughter of McCarthy More. He was ain all the wars against the English in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, at the head of a large force from Beare, and in the Catholic war was the advisor of his nephew Donald with whom he went into Spain about 1602. He received a pension of six hundred pieces of gold from the Spanish King, and died at Corunna, at the age of one hundred years, about 1626, his wife dying the same year. His son Don Phillip published soon after a history of Ireland in Latin, reprinted in 1850, to which is prefixed a Latin elegy, giving an account of his family. Another son Daniel was slain in fighting against the Turks. His daughter Helena was drowned returning from Spain, and another, Leonora, became a nun.
3d. Sir Phillip, of Ardea, who as tanist to Sir Owen’s son exercised the supreme authority, and held the castle of Ardea appertaining to Tanistry, married a daughter of Cormack, Lord of Duhallow, who built the celebrated castle of Kanturck, still remaining in possession of the Earls of Egmont. His son Donnel is mentioned by Betham as residing at the castle of Ardea in 1613. He was the ancestor of Master Sullivan of Berwick.
For this we depend upon the two following documents, the first drawn up by Master Sullivan, when nearly a hundred years of age at the request of the wife of his son John the revolutionary General; the second a letter from Ardea, dated May 16, 1796, addressed to his son General Sullivan in New Hampshire.
“I am the son of Major Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea, in the county of Kerry. His father was Owen O’Sullivan, orginal descendent from the second son of Daniel O’Sullivan, called Lord of
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Bearehaven. He married Mary, daughter of Colonel Owen McSweeney, of Musgrey, and sister of Captain Esmond McSweeney, a noted man for anecdotes and witty sayings. I have heard that my grandfather had four countesses for his mother and grandmothers. How true it was, or who they were, I know not. My father died of an ulcer raised in his breast, occasioned by a wound he received in France, in a duel with a French officer. They were all a short lived family; they either died in their bloom, or went out of the country. I never heard that any of the men-kind arrived at sixty, and do not remember but one alive when I left home. My mother’s name was Joan McCarthy, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween. She had three brothers and one sister. Her mother’s name I forget, but she was a daughter to McCarthy Reagh, of Carbery. Her oldest brother, Colonel Florence alias McFinnen, and his two brothers Captain Charles and Captain Owen, went in the defence of the nation against Orange. Owen was killed in the battle of Aughrim. Florence had a son who retains the title of McFinnen. Charles I just remember. He left two sons, Derby and Owen. Derby married with Ellena Sullivan, of the Sullivans of Baunane. His brother Owen married Honora Mahony, daughter of Dennis Mahony, of Dromore, in the barony of Dunkerron, and also died in the prime of life, much lamented.
“They were short lived on both sides, but the brevity of their lives, to my great grief and sorrow, is added to the length of mine. My mother’s sister was married to Dermod, eldest son of Daniel O’Sullivan, Lord of Dunderron. Her son Cornelius, as I understand, was with the Pretender in Scotland, in the year 1746. This is all I can say about my origin; but shall conclude with a Latin sentence:
Si Adm sit pater cunctorum, mater et Eva:
Cur nan sunt homines nobilitate pares?
Non pater aut mater dant nobis nobilitatem:
Sed moribus et vita nobilitatur homo. J.S.The letter referred to is as follows. “A grand uncle of mine having gone to America about sixty years ago, his relations have suffered greatly from being without the means of finding out his fate, till now, by great good fortune, I am informed that you are a son of his. If you find, by the account below, that I have not been misinformed, I shall be glad to hear from you.
“Mr. Owen O’Sullivan, son of Major Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea, in the county of Kerry, Ireland, by Joanna, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, Esq., in said county. They were connected with the most respectable families in the province of Munster, particularly the Count of Bearehaven, McCarthy More, Earl of Clancare, Earl Barrymore, the Earl of Thomond, the Earl of Clancarthy, McFinnen of Glanarough, O’Donoughu of Ross, O’Donough of Glynn, McCarthy of Carberry, Lord Clancarthy and O’Donovan, &c.
I am Sir, your respectfully, “Ardea, May 16th, 1796. Phillip O’Sullivan.”
The connecting links in the pedigree between Owen mentioned in the first of the above documents and Sir Phillip of Ardea, were supplied in 1860, by Mr. Daniel O’Sullivan of Ardea, since deceased at.
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An adanced age.* He drived his own descent from a brother of Major Phillip. His statement is slightly inaccurate in some of its details, and time would be taken to verify what seems consistent with other genealogical authorities, were not delays proverbially dangerous. Life is precarious, and the materials collected for another purpose with considerable tail may be lost. No apology is needed for endeavoring to preserve, for future generations, information of this nature. It is for this very purpose that this Register was established. We realize the importance of being scrupulously exact in genealogical statements, and were we not impressed with the belief that means exist of rectifying any unintentional error we might be even more on our guard against the possibility of misleading.
The letter states that the parents of Owen, above mentioned, were Daniel O’Sullivan Beare and Ellen, daughter of Daniel O’Sullivan More, 10th Lord of Dunkerron who died in 1699, by Maryanne Fitzgerald, daughter of the Earl of Kildare. Owen, 9th Lord of Dunkerron, married Mary, second daughter of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, of Cloyne, the “best estated commoner of his time;” Daniel, the 8th, Joan daughter of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzgerald, wife of the Lord Kerry and the daughter of James, 7th Earl of Desmond, who died 1460. Ellen was descended from Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of Edward 1st, who married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Bereford, and through Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conquerer, from Charlemagne and King Alfred. Sec 4 Burke’s Commoners, XXX. Prefix to page 569.
In the next preceding generation the same authority informs us that Phillip, the father of Daniel, who married the above Ellen, espoused the daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived in the castle of Macroom, by Ellena Butler, sister to the Duke of Ormond. This Lord
Note: Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea Castle, son of Lord of Bearehaven, married Earl of Thomond’s daughter. His son Daniel married Margaret, daughter of Earl of Clancarthy, and granddaughter of Earl of Cork. His son Phillip married Honora, daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived at the castle of Macroom, by a sister of the Duke of Ormond. His son Daniel married Ellen, daughter of O’Sullivan More, by Marganne Fitzgerald, daughter of Earl of Kildare, and granddaughter of Earl of Antrim. His son Owen married Marganne, daughter of Owen McSwin__, by Honora McCarthy, duaghter of Florence McFinnen, of Ardtelly, granddaughter of Charles McCarthy of Carricknamarck.” There are some errors in the above, but it is for the most part consistent with the authority. It is not supposed to be precisely accurate, but may aid in ascertaining the truth.
Note: Elizabeth, dau of Ed. I m. Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford. Elena Bohan m. James, Earl of Ormond. Elena Butler m. James, Earl of Desmond. Honora Fitzgerald m. Thomas, 8th Lord Kerry, d. 1469. Joanna Fitzmaurice, dau. of the 17th Lord Kerry, m. Daniel O’Sullivan, More, 8th Lord of Dunderron. Ellen, dau. of Owen, 9th Lord, m. Daniel O’Sullivan Beare, great grandfather of Master Sullivan. Same descent from Edward I can be deduced also by other lines.
Cormic Laldir, Lord of Muskerry, who held the chieftainship of Muskerry from 1448 to 1495, built the famous castle of Blarney about three miles from the city of Cork. It is still standing in ruins, and the Blarney Stone, which endows all who kiss it with the faculty of persuasion and the gift of eloquence, is near the top of the rampart, now only to be approached at considerable peril. The son of Laldir, Cormac Oge, died 1524, having married a daughter of the 9th Lord Kerry. His son and heir Teigue, died 1536, leaving Sir Cormac, friend of Sir Henry Sydney, who died 1588, and who married Ellen roche, daughter of Lord Fermoy, and Dermod who died 1570. Sir Cormac, son of Dermod, died in 1616. Cormac Oge, created Lord Blarney and Viscount Muskerry, married Margaret, daughter of Donogh, 4th Earl of Thomond, and his son Donogh marrying Ellena Butler, sister of James, Duke of Ormond, was created Earl of Clancarthy, and died in 1666. His eldest son Charles, Lord Muskerry, married Margaret Burke, daughter of Clanrickard, and their son dying young, Callaghan, his seond son, who married Elizabeth, daughter of George, 16th Earl of Kildare, by a daughter of Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, succeeded as second Earl of
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An adanced age.* He drived his own descent from a brother of Major Phillip. His statement is slightly inaccurate in some of its details, and time would be taken to verify what seems consistent with other genealogical authorities, were not delays proverbially dangerous. Life is precarious, and the materials collected for another purpose with considerable tail may be lost. No apology is needed for endeavoring to preserve, for future generations, information of this nature. It is for this very purpose that this Register was established. We realize the importance of being scrupulously exact in genealogical statements, and were we not impressed with the belief that means exist of rectifying any unintentional error we might be even more on our guard against the possibility of misleading.
The letter states that the parents of Owen, above mentioned, were Daniel O’Sullivan Beare and Ellen, daughter of Daniel O’Sullivan More, 10th Lord of Dunkerron who died in 1699, by Maryanne Fitzgerald, daughter of the Earl of Kildare. Owen, 9th Lord of Dunkerron, married Mary, second daughter of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, of Cloyne, the “best estated commoner of his time;” Daniel, the 8th, Joan daughter of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzgerald, wife of the Lord Kerry and the daughter of James, 7th Earl of Desmond, who died 1460. Ellen was descended from Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of Edward 1st, who married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Bereford, and through Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conquerer, from Charlemagne and King Alfred. Sec 4 Burke’s Commoners, XXX. Prefix to page 569.
In the next preceding generation the same authority informs us that Phillip, the father of Daniel, who married the above Ellen, espoused the daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived in the castle of Macroom, by Ellena Butler, sister to the Duke of Ormond. This Lord
Note: Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea Castle, son of Lord of Bearehaven, married Earl of Thomond’s daughter. His son Daniel married Margaret, daughter of Earl of Clancarthy, and granddaughter of Earl of Cork. His son Phillip married Honora, daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived at the castle of Macroom, by a sister of the Duke of Ormond. His son Daniel married Ellen, daughter of O’Sullivan More, by Marganne Fitzgerald, daughter of Earl of Kildare, and granddaughter of Earl of Antrim. His son Owen married Marganne, daughter of Owen McSwin__, by Honora McCarthy, duaghter of Florence McFinnen, of Ardtelly, granddaughter of Charles McCarthy of Carricknamarck.” There are some errors in the above, but it is for the most part consistent with the authority. It is not supposed to be precisely accurate, but may aid in ascertaining the truth.
Note: Elizabeth, dau of Ed. I m. Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford. Elena Bohan m. James, Earl of Ormond. Elena Butler m. James, Earl of Desmond. Honora Fitzgerald m. Thomas, 8th Lord Kerry, d. 1469. Joanna Fitzmaurice, dau. of the 17th Lord Kerry, m. Daniel O’Sullivan, More, 8th Lord of Dunderron. Ellen, dau. of Owen, 9th Lord, m. Daniel O’Sullivan Beare, great grandfather of Master Sullivan. Same descent from Edward I can be deduced also by other lines.
Cormic Laldir, Lord of Muskerry, who held the chieftainship of Muskerry from 1448 to 1495, built the famous castle of Blarney about three miles from the city of Cork. It is still standing in ruins, and the Blarney Stone, which endows all who kiss it with the faculty of persuasion and the gift of eloquence, is near the top of the rampart, now only to be approached at considerable peril. The son of Laldir, Cormac Oge, died 1524, having married a daughter of the 9th Lord Kerry. His son and heir Teigue, died 1536, leaving Sir Cormac, friend of Sir Henry Sydney, who died 1588, and who married Ellen roche, daughter of Lord Fermoy, and Dermod who died 1570. Sir Cormac, son of Dermod, died in 1616. Cormac Oge, created Lord Blarney and Viscount Muskerry, married Margaret, daughter of Donogh, 4th Earl of Thomond, and his son Donogh marrying Ellena Butler, sister of James, Duke of Ormond, was created Earl of Clancarthy, and died in 1666. His eldest son Charles, Lord Muskerry, married Margaret Burke, daughter of Clanrickard, and their son dying young, Callaghan, his seond son, who married Elizabeth, daughter of George, 16th Earl of Kildare, by a daughter of Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, succeeded as second Earl of
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An adanced age.* He drived his own descent from a brother of Major Phillip. His statement is slightly inaccurate in some of its details, and time would be taken to verify what seems consistent with other genealogical authorities, were not delays proverbially dangerous. Life is precarious, and the materials collected for another purpose with considerable tail may be lost. No apology is needed for endeavoring to preserve, for future generations, information of this nature. It is for this very purpose that this Register was established. We realize the importance of being scrupulously exact in genealogical statements, and were we not impressed with the belief that means exist of rectifying any unintentional error we might be even more on our guard against the possibility of misleading.
The letter states that the parents of Owen, above mentioned, were Daniel O’Sullivan Beare and Ellen, daughter of Daniel O’Sullivan More, 10th Lord of Dunkerron who died in 1699, by Maryanne Fitzgerald, daughter of the Earl of Kildare. Owen, 9th Lord of Dunkerron, married Mary, second daughter of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, of Cloyne, the “best estated commoner of his time;” Daniel, the 8th, Joan daughter of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzgerald, wife of the Lord Kerry and the daughter of James, 7th Earl of Desmond, who died 1460. Ellen was descended from Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of Edward 1st, who married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Bereford, and through Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conquerer, from Charlemagne and King Alfred. Sec 4 Burke’s Commoners, XXX. Prefix to page 569.
In the next preceding generation the same authority informs us that Phillip, the father of Daniel, who married the above Ellen, espoused the daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived in the castle of Macroom, by Ellena Butler, sister to the Duke of Ormond. This Lord
Note: Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea Castle, son of Lord of Bearehaven, married Earl of Thomond’s daughter. His son Daniel married Margaret, daughter of Earl of Clancarthy, and granddaughter of Earl of Cork. His son Phillip married Honora, daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived at the castle of Macroom, by a sister of the Duke of Ormond. His son Daniel married Ellen, daughter of O’Sullivan More, by Marganne Fitzgerald, daughter of Earl of Kildare, and granddaughter of Earl of Antrim. His son Owen married Marganne, daughter of Owen McSwin__, by Honora McCarthy, duaghter of Florence McFinnen, of Ardtelly, granddaughter of Charles McCarthy of Carricknamarck.” There are some errors in the above, but it is for the most part consistent with the authority. It is not supposed to be precisely accurate, but may aid in ascertaining the truth.
Note: Elizabeth, dau of Ed. I m. Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford. Elena Bohan m. James, Earl of Ormond. Elena Butler m. James, Earl of Desmond. Honora Fitzgerald m. Thomas, 8th Lord Kerry, d. 1469. Joanna Fitzmaurice, dau. of the 17th Lord Kerry, m. Daniel O’Sullivan, More, 8th Lord of Dunderron. Ellen, dau. of Owen, 9th Lord, m. Daniel O’Sullivan Beare, great grandfather of Master Sullivan. Same descent from Edward I can be deduced also by other lines.
Cormic Laldir, Lord of Muskerry, who held the chieftainship of Muskerry from 1448 to 1495, built the famous castle of Blarney about three miles from the city of Cork. It is still standing in ruins, and the Blarney Stone, which endows all who kiss it with the faculty of persuasion and the gift of eloquence, is near the top of the rampart, now only to be approached at considerable peril. The son of Laldir, Cormac Oge, died 1524, having married a daughter of the 9th Lord Kerry. His son and heir Teigue, died 1536, leaving Sir Cormac, friend of Sir Henry Sydney, who died 1588, and who married Ellen roche, daughter of Lord Fermoy, and Dermod who died 1570. Sir Cormac, son of Dermod, died in 1616. Cormac Oge, created Lord Blarney and Viscount Muskerry, married Margaret, daughter of Donogh, 4th Earl of Thomond, and his son Donogh marrying Ellena Butler, sister of James, Duke of Ormond, was created Earl of Clancarthy, and died in 1666. His eldest son Charles, Lord Muskerry, married Margaret Burke, daughter of Clanrickard, and their son dying young, Callaghan, his seond son, who married Elizabeth, daughter of George, 16th Earl of Kildare, by a daughter of Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, succeeded as second Earl of
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Birth: Est 1650
Death:
Sex: M
Father: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare
Mother: Ellen O'Sullivan MorAlso Known As: Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. B
Occupation: of Ardea 1
Spouses & Children
Mary MacSweeney (Wife)
Children:
1. [Descendants] Philip O'Sullivan1. Author: Charles H. Browning
Title: Americans of Royal Descent
Page: 202
Quality: 2
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on October 2, 2002, The Prominent Families of the United States, Prominent Families, Page 265 -Daniel O'Sullivan m. Sarah, daughter of Conor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare, and had issue.
Owen O'Sullivan m. Mary, daughter of Owen McSweeney, and his issue
Phillip O'Sullivan (Major), of Ardea Co. Kerry; m Joan, dau of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, and had issue -
1. Patrick, whose descendents remain in Ireland
2. Owen, of whom laterOwen Sullivan (1690 - 1795), b., in Limerick, 17 June 1690; emigrated to America, 1723; settled in Berwick, Maine; m 1735, Margery Browne, and, by her (who d. 1801), had issue -
1. Benjamin b 1736; d.s.p.
2. Daniel, of Sullivan, Maine, b 1738; Captain in the Revolutionary War; m 1. Anne Paul; m. 2. Abigail Bean; d. 1781, leaving issue
3. John, of Durham, New Hampshire, b. 17 Feb 1740; Major-General in the Revolutionary Army; and first Governor of New Hampshire; m Lydia Worcester; d. 23 Jan. 1795, leaving issue.
4. James, of whom later.
5. Ebenezer, b 1753; Captain in the Revolutionary Army; m. Abigail Cotton; d 3 June, 1799, leaving issue.
1. Mary, b 1752; m., 1768, Theophilus Hardy; d. 1827, leaving issue.He d. 20 June 1795
Jame Sullivan (1744 - 1808), of Boston, Mass., b 22 April 1744; LLD Harvard, 1780; member of the Provincial Council, 1775; Judge of the Superior Court 1776-1782; Attorney General, 1790-1807; Governor of Mass, 1807-1880; m 1. 22 Feb 1768 Mehatable, dau. of William Odiorne, and, by her (who d. 26 Jan. 1786), had issue -
1. James, b 6 Jan 1769; d.sp. 29 June 1787.
2. William b. 30 Nov 1774; Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and Council for many years; Bridadier-General of Militia; LLD (Harvard), 1826; m., 1801 Sarah Webb Swan; d. 3 Sept 1839, leaving issue.
3. John Landon, of whom later.
4. Richard, b. 17 June 1779; m., 1804, Sarah Russell; d. 11 Dec 1861, leaving issue.
5. William Bant, b. 16 March 1781; d unm. 4 Dec 1806
6. George, b 21 Feb. 1783; m., 1809, Sarah Bowdoin Winthrop; d. 14 Dec. 1866, leaving issue.
1. Avis, b 8 Oct 1771; d. in infancy
2. Mehatable, b 29 July 1772; m. 1. 1793, James Cutler; m. 2. 1801, Jonathan Amory; d 24 March 1847, leaving issue.
3. Nancy, b 24 April 1784; d. in infancy.He d. 10 Dec 1808
John Langdon Sullivan (1777 - 1865), of New York city; b 9 April 1777; M.D. Yale, 1837; m. 1. 10 Oct 1797, Elizabeth Russell, and, by her (who d. 16 April 1854), had issue: -
1. Thomas Russell, of whom later.
1. Elizabeth, b 27 Jan 1800; d num 16 Jan 1871.
2. Emily, b 4 Aug 1801; d unm 8 April 1880He d. 10 Feb 1865, having m. 2, 1861, Susan Macash, who d.s.p
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Sprague's Journal of Maine History
Vol. VII FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL 1920 No. 4
Page 171-187James Sullivan
(BY JOHN FRANCIS SPRAGUE.)
There appears to be ample authority to substantiate the claim that the Sullivans of Maine descended from the O'Sullivans of ancient Ireland.
They were a powerful septa, who dwelt in the southerly part of Ireland and are now extensively multiplied on both sides of theAtlantic.
Many of them have acquired fame in all fields of American activities.
In common with other Milesian families, they trace their origin to a remote period in Irish history.
The bards and chieftains of the ancient Irish preserved their national annals from the beginning of organized government under the sons of Heber down to the days of anarchy and confusion
resulting from English invasion.Irish historians assert that it is a well authenticated fact that under Queen Elizabeth, one measure adopted for the more perfect subjection of Ireland was an order to collect from the national
and private repositories these records, that by gradually weaken- ing, through their destruction, the spirit of clanship, the land might become an easier prey to the spoiler.Fortunately, however, this order was only partially obeyed and in many of the ancient chronicles, or psalters which escaped this authorized vandalism frequent mention is made of the O'Sullivans,
and their chieftains.For centuries prior to 1170 when the English invasion first began upon its shores, Ireland had been as highly civilized as any part of western Europe. During those times and to a more recent date the O'Sullivans, who were hereditary princes, possessed large tracts of lands in the Province of Munster, and along the shores of the Bay of Bantry and around the beautiful and celebrated Lakes of Killarney.
Their chieftains exercised an independent sovereignty and their domains for a long time remaining unmolested by the invaders they lived more peaceful lives than some of the neighboring clans.
But the power of the conquerors increased with each successive century until the brave O'Sullivans early in the seventeenth cen- tury were with the rest of the Irish nation prostrated by ruin and
devastation. To follow the vicissitudes of this once powerful clan to the time when John Sullivan left Limerick in Ireland and sailed for America would be a recital of one of the darkest chapters in the history of Great Britain. This was in the year 1723. Exactly what his destination was is not now known. The ship in which he sailed was driven by adverse winds on to the Maine coast and he landed in York.0n this stormy voyage was the beginning of an interesting romance. On the vessel was a pretty and attractive child named Margery Brown, then only nine years of age. The circumstances
of her parents emigrating to America may never be known as it appears that they were lost at sea.John Sullivan, when far advanced in years, wrote out and left with his family the following statement:
I am the son of Major Philip O'Sullivan, of Ardea, in the county of Kerry. His father was Owen O'Sullivan, original descendant from the second son of Daniel O'Sullivan, called lord of Bearehaven. He married Mary, daughter of Colonel Owen McSweeney of Musgrey, and sister to Captain Edmond McSweeney, a noted man for anecdotes and witty sayings. I have heard that my grandfather had four countesses for his mother and grandmothers. How true it was, or who they were, I know not. My father died of an ulcer raised in his breast, occasioned by a wound he received in France, in a duel with a French officer. They were all a short lived family; they either died in their bloom or went out of the country I never heard that any of the men-kind arrived at sixty, and do not remem-
ber but one alive when I left home My mother's name was Toan McCar- thy, daughter of Dermod McCarthy of Killoween. She had three brothers and one sister. Her mother's name I forget, but that she was daughter to McCarthy Reagh, of Carbery. Her oldest brother, Col. Florence, alias
McFinnin, and [its two brothers, Captain Charles and Captain Owen, went in the defence of the nation against Orange. Owen was killed in the battle of Aughrim. Florence had a son, who retains the title of McFinnin. Charles I just remember. He had a charge of powder in his face at the
siege of Cork. He left two sons, Derby and Owen. Derby married with Ellena Sullivan, of the Sullivans of Bannane. His brother Owen married Honora Mahony, daughter of Dennis Mahony, of Drommore, in the bar- ony of Dunkerron, and also died in the prime of life, much lamented.
They were short-lived on both sides; but the brevity of their lives, to my great grief and sorrow, is added to the length of mine. My mother's sister was married to Dermod, eldest son of Daniel O'Sullivan, lord of Dunkerron. Her son Cornelius, as I understand, was with the Pretender
in Scotland, in the year 1745. This is all that I can say about my origin.It is a well authenticated tradition that he left his home by rea-son of his mother violently opposing his union with a certain young lady that ;he was deeply attached to.
Although his mother was a woman of wealth and high standing in Limerick he was nearly penniless when he left home and entered into an agreement with the master of the vessel to work for him
after his arrival, to pay his passage to America. Unaccustomed to labor he applied to Parson Moody, of York, whom he had been informed was a man of benevolence, for aid. The interview
resulted in his obtaining a loan of money from Moody and can-celing his obligation to the captain.John was well educated and tinder the advice of Parson Moody and some of his friends he opened a school at Berwick and became successful school teacher in York County.
He sympathized with his little friend, Margery, who had been indentured in accordance with the colonial custom of providing for distressed children. As soon as his earnings would permit he
redeemed her from indenture and adopted her and brought her up and educated her as his own child. When she had reached the period of maidenhood she is said to have possessed unusual charms and attractions.One day, while drawing water with the old well-sweep, a young man, clad in city attire, came by and engaged her in conversation. Fascinated by her charms. he then and there proposed marriage
She referred him to her father. The lover stated his case to Mr. Sullivan. He consulted Margery who frankly admitted that she had been a little coquettish with the good looking youth, but much
to his joy, he assured him that she had no thought of anything serious. But the circumstance revealed to him his own sentiment towards her, which he had discovered was other than paternal.
Her foster father made known his love. It was mutual and although he was twenty years her senior, so far as any records or evidence of the matter is now accessible it was a happy union.He soon after purchased a farm in Berwick, to which he devoted his attention when not engaged in teaching. Much of the time he had two schools under his charge.
He has been described as "a marked man in his personal appear- ance, of great natural abilities and mental cultivation."
He was reared in the faith of the Catholic church. Amory (1) asserts that he did not attend religious services in the neighbor- hood where there were only Protestant churches, and for that reason "it has been conjectured Master Sullivan kept steadfast to the faith of his childhood."
He lived to the venerable age of 105 years and was beloved and respected by all who knew him.
Writers have portrayed his wife as an excellent woman of great energy and firmness of character.
Amory (supra) says: " Her sons very probably inherited largely from her the ambition and industry that made them useful and dis-tinguished."
1025. Mary or Marganne McSweeney
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Sullivan
Daniel O' Sullivan, m. Sarah, dau. of Conor O' Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare, and had issure:
Owen O'Sullivan, m. Mary, dau. of Owen McSweeney, and had issue:
Phillip O'Sullivan (Major), of Ardea, Co. Kerry; m. Joan, dau. of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, and had issue:
1. Patrick, whose descendants remained in Ireland.
2. Owen, of whom later.Owen Sullivan (1690 - 1795), b., in Limerick, 17 June 1690; emigrated to America, 1723; settled at Berwick, Maine; m., 1735, Margery Browne, and, by her (who d. 1801), had issue:
1. Benjamin, b. 1736; d.s.p.
2. Daniel, of Sullivan, Maine, b. 1738; Captain in the Revolutionary War; m. (1) Anne Paul; m. (2) Abigial Bean; d. 1781, leaving issue.
3. John, of Durham, New Hampshire, b. 17 Feb 1740; Major-General in the Revolutionary Army, and first Governor of New Hampshire; m. Lydia Worcester; d. 23 Jan. 1795, leaving issue.
4. James, of whom later.
5. Ebenezer, b. 1753; Captain in the Revolutionary Army; m. Abigial Cotton; c. 3 June, 1799, leaving issue.
6. Mary, b. 1752; m. 1768, Theophilus Hary; d 1827, leaving issue.
He d. 20 June 1795.James Sullivan (1744-1808), of Boston, Mass., b. 22 April 1744; LL.D. (Harvard), 1780; Member of the Provinical Council, 1775; Judge of the Superior Court, 1776-1782; Attorney General, 1790-1807; Governor of Mass., 1807-1880; m. (1), 22 Feb 1768, Mehetable, dau. of William Odiorne, and, be her (who d. 26 Jan. 1786), had issue:
1. James, b 6 Jan 1769; d.s.p. 29 June 1787.
2. William, b 30 Nov. 1774; Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and Council for many years; Brigadier-General of Militia; LL.D. (Harvard), 1826; m., 1807, Sarah Webb Swan; d. 3 Sept. 1839, leaving issue.
3. John Langdon, of whom later.
4. Richard, b. 17 June 1779; m., 1804, Sarah Russell; d. 11 Dec. 1861, leaving issue.
5. William Bant, b. 16 March 1781; d. unm. 4 Dec 1806.
6. George, b. 21 Feb. 1783; m., 1809, Sarah Bowdoin Winthrop; d. 14 Dec. 1866, leaving issue.
7. Avis, b. 8 Oct 1771; d. in infancy.
8. Mehetable, b. 29 1772; m. (1), 1793, James Cutler; m. (2), 1801, Jonathon Amory; d. 24 March 1847, leaving issue.
9. Nancy, b. 24 April 1784; d. in infancy.
He d. 10 Dec 1808
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Bearehaven. He married Mary, daughter of Colonel Owen McSweeney, of Musgrey, and sister of Captain Esmond McSweeney, a noted man for anecdotes and witty sayings. I have heard that my grandfather had four countesses for his mother and grandmothers. How true it was, or who they were, I know not. My father died of an ulcer raised in his breast, occasioned by a wound he received in France, in a duel with a French officer. They were all a short lived family; they either died in their bloom, or went out of the country. I never heard that any of the men-kind arrived at sixty, and do not remember but one alive when I left home. My mother’s name was Joan McCarthy, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween. She had three brothers and one sister. Her mother’s name I forget, but she was a daughter to McCarthy Reagh, of Carbery. Her oldest brother, Colonel Florence alias McFinnen, and his two brothers Captain Charles and Captain Owen, went in the defence of the nation against Orange. Owen was killed in the battle of Aughrim. Florence had a son who retains the title of McFinnen. Charles I just remember. He left two sons, Derby and Owen. Derby married with Ellena Sullivan, of the Sullivans of Baunane. His brother Owen married Honora Mahony, daughter of Dennis Mahony, of Dromore, in the barony of Dunkerron, and also died in the prime of life, much lamented.
“They were short lived on both sides, but the brevity of their lives, to my great grief and sorrow, is added to the length of mine. My mother’s sister was married to Dermod, eldest son of Daniel O’Sullivan, Lord of Dunderron. Her son Cornelius, as I understand, was with the Pretender in Scotland, in the year 1746. This is all I can say about my origin; but shall conclude with a Latin sentence:
Si Adm sit pater cunctorum, mater et Eva:
Cur nan sunt homines nobilitate pares?
Non pater aut mater dant nobis nobilitatem:
Sed moribus et vita nobilitatur homo. J.S.The letter referred to is as follows. “A grand uncle of mine having gone to America about sixty years ago, his relations have suffered greatly from being without the means of finding out his fate, till now, by great good fortune, I am informed that you are a son of his. If you find, by the account below, that I have not been misinformed, I shall be glad to hear from you.
“Mr. Owen O’Sullivan, son of Major Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea, in the county of Kerry, Ireland, by Joanna, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, Esq., in said county. They were connected with the most respectable families in the province of Munster, particularly the Count of Bearehaven, McCarthy More, Earl of Clancare, Earl Barrymore, the Earl of Thomond, the Earl of Clancarthy, McFinnen of Glanarough, O’Donoughu of Ross, O’Donough of Glynn, McCarthy of Carberry, Lord Clancarthy and O’Donovan, &c.
I am Sir, your respectfully, “Ardea, May 16th, 1796. Phillip O’Sullivan.”
The connecting links in the pedigree between Owen mentioned in the first of the above documents and Sir Phillip of Ardea, were supplied in 1860, by Mr. Daniel O’Sullivan of Ardea, since deceased at.
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An adanced age.* He drived his own descent from a brother of Major Phillip. His statement is slightly inaccurate in some of its details, and time would be taken to verify what seems consistent with other genealogical authorities, were not delays proverbially dangerous. Life is precarious, and the materials collected for another purpose with considerable tail may be lost. No apology is needed for endeavoring to preserve, for future generations, information of this nature. It is for this very purpose that this Register was established. We realize the importance of being scrupulously exact in genealogical statements, and were we not impressed with the belief that means exist of rectifying any unintentional error we might be even more on our guard against the possibility of misleading.
The letter states that the parents of Owen, above mentioned, were Daniel O’Sullivan Beare and Ellen, daughter of Daniel O’Sullivan More, 10th Lord of Dunkerron who died in 1699, by Maryanne Fitzgerald, daughter of the Earl of Kildare. Owen, 9th Lord of Dunkerron, married Mary, second daughter of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, of Cloyne, the “best estated commoner of his time;” Daniel, the 8th, Joan daughter of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzgerald, wife of the Lord Kerry and the daughter of James, 7th Earl of Desmond, who died 1460. Ellen was descended from Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of Edward 1st, who married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Bereford, and through Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conquerer, from Charlemagne and King Alfred. Sec 4 Burke’s Commoners, XXX. Prefix to page 569.
In the next preceding generation the same authority informs us that Phillip, the father of Daniel, who married the above Ellen, espoused the daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived in the castle of Macroom, by Ellena Butler, sister to the Duke of Ormond. This Lord
Note: Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea Castle, son of Lord of Bearehaven, married Earl of Thomond’s daughter. His son Daniel married Margaret, daughter of Earl of Clancarthy, and granddaughter of Earl of Cork. His son Phillip married Honora, daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived at the castle of Macroom, by a sister of the Duke of Ormond. His son Daniel married Ellen, daughter of O’Sullivan More, by Marganne Fitzgerald, daughter of Earl of Kildare, and granddaughter of Earl of Antrim. His son Owen married Marganne, daughter of Owen McSwin__, by Honora McCarthy, duaghter of Florence McFinnen, of Ardtelly, granddaughter of Charles McCarthy of Carricknamarck.” There are some errors in the above, but it is for the most part consistent with the authority. It is not supposed to be precisely accurate, but may aid in ascertaining the truth.
Note: Elizabeth, dau of Ed. I m. Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford. Elena Bohan m. James, Earl of Ormond. Elena Butler m. James, Earl of Desmond. Honora Fitzgerald m. Thomas, 8th Lord Kerry, d. 1469. Joanna Fitzmaurice, dau. of the 17th Lord Kerry, m. Daniel O’Sullivan, More, 8th Lord of Dunderron. Ellen, dau. of Owen, 9th Lord, m. Daniel O’Sullivan Beare, great grandfather of Master Sullivan. Same descent from Edward I can be deduced also by other lines.
Cormic Laldir, Lord of Muskerry, who held the chieftainship of Muskerry from 1448 to 1495, built the famous castle of Blarney about three miles from the city of Cork. It is still standing in ruins, and the Blarney Stone, which endows all who kiss it with the faculty of persuasion and the gift of eloquence, is near the top of the rampart, now only to be approached at considerable peril. The son of Laldir, Cormac Oge, died 1524, having married a daughter of the 9th Lord Kerry. His son and heir Teigue, died 1536, leaving Sir Cormac, friend of Sir Henry Sydney, who died 1588, and who married Ellen roche, daughter of Lord Fermoy, and Dermod who died 1570. Sir Cormac, son of Dermod, died in 1616. Cormac Oge, created Lord Blarney and Viscount Muskerry, married Margaret, daughter of Donogh, 4th Earl of Thomond, and his son Donogh marrying Ellena Butler, sister of James, Duke of Ormond, was created Earl of Clancarthy, and died in 1666. His eldest son Charles, Lord Muskerry, married Margaret Burke, daughter of Clanrickard, and their son dying young, Callaghan, his seond son, who married Elizabeth, daughter of George, 16th Earl of Kildare, by a daughter of Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, succeeded as second Earl of
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An adanced age.* He drived his own descent from a brother of Major Phillip. His statement is slightly inaccurate in some of its details, and time would be taken to verify what seems consistent with other genealogical authorities, were not delays proverbially dangerous. Life is precarious, and the materials collected for another purpose with considerable tail may be lost. No apology is needed for endeavoring to preserve, for future generations, information of this nature. It is for this very purpose that this Register was established. We realize the importance of being scrupulously exact in genealogical statements, and were we not impressed with the belief that means exist of rectifying any unintentional error we might be even more on our guard against the possibility of misleading.
The letter states that the parents of Owen, above mentioned, were Daniel O’Sullivan Beare and Ellen, daughter of Daniel O’Sullivan More, 10th Lord of Dunkerron who died in 1699, by Maryanne Fitzgerald, daughter of the Earl of Kildare. Owen, 9th Lord of Dunkerron, married Mary, second daughter of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, of Cloyne, the “best estated commoner of his time;” Daniel, the 8th, Joan daughter of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzmaurice, 17th Lord Kerry. Through this Joan and Honora Fitzgerald, wife of the Lord Kerry and the daughter of James, 7th Earl of Desmond, who died 1460. Ellen was descended from Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of Edward 1st, who married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Bereford, and through Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conquerer, from Charlemagne and King Alfred. Sec 4 Burke’s Commoners, XXX. Prefix to page 569.
In the next preceding generation the same authority informs us that Phillip, the father of Daniel, who married the above Ellen, espoused the daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived in the castle of Macroom, by Ellena Butler, sister to the Duke of Ormond. This Lord
Note: Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea Castle, son of Lord of Bearehaven, married Earl of Thomond’s daughter. His son Daniel married Margaret, daughter of Earl of Clancarthy, and granddaughter of Earl of Cork. His son Phillip married Honora, daughter of Lord Muskerry, who lived at the castle of Macroom, by a sister of the Duke of Ormond. His son Daniel married Ellen, daughter of O’Sullivan More, by Marganne Fitzgerald, daughter of Earl of Kildare, and granddaughter of Earl of Antrim. His son Owen married Marganne, daughter of Owen McSwin__, by Honora McCarthy, duaghter of Florence McFinnen, of Ardtelly, granddaughter of Charles McCarthy of Carricknamarck.” There are some errors in the above, but it is for the most part consistent with the authority. It is not supposed to be precisely accurate, but may aid in ascertaining the truth.
Note: Elizabeth, dau of Ed. I m. Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford. Elena Bohan m. James, Earl of Ormond. Elena Butler m. James, Earl of Desmond. Honora Fitzgerald m. Thomas, 8th Lord Kerry, d. 1469. Joanna Fitzmaurice, dau. of the 17th Lord Kerry, m. Daniel O’Sullivan, More, 8th Lord of Dunderron. Ellen, dau. of Owen, 9th Lord, m. Daniel O’Sullivan Beare, great grandfather of Master Sullivan. Same descent from Edward I can be deduced also by other lines.
Cormic Laldir, Lord of Muskerry, who held the chieftainship of Muskerry from 1448 to 1495, built the famous castle of Blarney about three miles from the city of Cork. It is still standing in ruins, and the Blarney Stone, which endows all who kiss it with the faculty of persuasion and the gift of eloquence, is near the top of the rampart, now only to be approached at considerable peril. The son of Laldir, Cormac Oge, died 1524, having married a daughter of the 9th Lord Kerry. His son and heir Teigue, died 1536, leaving Sir Cormac, friend of Sir Henry Sydney, who died 1588, and who married Ellen roche, daughter of Lord Fermoy, and Dermod who died 1570. Sir Cormac, son of Dermod, died in 1616. Cormac Oge, created Lord Blarney and Viscount Muskerry, married Margaret, daughter of Donogh, 4th Earl of Thomond, and his son Donogh marrying Ellena Butler, sister of James, Duke of Ormond, was created Earl of Clancarthy, and died in 1666. His eldest son Charles, Lord Muskerry, married Margaret Burke, daughter of Clanrickard, and their son dying young, Callaghan, his seond son, who married Elizabeth, daughter of George, 16th Earl of Kildare, by a daughter of Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, succeeded as second Earl of
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Mary MacSweeney
Birth: Est 1650
Death:
Sex: F
Father: Owen MacSweeney
Mother:
Also Known As: Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. B
Spouses & Children
Owen O'Sullivan (Husband)
Children:
1. [Descendants] Philip O'Sullivan___________________________________________
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Owen O'Sullivan
Birth: Est 1650
Death:
Sex: M
Father: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare
Mother: Ellen O'Sullivan MorAlso Known As: Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. B
Occupation: of Ardea 1
Spouses & Children
Mary MacSweeney (Wife)
Children:
1. [Descendants] Philip O'Sullivan1. Author: Charles H. Browning
Title: Americans of Royal Descent
Page: 202
Quality: 2
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on October 2, 2002, The Prominent Families of the United States, Prominent Families, Page 265 -Daniel O'Sullivan m. Sarah, daughter of Conor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare, and had issue.
Owen O'Sullivan m. Mary, daughter of Owen McSweeney, and his issue
Phillip O'Sullivan (Major), of Ardea Co. Kerry; m Joan, dau of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, and had issue -
1. Patrick, whose descendents remain in Ireland
2. Owen, of whom laterOwen Sullivan (1690 - 1795), b., in Limerick, 17 June 1690; emigrated to America, 1723; settled in Berwick, Maine; m 1735, Margery Browne, and, by her (who d. 1801), had issue -
1. Benjamin b 1736; d.s.p.
2. Daniel, of Sullivan, Maine, b 1738; Captain in the Revolutionary War; m 1. Anne Paul; m. 2. Abigail Bean; d. 1781, leaving issue
3. John, of Durham, New Hampshire, b. 17 Feb 1740; Major-General in the Revolutionary Army; and first Governor of New Hampshire; m Lydia Worcester; d. 23 Jan. 1795, leaving issue.
4. James, of whom later.
5. Ebenezer, b 1753; Captain in the Revolutionary Army; m. Abigail Cotton; d 3 June, 1799, leaving issue.
1. Mary, b 1752; m., 1768, Theophilus Hardy; d. 1827, leaving issue.He d. 20 June 1795
Jame Sullivan (1744 - 1808), of Boston, Mass., b 22 April 1744; LLD Harvard, 1780; member of the Provincial Council, 1775; Judge of the Superior Court 1776-1782; Attorney General, 1790-1807; Governor of Mass, 1807-1880; m 1. 22 Feb 1768 Mehatable, dau. of William Odiorne, and, by her (who d. 26 Jan. 1786), had issue -
1. James, b 6 Jan 1769; d.sp. 29 June 1787.
2. William b. 30 Nov 1774; Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and Council for many years; Bridadier-General of Militia; LLD (Harvard), 1826; m., 1801 Sarah Webb Swan; d. 3 Sept 1839, leaving issue.
3. John Landon, of whom later.
4. Richard, b. 17 June 1779; m., 1804, Sarah Russell; d. 11 Dec 1861, leaving issue.
5. William Bant, b. 16 March 1781; d unm. 4 Dec 1806
6. George, b 21 Feb. 1783; m., 1809, Sarah Bowdoin Winthrop; d. 14 Dec. 1866, leaving issue.
1. Avis, b 8 Oct 1771; d. in infancy
2. Mehatable, b 29 July 1772; m. 1. 1793, James Cutler; m. 2. 1801, Jonathan Amory; d 24 March 1847, leaving issue.
3. Nancy, b 24 April 1784; d. in infancy.He d. 10 Dec 1808
John Langdon Sullivan (1777 - 1865), of New York city; b 9 April 1777; M.D. Yale, 1837; m. 1. 10 Oct 1797, Elizabeth Russell, and, by her (who d. 16 April 1854), had issue: -
1. Thomas Russell, of whom later.
1. Elizabeth, b 27 Jan 1800; d num 16 Jan 1871.
2. Emily, b 4 Aug 1801; d unm 8 April 1880He d. 10 Feb 1865, having m. 2, 1861, Susan Macash, who d.s.p
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Sprague's Journal of Maine History
Vol. VII FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL 1920 No. 4
Page 171-187James Sullivan
(BY JOHN FRANCIS SPRAGUE.)
There appears to be ample authority to substantiate the claim that the Sullivans of Maine descended from the O'Sullivans of ancient Ireland.
They were a powerful septa, who dwelt in the southerly part of Ireland and are now extensively multiplied on both sides of theAtlantic.
Many of them have acquired fame in all fields of American activities.
In common with other Milesian families, they trace their origin to a remote period in Irish history.
The bards and chieftains of the ancient Irish preserved their national annals from the beginning of organized government under the sons of Heber down to the days of anarchy and confusion
resulting from English invasion.Irish historians assert that it is a well authenticated fact that under Queen Elizabeth, one measure adopted for the more perfect subjection of Ireland was an order to collect from the national
and private repositories these records, that by gradually weaken- ing, through their destruction, the spirit of clanship, the land might become an easier prey to the spoiler.Fortunately, however, this order was only partially obeyed and in many of the ancient chronicles, or psalters which escaped this authorized vandalism frequent mention is made of the O'Sullivans,
and their chieftains.For centuries prior to 1170 when the English invasion first began upon its shores, Ireland had been as highly civilized as any part of western Europe. During those times and to a more recent date the O'Sullivans, who were hereditary princes, possessed large tracts of lands in the Province of Munster, and along the shores of the Bay of Bantry and around the beautiful and celebrated Lakes of Killarney.
Their chieftains exercised an independent sovereignty and their domains for a long time remaining unmolested by the invaders they lived more peaceful lives than some of the neighboring clans.
But the power of the conquerors increased with each successive century until the brave O'Sullivans early in the seventeenth cen- tury were with the rest of the Irish nation prostrated by ruin and
devastation. To follow the vicissitudes of this once powerful clan to the time when John Sullivan left Limerick in Ireland and sailed for America would be a recital of one of the darkest chapters in the history of Great Britain. This was in the year 1723. Exactly what his destination was is not now known. The ship in which he sailed was driven by adverse winds on to the Maine coast and he landed in York.0n this stormy voyage was the beginning of an interesting romance. On the vessel was a pretty and attractive child named Margery Brown, then only nine years of age. The circumstances
of her parents emigrating to America may never be known as it appears that they were lost at sea.John Sullivan, when far advanced in years, wrote out and left with his family the following statement:
I am the son of Major Philip O'Sullivan, of Ardea, in the county of Kerry. His father was Owen O'Sullivan, original descendant from the second son of Daniel O'Sullivan, called lord of Bearehaven. He married Mary, daughter of Colonel Owen McSweeney of Musgrey, and sister to Captain Edmond McSweeney, a noted man for anecdotes and witty sayings. I have heard that my grandfather had four countesses for his mother and grandmothers. How true it was, or who they were, I know not. My father died of an ulcer raised in his breast, occasioned by a wound he received in France, in a duel with a French officer. They were all a short lived family; they either died in their bloom or went out of the country I never heard that any of the men-kind arrived at sixty, and do not remem-
ber but one alive when I left home My mother's name was Toan McCar- thy, daughter of Dermod McCarthy of Killoween. She had three brothers and one sister. Her mother's name I forget, but that she was daughter to McCarthy Reagh, of Carbery. Her oldest brother, Col. Florence, alias
McFinnin, and [its two brothers, Captain Charles and Captain Owen, went in the defence of the nation against Orange. Owen was killed in the battle of Aughrim. Florence had a son, who retains the title of McFinnin. Charles I just remember. He had a charge of powder in his face at the
siege of Cork. He left two sons, Derby and Owen. Derby married with Ellena Sullivan, of the Sullivans of Bannane. His brother Owen married Honora Mahony, daughter of Dennis Mahony, of Drommore, in the bar- ony of Dunkerron, and also died in the prime of life, much lamented.
They were short-lived on both sides; but the brevity of their lives, to my great grief and sorrow, is added to the length of mine. My mother's sister was married to Dermod, eldest son of Daniel O'Sullivan, lord of Dunkerron. Her son Cornelius, as I understand, was with the Pretender
in Scotland, in the year 1745. This is all that I can say about my origin.It is a well authenticated tradition that he left his home by rea-son of his mother violently opposing his union with a certain young lady that ;he was deeply attached to.
Although his mother was a woman of wealth and high standing in Limerick he was nearly penniless when he left home and entered into an agreement with the master of the vessel to work for him
after his arrival, to pay his passage to America. Unaccustomed to labor he applied to Parson Moody, of York, whom he had been informed was a man of benevolence, for aid. The interview
resulted in his obtaining a loan of money from Moody and can-celing his obligation to the captain.John was well educated and tinder the advice of Parson Moody and some of his friends he opened a school at Berwick and became successful school teacher in York County.
He sympathized with his little friend, Margery, who had been indentured in accordance with the colonial custom of providing for distressed children. As soon as his earnings would permit he
redeemed her from indenture and adopted her and brought her up and educated her as his own child. When she had reached the period of maidenhood she is said to have possessed unusual charms and attractions.One day, while drawing water with the old well-sweep, a young man, clad in city attire, came by and engaged her in conversation. Fascinated by her charms. he then and there proposed marriage
She referred him to her father. The lover stated his case to Mr. Sullivan. He consulted Margery who frankly admitted that she had been a little coquettish with the good looking youth, but much
to his joy, he assured him that she had no thought of anything serious. But the circumstance revealed to him his own sentiment towards her, which he had discovered was other than paternal.
Her foster father made known his love. It was mutual and although he was twenty years her senior, so far as any records or evidence of the matter is now accessible it was a happy union.He soon after purchased a farm in Berwick, to which he devoted his attention when not engaged in teaching. Much of the time he had two schools under his charge.
He has been described as "a marked man in his personal appear- ance, of great natural abilities and mental cultivation."
He was reared in the faith of the Catholic church. Amory (1) asserts that he did not attend religious services in the neighbor- hood where there were only Protestant churches, and for that reason "it has been conjectured Master Sullivan kept steadfast to the faith of his childhood."
He lived to the venerable age of 105 years and was beloved and respected by all who knew him.
Writers have portrayed his wife as an excellent woman of great energy and firmness of character.
Amory (supra) says: " Her sons very probably inherited largely from her the ambition and industry that made them useful and dis-tinguished."
Taken from genealogy.com on October 9, 2002 - Series 2, Volume 3, Master Sullivan of Berwick - His Ancestors and Descendants, Page 448
Bearehaven. He married Mary, daughter of Colonel Owen McSweeney, of Musgrey, and sister of Captain Esmond McSweeney, a noted man for anecdotes and witty sayings. I have heard that my grandfather had four countesses for his mother and grandmothers. How true it was, or who they were, I know not. My father died of an ulcer raised in his breast, occasioned by a wound he received in France, in a duel with a French officer. They were all a short lived family; they either died in their bloom, or went out of the country. I never heard that any of the men-kind arrived at sixty, and do not remember but one alive when I left home. My mother’s name was Joan McCarthy, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween. She had three brothers and one sister. Her mother’s name I forget, but she was a daughter to McCarthy Reagh, of Carbery. Her oldest brother, Colonel Florence alias McFinnen, and his two brothers Captain Charles and Captain Owen, went in the defence of the nation against Orange. Owen was killed in the battle of Aughrim. Florence had a son who retains the title of McFinnen. Charles I just remember. He left two sons, Derby and Owen. Derby married with Ellena Sullivan, of the Sullivans of Baunane. His brother Owen married Honora Mahony, daughter of Dennis Mahony, of Dromore, in the barony of Dunkerron, and also died in the prime of life, much lamented.
“They were short lived on both sides, but the brevity of their lives, to my great grief and sorrow, is added to the length of mine. My mother’s sister was married to Dermod, eldest son of Daniel O’Sullivan, Lord of Dunderron. Her son Cornelius, as I understand, was with the Pretender in Scotland, in the year 1746. This is all I can say about my origin; but shall conclude with a Latin sentence:
Si Adm sit pater cunctorum, mater et Eva:
Cur nan sunt homines nobilitate pares?
Non pater aut mater dant nobis nobilitatem:
Sed moribus et vita nobilitatur homo. J.S.The letter referred to is as follows. “A grand uncle of mine having gone to America about sixty years ago, his relations have suffered greatly from being without the means of finding out his fate, till now, by great good fortune, I am informed that you are a son of his. If you find, by the account below, that I have not been misinformed, I shall be glad to hear from you.
“Mr. Owen O’Sullivan, son of Major Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea, in the county of Kerry, Ireland, by Joanna, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, Esq., in said county. They were connected with the most respectable families in the province of Munster, particularly the Count of Bearehaven, McCarthy More, Earl of Clancare, Earl Barrymore, the Earl of Thomond, the Earl of Clancarthy, McFinnen of Glanarough, O’Donoughu of Ross, O’Donough of Glynn, McCarthy of Carberry, Lord Clancarthy and O’Donovan, &c.
I am Sir, your respectfully, “Ardea, May 16th, 1796. Phillip O’Sullivan.”
The connecting links in the pedigree between Owen mentioned in the first of the above documents and Sir Phillip of Ardea, were supplied in 1860, by Mr. Daniel O’Sullivan of Ardea, since deceased at.
_______________________________________________________Taken from gencircles.com on October 6, 2002 -
Joanna McCarthy Mor
Birth: Est 1670
Death:
Sex: F
Father: Dermod McCarthy Mor
Mother:
Also Known As: Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. B
Spouses & Children
Philip O'Sullivan (Husband)
Children:
1. [Descendants] John Sullivan
_______________________________________________Taken from genealogy.com http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=008422&PN=265&SEC=The%20Prominent%20Families%20of%20the%20United%20States&CD=367
on October 2, 2002, The Prominent Families of the United States, Prominent Families, Page 265 -Daniel O'Sullivan m. Sarah, daughter of Conor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare, and had issue.
Owen O'Sullivan m. Mary, daughter of Owen McSweeney, and his issue
Phillip O'Sullivan (Major), of Ardea Co. Kerry; m Joan, dau of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, and had issue -
1. Patrick, whose descendents remain in Ireland
2. Owen, of whom laterOwen Sullivan (1690 - 1795), b., in Limerick, 17 June 1690; emigrated to America, 1723; settled in Berwick, Maine; m 1735, Margery Browne, and, by her (who d. 1801), had issue -
1. Benjamin b 1736; d.s.p.
2. Daniel, of Sullivan, Maine, b 1738; Captain in the Revolutionary War; m 1. Anne Paul; m. 2. Abigail Bean; d. 1781, leaving issue
3. John, of Durham, New Hampshire, b. 17 Feb 1740; Major-General in the Revolutionary Army; and first Governor of New Hampshire; m Lydia Worcester; d. 23 Jan. 1795, leaving issue.
4. James, of whom later.
5. Ebenezer, b 1753; Captain in the Revolutionary Army; m. Abigail Cotton; d 3 June, 1799, leaving issue.
1. Mary, b 1752; m., 1768, Theophilus Hardy; d. 1827, leaving issue.He d. 20 June 1795
Jame Sullivan (1744 - 1808), of Boston, Mass., b 22 April 1744; LLD Harvard, 1780; member of the Provincial Council, 1775; Judge of the Superior Court 1776-1782; Attorney General, 1790-1807; Governor of Mass, 1807-1880; m 1. 22 Feb 1768 Mehatable, dau. of William Odiorne, and, by her (who d. 26 Jan. 1786), had issue -
1. James, b 6 Jan 1769; d.sp. 29 June 1787.
2. William b. 30 Nov 1774; Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and Council for many years; Bridadier-General of Militia; LLD (Harvard), 1826; m., 1801 Sarah Webb Swan; d. 3 Sept 1839, leaving issue.
3. John Landon, of whom later.
4. Richard, b. 17 June 1779; m., 1804, Sarah Russell; d. 11 Dec 1861, leaving issue.
5. William Bant, b. 16 March 1781; d unm. 4 Dec 1806
6. George, b 21 Feb. 1783; m., 1809, Sarah Bowdoin Winthrop; d. 14 Dec. 1866, leaving issue.
1. Avis, b 8 Oct 1771; d. in infancy
2. Mehatable, b 29 July 1772; m. 1. 1793, James Cutler; m. 2. 1801, Jonathan Amory; d 24 March 1847, leaving issue.
3. Nancy, b 24 April 1784; d. in infancy.He d. 10 Dec 1808
John Langdon Sullivan (1777 - 1865), of New York city; b 9 April 1777; M.D. Yale, 1837; m. 1. 10 Oct 1797, Elizabeth Russell, and, by her (who d. 16 April 1854), had issue: -
1. Thomas Russell, of whom later.
1. Elizabeth, b 27 Jan 1800; d num 16 Jan 1871.
2. Emily, b 4 Aug 1801; d unm 8 April 1880He d. 10 Feb 1865, having m. 2, 1861, Susan Macash, who d.s.p
_____________________________________________________________
1027. Daughter to McCarthy Reagh, of Carbery McCarthy Reagh
Taken from genealogy.com on October 9, 2002 - Series 2, Volume 3, Master Sullivan of Berwick - His Ancestors and Descendants, Page 448
Bearehaven. He married Mary, daughter of Colonel Owen McSweeney, of Musgrey, and sister of Captain Esmond McSweeney, a noted man for anecdotes and witty sayings. I have heard that my grandfather had four countesses for his mother and grandmothers. How true it was, or who they were, I know not. My father died of an ulcer raised in his breast, occasioned by a wound he received in France, in a duel with a French officer. They were all a short lived family; they either died in their bloom, or went out of the country. I never heard that any of the men-kind arrived at sixty, and do not remember but one alive when I left home. My mother’s name was Joan McCarthy, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween. She had three brothers and one sister. Her mother’s name I forget, but she was a daughter to McCarthy Reagh, of Carbery. Her oldest brother, Colonel Florence alias McFinnen, and his two brothers Captain Charles and Captain Owen, went in the defence of the nation against Orange. Owen was killed in the battle of Aughrim. Florence had a son who retains the title of McFinnen. Charles I just remember. He left two sons, Derby and Owen. Derby married with Ellena Sullivan, of the Sullivans of Baunane. His brother Owen married Honora Mahony, daughter of Dennis Mahony, of Dromore, in the barony of Dunkerron, and also died in the prime of life, much lamented.
“They were short lived on both sides, but the brevity of their lives, to my great grief and sorrow, is added to the length of mine. My mother’s sister was married to Dermod, eldest son of Daniel O’Sullivan, Lord of Dunderron. Her son Cornelius, as I understand, was with the Pretender in Scotland, in the year 1746. This is all I can say about my origin; but shall conclude with a Latin sentence:
Si Adm sit pater cunctorum, mater et Eva:
Cur nan sunt homines nobilitate pares?
Non pater aut mater dant nobis nobilitatem:
Sed moribus et vita nobilitatur homo. J.S.The letter referred to is as follows. “A grand uncle of mine having gone to America about sixty years ago, his relations have suffered greatly from being without the means of finding out his fate, till now, by great good fortune, I am informed that you are a son of his. If you find, by the account below, that I have not been misinformed, I shall be glad to hear from you.
“Mr. Owen O’Sullivan, son of Major Phillip O’Sullivan, of Ardea, in the county of Kerry, Ireland, by Joanna, daughter of Dermod McCarthy, of Killoween, Esq., in said county. They were connected with the most respectable families in the province of Munster, particularly the Count of Bearehaven, McCarthy More, Earl of Clancare, Earl Barrymore, the Earl of Thomond, the Earl of Clancarthy, McFinnen of Glanarough, O’Donoughu of Ross, O’Donough of Glynn, McCarthy of Carberry, Lord Clancarthy and O’Donovan, &c.
I am Sir, your respectfully, “Ardea, May 16th, 1796. Phillip O’Sullivan.”
The connecting links in the pedigree between Owen mentioned in the first of the above documents and Sir Phillip of Ardea, were supplied in 1860, by Mr. Daniel O’Sullivan of Ardea, since deceased at.
_______________________________________________________
Taken from Ancestry.com on January 13, 2002 -ID: I29677
Name: Remembrance LIPPINCOTT 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 15 JAN 1640/41 in Dorchester Co, Massachusetts 2
Birth: 15 MAR 1641/42 in MA 3 2
Death: 22 NOV 1722 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ @82 years 2
Death: 11 APR 1723 in Shrewsbury, NJ
Residence: Moved to Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ in 1666 2
Will: Mentions Wife Margret, granddaughter, Margret Lippincott, grandson, Rmembrance Lippincott, Daughters Abigail White, Mary Morris, Ruth Wooley,
Sarah Williams, and Elizabeth Parker, and sons Richard, Joseph, and William 2
Baptism: SEP 1641 Dorchester, MA
Note:[lippincott.FTW]
Residences: Springfield, Twp, Burl. Co., NJ
Occupation: Yoeman
Remembrance Lippincott, the eldest of the children was born in Dorcester, in the MA Bay Colony, where he was baptized Sept 19, 1641. Crossing the ocean with his parents about 10 years later, living anoither decade and as he reached man's estate, became a resident of Rhode Island. Again a few years later, he joined the family final hegira, and settled permanently at Shrewsbury, in East New Jersey, he being then about 25 years of age. Of him a biographer has said that he "became there a prominent and useful citizen". He was a farmer and a large land owner and served in several public employments. In the Friend of August 25, 1855, there is a memorial of Remembrance Lippincott, which erroneously gives the date of his birth as the "15th ofthe Ninth month, 1650. It is set forth:
His parents being convinced soon after his birth, of the truth of the principles led by the people called Quakers, he was brought under the restraints which the faithful members of that society endevoured to exercise on their childen. When George Keith endevoured to lead astray the society of which he had long been an advocate, his sophistries were plied with the most success in East Jersey, where John Barclay, father of his old Friend Robert, lent his influence to sustain him. It seemed for a time as if the meeting of Friends there would be broken up Amid the general shaking, the children of old Richard Lippincott stood firm for the truth. The testimony of the Yearly Meeting against George Keith, was signed by 4 sons of that suffer for the Truth, all indeed who were living,
Remembrnce, John Restore and Freedom. Jacob had died in 1689. It appears that Remembrance received a gift in the ministry in the exercise of which he was useful. His Friends sum up his life in a few words: "Remembrance Lippincott departed this life the 11th day of the twelth month 1722. He was clerk of our Monthly and Quarterly Meetings many years, a diligent attender of our meeting for worship, his labour was acceptable to Friends". That Remembrance Lippincott was conpicuous in the developments of the day is shown by his signature to a notable petition which was forwarded to William III in 1701, protesting against the selection, by the Proprietors of Andrew Hamilton, as Governor and urging the Crown, in the event of a suitable person not being named by the Proprietors, to take the Province of East Jersey under its directy jurisdiction. The controversy was a critical one in the history of the colony. A further reference will be made to it where Restore Lippincott is reached for oddly enough the brothers were not united, as they had been in the Kethian Imbroglio. The petition above mentioned was signed by over 200 of Remembrance Lippincott's contemporaries. Besides the latter's signature, that of his son Joseph a young man who had just attained his majority was among them.
WILL
1719-20 Feb 23. Lippincott, Remembrance, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County; will of. Wife Margaret. Children-Abigail Whight, Mary Morris, Ruth Wooley, Sarah Williams, Elizabeth Parker, Richard, Joseph, William; Grandchildren-Margritt Lippincott, Remembrance Lippincott. Home farm, meadows called Pumking Island. Personal estate (a negro man). the wife sole executrix. Witnesses---John Curlies, Isaac Hance, Thomas Lippincott. Proof jurat, dated August 6, 1723, not signed by Surrogagte Kearny Lib. A, p. 254 New Jersey Colonial Documents. Will dated 2-23-1719/20, proved 8-6-1623 and birthdate of 15-9-641 sent to us by Norman G. Dean, R1 Bx 202, Baylis, IL.? 62314-9778 Birth might be Sept 19, 1641. death might be apr 11, 1722/1723 Found in Am Compendium of American Genealogy-First families of America:pg 94 Jacob Caughron of Shrewsbury m. Sarah White (b. 1715; Peterr 8 m. Abigail dau of Remembrance LIPP; Peter 9; Thomas 10 from England 1670. This shows that Remembrance's father is Peter but we have Richard as his father. We have bd as Nov 1, 1640==Michael Brate has June 19, 1641- COLONIAL FAMILIES OF AMERICA sent to us by Michael Brate shows b. June and bapt 19th July 1641..
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On Quaker Digest on email:
"QUAKER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of Ministers and Elders, and other
concerned members of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia" [1682-1800]
Edited by Willard Heiss (Indianapolis: 1972) Page 87
"REMEMBRANCE LIPPINCOTT. Remembrance Lippincott, the son of Richard
and Abigail Lippincott, was born at Dorchester, New England, on the 15th
of the Month , 1650. His parents being convinced, soon after his
birth, of the truth of the principles held by the people called Quakers,
he was brought under the restraints which the faithful members of that
society endeavor to exercise on their children. When George Keith
endeavored to lead astray the society, of which he had long been an
advocate, his sophistries were plied with the most success in East
Jersey, where John Barclay, brother to his old Friend Robert, lent his influence
to sustain him. It seemed for a time as if the meetings of Friends there
would be broken up. Amid the general shaking, the children of old
Richard Lippincott stood firm for the truth. The testimony of the Yearly Meeting
against George Keith, was signed by four sons of that sufferer for the
Truth, all indeed who were then living,---Remembrance, John, Restore,
and Freedom. Jacob had died in 1689.
It appears that Remembrance received a gift in the ministry in the
exercise of which he was useful. His Friends sume up his life in a
few words, "Remembrance Lippincott departed this life the 11th day of
the Twelfth month, 1711. He was clerk of our Monthly and Quarterly
Meetings many years; a diligent attender of our meeting for worship;
his labour was acceptable to Friends." [THE FRIEND - Volume 28, Page
396] [Brøderbund Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction, Date of Import:
Oct 19, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.17.1.20059.42]Individual: Lippincott, Rebembrance
Birth date: Mar 15, 1642
Birth place: MA
CD# 100Father: Richard LIPPINCOTT b: 15 MAR 1616/17 in Davonshire, England
Mother: Abigail ? b: BET. 1620 - 1622 in Dorchester, Devon, Northumberland, EnglandMarriage 1 Margaret BARBER b: ABT. 1646 in Boston, Massachusetts
Married: 17 NOV 1665 in Roxbury, Massachusetts 2
Children
1. Joseph LIPPINCOTT b: 2 JAN 1670/71 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
2. Elizabeth LIPPINCOTT b: 2 JAN 1670/71 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ (IGI)
3. Abigail LIPPINCOTT b: 18 FEB 1672/73 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, Shrewsbury, NJ
4. Richard LIPPINCOTT b: 19 MAR 1674/75 in Monmouth, Shrewsbury, NJ
5. Elizabeth LIPPINCOTT b: 29 NOV 1677 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ
6. Joseph LIPPINCOTT b: 28 MAR 1680 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
7. William LIPPINCOTT b: 17 DEC 1682 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, NJ
8. Abigail LIPPINCOTT b: 17 SEP 1685 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
9. Sarah LIPPINCOTT b: 24 NOV 1688 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ (IGI)
10. Ruth LIPPINCOTT b: 6 OCT 1691 in Monmouth, Shrewsbury, NJ (IGI)
11. Mary LIPPINCOTT b: 26 SEP 1693 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
12. Grace LIPPINCOTT b: 13 APR 1695 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ (IGI)
Sources:1.Title: Lippincottmail.FTW
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: Sep 29, 1999
2.Title: Zucaro Database
Author: Brenda A. Zucaro
Repository:
Note: [email protected]
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Text: Date of Import: Jan 19, 2000
3.Title: Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: December 23, 1993
Note: Indexed records.
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Family Archive CD
Page: Internal Ref. #1.17.1.20059.42
Text: Date of Import: Oct 19, 1999
Taken from Ancestry.com on January 13, 2002 -ID: I29677
Name: Remembrance LIPPINCOTT 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 15 JAN 1640/41 in Dorchester Co, Massachusetts 2
Birth: 15 MAR 1641/42 in MA 3 2
Death: 22 NOV 1722 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ @82 years 2
Death: 11 APR 1723 in Shrewsbury, NJ
Residence: Moved to Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ in 1666 2
Will: Mentions Wife Margret, granddaughter, Margret Lippincott, grandson, Rmembrance Lippincott, Daughters Abigail White, Mary Morris, Ruth Wooley,
Sarah Williams, and Elizabeth Parker, and sons Richard, Joseph, and William 2
Baptism: SEP 1641 Dorchester, MA
Note:[lippincott.FTW]
Residences: Springfield, Twp, Burl. Co., NJ
Occupation: Yoeman
Remembrance Lippincott, the eldest of the children was born in Dorcester, in the MA Bay Colony, where he was baptized Sept 19, 1641. Crossing the ocean with his parents about 10 years later, living anoither decade and as he reached man's estate, became a resident of Rhode Island. Again a few years later, he joined the family final hegira, and settled permanently at Shrewsbury, in East New Jersey, he being then about 25 years of age. Of him a biographer has said that he "became there a prominent and useful citizen". He was a farmer and a large land owner and served in several public employments. In the Friend of August 25, 1855, there is a memorial of Remembrance Lippincott, which erroneously gives the date of his birth as the "15th ofthe Ninth month, 1650. It is set forth:
His parents being convinced soon after his birth, of the truth of the principles led by the people called Quakers, he was brought under the restraints which the faithful members of that society endevoured to exercise on their childen. When George Keith endevoured to lead astray the society of which he had long been an advocate, his sophistries were plied with the most success in East Jersey, where John Barclay, father of his old Friend Robert, lent his influence to sustain him. It seemed for a time as if the meeting of Friends there would be broken up Amid the general shaking, the children of old Richard Lippincott stood firm for the truth. The testimony of the Yearly Meeting against George Keith, was signed by 4 sons of that suffer for the Truth, all indeed who were living,
Remembrnce, John Restore and Freedom. Jacob had died in 1689. It appears that Remembrance received a gift in the ministry in the exercise of which he was useful. His Friends sum up his life in a few words: "Remembrance Lippincott departed this life the 11th day of the twelth month 1722. He was clerk of our Monthly and Quarterly Meetings many years, a diligent attender of our meeting for worship, his labour was acceptable to Friends". That Remembrance Lippincott was conpicuous in the developments of the day is shown by his signature to a notable petition which was forwarded to William III in 1701, protesting against the selection, by the Proprietors of Andrew Hamilton, as Governor and urging the Crown, in the event of a suitable person not being named by the Proprietors, to take the Province of East Jersey under its directy jurisdiction. The controversy was a critical one in the history of the colony. A further reference will be made to it where Restore Lippincott is reached for oddly enough the brothers were not united, as they had been in the Kethian Imbroglio. The petition above mentioned was signed by over 200 of Remembrance Lippincott's contemporaries. Besides the latter's signature, that of his son Joseph a young man who had just attained his majority was among them.
WILL
1719-20 Feb 23. Lippincott, Remembrance, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County; will of. Wife Margaret. Children-Abigail Whight, Mary Morris, Ruth Wooley, Sarah Williams, Elizabeth Parker, Richard, Joseph, William; Grandchildren-Margritt Lippincott, Remembrance Lippincott. Home farm, meadows called Pumking Island. Personal estate (a negro man). the wife sole executrix. Witnesses---John Curlies, Isaac Hance, Thomas Lippincott. Proof jurat, dated August 6, 1723, not signed by Surrogagte Kearny Lib. A, p. 254 New Jersey Colonial Documents. Will dated 2-23-1719/20, proved 8-6-1623 and birthdate of 15-9-641 sent to us by Norman G. Dean, R1 Bx 202, Baylis, IL.? 62314-9778 Birth might be Sept 19, 1641. death might be apr 11, 1722/1723 Found in Am Compendium of American Genealogy-First families of America:pg 94 Jacob Caughron of Shrewsbury m. Sarah White (b. 1715; Peterr 8 m. Abigail dau of Remembrance LIPP; Peter 9; Thomas 10 from England 1670. This shows that Remembrance's father is Peter but we have Richard as his father. We have bd as Nov 1, 1640==Michael Brate has June 19, 1641- COLONIAL FAMILIES OF AMERICA sent to us by Michael Brate shows b. June and bapt 19th July 1641..
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On Quaker Digest on email:
"QUAKER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of Ministers and Elders, and other
concerned members of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia" [1682-1800]
Edited by Willard Heiss (Indianapolis: 1972) Page 87
"REMEMBRANCE LIPPINCOTT. Remembrance Lippincott, the son of Richard
and Abigail Lippincott, was born at Dorchester, New England, on the 15th
of the Month , 1650. His parents being convinced, soon after his
birth, of the truth of the principles held by the people called Quakers,
he was brought under the restraints which the faithful members of that
society endeavor to exercise on their children. When George Keith
endeavored to lead astray the society, of which he had long been an
advocate, his sophistries were plied with the most success in East
Jersey, where John Barclay, brother to his old Friend Robert, lent his influence
to sustain him. It seemed for a time as if the meetings of Friends there
would be broken up. Amid the general shaking, the children of old
Richard Lippincott stood firm for the truth. The testimony of the Yearly Meeting
against George Keith, was signed by four sons of that sufferer for the
Truth, all indeed who were then living,---Remembrance, John, Restore,
and Freedom. Jacob had died in 1689.
It appears that Remembrance received a gift in the ministry in the
exercise of which he was useful. His Friends sume up his life in a
few words, "Remembrance Lippincott departed this life the 11th day of
the Twelfth month, 1711. He was clerk of our Monthly and Quarterly
Meetings many years; a diligent attender of our meeting for worship;
his labour was acceptable to Friends." [THE FRIEND - Volume 28, Page
396] [Brøderbund Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction, Date of Import:
Oct 19, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.17.1.20059.42]Individual: Lippincott, Rebembrance
Birth date: Mar 15, 1642
Birth place: MA
CD# 100Father: Richard LIPPINCOTT b: 15 MAR 1616/17 in Davonshire, England
Mother: Abigail ? b: BET. 1620 - 1622 in Dorchester, Devon, Northumberland, EnglandMarriage 1 Margaret BARBER b: ABT. 1646 in Boston, Massachusetts
Married: 17 NOV 1665 in Roxbury, Massachusetts 2
Children
1. Joseph LIPPINCOTT b: 2 JAN 1670/71 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
2. Elizabeth LIPPINCOTT b: 2 JAN 1670/71 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ (IGI)
3. Abigail LIPPINCOTT b: 18 FEB 1672/73 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, Shrewsbury, NJ
4. Richard LIPPINCOTT b: 19 MAR 1674/75 in Monmouth, Shrewsbury, NJ
5. Elizabeth LIPPINCOTT b: 29 NOV 1677 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ
6. Joseph LIPPINCOTT b: 28 MAR 1680 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
7. William LIPPINCOTT b: 17 DEC 1682 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, NJ
8. Abigail LIPPINCOTT b: 17 SEP 1685 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
9. Sarah LIPPINCOTT b: 24 NOV 1688 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ (IGI)
10. Ruth LIPPINCOTT b: 6 OCT 1691 in Monmouth, Shrewsbury, NJ (IGI)
11. Mary LIPPINCOTT b: 26 SEP 1693 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
12. Grace LIPPINCOTT b: 13 APR 1695 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ (IGI)
Sources:1.Title: Lippincottmail.FTW
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: Sep 29, 1999
2.Title: Zucaro Database
Author: Brenda A. Zucaro
Repository:
Note: [email protected]
Call Number:
Media: Electronic
Text: Date of Import: Jan 19, 2000
3.Title: Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: December 23, 1993
Note: Indexed records.
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Family Archive CD
Page: Internal Ref. #1.17.1.20059.42
Text: Date of Import: Oct 19, 1999
Received on August 19th from Robert Boehm Rathbun, PO BOX 1741, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42102, e-mail - [email protected]
48. John Rathbun, born 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died Bef. March 01, 1722/23 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island. He was the son of 96. John Rathbun and 97. Margaret Acres. He married 49. Anna Dodge November 11, 1686 in Rochester (now North Kingstown), Washington, Rhode Island.
49. Anna Dodge, died Aft. October 25, 1725 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island.
Notes for John Rathbun:
He moved to Block Island as a child with his parents. His marriage is his first wife is took place on Block Island but the name of his wife is legible in the records. John was admitted a freeman on in May of 1684 and was on the freeman list as late as May 5, 1696. He represented New Shoreham in the Rhode Island General Assembly serving as late as 1696. On April 1717 he testified in court in relation to the difficulties arising from the French privateers who were operating off the coast of Rhode Island. On December 13, 1698, Betsey, the daughter of "Great James" and his wife, Jane, was bound to John as an indentured servant for eighteen years. He was mentioned in a deed of another as early as January 29, 1708 in Westerly, Rhode Island. John, of Block Island, bought land from the Colony agents in Westerly, Rhode Island on September 29, 1708.
After the death of his first wife, he appears that John had an affair with his nineteen year old cousin, Margary Acres. When Margary married Daniel Tosh in 1685, Margary already had a six month old son, Acres Tosh. In 1717, a Rhode Island court upheld a claim that Acres Tosh was illegally in possession of Tosh property on the grounds that he was Margary's illegitimate son by John Rathbun. The claimant, Penelope Tosh Hollaway, produced a witness, Sarah Potter, who testified she had seen Acres' mother "Abed with John Rathbun"
His will is on file in New Shoreham, Rhode Island. He mentions his wife, Anne; his eldest son Jonathan who had his portion; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel; and Thomas; (the last five under 21) and daughters, Mercy, who has had her portion at marriage and Ann who had received L30. The witnesses to the will were Nath' Ray, Mary Ray, Anne Willson and Simon Ray 2nd. The will was written on May 8, 1720 and probated on March 9, 1722/3.
More About John Rathbun:
Biography # 1: April 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 2 Page 28
Will: New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 2 Page 68-69
Notes for Anna Dodge:
It is not known if Anna was a daughter of Tristram Dodge of Block Island. There is no official record that places her as his daughter. However, early publications in both the Dodge and Rathbun family place Anna as the daughter of Tristram. The Rathbone Genealogy does list her as the daughter of Tristram. The Dodge Genealogy also places her there. There is much confusion as in both genealogies the compilers name two daughters of Tristram as wives of Rathbuns. That could not be possible as you would have had an aunt married to her nephew. Frank Rathbun did establish that the wife of John Rathbun, the immigrant, was Margaret Acres not Margaret Dodge.
More About John Rathbun and Anna Dodge:
Marriage: November 11, 1686, Rochester (now North Kingstown), Washington, Rhode Island
Marriage certificate: November 11, 1686, New Shoreham Town Book #1-47
Children of John Rathbun and Anna Dodge are:
i. Mercy Rathbun, born October 03, 1688 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Aft. February 28, 1767 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; married Jonathan Burch August 26, 1706 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; born 1685 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died Bef. January 01, 1768 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
More About Mercy Rathbun:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
More About Jonathan Burch:
Genealogy: 1993, Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York by Frank J. Doherty Pages 954-989
More About Jonathan Burch and Mercy Rathbun:
Marriage: August 26, 1706, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Marriage Certificate: Stonington, Connecticut Book 3 Page 53
ii. Jonathan Rathbun, born May 22, 1691 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died April 01, 1766 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; married (1) Slave Ownership; married (2) Elizabeth Rathbun January 13, 1711/12 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; born March 14, 1691/92 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. October 1755 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; married (3) Katherine Westcott October 1755 in Norwich, Connecticut; born April 17, 1705 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island; died 1797 in Bozrah, Connecticut.
Notes for Jonathan Rathbun:
Jonathan and his bride received from his father as a wedding present 100 pounds. The following year they moved to New Salem Parish, Colchester, Connecticut where on January 28, 1713 he purchased 100 acres of land from John Morton. In his will, he mentioned "three weak children" names unknown.
Jonathan left instructions in his will to free four slaves, Jane and her three sons. The sons were Abraham who took the name Abraham Freeman; Jacob who also took the Freeman name and Ezra who took the Rathbun name. Therefore, I placed Erza into the family tree at this time.
More About Jonathan Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 44
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
Death Certificate: Colchester, Connecticut Book 1 Page 81
24 iii. John Rathbun, born December 23, 1693 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died 1752 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married (1) Patience Fish December 26, 1720 in New Shoreham Washington, Rhode Island; married (2) Alice Unknown 1721 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island.
iv. Joshua Rathbun, born February 09, 1695/96 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died June 06, 1779 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; met (1) Sarah Card; born August 09, 1705 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island; married (2) Martha Card November 30, 1721 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; born April 06, 1699 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died 1722 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; married (3) Mary Wightman February 17, 1723/24 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; born December 18, 1704 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; died 1777 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for Joshua Rathbun:
Joshua was only married twice. It appears that while married to his first wife, Martha Card he had an affair with his sister-in-law, Sarah Card. Sarah had a son, Joshua Rathbun, who was named in her father's will. The will of Job Card was written January 5,1730/1 and proved September 7, 1739 at Charlestown, Rhode Island. He was called a yeoman and husbandman in early land transactions.
More About Joshua Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 44
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
Estate Settlement: June 16, 1785, Stonington Town Records, Stonington, Connecticut
More About Mary Wightman:
Birth Certificate: Groton, Connecticut Book 1 Page 122
More About Joshua Rathbun and Mary Wightman:
Marriage: February 17, 1723/24, Groton, New London, Connecticut
Marriage Certificate: Groton, Connecticut Book 1 Page 116
v. Benjamin Rathbun, born February 17, 1700/01 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died 1772 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married Hannah Carpenter October 31, 1732 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; born October 28, 1708 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island; died in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island.
Notes for Benjamin Rathbun:
He was admitted a freeman in Exeter, Rhode Island in May 1736. In 1761, he was assigned by the Exeter Town Council to help care for the road from the Bushy Brook Bridge west to the Connecticut colony line. In 1768, he begin to deed his land to his son, first Joshua and in 1770 to Benjamin.
There is probably more children for Benjamin that are unknown.
More About Benjamin Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol 1 # 3 Page 45
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
More About Benjamin Rathbun and Hannah Carpenter:
Marriage: October 31, 1732, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
Marriage certificate: Exeter Marriage Book 1 Page 241
vi. Anna Rathbun, born August 09, 1703 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; married William Dodge June 20, 1728 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; born May 01, 1707 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. May 09, 1787 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island.
More About Anna Rathbun:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-355
More About William Dodge:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Births Book 2 Page 274
More About William Dodge and Anna Rathbun:
Marriage: June 20, 1728, New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island
Marriage certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #2-275
vii. Nathaniel Rathbun, born February 06, 1706/07 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. July 31, 1750 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married Mercy Rathbun Abt. 1725; born February 14, 1702/03 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Aft. 1761 in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island.
Notes for Nathaniel Rathbun:
He was admitted as a freeman in Exeter, Rhode Island in May of 1735 with his brothers. His widow, Mercy, was given a certificate to move from Exeter to West Greenwich in January of 1759. She was alive in 1761 when she loaned her son money.
More About Nathaniel Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 45
Biography # 2: April 1982, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 2 # 2 Page 30
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-355
Notes for Mercy Rathbun:
On November 14,1758 Mercy was granted a certificate to move to West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
More About Mercy Rathbun:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #2-278
Certificate to Move: November 14, 1758, Exeter, Rhode Island Town Council and Probate Vol. 2 Page 40
More About Nathaniel Rathbun and Mercy Rathbun:
Marriage: Abt. 1725
viii. Thomas Rathbun, born March 02, 1708/09 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. March 12, 1787 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married Charity Perkins December 31, 1732 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; born July 04, 1714 in Preston, New London, Connecticut; died 1803 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island.
Notes for Thomas Rathbun:
Thomas was admitted a freeman in Exeter, Rhode Island on May 4, 1736 and was an Ensign in the Exeter Militia in 1745/6. In 1748 he was in charge of a "squadron" to "mend highways." He is called Thomas Jr. to avoid confusion with his older cousin, Thomas. At his death, the left two slaves, one black and one Indian. His will was made on December 7, 1778 and proved March 12, 1787 in Exeter, Rhode Island. According to Cooley's Rathbone Genealogy he died of cancer.
More About Thomas Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 45
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-355
State Census 1774: Exeter, Rhode Island
Will: Bet. December 07, 1778 - March 12, 1787, Exeter, Rhode Island 5:23
More About Charity Perkins:
Birth Certificate: Preston Vitals Births Book 5 Page 9
More About Thomas Rathbun and Charity Perkins:
Marriage: December 31, 1732, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
___________________________________________________Taken from Personal Ancestral File on August 19th - AFN: 8LRP-CN
Parents:
Father: John RATHBONE (AFN: 8PV7-J4)
Mother: Margaret DODGE (AFN: 8PV7-B3)
Mother: Margaret ACRES (AFN: 9N8W-GM)Taken from Personal Ancestral File on August 19th - AFN: 8LRP-CN
Parents:
Father: John RATHBONE (AFN: 8PV7-J4)
Mother: Margaret DODGE (AFN: 8PV7-B3)
Mother: Margaret ACRES (AFN: 9N8W-GM)Marriage(s):
Spouse: Mrs. RATHBUN (AFN: MLQX-NG)
Marriage: 16 Jan 1679
New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode IslandSpouse: Mrs. RATHBUN (AFN: S7TR-WP)
Marriage: 16 Jan 1679
New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode IslandSpouse: Ann DODGE (AFN: 8LRP-DT)
Marriage: 11 Nov 1686
New Shoreham, Washington, RiSpouse: Ann DODGE (AFN: 1P9K-T2G)
Marriage: 11 Nov 1686
, , Rhode Island
Received on August 19th from Robert Boehm Rathbun, PO BOX 1741, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42102, e-mail - [email protected]
48. John Rathbun, born 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died Bef. March 01, 1722/23 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island. He was the son of 96. John Rathbun and 97. Margaret Acres. He married 49. Anna Dodge November 11, 1686 in Rochester (now North Kingstown), Washington, Rhode Island.
49. Anna Dodge, died Aft. October 25, 1725 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island.
Notes for John Rathbun:
He moved to Block Island as a child with his parents. His marriage is his first wife is took place on Block Island but the name of his wife is legible in the records. John was admitted a freeman on in May of 1684 and was on the freeman list as late as May 5, 1696. He represented New Shoreham in the Rhode Island General Assembly serving as late as 1696. On April 1717 he testified in court in relation to the difficulties arising from the French privateers who were operating off the coast of Rhode Island. On December 13, 1698, Betsey, the daughter of "Great James" and his wife, Jane, was bound to John as an indentured servant for eighteen years. He was mentioned in a deed of another as early as January 29, 1708 in Westerly, Rhode Island. John, of Block Island, bought land from the Colony agents in Westerly, Rhode Island on September 29, 1708.
After the death of his first wife, he appears that John had an affair with his nineteen year old cousin, Margary Acres. When Margary married Daniel Tosh in 1685, Margary already had a six month old son, Acres Tosh. In 1717, a Rhode Island court upheld a claim that Acres Tosh was illegally in possession of Tosh property on the grounds that he was Margary's illegitimate son by John Rathbun. The claimant, Penelope Tosh Hollaway, produced a witness, Sarah Potter, who testified she had seen Acres' mother "Abed with John Rathbun"
His will is on file in New Shoreham, Rhode Island. He mentions his wife, Anne; his eldest son Jonathan who had his portion; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel; and Thomas; (the last five under 21) and daughters, Mercy, who has had her portion at marriage and Ann who had received L30. The witnesses to the will were Nath' Ray, Mary Ray, Anne Willson and Simon Ray 2nd. The will was written on May 8, 1720 and probated on March 9, 1722/3.
More About John Rathbun:
Biography # 1: April 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 2 Page 28
Will: New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 2 Page 68-69
Notes for Anna Dodge:
It is not known if Anna was a daughter of Tristram Dodge of Block Island. There is no official record that places her as his daughter. However, early publications in both the Dodge and Rathbun family place Anna as the daughter of Tristram. The Rathbone Genealogy does list her as the daughter of Tristram. The Dodge Genealogy also places her there. There is much confusion as in both genealogies the compilers name two daughters of Tristram as wives of Rathbuns. That could not be possible as you would have had an aunt married to her nephew. Frank Rathbun did establish that the wife of John Rathbun, the immigrant, was Margaret Acres not Margaret Dodge.
More About John Rathbun and Anna Dodge:
Marriage: November 11, 1686, Rochester (now North Kingstown), Washington, Rhode Island
Marriage certificate: November 11, 1686, New Shoreham Town Book #1-47
Children of John Rathbun and Anna Dodge are:
i. Mercy Rathbun, born October 03, 1688 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Aft. February 28, 1767 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; married Jonathan Burch August 26, 1706 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; born 1685 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died Bef. January 01, 1768 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
More About Mercy Rathbun:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
More About Jonathan Burch:
Genealogy: 1993, Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York by Frank J. Doherty Pages 954-989
More About Jonathan Burch and Mercy Rathbun:
Marriage: August 26, 1706, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Marriage Certificate: Stonington, Connecticut Book 3 Page 53
ii. Jonathan Rathbun, born May 22, 1691 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died April 01, 1766 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; married (1) Slave Ownership; married (2) Elizabeth Rathbun January 13, 1711/12 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; born March 14, 1691/92 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. October 1755 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; married (3) Katherine Westcott October 1755 in Norwich, Connecticut; born April 17, 1705 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island; died 1797 in Bozrah, Connecticut.
Notes for Jonathan Rathbun:
Jonathan and his bride received from his father as a wedding present 100 pounds. The following year they moved to New Salem Parish, Colchester, Connecticut where on January 28, 1713 he purchased 100 acres of land from John Morton. In his will, he mentioned "three weak children" names unknown.
Jonathan left instructions in his will to free four slaves, Jane and her three sons. The sons were Abraham who took the name Abraham Freeman; Jacob who also took the Freeman name and Ezra who took the Rathbun name. Therefore, I placed Erza into the family tree at this time.
More About Jonathan Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 44
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
Death Certificate: Colchester, Connecticut Book 1 Page 81
24 iii. John Rathbun, born December 23, 1693 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died 1752 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married (1) Patience Fish December 26, 1720 in New Shoreham Washington, Rhode Island; married (2) Alice Unknown 1721 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island.
iv. Joshua Rathbun, born February 09, 1695/96 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died June 06, 1779 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; met (1) Sarah Card; born August 09, 1705 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island; married (2) Martha Card November 30, 1721 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; born April 06, 1699 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died 1722 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; married (3) Mary Wightman February 17, 1723/24 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; born December 18, 1704 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; died 1777 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for Joshua Rathbun:
Joshua was only married twice. It appears that while married to his first wife, Martha Card he had an affair with his sister-in-law, Sarah Card. Sarah had a son, Joshua Rathbun, who was named in her father's will. The will of Job Card was written January 5,1730/1 and proved September 7, 1739 at Charlestown, Rhode Island. He was called a yeoman and husbandman in early land transactions.
More About Joshua Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 44
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
Estate Settlement: June 16, 1785, Stonington Town Records, Stonington, Connecticut
More About Mary Wightman:
Birth Certificate: Groton, Connecticut Book 1 Page 122
More About Joshua Rathbun and Mary Wightman:
Marriage: February 17, 1723/24, Groton, New London, Connecticut
Marriage Certificate: Groton, Connecticut Book 1 Page 116
v. Benjamin Rathbun, born February 17, 1700/01 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died 1772 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married Hannah Carpenter October 31, 1732 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; born October 28, 1708 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island; died in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island.
Notes for Benjamin Rathbun:
He was admitted a freeman in Exeter, Rhode Island in May 1736. In 1761, he was assigned by the Exeter Town Council to help care for the road from the Bushy Brook Bridge west to the Connecticut colony line. In 1768, he begin to deed his land to his son, first Joshua and in 1770 to Benjamin.
There is probably more children for Benjamin that are unknown.
More About Benjamin Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol 1 # 3 Page 45
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114
More About Benjamin Rathbun and Hannah Carpenter:
Marriage: October 31, 1732, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
Marriage certificate: Exeter Marriage Book 1 Page 241
vi. Anna Rathbun, born August 09, 1703 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; married William Dodge June 20, 1728 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; born May 01, 1707 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. May 09, 1787 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island.
More About Anna Rathbun:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-355
More About William Dodge:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Births Book 2 Page 274
More About William Dodge and Anna Rathbun:
Marriage: June 20, 1728, New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island
Marriage certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #2-275
vii. Nathaniel Rathbun, born February 06, 1706/07 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. July 31, 1750 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married Mercy Rathbun Abt. 1725; born February 14, 1702/03 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Aft. 1761 in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island.
Notes for Nathaniel Rathbun:
He was admitted as a freeman in Exeter, Rhode Island in May of 1735 with his brothers. His widow, Mercy, was given a certificate to move from Exeter to West Greenwich in January of 1759. She was alive in 1761 when she loaned her son money.
More About Nathaniel Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 45
Biography # 2: April 1982, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 2 # 2 Page 30
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-355
Notes for Mercy Rathbun:
On November 14,1758 Mercy was granted a certificate to move to West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
More About Mercy Rathbun:
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #2-278
Certificate to Move: November 14, 1758, Exeter, Rhode Island Town Council and Probate Vol. 2 Page 40
More About Nathaniel Rathbun and Mercy Rathbun:
Marriage: Abt. 1725
viii. Thomas Rathbun, born March 02, 1708/09 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island; died Bef. March 12, 1787 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; married Charity Perkins December 31, 1732 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; born July 04, 1714 in Preston, New London, Connecticut; died 1803 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island.
Notes for Thomas Rathbun:
Thomas was admitted a freeman in Exeter, Rhode Island on May 4, 1736 and was an Ensign in the Exeter Militia in 1745/6. In 1748 he was in charge of a "squadron" to "mend highways." He is called Thomas Jr. to avoid confusion with his older cousin, Thomas. At his death, the left two slaves, one black and one Indian. His will was made on December 7, 1778 and proved March 12, 1787 in Exeter, Rhode Island. According to Cooley's Rathbone Genealogy he died of cancer.
More About Thomas Rathbun:
Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 45
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-355
State Census 1774: Exeter, Rhode Island
Will: Bet. December 07, 1778 - March 12, 1787, Exeter, Rhode Island 5:23
More About Charity Perkins:
Birth Certificate: Preston Vitals Births Book 5 Page 9
More About Thomas Rathbun and Charity Perkins:
Marriage: December 31, 1732, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
___________________________________________________Taken from Personal Ancestral File on August 19th - AFN: 8LRP-CN
Parents:
Father: John RATHBONE (AFN: 8PV7-J4)
Mother: Margaret DODGE (AFN: 8PV7-B3)
Mother: Margaret ACRES (AFN: 9N8W-GM)Marriage(s):
Spouse: Mrs. RATHBUN (AFN: MLQX-NG)
Marriage: 16 Jan 1679
New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode IslandSpouse: Mrs. RATHBUN (AFN: S7TR-WP)
Marriage: 16 Jan 1679
New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode IslandSpouse: Ann DODGE (AFN: 8LRP-DT)
Marriage: 11 Nov 1686
New Shoreham, Washington, RiSpouse: Ann DODGE (AFN: 1P9K-T2G)
Marriage: 11 Nov 1686
, , Rhode Island
Taken from Personal Ancestral File on August 19th - AFN: 31G8-H9
Moses BARBER (AFN: 31G8-H9)
Sex: M
Event(s):
Birth: 5 Jan 1670
South Kingston, Washington, Ri
Death:
15 Apr 1726
South Kingston, Washington, Ri
Burial:
, , Ri
Parents:
Father: James BARBER (AFN: 4QKZ-0D)
Mother: Mrs James BARBER (AFN: H0RK-07)
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Susanna WEST (AFN: B5G1-X3)
Marriage: 24 Mar 1692
North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
Spouse: Susannah WEST (AFN: ZM15-NJ)
Marriage: 24 Mar 1692
North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode IslandSubmitter [email protected]
Taken from Personal Ancestral File on August 19th - AFN: B5G1-X3
Moses BARBER (AFN: 31G8-H9)
Sex: M
Event(s):
Birth: 5 Jan 1670
South Kingston, Washington, Ri
Death:
15 Apr 1726
South Kingston, Washington, Ri
Burial:
, , Ri
Parents:
Father: James BARBER (AFN: 4QKZ-0D)
Mother: Mrs James BARBER (AFN: H0RK-07)
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Susanna WEST (AFN: B5G1-X3)
Marriage: 24 Mar 1692
North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
Spouse: Susannah WEST (AFN: ZM15-NJ)
Marriage: 24 Mar 1692
North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode IslandSubmitter [email protected]
Taken from Personal Ancestral File on August 19th - AFN: 1B8T-439
Taken from Personal Ancestral File on August 19th - AFN: 1B8T-40N
For the Building of the Kingdom
A Polygamist Family - Robert Owens- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -
This biography has been compiled by Barbara (Brumble) Stoddard from the stories by Rose Eva (Owens) Jorgensen; research by Lyle Owens and other Edgley & Owens Family Organization members; land records; census records; church records; Temple records; Vital records; and information on his mission from the Historical Department of the LDS Church. - This is not to be given to companies who sell the information for profit.Descendants of John H. Owens
(As of March 30, 2001)
(This was compiled by Merla L. Becker with the assistance of my mother and many aunts and cousins, as shown in the end notes, along with years of research. It is probably inevitable that in entering all of this information that I may have made a type O. If you note anything please let me know.
I request that the personal information on living individuals not be made assessable on the net or web pages.)Generation No. 4
4. WILLIAM4 OWENS (WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, JOHN H.1)3 was born Abt. 1688 in Of, Dorchester, Maryland. He married SARAH (?NEE).
Notes for WILLIAM OWENS:
They had 7 possibly 10 children-Barbara StoddardWilliam Owens' Will, 1744 at age about 56. He married Sarah of Dorchester, Maryland. Will: Son William received "Owens Security"
David received "Maryland Venture"
Robert received "Swan Pond"Source of the information for this family was Barbara Stoddard
Children of WILLIAM OWENS and SARAH (?NEE) are:
5. i. WILLIAM5 OWENS, b. Abt. 1710, Of ,,,Maryland.
ii. DAVID OWENS, b. Unknown.
iii. SARAH OWENS, b. Unknown; m. NUTTER.
iv. MARY OWENS, b. Unknown.
v. REBECCA OWENS, b. Unknown.
vi. ANN OWENS, b. Unknown.
vii. ?JOHN OWENS?, b. Unknown.
6. viii. ?OWENS?, b. Unknown.
ix. ?EDMOND OWENS?, b. Unknown; m. RACHEL (?NEE).
x. ROBERT OWENS.
For the Building of the Kingdom
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This biography has been compiled by Barbara (Brumble) Stoddard from the stories by Rose Eva (Owens) Jorgensen; research by Lyle Owens and other Edgley & Owens Family Organization members; land records; census records; church records; Temple records; Vital records; and information on his mission from the Historical Department of the LDS Church. - This is not to be given to companies who sell the information for profit.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 LACOMPTE (ANTHONY1)1 was born 1662 in Dorchester County, Maryland, and died Bet. 1704 & 1705 in , Dorchester, Maryland. He married ANN WINSMORE1 Abt. 1685 in ,Dorchester, Maryland, daughter of DR. WINSMORE and ANN (?NEE). She was born Abt. 1659 in ,, Virginia, and died Aft. 1705.
Notes for JOHN LACOMPTE:
(Compiled by Barbara Stoddard from: the research of Robet and Lyle Owens; Francis B. Culver, LECOMPTE FAMILY, MARYLAND GENEALOGIES, FHL US/CAN 975.2 D2m; Reverdy Lewin Orrell, III, ANCESTORS & RELATIVES OF REVERDY LEWIN ORRELL IV, FHL US.CAN;FHL IGI and Ancestral File)John bequeathed to his son William, "Linkwoods," 250 acres, at the head of Transquaking, formerly belonging to his father-in-law, Dr. Robert Winsmore. To his son Philemon, "Le Compte's Adventure," at the head of Ingram's Creek. To sons Anthony and John, equally, part of 200 acres (unnamed) on the south side of Ingram's Creek, it having been jointly taken up with John Brannock. To sons James and Robert Winsmore Le Compte, residue of the tract last referred to, and lying on the north side of Ingram's Creek. To daughter Ann, all land taken up by testator jointly with John Brannock and Andrew Skinner, between the branch of Cabin Creek and the northwest fork of Nanicoke River. To son John (aforesaid) also 50 acres called "John's Good Luck," also 50 acres "LeCompte's Delight" and 87 acres, "Indian Ridge." To wife Ann, executrix, the dwelling plantation during life, the same to revert to son Anthony. All the children to be of age at 18 years. The witnesses under the will were Jane Kemp, Margaret Nowell and John Rawlings.
In the Annapolis Chancery Records there is an entry of the suit of one Thomas McKeele, lessee of William Warner, against John LeComte, which suit was entered by the Court, February 22, 1704/5, as "abated by the defendant's death."
Will dated November 4, 1704, proved June 6, 1705, Maryland
More About JOHN LACOMPTE and ANN WINSMORE:
Marriage: Abt. 1685, ,Dorchester, MarylandChildren of JOHN LACOMPTE and ANN WINSMORE are:
3. i. JOHN3 LACOMPTE, b. 1686, ,Dorchester, Maryland; d. 1754, Dorchester County, Maryland.
ii. WILLIAM LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1688, ,Dorchester, Maryland; d. 1749, ,Dorchester, Maryland; m. SMOOT, Abt. 1711, ,Dorchester, Maryland.Notes for WILLIAM LACOMPTE:
Had 6 children in MarylandMore About WILLIAM LACOMPTE:
Will: May 18, 1749, Proved July 8, 1749More About WILLIAM LACOMPTE and SMOOT:
Marriage: Abt. 1711, ,Dorchester, Maryland4. iii. PHILEMON LACOMPTE, b. 1690, , Dorchester County, Maryland; d. 1769, ,,Maryland.
iv. JAMES LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1691, ,Dorchester, Maryland; m. MALLET, Abt. 1714, ,Dorchester, Maryland.Notes for JAMES LACOMPTE:
Had 5 children; was the ancestor of the LeComptes of Caroline County, Maryland.More About JAMES LACOMPTE and MALLET:
Marriage: Abt. 1714, ,Dorchester, Marylandv. ROBERT WINSMORE LACOMPTE, b. 1692, ,Dorchester, Maryland.
vi. ANNE LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1695, ,Dorchester, Maryland; m. THOMAS HUNT.
vii. ANTHONY LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1697, ,Dorchester, Maryland.
Descendants of Anthony LaCompte (This was compiled by Barbara Stoddard and Her associated Family)
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 LACOMPTE (ANTHONY1)1 was born 1662 in Dorchester County, Maryland, and died Bet. 1704 & 1705 in , Dorchester, Maryland. He married ANN WINSMORE1 Abt. 1685 in ,Dorchester, Maryland, daughter of DR. WINSMORE and ANN (?NEE). She was born Abt. 1659 in ,, Virginia, and died Aft. 1705.
Notes for JOHN LACOMPTE:
(Compiled by Barbara Stoddard from: the research of Robet and Lyle Owens; Francis B. Culver, LECOMPTE FAMILY, MARYLAND GENEALOGIES, FHL US/CAN 975.2 D2m; Reverdy Lewin Orrell, III, ANCESTORS & RELATIVES OF REVERDY LEWIN ORRELL IV, FHL US.CAN;FHL IGI and Ancestral File)John bequeathed to his son William, "Linkwoods," 250 acres, at the head of Transquaking, formerly belonging to his father-in-law, Dr. Robert Winsmore. To his son Philemon, "Le Compte's Adventure," at the head of Ingram's Creek. To sons Anthony and John, equally, part of 200 acres (unnamed) on the south side of Ingram's Creek, it having been jointly taken up with John Brannock. To sons James and Robert Winsmore Le Compte, residue of the tract last referred to, and lying on the north side of Ingram's Creek. To daughter Ann, all land taken up by testator jointly with John Brannock and Andrew Skinner, between the branch of Cabin Creek and the northwest fork of Nanicoke River. To son John (aforesaid) also 50 acres called "John's Good Luck," also 50 acres "LeCompte's Delight" and 87 acres, "Indian Ridge." To wife Ann, executrix, the dwelling plantation during life, the same to revert to son Anthony. All the children to be of age at 18 years. The witnesses under the will were Jane Kemp, Margaret Nowell and John Rawlings.
In the Annapolis Chancery Records there is an entry of the suit of one Thomas McKeele, lessee of William Warner, against John LeComte, which suit was entered by the Court, February 22, 1704/5, as "abated by the defendant's death."
Will dated November 4, 1704, proved June 6, 1705, Maryland
More About JOHN LACOMPTE and ANN WINSMORE:
Marriage: Abt. 1685, ,Dorchester, MarylandChildren of JOHN LACOMPTE and ANN WINSMORE are:
3. i. JOHN3 LACOMPTE, b. 1686, ,Dorchester, Maryland; d. 1754, Dorchester County, Maryland.
ii. WILLIAM LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1688, ,Dorchester, Maryland; d. 1749, ,Dorchester, Maryland; m. SMOOT, Abt. 1711, ,Dorchester, Maryland.Notes for WILLIAM LACOMPTE:
Had 6 children in MarylandMore About WILLIAM LACOMPTE:
Will: May 18, 1749, Proved July 8, 1749More About WILLIAM LACOMPTE and SMOOT:
Marriage: Abt. 1711, ,Dorchester, Maryland4. iii. PHILEMON LACOMPTE, b. 1690, , Dorchester County, Maryland; d. 1769, ,,Maryland.
iv. JAMES LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1691, ,Dorchester, Maryland; m. MALLET, Abt. 1714, ,Dorchester, Maryland.Notes for JAMES LACOMPTE:
Had 5 children; was the ancestor of the LeComptes of Caroline County, Maryland.More About JAMES LACOMPTE and MALLET:
Marriage: Abt. 1714, ,Dorchester, Marylandv. ROBERT WINSMORE LACOMPTE, b. 1692, ,Dorchester, Maryland.
vi. ANNE LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1695, ,Dorchester, Maryland; m. THOMAS HUNT.
vii. ANTHONY LACOMPTE, b. Abt. 1697, ,Dorchester, Maryland.
Pedigree Chart from Merla Becker on 4/7/2001.
Pedigree Chart from Merla Becker on 4/7/2001.
Pedigree Chart from Merla Becker on 4/7/2001.
Pedigree Chart from Merla Becker on 4/7/2001.
Taken from http://ruffnerfamily.org/peter_ruffner_mary_steinman.html on March 15, 2003 -
Our Ancestors: Peter Ruffner and Mary Steinman
Peter Ruffner ~ the first Ruffner of our family to come to America was born about 1713, probably in Switzerland.
A version of the family story says Peter was the third son of a landed Baron. About 1732, as he was attending an agricultural college, he made a monumental decision. Without declaring his intentions, he made his departure and came to America as a young man of 19 years.
Nobility or not, during that time as the third son he would have inherited little more than his name. His prospects would have been limited by his vocational preparation and how well this would provide him his own livelihood. It is not known exactly what prompted his decision or whether he announced his intentions, but during this period there were many factors to possibly influence the young man. There was much dissention and fighting between the various religious factions, there were the customs concerning rights of inheritance, and there were many written accounts being circulated about the abundance of land in America. Any one of these could have been a strong enough persuasion, especially for a young man having little or no prospect for either land or inheritance. Peter might have thought it would be best for him to practice his vocation where there was a plentiful amount of available land.
By 1739, Peter had made his way to Lancaster County in Pennsylvania where he met and in that year was married to Mary Steinman. Where he had been and what he had been doing for those years between 1732 and 1739, we do not yet know.
Peter died in 1778 and was buried at the Ruffner Homestead in Luray, Page County, Virginia.
Mary Steinman ~ was the first member of our family to be born in America. She was born in 1714 at the place called Willow Street in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She and her husband Peter were the parents of the first Ruffner children of our family to be born in America.
Mary was a daughter of Joseph and Fronica Steinman. She was one of the 7 children Joseph named to receive, or as having already received, bequeaths in his 1756 will. She is mentioned as having been previously provided for, a reference to the land she had already received from her father, and was given ‘one English shilling sterling’ as a final act by Joseph.
Some written accounts portray Mary as a large, dark haired woman possessed of all the strong virtues. Virtues she inherited or acquired through her upbringing in the Pennsylvania home of her Swiss parents. Her father Joseph is reported to have been from Bern.
Mary died in 1798 and is also buried at the Ruffner Homestead in Luray, Page County, Virginia.
Hawksbill Patent ~ It was through the generous gift of land to Mary by her father Joseph the couple would come to the Shenandoah Valley. Joseph was said to have been a very successful farmer, who had settled in the Pequea Valley of Pennsylvania. His prosperity allowed him to purchase many parcels of land and he bought the Hawksbill Patent of 1300 acres from Francis Thornton in 1737. At, or about, the time of her marriage to Peter Ruffner in 1739, Joseph gave Mary some 900 acres out of his purchase.
This was the land to which Peter and Mary moved, built their home, lived, worked, raised their family, died and were buried. They had come to the Hawksbill Patent in the Shenandoah Valley in the same year they married.
It seems from the beginning, Peter and Mary prospered together. They raised their 8 children, developed their homestead, and greatly expanded their holdings of land. In one 5-day period in May of 1761, Peter is recorded as buying more than 1100 acres of land from Thomas, the Honourable Lord Fairfax. He made one purchase on each of the 5 consecutive days.
At the Page Public Library at Luray, VA, there is a drawing depicting the land holdings of Peter and Mary. It shows, at one time or another, their land extended up both sides of the Hawksbill Creek for more than 8 miles. Harry Strickler made the drawing in 1927 by plotting the various holdings as described in deeds and other records.
Today, on a small portion of the Hawksbill Patent, there is a home we believe is built on the original stone foundation of Peter and Mary’s homestead structure. This present house is known as the Ruffner House and its construction is cited as 1840. An eighth generation descendant and his wife own it and it is used to operate a Bed and Breakfast business.
For information about the lodging accommodations available, link to the Ruffner House website. [The Ruffner House and grounds are not open for tours.]
Peter and Mary’s Children ~ There were 8 children born to Peter and Mary. All of them were born at the Hawksbill Patent homestead. They were:
Joseph, born 1740; Benjamin, born 1742; Catherine, born 1744;
Peter, Jr., born 1746; Reuben, born 1748; Tobias, born 1752;
Elizabeth, born 1755; Emanuel, born 1757.
For information about these children and the names of their children, use the Early Generations link below.
The Legacy of Peter and Mary ~ is their family of children and the later descendants, the prosperous work ethic they evidently practiced and passed along, and the homestead they built together. Our family roots run deep into the fertile soil alongside the Hawksbill Creek ~ the lands of the Hawksbill Patent. This is where the first Ruffner children of our American family had their beginning. It is from the fruits of this union of Peter and Mary, our Ruffner/Steinman tree, we have come.
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Taken from http://ruffnerfamily.org/peter_ruffner_mary_steinman.html on March 15, 2003 -
Our Ancestors: Peter Ruffner and Mary Steinman
Peter Ruffner ~ the first Ruffner of our family to come to America was born about 1713, probably in Switzerland.
A version of the family story says Peter was the third son of a landed Baron. About 1732, as he was attending an agricultural college, he made a monumental decision. Without declaring his intentions, he made his departure and came to America as a young man of 19 years.
Nobility or not, during that time as the third son he would have inherited little more than his name. His prospects would have been limited by his vocational preparation and how well this would provide him his own livelihood. It is not known exactly what prompted his decision or whether he announced his intentions, but during this period there were many factors to possibly influence the young man. There was much dissention and fighting between the various religious factions, there were the customs concerning rights of inheritance, and there were many written accounts being circulated about the abundance of land in America. Any one of these could have been a strong enough persuasion, especially for a young man having little or no prospect for either land or inheritance. Peter might have thought it would be best for him to practice his vocation where there was a plentiful amount of available land.
By 1739, Peter had made his way to Lancaster County in Pennsylvania where he met and in that year was married to Mary Steinman. Where he had been and what he had been doing for those years between 1732 and 1739, we do not yet know.
Peter died in 1778 and was buried at the Ruffner Homestead in Luray, Page County, Virginia.
Mary Steinman ~ was the first member of our family to be born in America. She was born in 1714 at the place called Willow Street in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She and her husband Peter were the parents of the first Ruffner children of our family to be born in America.
Mary was a daughter of Joseph and Fronica Steinman. She was one of the 7 children Joseph named to receive, or as having already received, bequeaths in his 1756 will. She is mentioned as having been previously provided for, a reference to the land she had already received from her father, and was given ‘one English shilling sterling’ as a final act by Joseph.
Some written accounts portray Mary as a large, dark haired woman possessed of all the strong virtues. Virtues she inherited or acquired through her upbringing in the Pennsylvania home of her Swiss parents. Her father Joseph is reported to have been from Bern.
Mary died in 1798 and is also buried at the Ruffner Homestead in Luray, Page County, Virginia.
Hawksbill Patent ~ It was through the generous gift of land to Mary by her father Joseph the couple would come to the Shenandoah Valley. Joseph was said to have been a very successful farmer, who had settled in the Pequea Valley of Pennsylvania. His prosperity allowed him to purchase many parcels of land and he bought the Hawksbill Patent of 1300 acres from Francis Thornton in 1737. At, or about, the time of her marriage to Peter Ruffner in 1739, Joseph gave Mary some 900 acres out of his purchase.
This was the land to which Peter and Mary moved, built their home, lived, worked, raised their family, died and were buried. They had come to the Hawksbill Patent in the Shenandoah Valley in the same year they married.
It seems from the beginning, Peter and Mary prospered together. They raised their 8 children, developed their homestead, and greatly expanded their holdings of land. In one 5-day period in May of 1761, Peter is recorded as buying more than 1100 acres of land from Thomas, the Honourable Lord Fairfax. He made one purchase on each of the 5 consecutive days.
At the Page Public Library at Luray, VA, there is a drawing depicting the land holdings of Peter and Mary. It shows, at one time or another, their land extended up both sides of the Hawksbill Creek for more than 8 miles. Harry Strickler made the drawing in 1927 by plotting the various holdings as described in deeds and other records.
Today, on a small portion of the Hawksbill Patent, there is a home we believe is built on the original stone foundation of Peter and Mary’s homestead structure. This present house is known as the Ruffner House and its construction is cited as 1840. An eighth generation descendant and his wife own it and it is used to operate a Bed and Breakfast business.
For information about the lodging accommodations available, link to the Ruffner House website. [The Ruffner House and grounds are not open for tours.]
Peter and Mary’s Children ~ There were 8 children born to Peter and Mary. All of them were born at the Hawksbill Patent homestead. They were:
Joseph, born 1740; Benjamin, born 1742; Catherine, born 1744;
Peter, Jr., born 1746; Reuben, born 1748; Tobias, born 1752;
Elizabeth, born 1755; Emanuel, born 1757.
For information about these children and the names of their children, use the Early Generations link below.
The Legacy of Peter and Mary ~ is their family of children and the later descendants, the prosperous work ethic they evidently practiced and passed along, and the homestead they built together. Our family roots run deep into the fertile soil alongside the Hawksbill Creek ~ the lands of the Hawksbill Patent. This is where the first Ruffner children of our American family had their beginning. It is from the fruits of this union of Peter and Mary, our Ruffner/Steinman tree, we have come.
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