Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution : with some mention of those serving in the regiments of Elliott, Lippitt, Topham, Crary, Angell, Olney, Greene, and other noted commanders

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IRISH RHODE ISLANDERS

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AMERICAN REVOLUTION,

With some mention of those serving in the Regiments of

Elliott, Lippitt, Topham, Crary, Angell, Olney,

Greene, and other Noted

Commanders.

THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY,

Secretary-General, American-Irish Historical Society.

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THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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IRISH RHODE ISLANDERS IN THE AMERI-
CAN REVOLUTION.

THE Irish chapter in American history possesses
great interest. The chapter is an essential one,
and deserves careful attention, earnest study and high
respect. The Irish element forms a basic part of the
American people. Consequently, a knowledge of this
part is necessary to the proper understanding of the
origin, growth and integration of that people.

We can, as Americans, pursue this study very profita-
bly. We may begin the Irish chapter back in the sixth
or the seventh century with the reputed advent on these
shores of the Irish Brendan.^ Or if we prefer for the
time to waive that tradition, we may start at 1620 and
the Mayflower.

Rev. William Elliot GrifTis, in his work Brave Little

iSee De Roo's History of America Before Columbus (Philadelphia, Pa., J. B.
Lippincott Co., 1900). A work of extraordinary interest and value.

Webb's Compendium of Irish Biography (Dublin, 1878).

O'Donoghue's Brendaniana. St. Brendan the Voyager^ in Story and Legend
(Dublin, 1893).

La Navigatio Sancti Brendani. Edita ed illustrata da Francesco Novati (Berga-
mo, Cattaneo, 1892).

Voyages {Les) Merveilleux de Saint Brandan h la Recherche du Paradis ter-
reste. Avec introduction par Francisque-Michel (Paris, 1878).

Gustav Schirmer's Zur Brendanus-Legende. P rob evorle sung iiber Irlands
Antheil an der Englischen Liieratur (Leipzig, 1888).

Joyce's History of Ireland (London, 1893).

Note to Otway's Sketches in Erris and Tyrawley (Dublin, 1845).

North Ludlow Beamish's The Discovery of America by the Northmen in the Tenth
Century^ with Notices of the Early Settlements of the Irish in the Western Hemis
fhere (London, 1841).

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Holland ajid what She Taught Us (Boston and New
York, 1894), says on page 208: "In the Mayflower
. were one hundred and one men, women, boys
and girls as passengers, besides captain and crew. These
wereJ];of Enghsh, Dutch, French, and Irish ancestry, and
thus typical of our national stock."

Plymouth was founded in 1620. William Bradford,
who became governor of the colony, has left a manu-
script history of the plantation. This history was recently
(Boston, 1898) issued in printed form by the state of
Massachusetts. In it is mentioned the arrival at
Plymouth colony in \626-2'] of a ship with a large
number of passengers on board. Bradford says : " The
cheefe amongst these people was one M^ Fells and M^
Sibsie, which had many servants belonging unto them,
many of them being Irish."

Irish names are found in Virginia as early as 1621.
Doubtless there were Irish among the passengers who, in
1630, came to *' the Bay" in the ships with John Win-
throp. Indeed, Winthrop in his Journal specifically
refers to an Irishman — Field — who was at that time, or
soon after, a member of the colony. Capt. Daniel Pat-
rick is believed to have been an Irishman. One histori-
cal writer states that his surname was originally Gillpat-
rick, and that he had gone over to Holland where he
followed a military career, and eventually married a
Dutch wife.

We know from Hotten's Original Lists and other
authorities that Irish emigration to Virginia was in pro-
gress as far back as i634-'35. There were Irish in
Maryland at as early a period. Many Irish pioneers
were in the West Indies at the same time. A list of

people in Barbadoes,^ in 1638, who then possessed more
than ten acres of land each, contains a number of typi-
cally Irish names. We know that William Collins^ led a
number of Irish refugees, about 1640, to Connecticut from
the West Indies. There were Irish Catholics in New
York in 1642. Settlers bearing Irish names are found in
Rhode Island in Roger Williams' day.

On his return from England, in 1644, Williams brought
letters to ''leading men of the Bay" in which Irish
comers to America are mentioned. The great Irish
revolt against England in 1 641, and the preceding and
succeeding wars exiled thousands of Irish Catholics.
Exodus followed exodus during Cromwell's barbarous
career. These facts indicate that Irish immigration to
the American colonies had, at that period, already
attained large proportions.

In 1652 Cromwell's commissioners in Ireland^^rrecom-
mended^ that " Irish women as being too numerous now
be sold to merchants and transported to
Virginia, New England, Jamaica, or other countries."
The recommendation w^as carried out. In 1653 Captain
John Vernon contracted with Messrs. Sellick and Leader
for 250 women of the Irish nation and 300 Irish men, " to
transport them into New England." These were to be
secured in the country within twenty miles^of Cork,
Youghal and Kinsale, Waterford and Wexford.

Bruodin^ expresses the opinion that over 100,000 Irish

1 Narragansett Historical Register.

2 Felt's Ecclesiastical History of New England.

2 See Prendergast's Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland ; Thebaud's IrisJi'Race in
the Past and Present ; Condon's Irish Race in America ; Cullen's Story of the Irish
in Boston; Walpole's History of the Kingdom of Ireland ; Thomas D'Arcy Mc-
Gee's History of Early Irish Settlers in North America.

^Propiiguaculum (Pragae anno 1669), quoted in Condon's Irish Race in America.

were then obliged to leave their native land. According
to a letter in Dr. Lingard's possession, fully 60,000 Irish
people of both sexes were transported in a single year,
1656. These are but a few instances of many conditions
and causes under which and for which the Irish early
came not only to New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and neighboring colonies, but also to the islands of the
West Indies.

The accession of Charles II did not stem the tide of
Irish immigration which has continued to this day. They
came then, as they come now, from every province in
Ireland — from Ulster, Leinster, Munster, and Connacht.
The period of King Philip's war, i675-'76, found many
Irish throughout New England. The writer recently
compiled a list of Irish ^ soldiers who fought in that war
in defense of the colonies, and the material was then by
no means exhausted. From 1676 to 1776, a period of
one hundred years, great waves of Irish immigration,
closely following each other, came to the American col-
onies. A large part of these sturdy people who thus
came to our shores were Roman Catholics, due credit be-
ing given a host of Irish Protestants who also fled the old
land with their Catholic fellow-countrymen.

At this late day no argument is necessary to sustain

1 The Irish Soldiers in King Philifs War {Rosary Magazine, New York city,
March, 1896). A number of soldiers bearing Irish names came to Rhode Island
during Philip's war (i675-'76), from Connecticut and the " Bay." They included:
James Murphy, Daniel Tracy, Edward Larkin, John Roach, James Welch and John
Casey. Murphy, Tracy, Larkin, Roach and Welch are all believed to have been
from Connecticut. Casey was from what is now the town of Brookline, Mass., then
called Muddy River. He was wounded in the " Great Swamp fight." Roach was
subsequently given, as a gratuity, by the town of Norwalk, Conn., a tract of land
"consisting of twelve acres more or less laid out upon the west side of the West
Rock, so called." In the Norwalk records, he is spoken of as a soldier in the
" Direful Swamp Fight."

the assertion that the triumph of our Revolution was in a
large measure due to the Irish who bore arms in the
cause of hberty. This has been amply testified to by
Washington, Lee, Franklin, Custis and a host of other
eminent authorities. In England similar testimony has
been given by Galloway, Robertson, Mountjoy and a
number of other well-informed personages.

EARLY IRISH SETTLERS IN RHODE ISLAND.

Many Irish settled in Rhode Island long before the
Revolution.! In addition to those arriving from Con-
necticut and the *' Bay," others undoubtedly landed,
direct from the Old Country, at Providence, Newport and
other points. In his researches, the writer has found the
following typically Irish names in Rhode Island as early
as the period mentioned in each case :

Larkin, 1655; Dunn, 1655 ; Casey, 1663 ; Kelly, 1669;
Macoone, 1669; Heffernan, 1671 ; Martin, 1677;
Macarte (MacCarthy),^ 1677; Long, 1677; Devett,
1685; Malavery, 1687; Dailey, 1689; Linniken, 1690;
Cary, 1693; Bring, 1696; Doyle, 1698; Higgins, 1699;
Moore, 1700; Walch, 1703; Mitchell, 1703; Coursey,
171 3; Murphy, 171 8; Lawless, 1720; Carty, 1721 ;
Mackown, 1723; O'Harra, 1728 ; Phelon, 1730; Shay,
1731; Joyce, 1731; Conner, 1732; Casside (Cassidy),
1732; Gallagher, 1736; Lyon, 1737; Mackey, 1737;
Hurley, 1740; McCane, 1740; Sullivan, 1740; Whelen,
1740-41; McGonegal, 1742; Delaney, 1742; Farrell,
1742; MulhoUand, 1742 ; Rourk, 1742 ; Dempsey, 1743 ;

1 The names of many of them may be found in Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode
Island.

2 See pamphlet on Charles McCarthy, A Rhode Island Pioneer, ^^11 1 by Thomas
Hamilton Murray (Somerset, O., 1901).

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Fitzgerald, 1743; Hanley, 1745; Egan, 1745; McDon-
ald, 1745; Donnelly, 1747; Tally, 1747; Byrn, 1747;
Lanahan, 1750; Maguire, 1750; O'Brien, 1751; Dono-
van, 1751; Barrett, 1751; Cavenaugh, 1752; Flynn,
1752; Murray, 1752; Hickey, 1752; Hartagan, 1753;
McMuUen, 1754; Bourk, 1755; Dwyer, 1756; O'Neil,
1756; Ryan, 1756; Magee, 1758; Donohoe, 1758;
Sheehan, 1759; Hearn, 1759; McGrath, 1759; Mullen,
1760; Gorman, 1761 ; Lary, 1761 ; Dermott, 1761 ;
Fitzpatrick, 1761 ; Dunphy, 1765 ; Carroll, 1768; Roach,
1773; Mahoney, 1774; Rohan, 1774. It is quite prob-
able that some of the foregoing names are found in Rhode
Island even at earlier periods.

RHODE ISLAND EARLY RESISTS BRITISH OPPRESSION.

Rhode Island was among the first of the colonies to re-
sent British oppression. In 1765 she vigorously opposed
the Stamp Act and denied the right of any power but her
own General Assembly to levy taxes on the colony. In
1766 a liberty tree was dedicated in Newport. In 1768 a
like event took place in Providence.

During the next year a British revenue sloop was at-
tacked at Newport. In June, 1772, another British vessel,
the armed revenue schooner Gasj)ee^ was attacked some
miles below Providence, by a patriotic expedition from
the latter place, and destroyed. Her commander was
wounded and Dr. Henry Sterling, an Irish surgeon of
Providence, was called^ to attend him. Deputy Governor
Darius Sessions writing to Governor Wanton, under date
of Providence, June 12, 1772, relative to the attack on the

^ Dr. Mawney is also mentioned in this respect.

Gaspee, says: ''P. S. Dr. Sterling, who attends Capt.
Dudingston, informed us yesterday that he was in a fair
way to recover of his wounds." In 1775 James Black,
partner of Alexander Black, an Irishman and leading mer-
chant, was a member of the committee of inspection for
Providence, appointed to maintain trade on an equitable
basis.

At the outbreak of the Revolution the Irish in Rhode
Island were not only numerous but included people of
weight and influence. They did much toward fanning the
flames of patriotism.

Events moved rapidly. Washington visited Providence
in April, 1776. On May 4 of that year the Assembly
formally renounced allegiance to Great Britain. This was
two months before the general Declaration of Independence
at Philadelphia.

The number of troops^ enlisted from Rhode Island dur-
ing the War of the Revolution was as follows: In 1775,
1,193 men; in 1776, 1,900; in 1777, 2,048; in 1778,
3,056; in 1779,1,263; in 1780,915; in 1781,464; in
1782, 481 ; in 1783, 372.

KNOX AND SULLIVAN IN THE STATE.

At least two generals of Irish parentage were promi-
nently identified with Rhode Island during the Revolution.
They were Henry Knox and John Sullivan. Knox was
born in Boston, Mass., and became a member of the Char-
itable Irish Society of that city, an organization of which
his father was a founder. The General also belonged to

1 From the American Almanac, quoted in the R. I. State Manual. Some Rhode
Island authorities hold that the number of enlistments was larger than here given.

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the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, of Philadelphia.^ Sulli-
van was the son of an Irish schoolmaster.^ The latter's
name was at one time O'SuUivan, and in the old land the
clan had fought English oppression for centuries. It was
eminently fitting that an American scion of the family
should be found opposing the same power that had per-
secuted his Irish forefathers.

Knox, then a colonel, was in Rhode Island in April,
1776. At the request of Governor Cooke he planned
defenses for Newport, of which the governor informed
Washington^ in the following letter : *' I prevailed upon
Colonel Knox who passed through this town [Providence] ,
on his way to Norwich, to take a view of Newport, and to
direct such works to be thrown up as he should think
necessary for the defence of the place. He is clearly of
opinion that the town of Newport may be secured ; and
hath left some directions, which I have ordered to be car-
ried into execution. They have begun the works, and I
believe will this day complete a battery which commands
the north entrance of the harbor. To-morrow they begin
the fortifications upon Fort Island ; and if it be in our
power to complete the works, I have no doubt it will put
a total end to toryism in this colony."

1 Quite a number of patriots who attained eminence during the Revolution belonged
to Irish organizations. Thus, Hon. Thomas McKean, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, was the first president of the Hibernian Society, of Philadelphia ;
Stephen Moylan, the distinguished soldier, was the first president of the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick, Philadelphia; "Mad Anthony" Wayne belonged to both these
societies, as did also John Barry, the famous naval officer. Other members of the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Philadelphia, or of the Hibernian Society of that city
were : Gen. Richard Butler, Gen. Edward Hand, Gen. William Irvine, Gen. Walter
Stewart, Gen. William Thompson, Col. John Nixon, Col. Sharp Delaney, Col.
Charles Stewart, Col. John Patton, Lieut. Col. George Latimer, Lieut. Col. Thomas
Robinson and many other gallant men of the Revolutionary period.

2 Thomas C. Amory's Master Sullivan of Berwick.
* Drake's Memoir of Henry Knox.

II

Knox's letter to Washington concerning the foregoing
incident, was as follows :

''Norwich, 21 April, 1776.

'' In passing through Providence, Governor Cooke and
a number of the principal people were very pressing for
me to take Newport on my way, in order to mark out
some works for that place. . . . Knowing your excel-
lency's anxiety for the preservation of every part of the
continent, I conceived it to be my duty to act in conform-
ity to your wishes, especially as I could get to Norwich as
soon as the stores which set out on the 14th. Accord-
ingly I went to Newport, and marked out five batteries,
which from the advantageous situation of the ground,
must, when executed, render the harbor exceedingly
secure. . . . "

Knox also visited Rhode Island at other times. He
speaks of being entertained at Newport by the French
officers, including Count Rochambeau, the Counts Deux
Fonts, Gen. Chastellux, Marquis Laval, and others. He
mentions especially Chastellux "■ at whose felzts sou-pers
I was invited two evenings out of three during when at
Newport."

SULLIVAN TAKES COMMAND IN THE STATE.

Sullivan took command of the Rhode Island department
in 1778, conducted the siege of Newport,^ commanded in
the subsequent battle and remained in the state until late
in March, 1779. Under him at the battle on the island
were also his brothers, James ^ and Eben. His forces in-
cluded many officers and men of Irish lineage.

1 Amory's Life of Major-General John Sullivan.
* Amory's Life of Governor James Sullivan.

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Upon the declaration of independence in Rhode Island,
the courts of law had been declared to be no longer con-
sidered as the king's courts. It was forbidden under
heavy penalties to pilot any of the king's ships in Rhode
Island waters. It was decreed by the General Assembly
" That if any person within this State shall, under pre-
tence of praying or in any other way and manner what-
ever, acknowledge or declare the said King to be our
Lord and Sovereign, or shall pray for the success of his
arms, . . . shall be deemed guilty of a high misde-
meanor." The penalty provided was a fine of i^ioo and
all the costs of prosecution. On May 3, 1775, Governor
Joseph Wanton, who was of strong Tory proclivities, was
suspended by the General Assembly of Rhode Island, and
on Nov. 7, 1775, he was formally deposed.

The Irish element — and by this the writer means those
of Irish descent as well as of Irish birth — was handsomely
represented in the forces raised by the infant state. The
following list of Irish Rhode Islanders who rendered patri-
otic service in civic, military, or naval spheres during the
Revolution illustrates this. Some of the Rhode Island
forces did duty as State troops, others as Continentals.

The list here presented has been compiled only after
careful research and investigation. If by accident, how-
ever, any names appear here that should not, the writer is
convinced that they are more than counterbalanced by
names which might be included, but which are not, owing
to want of distinctiveness. Thus, without question, there
were many Irish Rhode Islanders whose names are not
sufificiently typical to indicate their Hibernian origin.
There were probably scores of such, which, if added to
this roll, would greatly extend it.

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The authorities consulted in the preparation of the hst
have been many. They include muster and size rolls of
the Revolution, records of the General Assembly, official
war correspondence, company and regimental reports, and
other equally authoritative sources. The large manu-
script volumes in the possession of Rhode Island's secre-
tary of state have been examined, and so, too, has the card
index in the office of the R. I. Record Commissioner.
Use has also been made of that valuable work, Cowell's
Spirit of'jb in Rhode Island. Material has also been
received from Miss Virginia Baker, author of The History
of Warren, Rhode Isla7id, In the War of the Revolu-
tion. Mr. Edward Field's work. Revolutionary Defences
in Rhode Island, has been consulted, as have Bicknell's
History of Barrington, R. /., and like publications.

SOME RHODE ISLANDERS IN THE REVOLUTION.

Bagley, Dennis Burk, John

Barns, Mark Burk, Tobias

Barr, Matthew Burke, Edward

Barrett, Daniel Burke, Joseph

Barritt, John Burke, Timothy

Barry, John Burn, Benjamin

Bennett, Edward Burns, Peter

Bennett, James Burns, Thomas

Bennett, Joseph Burns, Walter

Bennett, Matthew Burns, William

Bishop, James Butler, James

Black, James Butler, John

Black, Samuel Cain, y\ndrew

Boyd, Andrew Cane, Jeremiah

Bryan, James Capron, Patrick

Bryan, Matthew Carrell, John

Buckley, Charles Carroll, Joseph

Burk, David Carey, Thomas

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Gary, Michael

Gary, William

Gasey, Edward

Gasey, James

Gasey, John

Caton, Patrick

Gavan, Francis

Glarke, Barney

Glarke, Lawrence

Gonley, John

Gonner, Thomas

Gonnor, Edward

Gonway, John

Gooney, Michael

Gorkern [Corcoran?], Morris

Gowen, John

Gowen, Peter

Gowen, Stephen

Greed, William

Grou, William

Dailey, James

Dailey, Peter

Daily, James

Daily, Stephen

Daley, Peter

Dawley, Daniel

Dawley, Michael

Day, Peter

Doherty, Michael

Donal, James

Donnelly, Edward

Donovan, Pierce

Doolinty, Philip

Dorrance, Alex.

Dorrance, George

Dorrance, George, Jr.

Dorrance, John

Dougherty, Michael

Dougherty, Thomas
Dowd, Daniel
Doyle, Luke
Driskel, Philip, Jr.
Driskel, WilHam
Driskill, Gornelius
Driskill, John
Driskil, Philip
Driskill, Richard
Dunn, Samuel
Dunphy, Patt
Duyer [or Dwyer] , Patrick
Eagan, Robert
Ennis, William
Fee, William
Fitzgerald, Edward
Fitzgerald, Patten
Fitzgerrald, Gerrald
Flanagan, James
Forde, Joseph
Foster, James
Foy, Patrick
Gaffery, Joseph
Galligher, Bernard
Garey, Thomas
Gibbons, John
Gleeson, Thomas
Griffen, James
Griffin, Anthony
Griffin, John
Griffin, Phihp
Hackett, Benjamin
Hackmet, Patrick
Hagerty, Gornelius
Haney, John
Hanley, Matthew
Hannington, Patrick
Hany, James

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Harrington, Patrick
Harrington, Richard
Hart, Matthew
Hart, Nicholas
Hayden, James
Hayden, Richard
Hayes, James
Healy, David
Hendly, Matthew
Herrick, Martin
Hervey, Edward
Hervey, William
Hickey, John
Hickey, Patrick
Hicks, Barnabas
Hogan, Dennis
Hogen, John
Hughes, Thomas
Huzzey, John
Jackson, Bartholomew
Jackson, Benjamin
Jackson, Daniel
Jackson, Thomas
Joyce, Alfred
Joyce, John
Kelley, Daniel
Kelley, Eleazer
Kelley, Erasmus
Kelley, Joseph
Kelley, Michael
Kelley, Thomas
Kelley, William
Kelly, Charles
Kelly, David
Kelly, Duncan
Kelly, Eseck
Kelly, John
Kelly, Oliver

Kelly, Stephen
Kelly, Timothy
Kelly, William
Kenady, Hugh
Kennady, Robert
Kennedy, John
Killey, John
Killey, Michael
Killey, Stephen
King, James
Kirby, John
Knox, James
Larkin, John
Larkin, Timothy
Lawless, John
Lawless, William
Lemasny, Daniel
Long, Stephen
Long, Thomas
Lowery, James
Lyon, Daniel
Mackay, M.
Madden, James
Mahony, John
Mahony, Timothy
Malone, William
Maloney, Thomas
Manning, Joseph
Martin, Jeremiah
McAfferty, Charles
McBride, Alexander
McCaffray, Matthew
McCall, William
McCartee, Dennis
McCartel, Dennis
McCarthy, Ensign
McCarthy, John
McCarthy, Timothy

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McCavney, Francis
McCloud, John
McCowan, Hugh
McCoy, William
McDermot, Barnabus
McDonald, Charles
McDonnold, Hugh
McDonnold, John
McGowan, John
McGrath, Edward
McKown, Patrick
McLaughlin, John
McLouth, Lawrence
McMillan, Charles
McMillen, Peter
McMilHon, Joseph
McMillion, Peter
McMilon, Joseph
McMullan, Patrick
McNamara, Patrick
M'Carty, William
M'Case, James
M'Clanen, John
Meloney, Thomas
Miller, Daniel
Mitchell, James
Mitchell, John
Mitchell, Thomas
Mitchell, William
Monks, Daniel
Moore, Christopher
Moore, John
Moore, Michael
Moore, William
Moran, Joseph
Morrigan, Michael
Morris, Edward
Morris, Peter

Morrison, Peter
Mullen, Charles
Mulligan, Edward
Mulligan, Francis
Murfee, Edward
Murfey, Edward
Murphy, John
Murphy, Martin
Murray, Anthony
Murray, John
Murray, Thomas
Murrey, Joseph
Nagle, Arthur
Nagle, Peter
Noonen, John
Norton, Joseph
Obrian, Elizabeth
O'Brian, John M.
O'Brian, Patrick
O'Briant, William
O'Brien, William
O' Bryan, William
O'Daniel, Manie
O'Harra, Geo.
O'Kelley, John
O'Neal, John
Parker, William
Patrick, James
Powers, Edward
Powers, Thomas
Ragen, John
Ray, Stephen
Ray, Thomas
Read, James
Read, Joseph
Read, Oliver
Ready, Stephen
Reynolds, James

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Reynolds, Thomas Tracy, Patrick

Ryand [Ryan] , John Tuley, John

Reily, Terence Wall, Daniel

Riley, John Watson, Charles

Ross, Edward Welch, James

Shields, Richard Welch, John

Smith, John Welch, John, 2d

Sterling, Henry Whalen, Jeremiah

Sullivan, Cornelius, Whalen, Joseph

Sullivan, Daniel Whellon, Richard

Sullivan, John Wilson, John

Sullivan, William Wright, Michael
Tracy, John

IRISH NAMES, TYPICAL AND OTHERWISE.

It is, of course, possible that a few of the foregoing may
not have been of Irish birth or extraction. The greater
part of those mentioned in the Hst, however, undoubtedly
were. We know, for instance, that James Bishop, WilHam
Parker, Henry Sterling, John Wilson, Daniel Monks, and
Charles Watson were natives of Ireland ; that Daniel Mil-
ler, John Smith, James Foster, and John Huzzey were also
born there ; and that Michael Dawley, John Dorrance,
and Thomas Hughes were of Irish blood if not of Irish
birth. Further mention of these will hereinafter be found.

As for such names in the list as Burke, Casey, Connor,
Conway, Dailey, Donovan, Doherty, Doyle, Eagan, Fitz-
gerald, Flanagan, Hackett, Healey, Hagerty, Hogan, and
the like, their national character is at once apparent. The
same may be said of other names in the list, such as Kelly,
Larkin, Maloney, McCarthy, McDermot, McGrath, Mc-
Namara, Mullen, Mulligan, Murphy, O'Brian, O'Kelly,
O'Neal, Reily, Sullivan, etc.

The Rhode Island Revolutionary rolls also contain

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many names that are as much Irish as they are anything
else, but which have not been included in the foregoing
list for want of definite information concerning their bear-
ers. Thus, for example, we find Blake, Bowen, Carr,
Cummings, Dring, Ford, Fox, Halley, Harvey, Hines,
Jordan, King, Lee, Stewart, Strange, Vaughan, and so on.
Most of these names are to-day found in nearly every
populous Irish locality, and doubtless some of those here
cited were borne by Rhode Islanders of that blood.

Company clerks and regimental adjutants frequently
made unsuccessful attempts at correctly spelling Irish
names, as, indeed, they also did with regard to other
names. The names were often written merely as they
sounded, and as they sometimes sounded differently to
different clerks, one result has been, at times, a variety of
spelling for the same name.

Much Rhode Island matter relating to the War of Inde-
pendence has been lost or is so scattered as to be inacces-
sible. Muster rolls of companies and other documents
cannot be found and thus, doubtless, we are deprived of a
large number of Irish names which could be added to the
roll. These Rhode Islanders of Irish blood must have
some descendants living. It would be interesting to know
if any of them are comprised in the membership of the
patriotic-hereditary societies. A few words now with refer-
ence to the individuals, or most of them, in the list here
given.

John Dorrance was of a family from Ireland^ which set-
tled in the present town of Foster, R. I., about 1715-20.
He graduated from Rhode Island College, now Brown

Un the Boston Pilot, June 29, 1895, is an interesting article on the Rhode Island
Dorrances here mentioned.

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University, became a member of the General Assembly,
a judge, president of the Providence town council for six-
teen years, and held many other positions of honor. He
died in June, 1813. The Providence Gazette in an obit-
uary notice states that " Judge Dorrance was descended
from Irish parentage, but was himself born in Foster, this
State. He received a degree from Rhode Island Col-
lege^ and afterwards became a tutor, and since a member
of the corporation of that institution." Continuing, it
states that he was of unblemished integrity and undeviat-
ing patriotism.

THE ARMY OF OBSERVATION.

Mention is found in the records of George Dorrance
and of George Dorrance, Jr. The latter was, in 1775,
appointed ensign of the lieutenant-colonel's company of
the Regiment of Providence in the "Army of Observa-
tion." George Dorrance was, in 1780, appointed lieutenant
of the second company of Scituate, R. I. A Capt.
George Dorrance appears, in 1 781, in a regiment raised
by act of the General Assembly. He was doubtless the
same individual. In 1782, George Dorrance, Jr., was com-
missioned major of the Third regiment of militia in the
county of Providence. Alex. Dorrance was a member of
the company of " Captain General's Cavaliers." His
name appears in a pay abstract for service in '' the late
expedition to Rhode Island" — July 24 to Aug. 31, 1778.

Dr. Henry Sterling, the Irish surgeon already men-

iSee The Irish Chapter in the History of Brown University {Brown Magazine,
Providence, R. I,, March, 1896). Some of the earliest funds for Rhode Island Col-
lege, now Brown University, were raised in Ireland. Rev. Morgan Edwards went
there on a collecting tour. His wife was Mary Nunn, of Cork. See Guild's History
of the University.

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tloned, settled in Providence in 1756. He died here in
1 8 10. In a notice at the time of his death, the Providence
Gazette states that Dr. SterHng '' was a native of a town
in the vicinity of Londonderry, in the Kingdom of Ireland."
It also states that he '' was in hearty sympathy with the
Revolution and aided the patriot cause with his advice and
professional services." '' Capt. Samuel Allin " is mentioned
as ** son-in-law of the deceased."

When Washington ordered the advance of two invading
divisions into Canada, Rhode Island men were among the
first to respond. Captain Simeon Thayer, of Providence,
recruited a company, enlisting every man himself. Many
Irish served under him at different periods during the war.
Among them were : John Barritt, John Carrell, Edward
Conner, Thomas Garey, Patrick Hannington, James Hay-
den, Cornelius Higgarty, or Hagerty, Edward Mulligan,
John Ryand (Ryan), Patrick Tracy, and James Welch.

One of the invading divisions was placed under Bene-
dict Arnold, and the other under Richard Montgomery.
The latter was an Irishman, a native of Raphoe, in the
county Donegal. He had recently been made a brigadier-
general. Before Quebec, Montgomery assumed the chief
command. Captain Thayer's company had accompanied
Arnold's division. Capt. Samuel Ward, of Westerly,
R. I., was also in the expedition with his company, which
included Thomas Dougherty and John Hickey. Captain
Topham, of Newport, R. I., likewise participated with his
company, in which were several Irish soldiers.

Another notable participant was Dr. Isaac Senter, of
Newport. He was a native of the Londonderry, N, H., Irish
settlement. A letter to the writer, a few years ago, from
the town clerk of Londonderry states that without much

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doubt the Senters were from Ireland, as they came to that
settlement so soon after the rest. Dr. Senter accompanied
the troops to Cambridge as a volunteer surgeon. Later he
was appointed a surgeon in the Continental line and as-
signed to Arnold's division. He was taken prisoner at
Quebec but was soon released. Captain Thayer was also
captured.

PATRICK TRACY KILLED AT QUEBEC.

The death of the gallant Montgomery prevented the
invasion from attaining the results anticipated. Senter,
Thayer and others kept journals of the expedition. To
these sources we are indebted for many interesting facts.
Patrick Tracy, one of Thayer's men, was killed in the as-
sault on Quebec. Cornelius Hagertyand Corporal James
Hayden of the same company were wounded. In a work^ on
the period reference is made to John M. Taylor, *' keen as
an Irish greyhound," who was Arnold's purveyor and com-
missary in the wilderness. Lieutenant William Cross is
described as a '' handsome little Irishman, always neatly
dressed, and commanded [on the Isle of Orleans] a de-
tachment of about twenty men."

Later, Thayer was commissioned major and was ordered
to Rhode Island to support General Sullivan at the siege
of Newport. He did not arrive, however, until three days
after the battle that ensued. The Major was so great an
admirer of General Montgomery, who fell at Quebec, that
when, after the war, he established a hotel in Providence
he called it the Montgomery hotel. He also named one
of his sons Richard Montgomery Thayer, after the distin-
guished soldier.

^ Henry.

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John McCarthy and Cornelius SulHvan were soldiers of
Colonel Elliott's regiment, which was raised in accordance
with a recommendation of the *' Committee of the New Eng-
land States " for the defense of Rhode Island. John McCoy,
Daniel Lyon, and John Conway also belonged to the regi-
ment. In September, 1776, Captain Hoppin's company
numbered in its ranks Edward Murfee and John Driskill.
This latter name is now commonly written DriscoU.
James Donal was a member of Captain Dyer's company,
in Col. Christopher Lippitt's regiment. His name is
found in a ''Pay abstract " for September, 1776. Cor-
rectly, the name may have been O'Donnell or, possibly,
McDonnell. Benjamin Burn [Byrne or Burns?] was in
September, 1776, of Captain Arnold's company, in Lip-
pitt's regiment.

It is likely that, in some instances, men from other
states enlisted in Rhode Island regiments and that men
from Rhode Island enlisted in regiments belonging to
other states. This, however, does not materially affect
our general perspective.

THE GALLANT THOMAS HUGHES.

Thomas Hughes, a gallant Rhode Island soldier, was of
Irish descent. He was the only son ^ of Joseph and Mary
Hughes and was born May 30, 1752. He was a captain
in the Revolution, and a major in the War of 18 12. He
was a sincere patriot, an accomplished officer and a credit
to his Irish ancestry.

1 1 am indebted for the facts here given concerning Thomas Hughes to Miss Mary
A. Greene of Providence, R, I., and Mr. Henry L. Greene of Riverpoint, R. I.
Miss Greene is descended from Thomas Hughes in her mother's hne and from Col.
Christopher Greene on her father's side, Mr. Henry L. Greene is a great-grandson
of Col. Christopher Greene.

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In the Rhode Island Colonial Records he is mentioned
as of Freetown, Mass. His name first appears in the
Revolutionary Records of Rhode Island in October, 1776,
when he is mentioned as second lieutenant in Col. Israel
Angell's battalion. In February, 1777, Hughes was
chosen to be first lieutenant, and at some time between
August and October, 1777, he was raised to the rank of
captain. He served with Col. Israel Angell's regiment
throughout the war. He was, therefore, present at the
briUiant defense of Fort Mercer at Red Bank when the
Hessians under Count Donop were repulsed by Captain
Hughes's future father-in-law and commanding of^cer. Col.
Christopher Greene. Hughes was with the Rhode Island
troops at the battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778, and
also in May, 178 1, when Col. Christopher Greene was
murdered by De Lancey's Loyalists in Westchester coun-
ty, N. Y. Captain Hughes was at that time paymaster.

In 1 79 1 the Rhode Island General Assembly appointed
Col. Jeremiah Olney and Capt. Thomas Hughes agents
for the proprietors of the Anaquacut farm in Tiverton,
R. I., which was set off to the officers and soldiers of the
late Continental battalion commanded by Colonel Angell.
These agents successfully petitioned the General Assembly
to make up a considerable deficiency demanded of them
by the purchasers to whom they sold the land, and a
resurvey was consequently ordered.

Thomas Hughes was one of the original members of
the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati, and appears
on that society's record thus : " Capt. Thomas Hughes
1st R. I. Continental Infantry." His Revolutionary rec-
ord, as compiled by Heitman, in his volume, Officers of
the Continental Army ^ is as follows:

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" Hughes, Thomas, (R.I.) 2nd Lieutenant nth Con-
tinental Infantry ist January to 31st December, 1776;
1st Lieutenant 2nd Rhode Island, ist January 1777; Cap-
tain, 23rd June 1777; transferred to ist Rhode Island ist
January 1781, and served to close of war."

Thomas Hughes also served throughout the War of
18 12, with the rank of major, and his widow drew a pen-
sion till her death in 1844. He died Dec. 10, 1821, at
his home at Centreville, R. I., in the northwestern part of
the town of Warwick, R. I., and was buried in a family
burying ground near by and later transferred. In April,
1896, his second burial place was abandoned and the
bodies were removed to Greenwood cemetery, Phenix,
R. I., including the remains of Major Hughes, his wife
and maiden daughter Sally. A marker of the Sons of
the American Revolution has been placed at his grave, his
being among the first fifty names drawn by lot by the
Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revo-
lution.

THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS HUGHES.
Thomas Hughes married Feb. 27, 1782, Welthian (born
Nov. 19, 1757; died, 1844), eldest child of Col. Christo-
pher and Anne (Lippitt) Greene of Centreville, Warwick,
R. I. The children of Thomas and Welthian Hughes
were :

1. Mary, born Jan. 4, 1783, married Burrows Aborn,
and had eight children, all of whom died unmarried.

2. Christopher Greene, born July 9, 1785 ; died at New
Orleans, La., July 22, 181 5, unmarried. (A sea cap-
tain.)

3. Phebe, born Sept. i, 1787, married her mother's
first cousin, Jeremiah, son of (Judge) William and

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Welthian (Lippitt) Greene of Occupasnetuxet, Warwick,
R. I. Her issue, viz., three grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren, are the only living descendants of Thomas
Hughes.

4. Katy, born Aug. 16, 1789, died in infancy.

5. Sally, born Dec. 15, 1790; died unmarried (1845).

6. Elizabeth, born Feb. 2, 1792; died in infancy.

7. John Luther, born Nov. 2, 1795 ; died Jan. 14, 1863.
The latter was a prominent merchant and manufacturer

in Rhode Island, and as a member of the common coun-
cil of the city of Providence was actively instrumental in
devising, framing and establishing the public school sys-
tem of the city. He was the first secretary of the Rhode
Island Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He had a refined
literary taste, inherited from both his parents, and a large
public spirit. He married Eliza, daughter of (Col.) Jere-
miah and Anne (Keene) Whiting, and had several chil-
dren, all of whom died young.

Thomas Hughes, the subject of this sketch, was a man
of great energy and much executive ability, and had a
fondness for good literature.

SEVENTEEN SOLDIERS OF LIBERTY.

Mention of the following seventeen soldiers who served
in Rhode Island commands, during the Revolution, is found
in a report of the secretary of war (1835), relative to the
pension establishment of the United States :

David Kelly, a private in the Rhode Island Continental
line. He was still living in 1834, in which year he was
placed on the pension roll.

Jeremiah Whelan, a private in the Rhode Island line ;
placed on the pension roll in 18 19.

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Stephen Long, a private in the Rhode Island line;
placed on the pension roll in 1818.

Philip Griffin of the Rhode Island line. He died May
9, 1832.

Daniel Dawley, a private in the *' Rhode Island Mihtia" ;
placed on the pension roll. He died in 1832.

Thomas Powers, of the Rhode Island line ; placed on
the pension roll in 181 8.

Malachi Green, a private in the " Rhode Island Militia" ;
placed on the pension roll in 1834.

Stephen Kelly, placed on the pension roll in 1833; a
private in the Rhode Island militia.

Martin Murphy, a private in the Rhode Island militia ;
placed on the pension roll in 1833.

John Welsh, 2d, a sergeant in the Rhode Island line;
placed on the pension roll in 1821.

Matthew Hanley, of Angell's regiment; died May 26,
1804. This may have been the soldier who is elsewhere
mentioned as Matthew Hendly.

Martin Herrick, of the Rhode Island line ; placed on
the pension roll in 18 19.

Thomas Gleeson, of the Rhode Island line ; died Aug.
5, 1833.

John Larkin, a private in the Rhode Island militia ;
placed on the pension roll in 1833.

Matthew Bennett, of the Rhode Island Hne; placed on
the pension roll in 18 19.

Joseph Bennett, of the '' Rhode Island state troops and
militia"; placed on the pension roll in 1833.

James Bennett, of the Rhode Island line ; placed on the
pension roll in 1833.

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OTHER NAMES IN THE RECORDS.

Mention Is also found in official records of the Revolu-
tion of Jeremiah Martin, of Providence county. He is
credited with service in the Rhode Island militia. He
was still living in 1 83 1. Joseph Carroll, another pen-
sioner, was living in 1833. He is described as of Kent
county, and is credited with services in the militia.
Thomas Long, described as of Providence county, was a
mariner and served in the Continental navy. He died in
1821.

The Irish name Moore was borne by a number of
Rhode Islanders in the Revolution. Christopher Moore
was a private in Col. Lippitt's regiment. Later, a Christo-
pher Moore belonged to Capt. Humphries company of
Col. Angell's regiment. John Moore was of Capt. Carr's
company in Col. Richmond's regiment. In 1776, Wil-
liam Moore and Thomas Ray are mentioned as of Col.
Elliott's regiment.

The records likewise speak of Thomas Carey, a '* recruit
from Tiverton," 1782 ; of John Cowen, an ensign, as early
as 1776, in Col. Lippitt's regiment; of Sergt. Peter Cowen
who was of Col. Archibald Crary's regiment, and of
Stephen Cowen who was in Capt. Hoppin's company of
Lippitt's command. William Ennis became a sergeant
and is mentioned as of Col. Sherburn's command.

The rolls of Col. Topham's regiment include the names
Lieut. Daniel Wall, Corp. Thomas Reynolds, James
Reynolds, Stephen Rany, James Knox, and Richard
Hayden. The rolls of Col. Israel Angell's regiment in-
clude the names Joseph Manning, Benjamin Jackson and
others herein mentioned. John Conley of Providence, was,
in 1777, mentioned as enlisted in Capt. Lewis' company

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in the Continental service. It is likely that some men
after their term of enlistment had expired, reenlisted into
other regiments, as we frequently find the same name in
different commands. In some cases, of course, it may
have been borne by different individuals.

William Parker, John Wilson, and James Bishop, of
the list^ here given, were, as has been stated, natives of
Ireland. In 1775 they were members of Captain Top-
ham's company, of Col. Thomas Church's regiment,
which was recruited in Newport and Bristol counties,
Rhode Island.

Parker was born in County Waterford, Ireland, and at
the time of his enlistment was about forty-one years of
age. He is described in a return as a laborer, and as
having brown hair and brown eyes. His height was five
feet, four and one half inches.

Wilson was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland. He
was a trunk maker. His age is given in the return as
twenty-two years.

Bishop was a native of Dublin, a carpenter by trade,
and was aged twenty-six years. He had dark hair and
blue eyes.

Dennis Hogan, Tobias Burk, William Crou, and Philip
Doolinty — all Irishmen — were likewise members of Cap-
tain Topham's company in Church's regiment. Hogan
was a native of Limerick, Ireland. He was by trade a
" limner." In a return his age is given as twenty-four
years. He had black hair and gray eyes. In the return
mentioned his name is incorrectly spelled " Plogain."
He was probably the Sergt. Dennis Hogan of whom

iSee roll of Capt. John Topham's company, as published in the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register.

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mention is frequently made. Burk was also a native of
Limerick, Ireland. He was a weaver, had light hair and
blue eyes, and in 1775 was about twenty years of age.
In a return his first name is given as ''Tobiat." Cor-
rectly, this was doubtless Tobias. Crou was a native of
County Waterford, Ireland, twenty years of age, a mari-
ner, and had light hair and blue eyes. The name Crou
is an odd one. The correct form may have been Crowe
or Carew. Philip Doolinty is mentioned as a native of
" Tamonas Town, Kileaney," which was probably the
company clerk's best attempt at writing Thomastown,
Kilkenny.^ Philip was a laborer, had brown hair and
blue eyes and, in 1775, was aged twenty-two years.

A SOLDIER OF CAPTAIN FIELD'S COMPANY.

Manie O'Daniel was a soldier of Capt. John Field's
company in Colonel Hitchcock's regiment. He is later
mentioned as of Capt. Simeon Thayer's company as the
latter was made up from different commands near Boston
for the expedition to Canada under Benedict Arnold.
This odd name — Manie — is a form of Manus. James
Hayden, as mentioned elsewhere, was a corporal in this
company of Thayer's.

David Healy (also spelled Healey) served, in 1776, in

^Kilkenny — a county from which have come a number of prominent Rhode
Islanders, George Berkeley, the brilliant Irishman who arrived at Newport, R. I., in
1729, was a native of the county, and was known as "the Kilkenny scholar."
Stephen Jackson, a native of Kilkenny, was born in the year 1700, and came to this
country about 1724, In 1745 ^e was a resident of Providence, R. I., where he is
mentioned as a " schoolmaster," One of his descendants, Charles Jackson, became
governor of Rhode Island, Rev. James Wilson, who for many years was pastor of
the " Round Top " church in Providence, R. I., is also stated to have been from
Kilkenny. Hon, Thomas Davis, who was elected to Congress from Rhode Island in
1853, was a Kilkenny man, and so was the late Roman Catholic Bishop Hendricken
of Providence.

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Capt Loring Peck's company of Colonel Lippitt's regi-
ment. John Mitchell was in Capt. Benjamin Hoppin's
company of the same regiment. Edward Murfee, Philip
Morris, and John Driskill also served in Captain Hoppin's
company of Lippitt's regiment. Joseph Burke was of
Capt. John Whipple's company ** doing duty on Rhode
Island," March, 1781.

Stephen Daily, Edward Morris, Joseph Norton, Robert
Kennady, and Joseph Gaffery saw service in Col. John
Topham's regiment. Solomon Dailey was of the fourth
company of Colonel Hitchcock's regiment of the army of
observation.

John Conway, John McCloud, Anthony Murray, Thom-
as Hart, and John McCoy served with fidelity in Col.
Robert Elliott's regiment. Lawrence McLouth, Barney
Clarke, John Lawless, and William Lawless belonged to
Col. Archibald Crary's regiment. William Lawless became
a captain, Edward Bennett was of Capt. Jeremiah Olney's
company, Hitchcock's regiment, 1775.

William McCoy was quartermaster sergeant in Capt.
Thomas Cole's company in Col. Christopher Greene's
command. James Daily was in the same company.
Peter Daily is mentioned as of Capt. E. Lewis' company,
in Col. Christopher Greene's regiment, in ijyg-^o. The
following mention is made of this company on one occa-
sion :

Newport, 6*^ Jan'y, 1780. Mustered then the 3"^ Com-
pany as specified in the above Roll.

Danl. S. Dexter,
Commiss. of Muster, Pro tern.

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Andrew Boyd, who is stated to have been of Irish
extraction, was a charter member, 1774, of the Kentish
Guards of East Greenwich, R. I. On the morning after the
battle of Lexington, the Guards, numbering iio men,
rank and file, left East Greenwich on the march for the
scene of action. They had proceeded as far as Pawtucket,
R. I., when they received an express informing them of
the result of the battle. They, thereupon, returned to
East Greenwich, but continued on duty, there.

The Boyds were a numerous family in East Greenwich,
R. I., and vicinity. Some of them were born in Ireland ;
all are believed to have been of Irish blood. The given
name Andrew frequently occurs in the family. One
Andrew Boyd of Rhode Island is mentioned as a native
of the County Antrim, Ireland, of which place his
mother, Sarah (Moore) Boyd, was also a native. Another
Andrew, probably the one mentioned in the charter of the
Kentish Guards, is thus referred to in the records of the
General Assembly, October, i ^^6 : '' In council was read the
return of Andrew Boyd, clerk of the company of Kentish
Guards, choosing Christopher Greene, of Warwick, son of
Nathaniel, second lieutenant of said company, in the room
of Thomas Holden, who refused."

Edward Casey served in Col. Archibald Crary's regi-
ment. Oliver Kelly and Duncan Kelly are mentioned as
Barrington, R. I., soldiers who served under Capt. Thomas
Allin. Corporal William Kelley was of the Barrington
militia guard in 1778.

Among the residents of Warren, R. I., in May, 1778,
when the town was raided and pillaged by the enemy was
the Rev. Erasmus Kelley. He had gone to Warren from
Newport when the latter place was taken possession of by

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the British under Pigot. During the raid on Warren, Rev.
Mr. Kelley lost nearly all his household effects, which
were taken or destroyed by the foe. Many other residents
of Warren suffered in like manner.

JOHN O'KELLEY of CAPTAIN ORMSBEE'S COMPANY.

John O'Kelley was in 1776 a member of Capt. Ezra
Ormsbee's company^ of militia in the town of Warren,
R. I. Among others in the company were Daniel Kelley
and Joseph Kelley. The General Assembly, in 1782, gave
" Mrs. Elizabeth O'Kelley of Warren, widow and admin-
istratrix of John O'Kelley," permission to sell certain real
estate. In 1 794, a Kelly was empowered by the General
Assembly ^' to erect a toll bridge over Kelly's ferry in
Warren."

Joseph McMilon was a member of Capt. Ezra Orms-
bee's company, of Warren, in 1776, while among the
Warren soldiers in 1777 were Joseph McMillion (probably
another form of the name) and Peter McMillion. This
name McMillion may have been McMillen, McMallon, or
McMuUen — all three of which are found in Ireland. In a
deed dated June i, 1798, Peter McMillan and his wife,
Sarah, are shown to have been at that date residents of
Galway, Saratoga county. New York.

Peter McMillen was of the crew of the privateer General
Stark of Warren. Whether he was the soldier mentioned
as Peter McMillion the writer is unable to state. The
General Stark was of some 130 tons burden and carried
fourteen guns. William O'Brien and John Killey were
members of Capt. Curtis Cole's company, 1781, in Col.

iMiss Virginia Baker's History of Wai-ren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revo-
lution. (Warren, R. I., 1901.)

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Nathan Miller's regiment. O'Brien and Killey were both
probably of Warren/ The former sometimes appears as
O'Briant and O'Brient.

BRIEF MENTION OF EIGHTEEN IRISHMEN.

Michael Wright was a native of Mountmellick, Queen's
county, Ireland. He is described as a ribbon weaver.
He enlisted at Providence, January, 1781, and served in a
Rhode Island regiment of the line. He may have also
served in other organizations in campaigns previous to
1 78 1. He is mentioned in a return as 42 years of age
and as having his residence in '^ Seacunnet," R. I. His
enlistment here mentioned was for three years.

Mark Barns who also served in the Rhode Island Con-
tinentals was born in Waterford, Ireland, and at the time
of his enlistment resided in Providence, R. I. His age is
given as 28 years. He was by trade a '' wine cooper."
He enlisted " for the war" and is described as having
brown hair and a " fresh complexion."

James Foster was a native of Dublin, Ireland. He
enlisted at Coventry, R. I., was 47 years of age, had

1 The town of Warren, R. I., was named in honor of an Irishman, Sir Peter War-
ren. Several pages in O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees are devoted to the Warrens of Ire-
land. A copy of the work can be found in the Providence Pubhc Library. Edward
Warren served the Stuart cause in Ireland and at one time had command of the cit-
adel of Belfast. After the fall of Limerick he went to France. A Patrick Warren
is mentioned in 1559. Capt. Edward Warren was among the Confederated Catholics,
at Kilkenny, in 1646. In 16S9, Capt, John Warren was a member of the Irish parlia-
ment. Anthony Warren, a son of Sir William Warren, married the widow of Sir
Cahir O' Dougherty, Knt. Col. Henry Warren was among the Catholic defenders
of Drogheda during the siege of the latter, in 1649, by Cromwell. The Irish War-
rens became so prominent that Warrenstown, in the County Meath, was named after
them. Bearers of the name were also found in Dublin, Carlow, Queen's, Kildare and
other Irish counties. Some of the Clan 0'B3Tne took the name Warren. In 1774, ^
Captain Warren was with the Irish brigade in France and held a commission in the
Regiment of Dillon. A Lieutenant Warren served in the Irish Legion organized by
Napoleon Bonaparte.
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" gray hair " and a ''fresh complexion." The date of his
enhstment is given as January, 1781, and was ''for the
war." Like others, he may have been a veteran of pre-
vious campaigns.

James Hayes was born in Cork, Ireland. He is de-
scribed in the roll as 25 years of age, and a "mariner."
He enlisted at Bristol, R. I., January, 1 781, for three years.

Cornelius Driskill was a native of Kinsale, County Cork,
Ireland. He became a resident of Providence, R. I., and
is referred to as a " mariner." He is mentioned in the
roll as 18 years of age. He enlisted into the Rhode
Island Continental line, in January, 1781, "for three
years."

James King was born in Dublin, Ireland, and resided
in Providence, R. I. He was a tailor by trade, had black
hair and a light complexion, and enlisted at Providence
"for the war." The regimental rolls mention him as 25
years of age.

John Huzzey was a native of Armagh, Ireland. He
enlisted in January, 1777, "for the war." His age is
given as 50 years. He had gray hair and a light com-
plexion.

Matthew Hendly was born in Limerick, Ireland. He
was a barber by trade. His age is given on the regi-
mental rolls as 30 years.

Michael Killey [correctly, probably Kelley] was a
native of Limerick, Ireland. He was a barber, 5 ft. 6 in.
in height and had dark hair and a dark complexion. He
resided in Newport, R. I. His age is given in a return as
36 years.

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Daniel Monks was a native of Ireland, a barber by
trade and resided at Newport, R. I. He enlisted at New-
port " for the war." His age is given as 64 years. He
is mentioned as a private in Capt. Thomas Hughes' com-
pany, of Angell's command, and also as serving under
Olney and in '• Col. Greene's Regiment of Foot."

Daniel Miller was a weaver. He was born in Ireland,
had light hair and a hght complexion and enlisted at
Providence, R. I., Jan. i, 1777, ''for the war." He is
mentioned as 30 years of age.

Charles Watson, a weaver, was born in Ireland. He
enlisted Jan. i, 1777, "for the war." He appears on the
rolls as 25 years of age.

Peter Burns, another Irishman, enlisted at North Kings-
town, R. I., in January, 1777, "for the war." He was 43
years of age.

Michael Doharty [also spelled Doherty] was a native
of Donegal, Ireland, and enlisted at Providence, R. I., in
April, 1777, "for the war." He was a young man, 22
years of age.

Edward Fitzgerald of Newport, R. I., was born in Tip-
perary, Ireland, and is mentioned as of the Rhode Island
Continentals when he was 19 years of age. He is spoken
of elsewhere herein.

Peter Morrison, who is mentioned as from " Ireland,"
served in Col. Israel Angell's regiment.

James Madden, from " Ireland," hkewise served in
Angell's regiment.

John Mahony, from " Ireland," is mentioned as of the
second battalion of Angell's regiment.

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OTHER NAMES IN THE RHODE ISLAND RECORDS.

Timothy Mahony is spoken of as serving under Captain
Sprague in 1777.

Patrick McMullan is mentioned in the Rhode Island
records as a marine aboard the sloop Providence^ Conti-
nental navy. He entered Jan. 5, 1776.

Patrick McNamara was a marine aboard the ship
Alfred, Continental navy. The Rhode Island records
mention him.

John McLaughlin was a marine and served on the
Columbus of the Continental navy.

Hugh McCowan was also a marine and served on the
Columhus. He is mentioned as early as 1776.

Matthew McCaffray was a marine aboard the sloop
Providence^ Continental navy. He entered in 1776.
The Rhode Island records state that he was " Left sick at
Providence, fever."

Dennis McCartel is mentioned as a private in 1776 and
is also referred to as having had "■ previous service."

Patrick Harrington was a private in Capt. Simeon
Thayer's company and went with Thayer in the expedi-
tion to Canada and was taken prisoner at Quebec. He
may have been the soldier mentioned elsewhere as Patrick
Hannington.

Hugh Kenady was a soldier credited to West Green-
wich, R. I. The name is also found spelled Kinady, Ken-
nady, etc. Peter Cowen was a sergeant in Col. Archibald
Crary's regiment. Barnabus Hicks served under Col.
William Richmond.

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John Sullivan and William Sullivan, both of Rhode
Island, are mentioned in the Massachusetts records as
serving on the ship Deanc, John's age is given as i6
years, and William, aged 25 years, is mentioned as a
" volunteer " on the ship. ^\i^ Deane was commanded
by Elisha Hinman.

W^ILLIAM MC COY OF GREENE'S REGIMENT.

The records also mention a William McCoy. He was
quartermaster sergeant in Capt. Thomas Cole's company
of Col. Christopher Greene's regiment. John Murray^ and
Samuel Dunn^ were members of '* the Providence Com-
pany of Cadets," under Colonel Nightingale, stationed at
Pawtuxet, R. I., from Jan. 7 to Feb. 7, 1777. A partici-
pant named Dunn is mentioned in connection with the
Gasfee affair. In one place his given name is stated to
have been Benjamin. Another authority, however, in-
clines to the belief that it was Samuel.

John Welch, at first an ensign in Captain Hoxsie's

1 The Irish Miirrays trace descent from a remote period, and have produced many
people of distinction. The name derives from O'Muireadhaigh ('' Muir," Irish : the
sea; and " eadhach" or " eadhaigh," a protector or garment). The Irish form has
been anglicized O' Murray, Murray, Murry, etc. The prefixes Mac and Kil are also
found in Ireland in connection with the name, i. <?., MacMurray and Kilmurray. A
Clan O' Murray was at one period in Irish history prominent in the territory of Bref-
ney, which included the modern counties of Cavan and Leitrim and parts of Meath
and Sligo. Also prominent in Brefney were the clans O'Rourke, O'Reilly, O'Car-
roll, O'Fay, MacDonnell, MacHugh, MacManus, MacCogan and others of note.
O'Murrays were also chieftains of Ceara, in Mayo, and of the Lagan, in Mayo. The
name Murray at present abounds throughout Ireland. Whether the Murrays of Scot-
land are kin to the Murrays of Ireland is a topic often discussed. It is possible that
both had a common Gaelic origin going back to the days when Ireland (Scotia Major)
was the mother country of Scotland (Scotia Minor).

2 Dunn, a typical Irish name; from the Irish O'Duin, anglicized O'Dunn, Dunn,
Dunne, Dun, and Doyne. Some of the Irish Dunns may have derived their name
from dun — a fort— illustrated in the Irish names Dun-luce, Dun-more, Dun-manway
etc.

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company, of a Rhode Island regiment, became a lieu-
tenant in Colonel Topham's command, and was later
attached to Col. Jeremiah Olney's regiment. He re-
ceived a staff appointment as quartermaster.

It is a well-known fact that a project was undertaken
during the Revolution to raise a regiment of Rhode
Island slaves. Those enlisting were thereby to be made
free, and their former masters were to be compensated by
the state. James Burk of Providence had a slave who
thus enlisted. He was named Africa Burk, and his
master valued him at ^120.

The General Assembly in March, 1781, refers to the
farm in Exeter, R. I., '' lately belonging to Samuel
Boone," leased to Michael Dawley by the state for £gi.
This was one of the Irish Dawleys, a family that became
quite numerous in Rhode Island. Many of its descend-
ants are still found in the state. Boone, just mentioned,
was a loyalist, and his farm had been confiscated. It
was provided by the General Assembly that Dawley
should pay the rental in produce for the troops. Michael
Dawley is mentioned^ as belonging to a militia company
during the Revolution. He was still living in 1834.

John Herrington (or Harrington) was made an ensign
in Capt. Stephen Sheldon's company, in November,
1776. The company formed part of Colonel Sayles'
regiment. Maj. John Clark ^ who, for quite a period
during the Revolution was an aide to Gen. Nathaniel
Greene, was the grandson of an Irish weaver. On one
occasion, having captured a British standard, he was

1 In a report of the secretary of war relative to the pension establishment of the
United States (Washington, D. C, 1835).

2 Not known to be a Rhode Islander.

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offered ^200 to return it, but rejected the proposal
with scorn.

EDWARD BURKE, LIEUTENANT OF MARINES.

Edward Burke was a lieutenant of marines, and served
on the ship Columbus^ Continental navy. He entered
Dec. 29, 1776. Was discharged at Newport, R. I., Oct.
19, 1777.

Timothy Burke served in Capt. James Parker's com-
pany, of Col. Christopher Smith's regiment. He enlisted
February, 1777, for fifteen months.

George O'Harra was ''armorer's mate" on the ship
Alfred, Continental navy, 1776.

Peter Morris was a marine, and served on the ship
Columbus, Continental navy. He was discharged at
Newport, R. I.

Joseph Moran served in Capt. Robert Carr's company,
of Col. Nathan Miller's regiment of militia. Moran is
supposed to have belonged in Warren, R. I., or vicinity.
A Joseph Moran is mentioned as of Barrington, R. I. He
may have been the same.

EHzabeth Obrian [O'Brian] was a nurse in a hospital
during the Revolution. She is mentioned in a pay
abstract covering the period from Jan. i, 1778, to Nov. i,

1778.

John M. O'Brien was a Rhode Island Continental sol-
dier. He served in Capt. J. Dexter's company, of the
"Late Col. Greene's regiment." He enlisted on Feb. i,
1 78 1, for a term of three years, and died on Nov. 19,
1 78 1. He was doubtless the soldier who is elsewhere

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mentioned in the Rhode Island records as John Morris
O'Brien.

Patrick O'Brian was a marine, and served aboard the
Alfred, being later transferred to the Coliimhns.

William O'Brient [O'Brien] is mentioned as of Sergt
Nathan Barden's company, town guard at Warren, R. I.
The name William O'Bryan, probably the same indi-
vidual, is found in a military account book, 1778, Warren,
R. I.

WiUiam O'Brient [O'Brien] served in Colonel Angell's
Rhode Island regiment of Continentals, having enlisted
''for the war." Whether he was the WilHam O'Brient
referred to as of Warren, R. I., is not known.

Charles Kelly is believed to have been of Richmond,
R. I. He was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, and is
referred to as *' a prisoner upon parole."

Richard Harrington was " drafted by Jonathan Matti-
son from alarum companies " in the town of Coventry,
R. I.. 1778.

Thomas Kelley was a ''tender, general hospital," 1778-
'79.

William Kelley, elsewhere referred to herein, was a cor-
poral in Sergt. Josiah Humphry's guard of militia sta-
tioned at Barrington, R. I., 1778.

TIMOTHY KELLY OF CAPTAIN WEST'S COMPANY.

Timothy Kelly served as a private in Capt. Benjamin
West's company, 1777.

Thomas Cary was a sergeant in Captain Fenner's com-
pany, of Colonel Lippitt's regiment, i'j'j6-'j'j. A

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Thomas Carey, perhaps the same, was a sergeant in
Capt. Joseph Sprague's company, of Colonel Brown's
regiment, Rhode Island militia, in 1779.

William Cary appears as a private in Capt. William
Lawless' company, of Colonel Crary's regiment.

Bernard Galligher served on the sloop Providence,
Continental navy. Entered Sept. 4, 1776. Taken from
the Favourite.

Philip Driskel, Jr., served in 1776, in Captain Joseph
Pendleton's company of militia. Westerly, R. I.

Richard Driskill was a matross in Colonel EUiott's regi-
ment of artillery, 1779.

Michael Moore is mentioned as a private of marines on
the ship Alfred.

John Riley was a matross in Colonel EUiott's artillery
regiment. He enlisted July 17, 1779.

Daniel Jackson is mentioned in a return, 1777, as ma-
jor of the Independent Company of Light Infantry, Provi-
dence county, R. I.

John Joyce belonged to a militia company of Warwick,
R. I. He is credited with service in 1777.

Patrick Hickey served in Angell's regiment. In one
place he is reported as sick at Warren, R. I.

Patten Fitzgerald of Providence enlisted here June 22,
1780, and served in the Continental line.

David Burk is mentioned as of Capt. James Parker's
company, in Col. Christopher Smith's regiment. He was
enlisted by Captain Parker April 3, i TTJ y for fifteen months.

John Burk, from " Ireland," served in the second bat-
talion of Colonel Angell's command.

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Matthew Bryan served under Captain Dexter during
the war.

James Bryan is mentioned as " In 6th Company, signs
receipt to Daniel S. Dexter, Py'mr, Dated May 28, 178 1."
A James Bryan is also mentioned as " Musick," 5th Com-
pany in R. I. Regiment of Foot, July, 1782.

MICHAEL KELLEY OF COLONEL GREENE'S REGIMENT.

Michael Kelley is mentioned in a return of Colonel
Greene's Regiment of Foot, March 22, 1781, as '' on com-
mand on the lines."

Eleazar Kelley was a corporal at one period in Col-
onel Crary's regiment.

James M'Case, was born in Ireland, and resided at New-
port, R. I. He was a private in the *' Ninth Regiment of
Foot, U. S. service. Col. Crary commanding."

Stephen Killey was a private in '' Col. Fry's regiment at
Warren," R. I., 1777.

Gerrald Fitzgerrald [Gerald Fitzgerald] was a ''Quar-
ter-Gunner " aboard the ship Columbus. He entered
Jan. 7, 1776. He was discharged at Newport.

John Grififin is mentioned as of an '' Invalid regiment."
His name appears in a "copy of order for payment of
wages, etc., allowed for services while in I [Invalid] regi-
ment. Dated Constitution Island, June 15, 1783."

James Griffen was a private in Captain Springer's com-
pany, of Colonel Topham's regiment. In one place he is
mentioned as " Sick in Gen. Cornell's hospital at Tiver-
ton," R. I., 1779.

William Driskill was of Capt. Joseph Pendleton's militia
company, of Westerly, R. I., 1776.

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Joseph Forde served as a private in Lieutenant-Colonel
Smith's regiment. He was enlisted by Lieut. Henry Alex-
ander, of Captain Parker's company, Dec. 23, 1776.

Daniel Sullivan was a private in Captain Whipple's com-
pany, in Col. Christopher Olney's regiment.

David Dowd served in the second company of War-
wick, R. L, under Squire Millerd, captain.

Thomas Burns was surgeon's mate aboard the ship
Columbus. He entered Jan. 18, 1776.

William Burns was a seaman on the Alfred. He "ship-
ped at Rhode Island," Dec. 29, 1775.

John M'Clanen, from ** L-eland " served in the second
battalion of Colonel Angell's command.

John McGowan was rated as a landsman aboard the
ship Colu7nbus. He entered Jan. 4, 1776.

Charles McDonald served as a seaman on the Colum-
bus.

The Rhode Island records also mention a native of Ire-
land named Johnston — first name not given — who was a
resident of Bristol, R. I., and served in the " Ninth Regi-
ment of Foot, U. S. service," under Colonel Crary.

Edward Bennett was of Colonel Hitchcock's regiment.
He is mentioned as having sustained the " loss of left arm
above elbow in action with, enemy at Harlem Heights, on
Fort Island, Sept. 10. 1776."

OTHER MENTION IN THE RECORDS.

Peter Nagle, who came from "■ Ireland," served in Col-
onel Angell's regiment. Peter Nagel, doubtless the same,
is credited with service in Capt. Stephen Olney's company
of the regiment. He enlisted March 18, 1777.

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Arthur Nagle was a marine on the ship Columbus, Con-
tinental navy.

James Casey served as a private in the company of
Capt. BilHngs Throope. Mention is made of him in the
records of Rhode Island.

Thomas Murray, a marine, served on the Colu7nbus.
He entered Dec. i8, 1775.

Joseph Murrey was a private in Colonel Elliott's regi-
ment.

Patrick Capron served in Col. Angell's regiment of Con-
tinentals. So did Edward Murfey who is recorded as
from ''Ireland." In 1777, Murfey (also spelled Murfy),
was of Capt. Stephen Olney's company in the regiment.

All the commanders of Rhode Island regiments from
the opening until the close of hostilities — Church, Top-
ham, Elliott, Crary, Sayles, Angell, Sherburn, Olney,
Greene, and the rest — had, no doubt, many Irish at all
times in their respective commands.

Samuel Black is believed to have been related to Alex-
ander and James Black, Irish merchants of Providence.
In 1776 he was ensign in Capt. Asa Kimball's company
of Colonel Sayles' regiment. In 1779 he was lieutenant in
Capt. David Howell's company of Providence, and in 1781
was lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Hoppin's artillery com-
pany of Providence.

Patrick Foy and James Lowery, of the list here pre-
sented, were from Hopkinton, R. I., and enlisted in Colonel
Smith's regiment, the former in 1777 and the latter the
year previous. Lawrence McLouth and Anthony Murray
are names found on the muster rolls of Col. Archibald

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Crary's regiment. And so the subject grows in interest
as we proceed.

In July, 1778, ''A return of the soldiers enlisted for the
town of North Kingstown " included Patrick Buyer (possi-
bly Dwyer), John Duyer, William Harvey, John Kennedy,
and John Hogen.

In March, 1780, there was made **A return of all the
matrosses in Colonel Robert Elliott's regiment of artillery."
The return contains such names as McCarty, Morris, Mur-
ray, and McCoy. In another place appears the enlistment
into the same regiment of Cornelius Sullivan, already
mentioned. Luke Doyle also joined the same regiment,
and among others in the command were John Barry, Patt
Dunphy, William Fee, Charles Mullen, Thomas Conner,
Michael Dorothy (probably Doherty), Edward Donnelly,
and Matthew Barr. From which it is evident there was
plenty of Irish blood in the command.

Ensign M. Carthy (doubtless intended for Ensign McCar-
thy) appears in *' A weekly return of the Second Battalion of
Foot, raising for the state of Rhode Island, and com-
manded by Colonel Israel Angell." John Tracy, men-
tioned in the list, was an aide-de-camp on the staff of
General Glover at the operations on the island of Rhode
Island under Gen. John Sullivan. The appointment was
announced Aug. 15, 1778. William M'Carty also served
in Sullivan's forces at that period. M'Carty took part in
the siege of Newport and the battle that ensued.

" THE BEST FOUGHT ACTION OF THE WAR."

This engagement was pronounced by Lafayette to be
*' the best fought action of the war," and the Congress
tendered Sullivan, son of the Irish schoolmaster, and his

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officers and men its warm thanks for their fortitude and
bravery displayed in the action of August 29, in which
they repulsed the British forces and maintained the field.
Sullivan was also complimented by the states of Rhode
Island and New Hampshire. In addition to two of his
brothers — James and Eben — there also served under Sul-
livan in that engagement Lieutenant-Colonel Hackett,
Edward Phelon, and other officers of Irish lineage.

On his retirement from the command of the Rhode
Island department in 1779, General Sullivan was presented
a number of addresses. He was entertained at a banquet
in Providence, and on leaving town was accompanied some
distance by Generals Glover and Varnum, officers from
each corps of the army, and many leading citizens. An
artillery salute of thirteen guns rounded out the farewell.

William M'Carty, just alluded to, upon returning with
Sullivan's forces to Providence from the island of Rhode
Island, is mentioned,^ together with Captain Hodgkins and
Lieutenant Pierce, as having taken up quarters at the house
of Captain Frazer's wife, whose husband was then at sea.

Patrick McKown was a wagoner attached to the quarter-
master-general's department at Providence.

Alfred Joyce, a native of Warwick, R. I., enhsted into a
Massachusetts regiment at West Point. He enlisted April
13, 1779, and had perhaps seen previous service. His first
name is sometimes rendered as Alford.

William Lawless was made a captain under Colonel
Crary in 1778. A year later he was *' captain-lieutenant"
of the colonel's company in the first battalion of infantry.
Edward Ross was an ensign in the Second Infantry com-
pany of Westerly. William Creed became a captain. It

1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. VII, page 138. (Foot-
note )

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is a matter of record that the deputy-governor once lent
him " twenty-five three-pound shot, a ladle and worm."

Terence Reily's name appears in a return made in 1780.
He was probably the schoolmaster of the name resident
in Providence, of whom mention^ is elsewhere found.

James Flanagan and Edward Fitzgerald, elsewhere re-
ferred to, are mentioned in the " Muster and Size Rolls of
Recruits Enlisted for the Town of Newport for the Cam-
paign of 1782." Flanagan and Fitzgerald were at one
time stationed at Ticonderoga. They were enlisted for
nine months, though both had seen service in previous
campaigns.

In Colonel Topham's command, 1776, are found John
Casey, Benjamin Hackett, Joseph Gaffery, Stephen Daily,
James Read, Robert Kennedy, Edward Morris and Charles
McMillen.

In Colonel Crary's regiment were included Lawrence
Clarke, Edward Casey, William McCoy, Eseck Kelly, John
Lawless, and others whose names are indicative of Irish
lineage.

Joseph Read, James Martin, David Healey, Peter Mc-
Million and Edward Murfee were, at one time, members
of Colonel Lippitt's regiment.

Corp. Daniel Hayden and Michael Cooney were, in
1779, of Captain Allen's company, in Angell's regiment.
Cooney is mentioned in a " List of Officers and Men who
have died in, or been honorably discharged from, Colonel
Angell's regiment." James Butler of Cumberland and

i Irish Schoolmasters in the American Colonies, 1 640-1 775, with a Continuation of
the Subject During and after the War of the Revolution. (Washington, D. C,
1898.) Early Irish Educators of American Youth. (The il/£'«zV(?/-, San Francisco,,
Cal., Oct., 1902.)

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Bartholomew Jackson of Newport were in the service in
1782.

PROUD OF THEIR IRISH ANCESTRY.

The grotesque '* Scotch-Irish " phantasm has never
found a congenial atmosphere in Rhode Island. Descend-
ants here of Irish Revolutionary stock take an especial
pride in being connected with a race, which, as President
Andrew Jackson said in an address to the Boston Char-
itable Irish Society, '* has so much to recommend it to
the good wishes of the world." ^ There are old Rhode
Islanders who value their Irish line of descent very highly
indeed.

In 1777 mention is made in the records of the General
Assembly of Timothy Larkin, " a sick soldier on duty in
this state." The Rhode Island Larkins were of Irish
blood, people of the name settling here in early colonial
days. Some of their descendants are still living in the
state. Edward Larkin, a Rhode Island settler, is heard
from at Newport as early as 1655. His name appears in
the '* Roule of ye Freemen of ye colonic of everie Towne."
Larkin, or O'Larkin, is a well-known Irish name. The
clan's territory in Ireland was known as the " O'Larkin's
Country." John Larkin was a member for Hopkin-
ton, R. I., of the " committee to procure arms and accou-
trements," 1776.

' This address by President Jackson was delivered in Boston, June 22, 1833, '^^
reply to one on behalf of the Society. The Society called upon him during his stay
at the Tremont House, that city, and these addresses resulted. In the course of his
remarks, Jackson said : " It is with great pleasure that I see so many of the country-
men of my father assembled on this occasion. I have always been proud of my
ancestry and of being descended from that noble race, and rejoice that I am so nearly
allied to a country which has so much to recommend it to the good wishes of the
world." The Charitable Irish Society which was founded in 1737 is still in exist-
ence. Jackson was a member of the Hibernian Society of Philadelphia, his member-
ship certificate bearing date of March 23, 1819.

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Patrick Caton was in Colonel Angell's Continental
regiment, already mentioned, as were also John Ragen
and Dennis Bagley, — all three of Providence. There
likewise served in Angell's command : John Tuley, Mi-
chael Stafford, Joseph Manning, Thomas Mitchell, and
James Patrick. The latter surname may have correctly
been Gilpatrick or Fitzpatrick. Richard Shield and John
Gibbon, soldiers of the Revolution, appear as enlisted
from Newport.

In March, 1777, the General Assembly ordered to be
paid the account of "John Kelly for the ferriage of sol-
diers." It amounted to £1^ 9s 4d. Michael Cary, *' a
private in the Rhode Island Continentals," is also men-
tioned in the records of the General Assembly. In Sep-
tember, 1779, the Assembly allowed a sum of money to
Jeremiah Cain, " a soldier, to enable him to defray his
expenses to Boston to join the corps of invalids at that
place."

In July, 1780, the case of Philip Driskill, '' enhsted by
Richmond and claimed by Westerly," came up in the
Assembly. He was finally credited to Richmond. Mat-
thew Hanley, *' late a soldier in the Continental army," was
under discussion about the same time on a question of
pension. He and Peter Burns are mentioned as invalids.

In the records of December, 1786, is found mention of
''John Hany, age fifty-nine, who served in the Rhode
Island regiment commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Olney."
Hany was wounded in the ankle and groin. The former
injury was received in May, 1780, and the latter in July,
1 78 1. Both his heels were frost-bitten in the Oswego
expedition. He is further described as suffering from
*' old age and bodily infirmity." Suitable provision was
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made for the worthy veteran. Other Rhode Islanders
mentioned as of the ''corps of invalids," at various times,
were : John O'Neal, Daniel Barrett, John Griffin, and
Edward Powers. In June, 1783, they were at Constitu-
tion Island.

The Rhode Island Continentals participated in some of
the leading battles of the Revolution. By act of congress
Jan. I, 1 78 1, the ist and 2d Continental regiments of the
state were consolidated. Col. Christopher Greene was
selected to command the organization. This led to the
retirement of Col. Israel Angell. Colonel Greene was
killed in May, 1781, and the command devolved upon
Lieutenant-Colonel Olney. The latter led the regiment to
the siege of Yorktown, 1781. A company from the regi-
ment was in the van in the assault on the British redoubts.
It was commanded by Capt. Stephen Olney. The regi-
ment at this time included many Irish from Providence,
Newport, and other parts of Rhode Island. The follow-
ing soldiers were among those comprised in the regiment
Feb. I, 1 78 1, or soon after: Dennis Hogan (sergeant),
John Butler (sergeant), Michael Kelly, Cornelius Driskle,
William Sullivan, Nicholas Hart, Matthew Hart, Michael
Doherty, Peter Burns, James Hayes, Thomas Mitchell,
Charles McAfferty, Michael Wright, John Kirby, Matthew
Henley (or Hanley), Christopher Moore, Anthony Grif-
fin, Daniel Collins, Peter Collins, William McCall, John
Haney, James Mitchell, Thomas Melony (also spelled
Maloney), Francis Cavan, Hugh McDonnold, and John
McDonnold.

''CAPTAIN OLNEY'S COMPANY FORM HERE!"

Capt. Stephen Olney's company of the regiment, as
has been stated, was placed in the van of one of the

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assaulting columns. It performed many deeds of valor,
and was the one whose commander, having leaped upon
the parapet of the redoubt, quickly called out : '' Captain
Olney's company form here ! " Charles McAfferty, of
the company, is mentioned ^ by Captain Olney as "an
Irishman," which was a fact. McAfferty was a native of
Londonderry, Ireland, and enlisted at Bristol, R. I., March
28, 1777, "for the war." In a regimental roll his age is
given as 29 years. In a return he is mentioned as " On
main guard, Morristown," March, 1780.

On sea as well as on land Irish Rhode Islanders dealt
vigorous blows for the cause of Liberty. John Murphy
of Rhode Island was a privateer commander during the
Revolution. He was captain of the Swallow. WilHam
Malone was captain of the Hai'binger. Francis Mulligan
owned the Chance. Oliver Read was master of the pri-
vateer General Rochambeau; Peter Day of \hQ Molly s
Adventure; Thomas Jackson of the Providence; Rich-
ard Whellon [Whelon, Whalen?] of the Broome. M.
Mackay is mentioned as owner of the privateer Grey-
hound during the Revolution. He is believed to have
been a resident, at one period, of Newport.

Among the patriots captured in privateers and impris-
oned in England were : Stephen Ready, John Welch,
Edward McGrath, William Kelly, John Murphy, and
Charles Buckley. They are all thought to have been of
Rhode Island.

A census of men in Rhode Island, able or unable to
bear arms, was taken in 1777, in accordance with an Act
of the General Assembly. This Act required that there
should be ascertained ( i ) The number of men from six-

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teen to fifty years of age able to bear arms. (2) The num-
ber from sixteen to fifty unable to bear arms. (3) The
number from fifty to sixty able to bear arms. (4) The
number from fifty to sixty not able to bear arms, and (5)
the number from sixty upwards.

A copy of the returns from this census may be con-
sulted at the state record commissioner's office, in the
capitol, at Providence. It contains, among many others,
the following names, the bearers of which are all described
as *' able " : Stephen Burk, James Boyd, Thomas Cain,
Stephen Cummins, Thomas Cummins, James Currey, John
Driskill, Richard Ford, William Ford, Joseph Hart, John
Heffernan, Stephen Heffernan, Michael Johnson, Stephen
Killey, John Larkin, Timothy Larkin, Peter Lee, James
Martin, Jeremiah M'Coy, Michael McDonold, James Mead,
David Moore, Daniel Ray, Joseph Ray, Ferrel Ryley, Fen-
ner Ryley, William Strange and John Welch.

IRISH SERVING UNDER ESEK HOPKINS.

Mr. Edward Field's work on Esek Hopkins, Com-
mander-in-chicf of the Continental Navy, ^775 to
1778, mentions a number of Irish names as borne, at that
period, by American sailors and marines. These were
not necessarily Rhode Islanders, though some of them
may have been. Among other names Mr. Field men-
tions Anthony Dwyer, Richard Sweeney, Patrick Kaine,
Thomas Doyle, John Connor, Andrew Magee, Thomas
Dowd, John Roatch, and George Kennedy. Of these
Dwyer, Sweeney, Dowd, Connor, Magee and Roatch
signed a '* round robin " petition to Hopkins, at one time,
asking for back pay. They were of the armed vessel
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also of the Cabot, In a conflict April 6, 1776, with the
British ship Glasgow, Doyle was wounded, and Kaine
and Kennedy were killed. The Cabot is mentioned at
one time as bringing into Newport, R. I., twenty-six guns
captured at the Bahamas.

Captain Melally commanded a privateer in the Revolu-
tion. A better known form of this Irish name would be
Mullally. The captain was with his ship in Newport
harbor soon after the evacuation by the British. While
riding at anchor there he noticed entering the harbor,
one evening, the British sloop Crawford. The latter's
commander supposed the place to be still held by the
British. General Cornell was in command of the port,
and had given orders that while no boat should be hailed
coming in from the sea, none should be allowed to go
out without a certificate or pass.

As soon as the British vessel had got safely inside,
Captain Melally manned one of his boats, sent her aboard
the stranger, and took possession of the astounded visitor.
Melally's claim to the vessel was disputed on the ground
that the British vessel was '' within the limits, jurisdiction,
and presidium of the state." It was also claimed that
Captain Melally's power to make captures could not
*' extend to any place, extra presidia of the guns, power
and jurisdiction of a state." J. M. Varnum accordingly
hbeled the Crazuford in behalf of the state and obtained
a decree, whereupon Captain Melally appealed to the
Congress from the decision.

Luke Burns, a cordwainer, was a resident of Provi-
dence. He died early in 1788. Jonathan Green, ** living
near the Mill-Bridge in Providence," was made adminis-
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the Revolution, we find mention of Lawrence Kelly, who
died in March, 1777; James Madden, April, 1777; Basil
Reily, January, 1779; and James Burke, July, 1779.
These men, if not active participants, at least witnessed
many stirring events of the Revolution.

COL. ISRAEL ANGELL ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

In the diary of Col. Israel Angell of the Second Rhode
Island regiment, in the Continental line, is found the fol-
lowing interesting entry under date of March 17, 1781 :
*' Good weather. A great parade this day with the Irish
it being St. Patrick's. I spent the day on the Point
[West Point] and tarried with the officers."

John Fitton, a native of the city of Waterford, Ireland,
was a resident of Providence during the Revolution. He
settled here about I750-'5I, and was a resident of the
town for about sixty years, dying in 18 10. He was a
merchant. The year of his birth was 1731. Faril Reily
was another Irish resident of Providence, a trader, and
accumulated considerable property. He died in 1779,
during the Revolution. The administrators of his estate
were Jane Reily, Theodore Foster and Terence Reily.

Patrick Mackey came from Philadelphia to Providence.
In 1768 he opened ''a skinner's shop near the Hayward
on the east side of the great bridge." George Taylor, an
Irishman, became a prominent resident of Providence.
He died in 1778, in the seventy-seventh year of his age.
The Providence Gazette states that '*he was an honor to
the country that gave him birth." Taylor taught school
in Providence for over forty years, was for a number of
years president of the town council, and held other offices
of trust and honor. He was a man of great public spirit,

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and witnessed leading events of the earlier part of the
Revolution.

A number of French officers of Irish birth or descent
came to Rhode Island, in 1780, with the forces landing at
Newport. Stone In his work on Our French Allies ,
referring to Newport, mentions Count Arthur Dillon who
was colonel of the Regiment of Dillon. Mention is also
made of Isidore de Lynch, then aide-de-camp to the
Chevalier de Chastellux. Referring to the return of the
French to Boston after the fall of Yorktown, Count Segur
speaks of *' Isidore de Lynch, an Intrepid Irishman, after-
wards a General." Lynch became commander of the
Irish-French regiment of Walsh, and was decorated with
the Cross of St. Louis. Colonel, the Count Dillon above-
mentioned, came of a famous Irish family. He was
accompanied to America by a kinsman, Lieut.-Col.
Barthelemy Dillon, who was born In Ireland, 1729,
and who married the widow of the Marquis de Mont-
lezun. Count Dillon later became a general of brigade
and marechal-de-camp. He fell a victim to the Terror,,
and perished by the guillotine in the Place de la Revolu-
tion, Paris. Theobald Dillon, another of the count's
kinsmen, entered the Regiment of Dillon ^ as a cadet in
1 76 1. He was a native of Ireland, saw service in Amer-
ica, was a member of the Cincinnati, and subsequently
became a brigadier-general In France. Matthew Dillon,
a kinsman, is also mentioned as serving In America.^

'^Archives de la Gugr7'e, Faris. Mercure Francais, 1792. Annuaire de la
Noblesse.

Observations historiques sur Vorigine les services et Vetat civil des officicrs Irlan-
dois au se7~vice de la France. Redigees par M. A. D. depute h V Assemblce Natio-
nale. (Pamphlet attributed to Count Arthur Dillon, and published about 1789.)

* For an historical account of the Regiment of Dillon see O'Callaghan's History
of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France.

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Another officer serving with our allies was Captain
Commandant O'Neil. He was of the fifth generation of
those who served the French king in the Regiment of
Dillon ^ '' since the passage of Irishmen into France."
O'Neil was in the expedition against Savannah, where he
was wounded in the breast.

Another Irishman who held a commission in the army
of France was Edward Stack. He came to America with
our allies and rendered valiant service. He was probably
the officer named Stack who arrived at Newport with
Rochambeau's forces, in 1780, and who is mentioned as
aide to Viscount de Viomesnil. Stack had quarters on
Spring street, in Newport, at the house of William Almy.

Captain James Shee, Captain Macdonnall, Captain
Mullens, Lieutenant Taaffe and Lieutenant O'Farrell also
served in Am.erica with the French. Shee was born in
Ireland, Feb. 15, 1735. Taaffe was likewise a native of

lAmong the commanders of the Regiment of Dillon, at different periods, may be
mentioned: Colonel, the Hon. Arthur Dillon, 1690; colonel, the Count Charles
Dillon, 1730; colonel, the Count Henry Dillon, 1741 ; colonel, the Chevalier James
Dillon, 1744; colonel, the Count Edward Dillon, 1745; colonel, the Count Arthur
Dillon, 1747; colonel, the Count Theobald Dillon, 1767. Each of the foregoing
was a "Colonel Proprietor."

Among other officers who are recorded as having been of the Regiment of Dillon
were: Denis O'Callaghan, captain, 1698; Laurence Bourke, captain, 1707; Charles
O'Neill, lieutenant, i72i-'26; Captain O'Connor, 1723; Edward Fitz Gerald, lieu-
tenant, 1730 (Marechal-de-Camp, 1762) ; Michael Sheridan, colonel, 1742 (became a
major-general of cavalry); Edward Reilly, captain, 1745; John McDonough, lieu-
tenant, 1745 ; Captain Magennis, 1745 j Bernard Magennis, lieutenant, 1757 ; James
P, O'Flannagan, lieutenant-colonel, 1766 (a chevalier of St. Louis) ; Joseph L.
O'Hurley, captain, i756-'8o (a chevalier of St. Louis); Patrick O'Kelly, captain,
i774-'79 (a chevalier of St. Louis); Daniel O'Carroll, captain, i775-'79 (a chevalier
of St. Louis) ; Le Baron Bernard O'Neill, captain, 1777 (a chevalier of St. Louis) ;
Lieutenant-Colonel O'Mahoney, 1778 (a chevalier of St. Louis) ; Daniel O'Sullivan,
captain, 1778; Denis O'Sullivan, captain, 1778; P. F, McGuire, captain, i779-'83
(a chevalier of St. Louis); Michael McDermott, captain, 1779 (a chevaUer of St.
Louis). Some of the latter of these officers may have been in Rhode Island with our
French allies.

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Ireland, and was born in 1757. He was killed at
Savannah, 1779. O'Farrell, of the Regiment of Dillon,
was wounded in the assault on Savannah. Mullens, of
the Irish-French Regiment of Berwick, saw much service
in America, and was at one time a '' Captain des Guides."
Stone, in Our French Allies, mentions an officer named
Mullins, who was at Newport with Rochambeau's forces
in 1780. He had quarters there, at the house of Mrs.
Mumford, and the fact that he is described as a '' Captain
des Guides " leads to the conviction that he and the Cap-
tain Mullens here mentioned were identical. Macdonnall,
of the Regiment of Dillon, took part in the movement
against Savannah. At one time during the operations he
had command of a picket of sixty volunteers,

TWO OTHER NOTED IRISH-FRENCH SOLDIERS.

Two other noted soldiers who served in America under
Rochambeau were Charles Geoghegan^ and James O'Moran.
The former was an Irishman, a native of the County West-
meath. He received the decoration of the Cincinnati
from the hands of Washington, returned to France and
was made a general.^ O'Moran was also an Irishman,

^ Pronounced Gay-gen.

^ Many thousands of men of Irish blood have served in the armies of France. In
1690, France having forwarded seven battalions to James II, in Ireland, the latter
sent a number of Irish regiments, including Dillon's, O'Brien's and Mountcashel's,
to the French King. Eventually each of these regiments comprised i,6oo men, di-
vided into 16 companies. Finer corps were never seen in Europe, This was the
first Irish brigade in the service of France and was commanded by Mountcashel
(Justin MacCarthy). After the fall of Limerick, in 1691, nearly 20,000 Irish troops
enlisted in the French service. In 1695 there were in France about a dozen Irish
regiments, including some of the finest cavalry in the service. For more than a cen-
tury the Irish brigades reflected glory upon the shamrock and the lilies. Many of
the Irish commanders attained eminent rank in the French service. High orders were
conferred upon them. Thus, Count Patrick Darcy became a Knight of St. Louis
and of St. Lazarus ; Count Arthur Lally became a Knight Grand Cross of St. Louis ;

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born in 1739, and attained eminence in France. He, like-
wise, was enrolled in the Cincinnati. At the close of the
war in America he returned to France and became a
major-general. He was brought before the revolutionary
tribunal in France and perished, like Dillon, at the hands
of the Terror. Whether Geoghegan and O'Moran were
ever in Rhode Island the writer cannot say. If not at
Newport, it is possible they may have accompanied the
French army on its return through Rhode Island from
Yorktown.

M. de McCarty was another Irish-French officer at
Newport, R. I. He was attached to the battleship Le Con-
quermit^ and is recorded as an '' Ensigne de Vaisseau."
Some of the chaplains who accompanied the French forces
to America were also Irish, selected because of their abil-
ity to speak the language of the country. The names of
two of these — Lacy^ and Whelan^ — have come down to
us. Whether they were at Newport is not known, though
it is by no means improbable.

Maurice MacMahon, a Knight of Malta ; Jacques Francois Edouard Sarsfield (de-
scendant of Patrick Sarsfield), a Knight of the Golden Fleece; Charles O'Brien, a
marshal of France. One soldier of Irish descent — MacMahon — became, even in our
own day, president of France.

1 Stone's Our French Allies.

'Journal of Claude Blanchard.

^ The Rev. Charles Whelan was an Irish Franciscan. At the close of the Revo-
lution he ministered to a congregation in New York city, and subsequently labored on,
the Kentucky mission. He died in Maryland in 1809.

MEN FROM MASSACHUSETTS SERVING IN
RHODE ISLAND.

IV /TANY soldiers of Irish extraction came to Rhode
-*-^-*- Island from Massachusetts, and saw service here,
at various periods during the Revolution. The rolls in
the Bay state archives^ bear evidence of this fact.

In some instances these men are spoken of as respond-
ing to " an alarm " from Rhode Island, as assembling for
''a secret expedition" to the state or as being stationed here
as a portion of the patriot army under General Sullivan
and other commanders.

Rolls signed by State or Continental '* Muster Masters "
are still in existence and may be consulted relative to this
subject. Pay abstracts '* sworn to in quarters at Prov-
idence " or elsewhere are also found as well as muster
rolls '' dated Providence " and at other places. In fact, the
Massachusetts records contain a great deal of valuable
data in this respect.

Reference has already been made to Hon. James SuUi-
van, a brother of Gen. John SuUivan, who participated
with the latter in the battle of Rhode Island, August 29,
1778. James was then a judge of the superior court
of Massachusetts, and subsequently became governor of
that state. Brown University conferred upon him the
degree LL. D.

1 See Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. A Compila-
tion from the Archives^ Prepared and Published by the Secretary of the Common-
wealth. (Boston.)

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Lieut. Patrick Phelon was of Col. David Henley's Mas-
sachusetts regiment, and is mentioned in a return dated
Providence, September ii, 1778. He was transferred to
Jackson's Massachusetts regiment in April, 1779, and early
in 1 78 1 was transferred to the Ninth Massachusetts, serv-
ing in 1783 in the Third Massachusetts. He was a captain
in the Second U. S. Infantry, I79i,and was killed Novem-
ber 4 that year in an engagement with Indians at St. Clair's
defeat near Fort Recovery, Ohio.

Ensign Edward Phelon, of Henley's regiment, was in camp
at Pawtuxet, R. I., October 10, 1778. He subsequently
served in Jackson's regiment and in other Massachusetts
commands. He is mentioned as a lieutenant, October 14,
1 78 1, and as captain September 30, 1783. He died Jan-
uary 7, 1 8 10.

Lieut. John Phelan, another Massachusetts officer, was
at Providence in 1778 and 1779. His name is also spelled
Phelon. He participated in the battle of Rhode Island
and was wounded in that engagement. He served to
November 3, 1783, and died in September, 1827.

Timothy Sullivan, of Captain Cushing's company, Col.
Joseph Vose's regiment, was stationed at Providence in
1779.

John O'Brian, a Massachusetts soldier, was in an " expe-
dition to Rhode Island," in 1778.

Sergt. James O'Bryant (probably O'Brien or O'Bryan),
was of Capt. Ezra Lunt's company, Henley's regiment.
His name appears in a return sworn to at Providence,
September, 1778.

Thomas Obryan, of Capt. Abraham Hunt's company,
Vose's regiment, was stationed at Providence in 1779.

Ralph O'Daniels, of Capt. Ephraim Lyon's company,

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Colonel Wade's regiment, is credited with service " at
Rhode Island" in 1778.

Lieut. John Gilpatrick was of Capt. Joseph Fray's com-
pany, Wade's regiment, stationed in the state of Rhode
Island, 1778.

Lieut. John Gillpatrick, Jr., was a Massachusetts soldier
located with his company at East Greenwich, R. I. He
was a grandson of Thomas and Margaret Gillpatrick, who
came from Ireland in 1720, and settled in what is now
Kennebunk, Me.

Richard Shean was of Captain Fray's company, in
Colonel Wade's regiment, and was serving in Rhode
Island during the latter half of 1778.

John Welch was also of Wade's regiment, serving in
the same company as Richard Shean, just mentioned.

Eben, or Ebenezer, Sullivan, brother of Gen. John Sul-
livan, took part in the battle of Rhode Island and acquired
an honorable record as an officer during the war. He
had been educated for the bar, but early enlisted in the
military service of his country. He was a captain in
Scammon's Massachusetts regiment, May to December,

1775, and was, later, a captain in the Fifteenth Conti-
nental infantry. Taken prisoner at the Cedars, May 20,

1776, he was exchanged in 1778.
The following is a list of

SOME MASSACHUSETTS MEN SERVING IN RHODE
ISLAND.

Barr, Hugh Blake, James

Barrett, James Blake, Jeremiah

Barrey, John Blake, John

Bennett, Jeremiah Brown, Patrick

Bennett, Joseph Boyle, John

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Burk, Anthony
Burk, John
Burk, Richard
Burk, William
Burns, William
Cane, John
Gary, Daniel
Casady, William
Casey, Edward
Casey, John
Cassady, Michael
Cochran, John
Conery, Peter
Conner, John
Connolly, William
Connor, Joseph
Conway, William
Cook, Matthew
Cowen, Patrick
Crowley, Abraham
Curry, Henry
Daily, David
Daily, Lewis
Daley, Daniel
Daley, Nathaniel
Daley, Peter
Donnagan, Cornelius
Dowd, Isaac
Driskill, Joseph
Dunn, John
Dunn, Thomas
Fay, Thomas
Fitz Gerald, Michael
Fitzgerrl, James
Flood, Stephen
Ford, Benjamin
Ford, Mark
Ford, Robert

Gilligan, Matthew
Gilligan, Thomas
Gilpatrick, John
Gillpatrick, John, Jr.
Gillpatrick, Nathaniel
Ginness, Benjamin
Gleason, Daniel
Gleason, John
Gleason, Joseph
Jordan, John
Jordan, Martin
Keef, William
Keley, David
Keley, Hugh
Kelley, John
Kelley, Morris
Kelley, Robert
Kelley, Stephen
Kelly, David
Kelly, Timothy
Kelly, William
Kenedy, John,
Keney, Samuel
Kennedy, John
Kennedy, William
Kennelly, Alex
Kenney, Daniel
Kenney, John
Kenney, Stephen
Kenney, Timothy
Kenney, William
Kenny, John
Kenny, Thomas
Knox, Henry
Lane, Daniel
Larkin, Edmund
Linihan, William
Long, Matthew

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Lyon, Michael
Madden, Michael
Mahan, John
Mallon, James
McBride, William
McCarty, Dennis
McCormick, James
McCoy, Barnabus
McCoy, Peter
McCurtin, William
McDermit, Patrick
McElroy, Robert
McGIaughlin, Owen
McLarey, James
McLouth, Lawrence, Jr.
McLouth, Lewis
McLouth, Peter
McLouth, Solomon
McMickel, James

McMulIen, John
McMullen, William
McNeal, Francis
McNeal, John
Melony, John
Moore, Timothy
Obryan, Thomas
O^Brian, John
O'Bryant, James
O'Daniels, Ralph
Phelan, John
Phelon, Edward
Phelon, Patrick
Shean, Richard
Sullivan, Ebenezer
Sullivan, James
Sulhvan, Timothy
Sullivan, William
Welch, John

WAS IN ''GARRISON AT PAWTUXET."

Patrick Brown, of the foregoing list of Massachusetts
men, is mentioned as of Weymouth, Mass. He saw
much service at different points during the war. He was
in Col. Henry Jackson's regiment. At one time (April,
1779) his name appears in a muster roll dated "Garri-
son at Pawtuxet." His name also appears in a return
dated Providence, July 8, 1779, and in a return from the
''Camp at Providence," Dec. 31, 1779.

Anthony Burk was at one time of a company raised
" for a secret expedition to Rhode Island," the company's
service at that time being given as thirty-seven days. He
also served during the war in other commands. His occu-
pation is given as "husbandman," and his nationality,
" Irish."

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John Burk, of Brookfield, Mass., was a Continental sol-
dier. He is mentioned in a pay abstract for November,
1778, ''sworn to in quarters at Providence." He was of
Colonel Sheppard's regiment, and his name also appears
in a muster roll for March and April, 1779, '' dated Provi-
dence."

Edward Casey was of Col. Ebenezer Thayer's regiment
(Suffolk county, Mass.). He served three months and
eight days ''at Rhode Island." He enlisted July 26, 1780.

John Casey enlisted Aug. 13, 1779. He was of Capt.
Edward Hammond's company. His period of service
"at Rhode Island " is given as one month and seven days.

Michael Cassady, of Boston, served in Col. Joseph
Vose's Continental regiment. He was at Valley Forge
and, later, at Providence. His name appears in a muster
roll for November, 1778, "dated Providence"; also in
an "order for gratuity," dated Providence, Feb. 13, 1779,
and in a muster roll for March and April, 1779, "dated
Providence."

John Conner served in Col. John Fellows' regiment and
likewise in that of Col. William Sheppard. He was in
Providence in 1778 and 1779, and perhaps at other
periods. He was of the Continental line.

Joseph Connor was a private, and served in Rhode
Island under Major William Rogers. At various periods
during the war he was of Capt. Jonathan Poor's company,
and also of that of Capt. Benjamin Pike.

WiUiam Connolly, of Boston, served in Col. Henry
Jackson's regiment, and is mentioned as of Lieutenant
Bayley's company of grenadiers in that command. His
name appears in various returns in 1778 and 1779, dated
" Camp at Providence," and Pawtuxet.

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Patrick Cowen, of Dedham, Mass., served in Col. Ben-
jamin Hawes' regiment. In 1777 his company partici-
pated in a '' secret expedition to Rhode Island," He also
served in Col. Samuel Pierce's regiment. In 1779 Cowen
was on duty at Tiverton, R. I. He was likewise, during
the war, of Col. Nathan Tyler's regiment, and is also men-
tioned as of Major Nathaniel Heath's *' detachment of
guards."

Martin Jordan, of this Massachusetts list, was a native
of Cork, Ireland. He became a resident of West Spring-
field, Mass., and served in Col. Joseph Vose's regiment.
His name appears on muster rolls " sworn to at Provi-
dence," i778-'79.

Timothy Kenney was detached from Colonel Gill's
regiment for service under Capt. John Armstrong on an
expedition to Rhode Island.

Thomas Kenny was a drummer; served in Col. Calvin
Smith's regiment; was at Valley Forge. He is mentioned
in a pay-roll, 1778, ''sworn to at Providence," and in a
muster roll, March and April, 1779, ''dated Providence."

Stephen Kenney responded to " an alarm at Rhode
Island." He was of Capt. Jonathan Woodbury's com-
pany, in Col. Jacob Davis' regiment, 1780.

Daniel Kenney's name appears in a list, dated Boston,
Feb. II, 1779, detached from Col. Jacob Hatch's (Boston)
regiment by Brig. -Gen. Lovell to serve at Providence.

Cornelius Donnagan, a matross in Col. John Crane's
artillery regiment. The name appears in muster rolls,
1779, dated Providence and Tiverton. He enhsted March
24, 1778, for three years.

Joseph Driskill, a lieutenant in Col. John Crane's artil-
lery regiment ; also in Stevens' corps of artillery. Lieu-
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tenant DrisklU is mentioned in a '' return for gratuity
dated Greenwich, Nov. lo, 1779."

Thomas Gilligan, of Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment;
his name appears in a muster roll dated Providence, March
and April, 1779. He was of Western (Warren), Mass.,
and enlisted March 6, 1777, for three years.

Micah [Michael?] Fitz Gerald, a private in Captain
Howard's company. Roll dated Bridgewater, Mass. The
company " marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of
July 30, 1780." The Massachusetts rolls also mention
Michael Fittsgereld, Michael Fitz Jerrell, Michael Fitz-
jerld, Michael Fitzgerold and Michael Fitzjerrill. These
names may have referred to the same individual.

Matthew Gilligin, credited to the town of Western
(Warren), Mass.; served in Col. Calvin Smith's regiment
( 'Mate Wigglesworth's ") ; Gilligin's name appears in a
muster roll, July, 1778, "dated Camp Greenwich," and in
one for March and April, 1779, dated Providence.

NP:W HAMPSHIRE MEN IN RHODE ISLAND.

THE most prominent New Hampshire man who ren-
dered service in Rhode Island during the Revolution
was, of course, Gen. John Sullivan. He was commissioned
a brigadier-general by the Congress, took part in the siege
of Boston and by his own exertions raised 2,000 New
Hampshire men, who also participated in the siege.

The British evacuated Boston on St. Patrick's Day,
March 17, 1776. Soon after this event, Sullivan, with his
brigade, was ordered to Rhode Island to repel a threat-
ened attack by the enemy. Sullivan and Greene, the lat-
ter a native of Warwick, R. I., were commissioned major-
generals on the same day, became close friends and were
associated on many important occasions.

On the recommendation of Greene and Washington,
General Sullivan was appointed by the Congress to suc-
ceed General Spencer as commander of the Rhode Island
department. Under date of Providence, March 30, 1778,
Gov. Nicholas Cooke of Rhode Island thus wrote to Sul-
livan :

*'SlR: — I am favored with yours of the 26th informing
me of your appointment to the command of the troops in
this state. I have the pleasure of informing you that the
appointment is highly satisfactory to us, and we hope will
prove equally beneficial to the pubhc and glorious to
you."

In May, 1778, the General Assembly of Rhode Island
" Resolved^ That it be recommended to the Hon. Major-

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General Sullivan, to take up all persons who are suspected
or known to be unfriendly to the state, or to the United
States in general, that he shall think proper, and proceed
against them according to the known practice in such
cases in the army under the immediate command of His
Excellency General Washington."

Many officers and men from New Hampshire, of Irish
blood, served in Rhode Island at different periods. In
the roll of Lieut.-Col. Joseph Senter's force, of the Gran-
ite state, which was ** marched to Rhode Island " in 1777,
we find such names as Samuel Haley, William Kelley,
Arthur Molloy, Humphrey Flood, John Gowen, James
Neal, Eliphalet O'Conner and a number of others that
might be cited.

Under date of Warwick, R. I., Nov. 18, 1777, Colonel
Senter wrote to the New Hampshire authorities, stating
that he arrived at Providence, R. I., Sept. 12, that year,
and waited upon General Spencer, who gave him an order
Sept. 14 to march to Warwick and serve under Cornell.
The latter at once put Senter's force at work building a
fort and guarding the shore. On Sept. 21 Cornell in-
formed Senter that an expedition was planned against the
enemy at Newport. He then ordered Senter to take com-
mand of the post and to collect all the boats on the shore
from East Greenwich to Pawtuxet and put them in repair.
Senter was also ordered to supply the militia, as soon as
the latter came in, with cartridges and flints and to send
the militia across the Providence river at night, that the
movement might not be discovered by the enemy. On
Oct. 8, 1777, Senter with his men crossed the river to
Warren, R. I. Oct. 10 he marched to Swanzey; Oct. 12,
to Tiverton ; Oct. 14, to Little Compton. The expedi-

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tion, however, was a failure, owing to its premature dis-
covery by the British.

Gen. John Stark was another distinguished soldier who
served in Rhode Island. His father was a native of Scot-
land, who went over to Ireland, where he married Eleanor
Nichols, a native of the Irish province of Ulster, and sub-
sequently came to America. John, the future general,
was born in the Irish settlement of Londonderry ,i N. H.,
Aug. 28, 1728. Mackenzie, a biographer of General
Stark, in speaking^ of the latter's victory at Bennington,
calls special attention to the fact that the general was the
*' son of an Irish mother."

GENERAL SULLIVAN WRITES TO THE CONGRESS.

On May 3, 1778, General Sullivan, then in command
of the Rhode Island department, wrote to the Congress,
saying: "As the number of troops destined for this
department will be so incompetent to defend it against a
sudden attack, I think that the two State galleys, if prop-
erly fitted, would be of great advantage. ... I also
beg Congress to order Gen. Stark, who has returned to
New Hampshire from Albany, to me at this place, as I
shall need two brigadiers when the troops arrive ; and the
more so, as the extent of country to guard will be so
great."

General Stark was accordingly ordered to Rhode Island,
and late in 1778 reached Providence. He was cordially

1 Rev. James MacSparran, an Irish Protestant clergyman of Rhode Island, writ-
ing in 1752 and referring to New Hampshire says , " In this province lies that tov*rn
called London-Derry, all Irish, and famed for industry and riches."

2 William L. Mackenzie's The Sons of the Emerald Isle or Lives of One Thou-
sand Remarkable Irishmen ; including Memoirs of Noted Characters of Irish Par-
entage or Descent. (New York city, 1844.)

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welcomed and was soon assigned to take post at East Green-
wich on the west shore of Narragansett Bay. Here he
became very popular with the miHtia, who admired his
soldierly and democratic qualities. Upon the close of
his duties at that point, he went back to New Hamp-
shire to raise recruits and needed supplies.

He came to Rhode Island again in the spring of 1779,
and was ordered to watch the coast from Providence to
Point Judith on the west side of the bay, and from Provi-
dence to Mount Hope on the east side. He was almost
constantly in the saddle and seldom rested more than one
night in the same place. Upon the evacuation of New-
port by the British, General Stark marched in and took
possession.

A New Hampshire brigade, under Gen. William Whip-
ple, came to Rhode Island in 1778. Among the officers
accompanying it were : Col. Moses Kelly, Capt. James
Gilmore, Capt. Daniel Moore, Lieut. Robert McMurphy,
Lieut. James Garven, Lieut. James Hackett and others
bearing Irish names. Colonel Kelly commanded a regi-
ment in the brigade. He belonged in Goffstown, N. H.,
and owned mills there at the locality now called ''Kelly's
Falls." Lieut. James Hackett, just mentioned, was a ship-
builder at Portsmouth, N. H. He was second in command
of a company of Light Horse that volunteered for this ex-
pedition to Rhode Island, John Langdon being captain of
the company. The latter numbered forty-six men, rank
and file.

COLONEL MOONEY'S NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.

Early in 1779 a New Hampshire regiment, commanded
by Col. Hercules Mooney, was ordered to Rhode Island.

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Colonel Mooney was of Lee, N. H. He was a member of
the Committee of Safety, 1 778-1 779, and in 1782 was a
member of the New Hampshire legislature. Among the
officers of his regiment when the latter was ordered to
Rhode Island were : Major Daniel Reynolds, Quarter-
master Timothy Gleason and Lieut. Samuel Kelly.

Capt. William Scott, another New Hampshire officer of
Irish descent, served under General Sullivan in Rhode
Island and remained with the army until 1 78 1, when he
entered the naval service.

Among those who served in Rhode Island as members
of Col. Moses Nichols' New Hampshire regiment were :
Thomas Curry, John Moore, James Johnson, John McClure,
Moses Welch, Thomas Cowen, Daniel Kenney, Daniel
Downing, Joseph Johnson and Thomas Moore.

In Col. Enoch Hale's New Hampshire regiment serving
in Rhode Island, there were among others : John Mellen,
Charles McCoy, John McBride, and William McCoy.

In Colonel Kelly's New Hampshire regiment, during its
service in Rhode Island, were: Thomas Mitchell, John
Cochran, Philip Johnson, John Burns, William Moore,
John McClary, William Burns and John McMillan.

Lieut. -Col. Stephen Peabody's regiment, raised by the
state of New Hampshire ** for the Continental service at
Rhode Island," 1778, included Joseph Tate, Daniel Lary,
Paul Blake, James Lane, and William Kelly. Of these,
Lary, Blake and Kelly were in Capt. Samuel Dearborn's
company of the regiment.

Among other New Hampshire soldiers who served in
Rhode Island, mention is found of John McCarty, Joseph
Welch, William Boyd, Nathaniel Kelley, Neal McGee and
Jeremiah Neal.

CONNECTICUT MEN IN RHODE ISLAND.

THE Connecticut troops serving in Rhode Island also
included, like those from Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, many who were of Irish birth or extraction.

Col. Samuel Chapman's regiment from Connecticut took
part in the battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778, serv-
ing in the brigade of Gen. John Tyler. In the rolls of
Chapman's regiment appear such names as Richard Butler,
Denis Fling, Daniel Miles, James Morrison, Timothy Buck-
ley and others indicative of Hibernian origin. Butler,
Fling and Miles were of Captain Pomeroy's company of
the regiment, while Morrison and Buckley were of Captain
Olcott's company.

Col. Obadiah Johnson's Connecticut regiment was sta-
tioned in Providence, R. I., early in 1778, and had in its
ranks a number of men bearing Irish names. Among
these were : Michael Flynn, Stephen Brady, Matthew
Reed, David Kenedy, James Keeney, William Carey,
Thomas Raney, James McClure, Thomas Day and others.

Thomas Melona [Maloney], a Connecticut soldier, was
killed in the battle of Rhode Island. This name appears
in the rolls of Col. Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut regi-
ment. The latter command wintered in Rhode Island in
1778-79, and remained in the state until the fall of 1779,
when it marched to winter quarters at Morristown, N. J.
The regiment was raised for the Continental line.

John Riley, of Wethersfield, Conn., was a captain in the
regiment; Stephen Buckley was a sergeant, and among
others in the command were : Thomas Quigley, Benjamin
Mack, Peter Butler, Thomas Doyle, Timothy Fay, Daniel
Gilmore, George O'Bryan and Timothy Higgins.

SOME INTERESTING GENERAL MENTION.

IN December, 1777, the General Assembly of Rhode
Island appointed John Reynolds agent for the cloth-
ing department '* agreeably to the request of James Mease,
Esq., Clothier-General of the Continental Army." Mease
was an Irishman, a native of Strabane, and became promi-
nent as a merchant in Philadelphia. In June, 1780, he
subscribed ^^5,000 in aid of the patriot cause.

John Jenckes and Welcome Arnold, a committee, reported
to the Rhode Island General Assembly in May, 1780, that
among other goods in the stores of the state were '' thirty
yards and one quarter of Irish linen." The Rhode Island
records of that period mention a number of interesting
facts relative to people of Irish birth or descent.

In 1777, Thomas Burke was a member of the Marine
Committee of Congress which sent a communication to
Rhode Island's Council of War urging promptness in
getting to sea the frigates of the state.

Daniel Carroll of Maryland, cousin to Charles Carroll of
CarroUton, was appointed president of the Congress in
November, 1781, during the illness of the regular presiding
ofhcer. On that and other occasions he had more or less
official relations with Rhode Island. In i782-'83, Rhode
Island refused to vest congress with power to levy an
impost tax of five per cent. Daniel Carroll was on a com-
mittee to consider Rhode Island's claim in this respect.

The distinguished naval officer, John Barry, was in
Rhode Island at various times during the Revolution.
Barry was a native of County Wexford, Ireland, his boy-
hood's home standing close by the sea. In 1775, the Con-
gress gave him command of the Lexington. In 1778, he

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received the rank of commodore. He defeated the British
in various engagements, and received the thanks of Wash-
ington and of the Congress. In July, 1783, he is noted as
departing from Providence on his frigate the Alliance^ for
Virginia, from whence he proceeded to Europe.

Blair McClenachan, another patriot of Irish birth, sub-
scribed ^10,000 in aid of the Revolution. He was a
leading merchant in Philadelphia, a member of the Hi-
bernia Fire company, of that city, and of the Hibernian
Society. In a discussion with David Howell of Rhode
Island, who was a member of the Continental Congress,
1782 to 1785, McClenachan warmly praised Rhode
Island's course in the impost matter. (See Staples'
Rhode Island in the Continental Congress?) McClena-
chan became a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, and
of the National House of Representatives. He died in
1812.

Nathaniel Greene, John Sullivan and Henry Knox, the
two latter of Irish parentage, were intimate associates in
the camp at Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Greene, Mrs. Knox
and the wives of other officers brightened the camp by
their presence. There were many enjoyable social events.
A note written at the time reads : *' General Greene and
lady present their compliments to Colonel Knox and his
lady, and should be glad of their company to-morrow at
two o'clock."

On one occasion, while General Sullivan was in com-
mand of the Rhode Island department. General Greene
wrote him as follows : *' By a letter this moment received
from Major Cortland, I find I am not to have the pleasure
of your company to dine with us to-day. Should be glad
to know when you can make it convenient."

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Gen. Anthony Wayne, whose father was a native of
Ireland, was a great friend of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, and
was by the latter's bedside when General Greene died in
June, 1786. After Greene had passed away, Wayne
wrote : *' My dear friend. General Greene, is no more.
He was great as a soldier, greater as a citizen, immaculate
as a friend. Pardon this scrawl; my feelings are too much
affected because I have seen a great and good man die."
General Wayne was a member of the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick, Philadelphia, Pa., and of the Hibernian Society of
that city.

AN INDEX OF PLACES.

Albany, N. Y., 69.

American Colonies, 5, 6.

Antrim, Ire., 31.

Armagh, Ire., 34.

Bahamas, 53.

Barbadoes, 5.

Barrington, R. I., 13, 31, 39, 40.

♦* Bay," The, 4, 5.

Belfast, Ire., 33.

Bennington, Vt., 69.

Berwick, Me., 10.

Boston, Mass., 4, 9, 48, 49, 55,

59, 64, 65, 67.
Brefney, Ire., 37.
Bristol, R. I., 28, 34, 43, 51.
Bridgewater, Mass., 66.
Brookfield, Mass., 63.
Brookline, Mass., 6.
Cambridge, Mass., 21, 74.
Canada, 20, 29, 36.
Carlow, Ire., 33.
CarroUton, Md., 73.
Cavan, Ire., 37.
Ceara, Ire., 37.
Centreville, R. I., 24.
Connacht, Ire., 6.
Connecticut, 5, 6, 7, 72.
Constitution Island, 42, 50.
Cork, Ire., 5, 19, 34, 65.
Coventry, R. I., 33, 40-
Cumberland, R. I., 47.
Dedham, Mass., 64.
Donegal, Ire., 20, 35.
Drogheda, Ire., 33.
Dublin, Ire., 28, 33, 34.
Dunluce, Ire., 37.
Dunmanway, Ire., 37.

Dunmore, Ire., 37.

East Greenwich, R. I., 31, 61,

65, 66, 68, 70.
England, 5, 7, 51.
Exeter, R. I., 38.
Fort Island, 10, 43.
Fort Mercer, 23.
Fort Recovery, O., 60.
Fort Washington, 40.
Foster, R. I., 18.
France, 33, 55, 56. 57, 58.
Freetown, Mass., 23.
Galway, N. Y., 32.
GofFstown, N. H., 70.
Harlem Heights, 43.
Holland, 4.

Hopkinton, R. I., 44, 48.
Ireland, 6, 17, 19, 20, 21, 28,

31. 32, 33> 34. 35. 37, 41,

42, 43, 44, 55» 56, 57, 61,

69, 73-
Jamaica, 5.
Kennebunk, Me., 6r.
Kent County, R. I., 27.
Kentucky, 58.
Kildare, Ire., 33.
Kilkenny, Ire., 28, 29, 33.
Kinsale, Ire., 5, 34.
Lee, N. H., 71.
Leinster, Ire., 6.
Leitrim, Ire., 37.
Lexington, Mass., 31.
Limerick, Ire., 28, 29, 33, 34, 57.
Little Compton, R. I., 68.
Londonderry, Ire., 20, 51.
Londonderry, N. H., 20, 69.
Maryland, 4, 58, 73.

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Massachusetts, 4» 37» 59, 60, 61,

65, 72.
Mayo, Ire., 37.
Meath, Ire., 33, 37.
Morristown, N. J., 72.
Mountmellick, Ire., 33.
Muddy River, Mass., 6.
Munster, Ire., 6.
Narragansett Bay, 70.
New England, 5, 6, 22.

New Hampshire, 46, 67, 68, 69,
70, 71, 72.

New Orleans, La., 24.

Newport County, R. I., 28.

Newport, R. I., 7, 8, 10, 11, .20,
21, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 39,
42, 47, 48, 49- 50' 5I' 53»
55. 56, S7, 58, 68, 70.

New York, 5, 58.

North Kingstown, R. I , 35, 45.

Norwalk, Conn., 6.

Norwich, Conn., 10, 11.

"O'Larkin's Country," The, 48.

Orleans, Isle of, 21.

Oswego, N. Y., 49.

Pans, France, 55.

Pawtucket, R. I., 31.

Rawtuxet, R. I., 60, 63, 64, 68.

Pennsylvania, 6, 74.

Phenix, R. I., 24.

Philadelphia, Pa., 9, 10, 48, 54,

7?>, 74, 75-

Plymouth Colony, 4.

Plymouth, Mass., 4.

Point Judith, R. I., 70.

Portsmouth, N. H., 70.

Providence, R. I , 7, 8, 9, 10,
II, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27,
29» 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38.
41, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52,
53, 54, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65,

66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74.

Quebec, Can., 20, 21, 36.

Queen's County, Ire., 33.

Raphoe, Ire., 20.

Red Bank, 23.

Richmond, R. I., 40, 49.

Riverpoint, R. I., 22.

San Francisco, Cal., 47.

Saratoga County, N. Y., 32.

Savannah, Ga., 56, 57.

Scituate, R. I., 19.

Scotia Major, 37.

Scotia Minor, 37.

Scotland, 37, 69.

" Seacunnet," R. I., 33.

Sligo, Ire., 37.

Strabane, Ire., 73.

Swanzey, Mass., 68.

Thomastown, Ire., 29.

Ticonderoga, 47.

Tiverton, R. 1., 23, 27, 42, 65,

68.
Ulster, Ire., 6, 69.
Valley Forge, Pa., 65.
Virginia, 4, 5, 6, 74.
Warren, Mass., 66.
Warren, R. I., 13, 31, 32, 33,

39, 40, 42, 68.
Warrenstown, Ire., 33.
Warwick, R. I., 24, 25, 31, 67^

68.
Waterford, Ire., 5, 28, 29, 33, 54.
Westchester County, N. Y., 23.
West Indies, 4, 5, 6.
Westmeath, Ire., 57.
West Point, N. Y., 46, 54.
West Springfield, Mass., 65.
Westerly, R. I., 20, 49.
Wethersfield, Conn., 72.
Wexford, Ire., 5, 73.
Weymouth, Mass., 62,.
Youghal, Ire., 5.
Yorktown, 50, 55, 58.

AN INDEX OF NAMES.

Aborn, 24.

Alexander, 43.

Allen, 47.

AUin, 20, 31.

Almy, 56.

Amory, 10, 11.

Angell, 23, 27, 35, 41, 43, 44,

45. 47, 49, 50, 54-
Armstrong, 65.
Arnold, 7, 20, 21, 22, 29, 73.

Bagley, 13, 49.

Baker, 13, 32.

Barns, 13, ^^.

Barr, 13, 45, 61.

Barrett, 8, 13, 50, 61.

Barritt, 13, 20.

Barrey, 61.

Barry, 10, 13,45, 7^.

Bayley, 64.

Beamish, 3.

Bennett, 13, 26, 30, 43, 61.

Berkeley, 29.

Bicknell, 13.

Bishop, 13, 17, 28.

Black, 9, 13, 44.

Blake, 18, 61, 71.

Blanchard, 58.

Boone, 38.

Bourk, 8.

Bourke, 56.

Bowen, 18.

Boyd, 13.31, 52, 71.

Boyle, 61 .

Bradford, 4.

Brady, 72.

Brendan, 3.

Brown, 41, 61, 63.

Bruodin, 5.

Bryan, 13, 42.

Buckley, 13, 51, 72.

Burk, 13, 28, 29, 38, 52, 62,63.

Burke, 13, 30, 39, 54, 73.

Burn, 13, 22.

Burns, 13, 22, 35, 43, 49, 5°,

53, 61, 62.
Butler, 10, 13, 47, 50, 72.
Byrn, 8.
Byrne, 22.

Cain, 13, 49, 52.

Cane, 13, 62.

Capron, 13, 44.

Carey, 13, 27, 41, 72.

Carr, 18, 27, 39.

Carrell, 13, 20.

Carroll, 8, 13, 27, y^-

Carthy, 45.

Carty, 7.

Cary, 7, 13, 14, 40, 49, 62.

Casady, 62.

Casey, 6, 7, 14, 17, 31, 44, 47,

62, 64.
Cassady, 64.
Casside, 7.
Cassidy, 7.
Caton, 14, 49.
Cavan, 14, 50.
Cavenaugh, 8.
Chapman, 72.
Church, 28, 44.
Chastellux, 11.
Clark, 38.
Clarke, 14, 30, 47.

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Cochran, 62, 71.

Cook, 62.

Cooke, 10, II, 67.

Cole, 30, 32, 37.

Collins, 5, 50.

Columbus, 3.

Condon, 5.

Conery, 62.

Conley, 14, 27.

Conner, 7, 14, 20, 45, 62, 64.

Connolly, 62, 64.

Connor, 14, 52, 62, 64.

Conway, 14, 17, 22, 30, 62.

Cooney, 14, 47.

Corcoran, 14.

Cornell, 42, 53.

Cortland, 74.

Coursey, 7.

Cowell, 13.

Cowen, 14, 27, 36, 62, 64, 71.

Crane, 65.

Crary, 27, 30, 36, 41, 42, 43,

44, 46, 47.
Creed, 14, 46.
Cromwell, 5, 33.
Crou, 14, 28, 29.
Crowley, 62.
Cullen, 5.
Cummings, 18.
Cummins, 52.
Currey, 52.
Curry, 62, 71.
Cushing, 60.
Custis, 7.

Dailey, 7, 14, I7-
Daily, 14, 30, 47, 62.
Daley, 14, 62.
Darcy, 57-
Davis, 29, 65.
Dawley, 26, 38.
Day, 14, 51, 72-
Dearborn, 71.
DeLancey, 23.
Delaney, 7, 10.
Dempsey, 7.
Dermott, 8.

DeRoo, 3.

Deux Fonts, 11.

Devett, 7.

Dexter, 30, 39, 42.

Dillon, 33, 55, 56, 57, 58.

Doharty, 35.

Doherty, 14, 17, 35, 45' S^-

Donal, 14, 22.

Donnagan, 62, 65.

Donnelly, 8, 14, 45.

Donohoe, 8.

Donop, 22.

Donovan, 8, 14, 17.

Doolinty, 14, 28, 29.

Dorothy, 45.

Dorrance, 14, 17, 18, 19.

Dougherty, 14, 20.

Dowd, 14, 43, 52, 62.

Downing, 71.

Doyle, 7, 14, 17. 45' 52, 53, 72.

Doyne, 37.

Drake, 10.

Dring, 7, 18.

Driscoll, 22.

Driskel, 14, 41.

Driskill, 14, 22, 30, 34, 42, 49^

52, 62, 65.
Driskle, 50.
Dudingston, 9.
Dun, 37.

Dunn, 7, 14, 37, 62.
Dunne, 37.
Dunphy, 8, 14, 45-
Duyer, 45.

Dwyer, 8, 14, 45, 52-
Dyer, 22.

Eagan, 14, 17.

Edwards, 19.

Egan, 8.

Elliott, 22, 27, 30, 41, 44. 45-

Ennis, 14, 27.

Farrell, 7.
Fay, 62, 72.

Fee, 45-
Fellows, 64.

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Fells, 4.

Felt, 5.

Fenner, 40.

Field, 4, 13, 29, 52.

Fitton, 54.

Fittso^ereld, 66.

Fitz Gerald, 56, 62, 66.

Fitzgerald, 8, 14, 17, 35, 41, 42,

47-
Fitzgerold, 66.
Fitzgerrald, 14, 42.
Fitzgerrl, 62.
Fitzjerld, 66.
Fitz Jerrell, 66.
Fitzjerrill, 66.
Fitzpatrick, 8, 49.
Flannagan, 14, 17, 47.
Fling, 72.
Flynn, 8, 72.
Flood, 62, 68.
Ford, 18, 52, 62.
Forde, 14, 43.
Foster, 14, 17,33, 54-
Fox, 18.
Foy, 14. 44.
Franklin, 7.
Frazer, 46.

Gaifery, 14, 47.
Gallagher, 7.
Galligher, 14, 41.
Galloway, 7.
Garey, 14, 20.
Garven, 70.
Geoghegan, 57, 58.
Gibbon, 49.
Gibbons, 14.
Gill, 65.

Gilligan, 62, 66.
Gillpatrick, 61, 62.
Gilrnore, 70, 72.
Gilpatrick, 49, 61, 62.
Ginness, 62.
Gleason, 62, 71.
Gleeson, 14, 26.
Glover, 45, 46.

Gowen, 68.

Gorman, 8.

Green, 26, 53.

Greene, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31,

35» 37. 38, 39. 42, 44, 50.

67, 74. 75-
Griffen, 14, 42.
Griffin, 14, 26, 42, 50.
Griffis, 3.
Guild, 19.

Hackett, 14, 17, 46, 47, 70.

Hackmet, 14.

Hagerty, 14, 17, 20, 21.

Hale, 71.

Halev, 68.

Halley, 18.

Hammond, 64.

Hand, 10.

Haney, 14, 50.

Hanley, 8, 14, 26, 49, 50.

Hannington, 14, 20, 36.

Hany, 49.

Harrington, 14, 15, 36, 38, 40.

Hart, 15, 30, 50.

Hartagan, 8.

Harvey, 18, 45.

Hatch, 65.

Hawes, 64.

Hayden, 15, 20, 21, 27, 29, 47.

Hayes, 15, 34, 50.

Healey, 17, 29, 47.

Healy, 15, 29.

Hearn, 8.

Heath, 65.

Heffernan, 7, 52.

Heitman, 23.

Hendly, 15, 26, 34.

Hendricken, 29.

Henley, 50, 60.

Herrick, 15, 26.

Herrington, 38.

Hervey, 15.

Hickey, 8, 15, 20, 41.

Hicks, 15, 36.

Higgarty, 20.

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Higgins, 7, 73.

Hines, 18.

Hinman, 37.

Hitchcock, 29, 30, 43.

Hodgkins, 46.

Hogan, 15, 17, 28, 50.

Hogen, 15, 45-

Holden, 31.

Hoppin, 22, 27, 30, 44.

Hopkins, 52.

Hotten, 4.

Howard, 66-

Howell, 44, 74.

Hoxsie, 37.

Hughes, 15, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25,

35-
Humphries, 27.
Humphry, 40.
Hurley, 7.
Huzzey, 15, I7> 34-

Irvine, 10.

Jackson, 15, 27, 29, 41, 48, 51,

60, 63, 64.
Jenckes, 73.
Johnson, 52, 71, 72.
Johnston, 43.
Jordan, 18, 62, 65.
Joyce, 3, 7, 15, 41. 46.

Kaine, 52.

Keef, 62.

Keene, 25.

Keeney, 72.

Keley, 62.

Kelley, 15, 31, 32, 34, 4o» 42,

62, 68, 71.
Kelly, 7, 15, 17. 25, 26, 31, 32,

40, 47, 49, 50, 51, 54, 62,

70, 71.
Kenady, 15, 36.
Kenedy, 62, 72.
Keney, 62.
Kennady, 15, 36.
Kennedy, 15, 45» 47, 52, 53, 62.
Kennelly, 62.

Kenney, 63, 65, 71.

Kenny, 62, 65.

Killey, 15, 32, 34, 42, 52.

Kilmurray, 37.

Kimball, 44.

Kinady, 36.

King, 15, 18, 34.

Kirby, 15, 50.

Knox, 9, 10, II, 15, 27, 62, 74.

Lacy, 58.

Lafayette, 45.

Lally, S7'

Lanahan, 8.

Lane, 62, 71 .

Langdon, 70.

Larkin, 6, 7, 15, 17, 26, 46, 48,

52, 62.
Lary, 8, 71.
Latimer, 10.
Laval, II.

Lawless, 7, 15, 30, 41, 47.
Leader, 5.
Lee, 7, 18, 52.
Lemasny, 15.
Lewis, 30.
Lingard, 6.
Linihan, 62.
Linniken, 7.
Lippincott, 3.
Lippitt, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 40,

47.
Long, 7, 15, 26, 27, 62.
Lowery, 15, 44.
Lovell, 6$.
Lunt, 60.
Lynch, 55.
Lyon, 7, 15, 22, 60, 63.

Macarte, 7.
Macdonnall, 56.
Mack, 72.
Mackay, 15, 51.
Mackey, 7, 54.
Mackenzie, 69.
Mackown, 7.
Macoone, 7.

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MacCarthy, ^y .

MacCogan, 37.

MacDonnell, 37.

MacHugh, 37.

MacMahon, 58.

MacMallon, 32.

MaciManus, 37.

MacMillen, 16, 32, 47.

MacMullen, 8, 32, 63.

MacMurray, ^y.

MacSparran, 69.

McAfferty, 15, 50, 51.

McBride, 15, 63, 71.

McCaffray, 15, 36.

McCall, 15, 50.

McCane, 7.

McCartee, 15.

McCartel, 15, 36.

McCarthy, 7, 15, 17, 22, 45.

McCarty, 16, 45, 46, 58, 63, 71.

McCavney, 16.

McClary, 71.

McClenachan, 74.

McCloud, 15, 30.

McClure, 71, 72.

McCormick, 63.

McCoy, 16, 22, 30, 37, 45, 47,

52, 62, 71.
McCowan, 16, 36.
McCurtin, 63.
McDermit, 63.
McDermot, 16, 17.
McDermott, 56.
McDonald, 8, 16, 43.
McDonnell, 22.
McDonnold, 16, 50.
McDonold, 52.
McDonough, 56.
McElroy, 63.
McGee, 15, 71.
McGlaughlin, 63.
McGonegal, 7.
McGowan, 16, 43.
McGrath, 8, 16, 17, 51.
McGuire, 56.

McKean, 10.

McKown, 16, 46.

McLarey, 63.

McLaughlin, 16, 36.

McLouth, 16, 30, 44, 63.

McMickel, 63.

McMillan, 32, 71.

McMillioii, 16, 32, 47.

McMilon, i6, 32.

McMullan, 16, 36.

McMurphy, 70.

McNamara, 16, 17, 36.

McNeal, 6^.

M'Case, 16, 42.

M'Clanen, 16, 43.

Madden, 15, 35, 54, 63.

Magee, 8, 52.

Magennis, 56.

Maguire, 8.

Mahan, 6^.

Mahoney, 8.

Mahony, 15, 35, 36.

Malavery, 7.

Mallon, 63.

Malone, 15, 51.

Maloney, 15, 17, 50, 72.

Manning, 15, 27, 49.

Martin, 7, 15, 27, 47, 52.

Mattison, 40.

Mawney, 8.

Mead, 52.

Mease, 73.

Melally, 53.

Melona, 72.

Meloney, 16.

Melony, 50, 6^.

Miles, 72.

Miller, 16, 17, 33, 35.

Millerd, 43.

Mitchell, 7, 16, 30, 49, 50, 71

Molloy, 68.

Monks, 16, 17, 35.

Montgomery, 20.

Montlezun, 55.

Moran, 16, 39.

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Mooney, 70, 71.

Moore, 27, 31, 41, 50, 52, 63,

70, 71.
Morrigan, 16.
Morris, 16, 30, 39, 45, 47.
Morrison, 16, 35, 72.
Mountjoy, 7.
Moylan, 10.
Mulholland, 7.
Mullally, 53.
Mullen, 8, 16, 17, 45.
Mullens, 56, 57.
Mulligan, 16, 17, 20, 51.
Mullins, 57.
Mumford, 57.
Murfee, 16, 22, 30, 47.
Murfey, 16, 44.
Murfy, 44.

Murphy, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 26, 51.
Murray, 7, 8, 16, 30, 37, 44-
Murrey, 44.

Nagel, 43.
Nagle, 16, 43, 44.
Neal, 68, 71.
Nichols, 69, 71.
Nightingale, 37.
Nixon, 10.
Noonen, 16.
Norton, 16, 30.
Nunn, 19.

Obrian, 16, 39.

Obryan, 60, 63.

Olcott, 72.

Olney, 23, 30, 35, 38, 43, 44,

49' 50, 51-
Ormsbee, 32.
Otway, 3.

O'Brian, 16, 39, 40, 60, 6^.
O'Briant, 16, 33.
O'Brien, 8, 16, 17, 32, 33, 39,

40, 57, 58.
O'Brient, 33, 40.
O'Bryan, 16, 40, 60, 72.
O'Bryant, 60, 63.
O'Byrne, 33.

O'Callaghan, 55, 56.
O'Carroll, 37, 56.
O'Conner, 68.
O'Connor, 56.
O'Daniel, 16, 29.
O'Daniels, 60, 63.
O'Donnell, 22.
O'Donoghue, 3.
O'Dougherty, 33.
O'Dunn. 37.
O'Farrell, 57.
OTay, 37.
O'Flannagan, 56.
O'Harra, 7, 16, 39.
O'Hart, 33.
O'Hurley, 56.
O'Kelley, 16, 32.
O'Kelly, 17, 56.
O'Larkin, 48.
O'Mahoney, 56.
O'Moran, 57, 58.
O'Muireadhaigh, 37.
O'Murray, 37.
O'Neal, 16, 17, 50.
O'Neil, 8, 56.
O'Neill, 56.
O'Reilly, 37.
O'Rourke, 37.
O'Sullivan, 10, 56.

Parker, 16, 17, 28, 39, 41

Patrick, 4, 16, 49.

Patton, 10.

Peabody, 71.

Peck, 30.

Pendleton, 42.

Phelan, 60, 63.

Phelon, 7, 46, 60, 63.

Pierce, 46, 65.

Pigot, 32.

Pike, 64.

Pomeroy, 72.

Poor, 64.

Powers, 16, 26, 50.

Pray, 61.

Prendergast, 5.

8s

Quigley, 72.

Ragen, 16, 49.

Raney, 72.

Rany, 27.

Ray, 16, 27, 52.

Read, 16, 47, 51.

Ready, 16, 51.

Reed, 72.

Reilly, 56.

Reily, 17, 47, 54.

Reynolds, 16, 27, 71, 73.

Richmond, 27, 36.

Riley, 17, 41, 72.

Roatch, 6, 8, 52.

Robertson, 7.

Robinson, 10.

Rochambeau, 11, 56, 57.

Rohan, 8.

Rogers, 64.

Ross, 17, 46.

Rourk, 7.

Ryan, 8, 20.

Ryand, 20.

Ryley, 52,

Sarsfield, 58.

Sayles, 38, 44.

Scammon, 61.

Schirmer, 3.

Scott, 71.

Sdgur, 55.

Sellick, 5.

Sessions, 8, 20, 21, 68.

Shay, 7.

Shean, 61, 63.

Shee, 56.

Sheehan, 8.

Sheldon, 38.

Sheppard, 64.

Sherburn, 27, 44.

Sheridan, 56.

Shield, 49.

Shields, 17.

Sibsie, 4.

Smith, 17, 39, 41, 43, 44, 65, 66.

Sprague, 36, 41.

Spencer, 6^ .

Stack, 56.

Staples, 74.

Stark, 69, 70.

Stafford, 49.

St. Clair, 60.

Sterling, 8, 9, 17, 19, 20.

Stevens, 65.

Stewart, 10, 18, 27.

Stone, 51, 55, 57, 58.

Strange, 18, 52.

Stuart, 33.

Sullivan, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 21, 22,
ZT, 43. 45. 46, 50. 59' 61,
63, 67, 68, 69, 71, 74.

Sweeney, 52.

Taaffe, 56.

Tally, 8.

Tate, 71.

Taylor, 54.

Thayer, 20, 21, 29, 36, 64.

Thebaud, 5.

Thompson, 10.

Throope, 44.

Topham, 20, 27, 28, 38, 42, 44,

47-
Tracy, 6, 17, 20, 21, 45.
Tuley, 17, 49.
Tyler, 65, 72.

Varnum, 46, 53.
Vaughan, 18.
Vernon, 5.
Viomesnil, 56.
Vose, 60, 64, 65.

Wade, 61.

Wall, 17, 27.

Walpole, 5.

Walsh, 55.

Wanton, 8, 12.

Ward, 20.

Warren, 33.

Washington, 7, 9, 10, 20, 57, 67,

68, 75-
Watson, 17, 35.

86

Wayne, lo.
Webb, 3, 72

weDD, 3, 72.

Welch, 6, 17, 20, 37, 51, 52, 61

71

Welsh, 26.
West, 40.
Whalen, 17, 51.
Whelan, 25, 58.
Whelen, 7.

Whellon, 17, 51.
Whelon, 51.
Whipple, 30, 43.
Wiggles worth, 66.
Williams, 5.
Wilson, 17, 28.
Winthrop, 4.
Woodbury, 65.
Wright, 17, 33 » 50 '

PAPERS BY THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY,
RELATING TO RHODE ISLAND.

Reminiscences of Life along Narragansett's
Shores (Providence, R. I., 1890).

Rambles in Rhode Island's South County (Provi-
dence, I 891).

Some Early Irish Members of the Society of
Friends in Rhode Island (Providence, 1894).

The Dorrance Purchase — A Leaf from Rhode
Island History (Boston, Mass., 1895).

The Irish Chapter in the History of Brown Uni-
versity (Providence, 1896).

The Irish Soldiers in King Philip's War —
Including Reference to the *' Great Swamp" Fight
(New York city, 1896).

Five Colonial Rhode Islanders (Providence,
1897).

Early Irish Schoolmasters in Rhode Island
(Washington, D. C, 1898).

Rev. James MacSparran, Irishman, Scholar,
Preacher, and Philosopher, 1680-1757 (Boston,
1900).

[Over]

88

Matthew Watson, An Irish Settler of Barring-
ton, R. I., 1722 (Boston, 1900).

The Romance of Sarah Alexander — Mother of
Commodore O. H. Perry (New York city, 1901).

Charles MacCarthy, A Rhode Island Pioneer,
1677 (Somerset, O., 1901).

Thomas Casey of Ireland and Rhode Island,
1636-1719 (Boston, 1901).

Gen. John Sullivan, and the Battle of Rhode
Island (Providence, 1902).

OTHER PAPERS BY MR. MURRAY.

The Libraries of Boston: Public, Semi-public,
and Private (Boston, Mass., 1882).

The Old Schoolmasters of Boston (Boston,
1884).

The Mason Name in New England History
(Boston, 1884).

The Thayers in America (Boston, 1884).

A Nation's Individuality (Boston, 1888).

The Irish Element in the State of Connecticut
(Boston, 1888).

From Dawn to Revolution (Boston, 1889).

Thirty Historic American Families (Boston,
1889).

89

Concerning the McGuinness, McGinnis, Name
(Providence, R. I., 1895).

The Dunlevy Family in Irish History, Mention
of the Clan's Patrimony in Old Ulidia (Lawrence,
Mass., 1895).

David O'Killia [O'Kelly], The Irishman; A
Pioneer Settler at Yarmouth, Mass., as Early as
1657 (Boston, 1895).

The Dempsey Name, Old and Puissant (Den-
ver, Col., 1896).

The Irish Morrisons ; Eminent in Ancient
Mediaeval, and Modern Times. A Glance at the
Origin of the Clan Name, Together with Refer-
ence to the Family's Patrimony in the Ancient
Kingdom of Connacht (Lawrence, Mass., 1896).

The First Regiment, Pennsylvania Line (Phila-
delphia, 1896).

Some Patricks of the Revolution (New York
city, i896-''97).

No Entangling Alliance with England (Albany,
N. Y., 1898).

The Objections to an Anglo-American Alliance
(Boston, 1898).

Some Facts Concerning the Irish Washingtons
(Boston, 1898).

The French Chapter in American History (Bos-
ton, 1899).

90

The Irish at Bunker Hill, 1775 (Boston, 1900).

The Moss Gatherers of Scituate, Mass (New
York city, 1900).

Paul Revere vs. The King (Boston, 1901).

A Point Made Clear — The Brecks of Dorches-
ter, Mass. (Boston, 1901).

Irish Settlers, Previous to 1742, in Portsmouth,
N. H. (Boston, 1901).

Early Irish in the Plymouth Colony (Boston,
1901).

The Story of Miss Fitzgerald (Boston, 1901).

The Voyage of the Seaflovi^er — from Ireland to
Boston — 1741 (Boston, 1902).

A Glance at the Vanguard — Irish Pioneers in
Colonial Massachusetts (Boston, 1902).

Hugh Gaine, Irishman, New York Publisher,
1752-1809 (Boston, 1902).

Richard Dexter, A Forgotten Irish Pioneer of
Boston, 1641 (New York city, 1902).

The American not an "Anglo-Saxon" People
(Boston, 1902).

Early Irish Educators of American Youth (San
Francisco, Cal., 1902).

The Nationality of Michael Bacon, a Pioneer of
Dedham, Mass. (Dedham, 1902).

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