Chapter VI: Part 6

It is to be regretted that we do not know the name of the brother of Charles MacCarthy, the Rhode Island settler—the one to whom he refers in his will as having written from Kinsale. Did we have access to that letter which Charles of Rhode Island received, the desired knowledge would, no doubt, be obtained. But at this distance of time, all efforts to locate the letter have failed.

It seems reasonable to conclude that the brother of the Rhode Island pioneer was a man of some prominence—possibly of much prominence. It has been suggested that he was Donoch, Earl Clancarthy, just mentioned, but this could hardly have been so, as the Earl died in 1665 and Charles of Rhode Island, when he made his will in 1682, speaks of his brother as still living.

There was another Donoch MacCarthy, descendant of the first named, who was privately married when but sixteen years of age to Lady Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland. It may be recalled, purely as a coincidence, that Charles MacCarthy of East Greenwich, R. I., was an intimate friend of the Spencers of that town and made one of them his heir. It is quite possible that John Spenser,[17] the Rhode Island settler, and intimate friend of Charles MacCarthy, was an Irish officer who, like many other chivalrous spirits of his time, was obliged by the fortunes of war to leave Ireland and reside in other parts. On the arrival of James II, in Ireland (1688), this second Donoch MacCarthy was one of the Irish officers who received him at Kinsale. At the fall of Cork in 1690, MacCarthy was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London. He had succeeded to the title of Earl Clancarthy and was a man of immense estate. All this was forfeited owing to his adhesion to the cause of James II. In 1694, he escaped from the Tower and fled to France. Upon rashly going back to England in 1698 he was rearrested and exiled. He died in 1704 at a locality in Hamburg. If Charles MacCarthy of Rhode Island was “forced from home” at the same time as his brother, it would be interesting to know why one went to Spain and the other to the island of St. Christopher. The whole matter, however, is wrapped in mystery. Charles tells us that his brother returned “from Spaine,” which statement reminds us of a prominent fact. King Charles II in a famous declaration mentions a large number of Irish “restorees,” who were to be given back their former estates in Ireland for having “Continued with Us or served faithfully under Our ensigns beyond the Seas.” Among these Irish restorees is mentioned Col. Charles MacCarthy of County Cork, and Capt. Charles MacCarthy, also of Cork. In another place Charles II mentions Charles James MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry.

A fourth Charles MacCarthy is mentioned during the Cromwellian settlement as a “Papist,” whose property was to be confiscated. These four Charles MacCarthys were all Irish officers or leading gentlemen, and the Rhode Island settler may have been one of them.

Yet another point: Charles of Rhode Island tells us that his brother, who was again in Ireland, had written from Kinsale asking him to return. Why? It may be that Charles and his brother were both “restorees,” as defined in the King’s Declaration above mentioned.

At what period Charles MacCarthy left Ireland and located in St. Christopher, or St. Kitts, is problematical. If we knew the time of his coming to New England we might be able to approximate the St. Kitts date. It is assumed, however, that he was in St. Kitts as early as 1650. In an old French atlas by Sanson, published that year, Montserrat is described as having been settled by Irish. Rev. Andrew White, S. J., who accompanied the first colonists to Maryland, in 1634, makes a like statement. He adds that these Irish Catholics had gone first to Virginia, but being refused permission to land had taken possession of Montserrat. Large numbers of Irish are heard from in St. Kitts in 1650. They were visited by Father John Destriche (also written De Stritch) disguised as a trader to protect him from persecution, or even death, at the hands of the English officials who had no tolerance for a priest of the Church of Rome.

In time he collected on that and the neighboring islands a flock of 3,000 Catholics for whom he conducted religious services in the depths of the forest. Persecution at the hands of the English, however, soon broke up this condition of affairs and dispersed the Irish to New England and other parts along the coast. Were these the “troubles in Cristifars” that obliged Charles MacCarthy to leave that place? It is possible. Be that as it may, his coming was of benefit to Rhode Island, it being at a time when stout hearts, strong arms, and vigorous characters were especially desired in the colony.

EARLY MAGUIRES AND BOYDS OF RHODE ISLAND.

Constant Maguire settled in Rhode Island prior to 1750. His first name as here given was probably an abbreviated form of Constantine. He was a native of the County Fermanagh, in Ireland, was evidently a man of education and seems to have taken much interest in matters pertaining to genealogy.

In one record book he is described as “Constant Maguire, son of John, son of Constantine, the younger, natives of the County Fermanagh.”

It should here be stated that Fermanagh was the ancient patrimony of the Maguires. Thomas Maguire, lord of Fermanagh, died in 1430. He was described by the Irish annalists as “a man of universal hospitality toward poor and mighty, founder of monasteries and churches, ... peacemaker for many chiefs and septs, beloved by all conditions for the excellence of his administration.”

Bryan, another of the Maguires, was made baron of Enniskillen in 1627. The title was forfeited by his son, Connor, attainted by British law in 1644.

Constantine, or Constant, the Rhode Island settler, located in Warwick, R. I., but later removed to East Greenwich, R. I. His wife’s name was Ruth. Among their children were Mary, born February 16, 1750; Mercy, born March 28, 1753; and John, born April 19, 1755. Mary was born in Warwick and the others in East Greenwich.

Another numerous family in East Greenwich and vicinity were the Boyds. Some of them were born in Ireland; all are believed to have been of Irish blood. Several bore the name Andrew. One Andrew Boyd is mentioned as having been born in the County Antrim, Ireland, of which his mother, Sarah (Moore) Boyd, was also a native. Another Andrew, probably of the same stock, is thus mentioned in the records of the Rhode Island Assembly, October, 1776:

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.

The action of the Guards was approved. The East Greenwich records show the marriage of Andrew Boyd and Abigail Moor in 1763; Mrs. Sarah Boyd and a Mr. Weeden in 1783; Andrew Boyd and Elizabeth Spencer in 1788; William Boyd and Freelove Arnold, daughter of Capt. Thomas Arnold, in 1792; Hannah Boyd and Capt. Michael Spencer in 1805; William Boyd and Rhoda Andrews in 1819. In the Warwick records is found noted the marriage, in 1797, of Catherine Boyd and Timothy Bentley. In 1798, Hannah Boyd and Darius Havens were married.

A RHODE ISLANDER BECOMES AN IRISH BARON.

A brother of the Baron Kinsale, of Ireland, settled in Newport, R. I., about 1720. Some hold that he was married in the old country; others, that his wife was a Newport woman.

They had a son[18], Thomas, born in Newport, who early displayed a love for the sea. In due time he was bound an apprentice to Captain Beard. The latter had command of a Newport merchantman and ranked among the ablest captains of his day.

Thomas de Courcy, the apprentice, advanced rapidly in nautical accomplishments and became a general favorite. After serving under Captain Beard, he enlisted in the navy and participated in the honor of taking Porto Bello in 1740.

The manner in which he succeeded to the title and estates of his uncle is thus told by himself. He was serving aboard Admiral Vernon’s flagship. The latter was returning to England from the West Indies. While on the voyage they fell in with a merchantman bound from London to Jamaica. She was spoken and on inquiry, her captain sent aboard the flagship two late papers for the gratification of the admiral. The latter read them attentively. Suddenly he exclaimed:

“Ah! the Baron of Kinsale is dead!”

A steward overhearing the remark quickly carried the news to a gallant young tar in the forecastle whose name was De Courcy.

“Is he dead? Then by the powers! something will come to me,” was the reply.

The incident was reported to Admiral Vernon who immediately sent for De Courcy. The following conversation then ensued between the two:

“My lad, what is your name?”

“De Courcy, sir.”

“Where were you born?”

“In Newport, Rhode Island, sir.”

“Are you related to the late Thomas de Courcy, Baron of Kinsale?”

“He was my uncle, sir—he was my father’s eldest brother.”

“What induced your father to leave Ireland and settle at Newport?”

“That reason was my father’s secret, your Honor, and not mine.”

“Well, my lad, return to your station, and whatever may be your change of condition hereafter, I hope you will continue to do your duty faithfully till you shall be discharged.”

“Your Honor may rely on that!”

The foregoing anecdote was told by De Courcy, many years after, to Captain Benjamin Pearce of Rhode Island who dined with him at Kinsale. The Baron always entertained great affection for Newport, his native place. It is told of him that no Rhode Islander ever, to his knowledge, came within fifty miles of his residence without being invited to partake of his hospitality. To Captain Beard of Newport his former commander, he annually sent a cask of rare old wine. For years the people of Newport took a special interest in all that concerned their distinguished townsman, The Right Honorable Thomas de Courcy, Lord Baron Kinsale.

INTERESTING REMINISCENCES OF NEWPORT, R. I.

Edward Thurston writing from Newport, R. I., March 5, 1767, to James Coggeshall informs the latter that “Mac Gee the baker has failed.” Mac Gee was, no doubt, quite an important personage in the community.

Under date of November 15, 1764, is recorded at Newport the marriage of “John Robinson of Ireland and Mary Cawdry of Newport.” Rev. Ezra Stiles performed the ceremony.

Richard Field, a native of Dublin, Ireland, resided in Newport. He died in 1769.

Another prominent Newport family were the Dillons. James Dillon was a native of the County Roscommon. His wife died at Newport in 1799 and was laid away in Trinity churchyard.

Thomas Green advertised in the Newport _Mercury_, August, 1772, that he had for sale Irish poplins, sheetings, and other goods. He also announces “Lately come to hand, a trunk of choice Irish linens.” In May, 1793, Thomas Green & Son advertise in the _Mercury_ that “at the sign of the buck, near the red market” they have for sale, Irish linens and muslins “at 14½d. and upward.” In the _Mercury_ of April 27, 1772, appears a legal notice regarding “the estate of Edward Keeney, late of Newport, shipwright, deceased.” Students of Irish names will recognize in Keeney a typical one.

Moses M. Hays, a Hebrew, advertises under date of August 3, 1772, that he has, among other goods, “a few barrels of Irish beef for sale.” That is, beef from Ireland.

The name Murphy has figured in Newport from an early period. Frequently it appears as Murfey. The original comers were, of course, from Ireland. They, doubtless, arrived directly from the old country, from some of the colonies adjacent to Rhode Island or by way of the West Indies. Many of the Newport Murphys have been mariners, and some of them figured prominently in the Revolution. Edward Murphy died at Newport in 1809, “in the 62d year of his age.” In March, 1809, the death also occurred at Newport of “Phœbe Murfey, comfort of Capt. John Murfey, aged 29.” The Providence _Gazette_ of February 17, 1810, announces the marriage at Mansfield, Conn., of “Capt. John Murfey of Newport to Miss Adaliza Southworth, daughter of Capt. Samuel Southworth.”

An entry in Trinity church _Annals_, Newport, states that on “May 1, 1775, Lieut. James Conway died and was buried in the churchyard, aged 45 years.” Conway was lieutenant of marines on the man-of-war _Rose_, which was then in the bay. He was probably of Irish origin. Another entry in the same annals informs us that on “October 5, 1783, Gilbert Eames died and was buried in the churchyard.” He was a native of the County Limerick, Ireland, and was 54 years of age at the time of his death. For several years prior to the reduction of Granada by the French in 1779, Mr. Eames had been a member of the Honorable Council for the island.

Rev. Erasmus Kelly, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1748, and came to Newport about 1771. On the outbreak of hostilities he removed to Warren, R. I. When the British overran the latter town they burned the house in which he resided together with its contents. He removed to Connecticut and later to Pennsylvania. At the close of the Revolution, he returned to Newport, and died there on November 7, 1784.

In February, 1801, there died in Newport, Mrs. Lucia C. Grattan. She was the widow of Colonel Grattan, cousin-german to Henry Grattan, the Irish orator. Her brother was Lord Viscount Falkland. An obituary notice states that “Her remains were interred with every mark of respect.”

Among the Newport marriages noted in the Trinity church records are the following: Miles Coursey to Abigail Williams, December 13, 1713; William Cook to Catherine Fallon, August 20, 1723; John Murphy to Mary Casside, March 1, 1732; James Gallagher to Bathsheba Fairchild, March 21, 1736; John Rourk to Ann Drower, January 23, 1742; Patrick Delaney to Margaret McFarling, October 29, 1742; Patrick Rogers to Eleanor Dowling, October 29, 1742; Edward Murfee to Catherine Fitzgerald, October 25, 1743; Patrick Durfey to Elizabeth Lacy, January 17, 1748; Patrick Cenfill to Meriam Powers, October 15, 1752; Edward Pye to Deborah Bourke, January 4, 1756; John Brown to Mary Kelly, March 13, 1756; Thomas Collins to Margaret Bourke, May 29, 1756; John Dwyer to Elizabeth McDaniel, October 10, 1756; Thomas Holland to Mary Dwyar, June 1, 1775; James Dillon to Sarah Dupay, October 13, 1778; James O’Brien to Margaret Dunton, November 23, 1778.

In the records of Newport, the following additional early marriages are noted. To simplify matters the writer gives only the year in which each marriage took place: William Mackey and Eliza George, 1737; Ebenezer Murphy and Mercy Reynolds, 1739; Michael Sullivan and Elizabeth High, 1740; John Lashley and Katherine McKane, 1740; Robert Odlin and Mary Conner, 1742; Patrick Farrell and Rachel Beere, 1742; John Mulholland and Elizabeth Hooper, 1742; James Harkins and Amy Higgins, 1743; Timothy Egan and Hester Wilson, 1745; James Murphy and Margaret Pitman, 1746; John Vial and Elizabeth Donnelly, 1747; John Donnelly and Jane Mence, 1747; Joseph Tally and Elizabeth Naps, 1747; George Smith and Sarah Tally, 1747; William Byrn and Jemima Jant, 1747; Daniel McGow (or McGowan) and Miss Donnelly, 1747; Jeremiah Ross and Mary Brayton, 1749; Elisha Newcome and Elizabeth O’Brien, 1751; James Hickey and Mary Carr, 1752; Thomas Jones and Mary Higgins, 1753; John Dyer and Mary Hickey, 1754; Jeremiah Heffernan and Elizabeth Mackee, 1755; William Cowdry and Mary Murphy, 1756; Michael Ryan and Leah Kelly, 1756; John Magee and Phebe Fairchild, 1758; Mr. Ross and Katherine McGowan, 1758; John Wyatt and Martha Magrah, 1759; John Fairbanks and Amey Heffernan, 1760; Alexander Mullen and Mary Chapman, 1760; James Bourk and Eleanor Whiting, 1761; Edward Kenney and Patience Chadwick, 1762; Nathaniel Locke and Mary Burk, 1764; Daniel Dennison and Amey Murphy, 1766; Lawrence Carroll and Susannah Holden, 1768; Daniel Read and Ann McMahon, 1793; Eleazer Read, Jr., and Elizabeth Murphy, 1795.

From which it will be seen that the Irish began coming to Newport, and were numerous there, at much earlier periods than has been generally supposed.

IRISH NAMES IN RHODE ISLAND PREVIOUS TO 1776.

The following is a list of Irish surnames found in the official records[19] of Rhode Island, and in books, papers, and documents relating to the history of the latter. The names appear as early as the year mentioned in each case, but in some instances may have been represented at even an earlier period:

Banon, 1766. Barret, 1751. Baxter, 1751. Bennett, 1646. Blake, 1675. Bourk, 1755. Boyd, 1741. Boyle, 1675. Brandon, 1675. Brian, 1675. Burg (Burk?), 1667. Burk, 1764. Burns, 1772. Butler, 1670. Byrn, 1747. Cain (Kane), 1738. Carroll, 1768. Carty, 1721. Cary, 1693. Casey, 1663. Casside (Cassidy), 1732. Cavenaugh, 1752. Clinton, 1752. Cogin, 1755. Coleman, 1702. Collins, 1642. Conner, 1732. Connor, 1742. Coursey, 1713. Crane, 1775. Creman, 1746. Cummings, 1739. Curley, 1775. Dailey, 1689.

Daley, 1710. Daly, 1736. Darcey, 1718. Day, 1677. DeCourcy, 1720–25. Delaney, 1742. Dempsey, 1743. Dermott, 1761. Devett, 1685. Devitt, 1685. Donnelly, 1747. Donohoe, 1758. Donovan, 1751. Dowling, 1742. Downer, 1760. Downing, 1731. Doyle, 1698. Driskell (Driscoll), 1774. Drury, 1675. Dunn, 1682. Dwyer, 1756. Egan, 1745. Farrell, 1742. Fitzgerald, 1743. Fitzpatrick, 1761. Flannagan, 1762. Flynn, 1752. Ford, 1675. Fox, 1704. Gallagher, 1736. Geery, 1675. Gibbons, 1636. Glenn, 1756. Gorman, 1761. Hagerty, 1775. Haley, 1719. Hanley, 1745. Harvey, 1746. Harvie, 1665. Hartagan, 1753. Hayes, 1675. Healey, 1675. Hearn, 1759. Heffernan, 1671. Hefernan, 1671. Hickey, 1752. Higgins, 1699. Holland, 1729. Hurley, 1740. Joyce, 1731. Keeny, 1765. Kelly, 1669. Kenney, 1675. Lanahan, 1750 (about). Lane, 1675. Larkin, 1655. Lawless, 1720. Linniken, 1690. Long, 1677. Lyon, 1737. Macarte, 1677. Macfarline, 1759. Mackenny, 1720. Mackey, 1737. Mackown, 1723. Macoone, 1669. MacSparran, 1718. McCane, 1740. McCarty, 1677. McClure, 1748. McCone, 1740. McCorrie, 1765. McDonald, 1745. McGee, 1767. McGonegal, 1742. McGoron, 1758. McGow, 1747. McGowan, 1747. McGrath, 1759. McKane, 1740. McMillen, 1754. Magee, 1758. Magenis, 1675. Magill, 1749. Maguire, 1750. Mahoney, 1774. Malavery, 1687. Maloney, 1675. Manning, 1762. Martin, 1677. Mitchell, 1703. Moore, 1700. Mulholland, 1742. Mullen, 1760. Mulligan, 1775. Murphy, 1675. Murray, 1752. Neale, 1675. Nevill, 1675. Nixon, 1722. Norton, 1716. O’Brien, 1751. O’Harra, 1728. O’Kelly, 1774. O’Neil, 1756. Orr, 1695. Phelon, 1730. Read, 1667. Reed, 1727. Rily, 1675. Ring, 1755. Roach, 1773. Ross, 1751. Russell, 1736. Ryan, 1756. Shay, 1731. Sheehan, 1759. Sheen, 1754. Stewart, 1724. Sullivan, 1740. Sullivant (Sullivan?), 1733. Tally, 1747 Tracy, 1675. Ward, 1677. Watson, 1722. Walch, 1703. Welch, 1675. Welsh, 1738.

HISTORICAL PAPERS AND ADDRESSES.

The following is a list of historical papers and addresses, prepared by members of the Society, or by friends of the organization. Many of these contributions have been published in the books and pamphlets issued by the Society, a few have appeared in other publications, while some remain in the Society’s archives to be published in the future:

1. The Bacons from Ireland Who Settled at Dedham, Mass., About 1640,
one of whose Descendants was Killed April 19, 1775, in the Fight
at West Cambridge, Battle of Lexington. (By Thomas Hamilton
Murray, Boston, Mass., 1897.)

2. The Seizure of Powder, Arms, and Stores at Fort William and Mary
by Major John Sullivan and His Associates, December, 1774. (By
Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1897.)

3. The Battle of Lexington, Concord, and Cambridge, with a List of
Irish Names Borne by Minute Men or Militia Participating in that
Conflict. (By Edward J. Brandon, Cambridge, Mass., 1897.)

4. The Irishman Ethnologically Considered. (By Joseph Smith, Lowell,
Mass., 1897.)

5. Irish Settlers in Louisville, Ky., and Vicinity. (By Edward
Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., 1897.)

6. Five Irish Colonial Rhode Islanders. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Providence, R. I., 1897.)

7. The Irish Element Among the Founders of Lowell, Mass. (By Joseph
Smith, Lowell, Mass., 1897.)

8. The Ancestors of Gen. John Sullivan. (By Bernard Corr, Boston,
Mass., 1898.)

9. The Family Name Swords in Ireland and America. (By Joseph F.
Swords, Hartford, Conn., 1898.)

10. Early Irish Schoolmasters in New Hampshire. (By Hon. John C.
Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1898.)

11. Early Irish Schoolmasters in Rhode Island. (By Thomas Hamilton
Murray, Boston, Mass., 1898.)

12. Early Irish Settlers in Kentucky. (By Edward Fitzpatrick,
Louisville, Ky., 1898.)

13. Some Ways in Which American History is Falsified. (By Joseph
Smith, Lowell, Mass., 1898.)

14. The Lost State of Clark, with Mention of Thomas Connolly, a Fifer
in the Regiment of Col. George Rogers Clark. (By Edward
Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., 1898.)

15. The Irish Chapter in the History of Brown University. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1899.)

16. The Irish Pioneers and Founders of Peterborough, New Hampshire.
(By Hon. James F. Brennan, Peterborough, N. H., 1899.)

17. The Work of the American-Irish Historical Society. (By Hon. Thomas
J. Gargan, Boston, Mass., 1899.)

18. Some Irish Settlers in Virginia. (By Hon. Joseph T. Lawless,
Richmond, Va., 1899.)

19. Irish Immigration During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
(By Thomas Addis Emmet, M. D., New York city, 1899.)

20. Some Pre-Revolutionary Irishmen. (By Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., 1899.)

21. David Hamilton, an Irish Soldier of the American Revolution. (By
Daniel M. O’Driscoll, Charleston, S. C., 1899.)

22. An Early Irishman of Waterbury, Connecticut. (By Martin Scully,
Waterbury, Conn., 1899.)

23. The “Scotch-Irish” and “Anglo-Saxon” Fallacies. (By James Jeffrey
Roche, Boston, Mass., 1899.)

24. Sketch of an Early Irish Settlement in Rhode Island. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1899.)

25. The “Anglo-Saxon” Shibboleth Condemned. (By Hon. William McAdoo,
New York city, 1899.)

26. Naval Heroes of the Revolutionary War, Including the O’Briens of
Machias, Me. (By Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass., 1899.)

27. Some Irish Settlers in Kentucky. (By Edward Fitzpatrick,
Louisville, Ky., 1899.)

28. Irish Pioneers of Texas. (By Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.,
1899)

29. Russia, the Friend of the Republic. (By Joseph Smith, Lowell,
Mass., 1899.)

30. Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeny, U. S. A., 1820–1892. (By
William M. Sweeny, Astoria, L. I., N. Y., 1899.)

31. The Irish Element in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers in the
Recent War—with Spain. (By Rev. John J. McCoy, Chicopee, Mass.,
1899.)

32. The Battle of Rhode Island, 1778. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Boston, Mass., 1899.)

33. The Irish in Rochambeau’s Army During the American Revolution. (By
Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass., 1899.)

34. The Colonial Irish. (By Thomas F. O’Malley, Somerville, Mass.,
1899.)

35. The Irish Washingtons at Home and Abroad, together with Some
Mention of the Ancestry of the American _Pater Patriæ_. (By
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., and George Washington,
Dublin, Ireland, 1899.)

36. The Irish in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and
Tennessee. (By Hon. Patrick Walsh, Augusta, Ga., 1900.)

37. The United States Torpedo Boat O’Brien. (Compiled from the daily
papers, 1900.)

38. Men of Irish Blood Who Have Attained Distinction in American
Journalism. (By Michael E. Hennessy, Boston, Mass., 1900.)

39. Patriots of the American Revolution. (By Hon. Thomas J. Gargan,
Boston, Mass., 1900.)

40. Rev. James Caldwell, a Patriot of the American Revolution. (By
James L. O’Neill, Elizabeth, N. J., 1900.)

41. Characteristics of the Irish Race. (By G. Stanley Hall, Worcester,
Mass., 1900.)

42. The Field, Scope, and Opportunity of the American-Irish Historical
Society. (By Dennis Harvey Sheahan, Providence, R. I., 1900.)

43. The Battle of Bunker Hill. (By Thomas F. O’Malley, Somerville,
Mass., 1900.)

44. Matthew Watson, an Irish Settler of Barrington, R. I., 1722. (By
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1900.)

45. The Irish Settlers of Pelham, Mass. (By Miss Mary Lessey Linehan,
Hartford, Conn., 1900.)

46. Hugh Cargill, a Friend of Liberty. (By Thomas F. O’Malley,
Somerville, Mass., 1900.)

47. Irish Pioneers and Builders of Kentucky. (By Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., 1900.)

48. Rev. James MacSparran, Irishman, Scholar, Preacher, and
Philosopher, 1680–1757; a Rhode Island Pioneer. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1900.)

49. The Society’s Field in California. (By James Connolly, Coronado,
Cal., 1900.)

50. The Historical Place of Irishmen in California. (Address issued by
the Knights of St. Patrick, San Francisco, Cal., calling
attention to the work of the American-Irish Historical Society,
1900.)

51. My Colleagues of Irish Extraction in New York Journalism. (By
Thomas J. Cummins, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1900.)

52. The Irish at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. (By Thomas Hamilton
Murray, Boston, Mass., 1900.)

53. Early New Hampshire Irish; Some Pre-Revolutionary Dennises,
Corneliuses, Patricks, and Michaels. (By Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., 1900.)

54. Men of Irish Blood in the Battle of Bunker Hill. (By Hon. John C.
Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1900.)

55. Thomas Fawcett, Irish Quaker, American Pioneer. (Forwarded to the
Society by Thomas Plunkett, East Liverpool, O., 1900. Taken from
the East Liverpool _Tribune_.)

56. Irish Settlers, Previous to 1742, in Portsmouth, N. H. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1901.)

57. Rhode Island Officers of Irish Blood Who Served in the Civil War.
(By Col. James Moran, Providence, R. I., 1900.)

58. Irish Pioneers of California,—(1) Martin Murphy, Sr. (By Miss
Margaret A. Fitzgerald, San Francisco, Cal., 1901.)

59. Early Irish in the Connecticut Colony. (By Rev. James H.
O’Donnell, Norwalk, Conn., 1901.)

60. Early Irish in the Plymouth Colony. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Boston, Mass., 1901.)

61. Hon. Thomas Dongan, Governor of New York, 1683–1688. (By Rev.
Alexander P. Doyle, C. S. P., New York city, 1901.)

62. General Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans. (By Capt. Laurence
O’Brien, New Haven, Conn., 1901.)

63. Charles MacCarthy, a Rhode Island Pioneer, 1677. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1901.)

64. Thomas Casey of Ireland and Rhode Island, 1636–1719. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1901.)

65. The Irish Race in America. (By Hon. William McAdoo, New York city,
1901.)

66. The Romance of Sarah Alexander, a Native of Ireland—Mother of
Commodore O. H. Perry. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston,
Mass., 1901.)

67. Ireland in New York. (By James McMahon, New York city, 1901.)

68. New England Prejudice in 1752–1855; Was it Racial or Religious?
(By Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1902.)

69. The Ancestry of Gen. John Sullivan—General Sullivan and the Battle
of Rhode Island. (By Asa Bird Gardiner, New York city, 1902.)

70. Gen. Henry Knox and the Society of the Cincinnati. (By Edward A.
Moseley, Washington, D. C., 1902.)

71. Richard Dexter, a Forgotten Irish Pioneer of Boston, 1641. (By
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

72. The Term “Scotch-Irish” an Absurdity. (By Hon. Wauhope Lynn, New
York city, 1902.)

73. Dennis Maccarty of Warren, R. I., 1757, a Soldier in the Crown
Point Expedition. (By Miss Virginia Baker, Warren, R. I., 1902.)

74. St. Patrick’s Day: Its Celebration in New York and Other American
Places, 1737–1845. (A bound volume of 502 pages, by Hon. John D.
Crimmins, New York City, 1902.)

75. Commodore John Barry and the Projected Monument, at Washington, D.
C., to his Memory. (By Joseph I. C. Clarke, New York city,
1903.)

76. A Glance at the Vanguard—Irish Pioneers in Colonial Massachusetts.
(By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

77. The Voyage of the _Seaflower_—from Ireland to Boston—1741. (By
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

78. Gen. John Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

79. Irish Immigration to the United States Since 1790. (By Edward
O’Meagher Condon, New Orleans, La., 1903.)

80. Early Irish in old Albany, N. Y., with Special Mention of Jan
Andriessen “De Iersman van Dublingh.” (By Hon. Franklin M.
Danaher, Albany, N. Y., 1903.)

81. The First Irish in Illinois. (By Hon. P. T. Barry, Chicago, Ill.,
1903.)

82. The Irish Pioneers of the Connecticut Valley. (By Edward A. Hall,
Springfield, Mass., 1904.)

83. The O’Briens of Machias, Me., Patriots of the American Revolution.
(By Rev. Andrew M. Sherman, Morristown, N. J., 1904.)

84. Early Irish Settlers in Virginia. (By Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., 1904.)

85. A Sketch of the Clan O’Brien. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston,
Mass., 1904.)

86. The Irish Vanguard of Rhode Island. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Boston, Mass., 1904.)

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS BY THE SOCIETY.

The following is a list of books and pamphlets thus far issued under the auspices of the society:

1. The American-Irish Historical Society: What It Is and What Its
Purposes Are. (Boston, Mass., 1897.)

2. The American-Irish Historical Society: What It Is and What Its
Purposes Are; Together with the Names of the Officers and a List
of the Members. (Boston, Mass., 1898.)

3. The “Scotch-Irish” Shibboleth Analyzed and Rejected, with Some
Reference to the Present “Anglo-Saxon” Comedy. (Washington, D.
C., 1898.)

4. Irish Schoolmasters in the American Colonies, 1640–1775, with a
Continuation of the Subject During and After the War of the
Revolution. (Washington, D. C., 1898.)

5. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. I.
(Boston, Mass., 1898.)

6. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. II.
(Boston, Mass., 1899.)

7. The Irish at Bunker Hill: A List of American Patriots Bearing
Irish Names who Fought Against the British in the Action of the
Seventeenth of June, 1775. (Boston, Mass., 1900.)

8. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. III.
(Boston, Mass., 1900.)

9. The Recorder. A Monthly Bulletin of the Society. Eight numbers
issued. (Boston, Mass., 1901.)

10. Gen. John Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island. A Sketch of the
Former and a Description of the Latter. (Providence, R. I.,
1902.)

11. The Irish Scots and the “Scotch-Irish”; An Historical and
Ethnological Monograph, with some reference to Scotia Major and
Scotia Minor. To which is added a chapter on How the Irish came
as Builders of the Nation. (Concord, N. H., 1902.)

12. Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution; with some
mention of those serving in the Regiments of Elliott, Lippit,
Topham, Crary, Angell, Olney, Greene, and other noted
commanders. (Providence, R. I., 1903.)

13. Early Irish in Old Albany, N. Y.; with special mention of Jan
Andriessen, “De Iersman Van Dublingh.” (Boston, Mass., 1903.)

14. The O’Briens of Machias, Me., Patriots of the American Revolution.
A paper read before the Society at the annual meeting in
January, 1904, by Rev. Andrew M. Sherman, Morristown, N. J. To
which is added A Sketch of the Clan O’Brien, by Thomas Hamilton
Murray. The expense of publishing this volume was generously
defrayed by Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city. (Boston,
Mass., 1904.)

15. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. IV.
(Boston, Mass., 1904.)

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED PAPERS TO THE SOCIETY,
OR WHO HAVE MADE ADDRESSES AT MEETINGS HELD UNDER ITS AUSPICES.

Andrews, E. Benj., president of Brown University, Providence, R. I.

Baker, Miss Virginia, Warren, R. I. Barry, Hon. P. T., Chicago, Ill. Belknap, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N. (retired), Brookline, Mass. Bodfish, Rev. Joshua P. L., Canton, Mass. Boyle, Hon. Patrick J., mayor of Newport, R. I. Brady, Cyrus Townsend, Brooklyn, N. Y. Brandon, Edward J., city clerk of Cambridge, Mass. Brennan, Hon. James F., Peterborough, N. H.; a state library commissioner of New Hampshire. Brigham, Clarence S., librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, R. I. Brown, J. Stacy, city attorney of Newport, R. I.

Capen, Elmer H., president of Tufts College, Mass. Carroll, Hon. Hugh J., formerly mayor of Pawtucket, R. I. Carter, Hon. Thomas H., United States Senator, Helena, Montana. Cassidy, Dr. Patrick, formerly surgeon-general and brigadier-general on staff of Governor Morris of Connecticut, Norwich, Conn. Chamberlain, Hon. Abiram, governor of Connecticut. Clarke, Joseph I. C., New York city. Clary, Charles H., Hallowell, Me. Coffey, John J., Neponset, Mass. Coffey, Rev. Michael J., Cambridge, Mass. Collins, Dr. William D., Haverhill, Mass. Collins, Hon. Patrick A., now mayor of Boston, Mass. Conaty, Rt. Rev. Thomas J., rector of the Catholic University, Washington, D. C. Condon, Capt. E. O’Meagher, New York city; now of New Orleans, La. Connolly, James, Coronado, Cal. Corr, Bernard, Boston, Mass. Crimmins, Hon. John D., New York city. Cummins, Thomas J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Cunningham, James, Portland, Me.

Daly, Hon. Joseph F., New York city. Danaher, Hon. Franklin M., Albany, N. Y. Deady, Rev. Louis J., Newport, R. I. DeCosta, Rev. Dr. B. F., New York city. DeCourcy, Charles A., now a judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, Lawrence, Mass. Doogue, William, Boston, Mass. Doyle, John F., New York city. Doyle, Rev. Alexander P., New York city. Driscoll, Hon. C. T., mayor of New Haven, Conn. DuChaillu, Paul B., New York city.

Emmet, Thomas Addis, M. D., grand nephew of the Irish patriot, Robert Emmet. English, Hon. Thomas Dunn, Newark, N. J.

Farrelly, Rev. Father, Central Falls, R. I. Fitzgerald, Miss Margaret A., San Francisco, Cal. Fitzpatrick, Edward, Louisville, Ky.; on staff of the _Times_ of that city. Flatley, P. J., Boston, Mass. Ford, J. D. M., instructor in Romance languages, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.

Gardiner, Asa Bird, New York city. Gargan, Hon. Thomas J., Boston, Mass. Garrettson, Hon. F. P., mayor of Newport, R. I. Gorman, Dennis J., Boston, Mass. Gorman, Hon. Charles E., Providence, R. I., formerly speaker of the Rhode Island house of representatives. Gorman, William, Philadelphia, Pa. Griffin, John, Portsmouth, N. H.

Hall, Edward A., Springfield, Mass. Hall, G. Stanley, president of Clark University, Worcester, Mass. Harbison, Hon. Alexander, mayor of Hartford, Conn. Harson, M. Joseph, Providence, R. I. Healy, Col. John G., New Haven, Conn. Hennessy, M. E., Boston, Mass.; on staff of the _Daily Globe_, that city. Herrick, Hon. D. Cady, Albany, N. Y., a justice of the New York Supreme Court. Horigan, Cornelius, Biddeford, Me. Howes, Osborne, Boston, Mass.

Jordan, Michael J., Boston, Mass.

Kelly, William J., Kittery, Me. Kimball, Hon. Charles Deane, governor of Rhode Island.

Lawler, Thomas B., New York city. Lawless, Hon. Joseph T., Norfolk, Va., recently secretary of state, Virginia. Lee, Hon. Thomas Z., Providence, R. I. Linehan, Hon. John C., Concord, N. H., state insurance commissioner of New Hampshire. Linehan, Miss Mary Lessey, Hartford, Conn. Linehan, Rev. Timothy P., Biddeford, Me. Lynn, Hon. Wauhope, New York city. Lyons, Dr. W. H. H., Portsmouth, N. H.

MacDonnell, John T. F., Holyoke, Mass. Martin, Hon. John B., Boston, Mass. McAdoo, Hon. William, New York city. McCarthy, Patrick J., Providence, R. I. McCoy, Rev. John J., Chicopee, Mass. McGlinchey, James H., Portland, Me. McKeever, Capt. Samuel, U. S. A. (retired), Somerville, Mass. McLaughlin, Edward A., Boston, Mass. McNamee, Hon. John H. H., mayor of Cambridge, Mass. McSweeny, Rev. Edward, Bangor, Me. Mellen, James H., Worcester, Mass. Milholland, John E., New York city. Monaghan, Prof. J. C., University of Wisconsin. Monahan, Michael, New York city. Moran, Col. James, Providence, R. I. Moseley, Hon. Edward A., secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. Moses, George H., Concord, N. H. Murray, Thomas Hamilton, Boston, Mass.

Naphen, Congressman Henry F., Boston, Mass. Nelson, Rev. S. Banks, Woonsocket, R. I.

O’Beirne, Gen. James R., New York city. O’Brien, Capt. Laurence, New Haven, Conn. O’Brien, Hon. Morgan J., New York city; a justice of the New York Supreme Court. O’Brien, Very Rev. Michael C., Bangor, Me. O’Donnell, Rev. James H., Norwalk, Conn. O’Driscoll, Daniel M., Charleston, S. C. O’Loughlin, Patrick, Brookline, Mass. O’Malley, Thomas F., Somerville, Mass. O’Neill, James L., Elizabeth, N. J.

Patterson, Rev. George J., Boston, Mass. Phalen, Rev. Frank L., Worcester, Mass. Plunkett, Thomas, East Liverpool, O.

Robertson, John Mackinnon, London, Eng. Roche, James Jeffrey, editor _The Pilot_, Boston, Mass. Rooney, John Jerome, New York city. Roosevelt, Hon. Theodore, then governor of New York.

Scully, Martin, Waterbury, Conn. Sheahan, Dennis Harvey, Providence, R. I. Sherman, Rev. Andrew M., Morristown, N. J. Smith, Joseph, Lowell, Mass. Sperry, Congressman N. D., New Haven, Conn. Studley, Hon. John P., mayor of New Haven, Conn. Sullivan, Dr. James E., Providence, R. I. Sweeny, William M., Astoria, L. I., N. Y. Swords, Joseph F., Hartford, Conn.

Taylor, Capt. John Shawe, Galway, Ire. Teeling, Rev. Arthur J., Lynn, Mass. Tierney, Dennis H., Waterbury, Conn. Tilson, John Q., New Haven, Conn. Tilton, Mayor, Portsmouth, N. H.

Van Siclen, George E., New York city.

Waller, Hon. Thomas M., ex-governor of Connecticut. Walsh, Hon. Patrick, Augusta, Ga. Weadock, Hon. T. A. E., Detroit, Mich. Williams, Prof. Alonzo, Brown University, Providence, R. I.

PRESIDENTS-GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY.

1897. Rear-Admiral George W. Meade, U. S. N., (retired), Philadelphia,
Pa. Died May 4, 1897.

1897. Hon. Edward A. Moseley, secretary of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, Washington, D. C.; was elected President-General
on death of Admiral Meade.

1898. Hon. Edward A. Moseley, Washington, D. C.

1899. Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass.; a prominent lawyer of that
city; ex-member of the Police Commission; member of the Boston
Transit Commission.

1900. Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass.

1901. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city; prominent capitalist;
official in banks, trust companies, and other corporations.

1902. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city.

1903. Hon. William McAdoo, New York city; assistant secretary of the
U. S. Navy under President Cleveland; prominent lawyer;
ex-member of Congress.

1904. Hon. William McAdoo, New York city.

MEMBERSHIP ROLL
OF THE
AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

[For officers of the Society see pages 5 and 6.]

=Adams, Hon. Samuel=, president and treasurer of the Adams Dry Goods
Co., 339–355 Sixth Avenue, New York city; director, Garfield
National Bank, New York; member of the New York Chamber of
Commerce; an ex-senator of Colorado.

=Adams, T. Albeus=, president of the Gansevoort Bank, Fourteenth
Street and Ninth Avenue, New York city; also president of Adams &
Co; president of the Adams Bros. Co.; president of the Manhattan
Refrigerating Co.; director, Mercantile National Bank.

=Ahern, John=, 5 Highland Street, Concord, N. H.

=Aspell, John= (M. D.), 139 West 77th Street, New York city; member of
the Academy of Medicine; of the County Medical Association, and of
the Celtic Medical Society; recently president of the latter;
visiting surgeon to St. Vincent’s Hospital.

=Bannin, Michael E.=, of Converse, Stanton & Co., dry goods commission
merchants, 83 and 85 Worth Street, New York city; member of the
Merchants Association, New York; director, Merchants Trust Co.;
director, the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank; director, the
Catholic Summer School (Cliff Haven); member of the Merchants and
Catholic clubs, New York, of the Montauk Club, Brooklyn, and of
the Brooklyn Arts and Science Institute; director, the Columbian
National Life Insurance Co.

=Bannon, Henry G.=, 107 East 55th Street, New York city; president of
the Irish National Club; secretary, Celtic-American Publishing Co.

=Barrett, Frank B.=, 254 Fourth Avenue, New York city; with Pierce,
Butler & Pierce Manufacturing Co.

=Barrett, Michael F.=, of Barrett Bros., wholesale and retail dealers
in teas, coffees, etc., 308 Spring Street and 574 Hudson Street,
New York city.

=Barry, Hon. Patrick T.=, 87–97 South Jefferson Street, Chicago, Ill.
(Life member of the Society); advertising manager, Chicago
Newspaper Union; director, First National Bank of Englewood, Ill.;
director, The _Chicago Citizen_ Company; has been a member of the
State Legislature of Illinois; prominently identified with
educational interests.

=Barry, Rev. Michael=, Oswego, N. Y.

=Batters, Henry W.=, educator, Waterbury, Conn.

=Bennett, Richard=, 206–208 Broadway, New York city.

=Bodfish, Rev. Joshua P. L.=, Canton, Mass.; formerly chancellor of
the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston; a director of the Bunker
Hill Monument Association.

=Boyle, Hon. Patrick J.=, now serving his tenth term as mayor of
Newport, R. I.

=Brady, Rev. Cyrus Townsend= (LL. D.), 455 East 17th Street, Flatbush,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; member of the Society of Colonial Wars, of the
Sons of the Revolution, of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, and
of other patriotic organizations; chaplain of the First
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain; formerly
Protestant Episcopal archdeacon of Pennsylvania; author of _For
Love of Country_, _For the Freedom of the Sea_, _Stephen Decatur_,
_Commodore Paul Jones_, _Border Fights and Fighters_, and other
works.

=Brady, Owen J.=, The H. B. Claflin Co., 224 Church Street, New York
city.

=Brady, Patrick=, 445 Seventh Avenue, New York city.

=Brandon, Edward J.=, city clerk, Cambridge, Mass.

=Brann, Rev. Henry A.= (D. D.), 141 East 43d Street, New York city
(Life member of the Society).

=Bree, Hon. James P.=, lawyer, 902 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn.;
state auditor of Connecticut; recently a senator.

=Brennan, Hon. James F.=, lawyer, Peterborough, N. H.; a trustee of
the New Hampshire State Library.

=Brennan, James F.=, contractor, 2½ Grove Street, New Haven, Conn.

=Brennan, Michael=, Hotel San Remo, Central Park West, New York city.

=Brennan, P. J.=, 788 West End Avenue, New York city.

=Breslin, T. J.=, Fries-Breslin Co., Camden, N. J.

=Britton, Thomas P.=, 1221 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

=Broderick, William J.=, 52 Morton Street, New York city.

=Brosnahan, Rev. Timothy=, rector of St. Mary’s church, Waltham, Mass.

=Burke, Robert E.=, recently city solicitor, Newburyport, Mass.

=Burr, William P.=, lawyer, 35 Nassau Street, New York city.

=Buttimer, Thomas H.=, lawyer, Hingham and Boston, Mass.

=Byrne, C. E.=, of the C. E. Byrne Piano Co., East 41st Street, New
York city.

=Byrne, Major John=, 45 Wall Street, New York city; director, Detroit
City Gas Co.; president, Shawmut Coal & Coke Co.; chairman Board
of Directors, Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern R. R. Co.; president,
Kersey Mining Co.; president, Kersey R. R. Co.; chairman Board of
Directors, Shawmut Mining Co.; trustee, Emigrant Industrial
Savings Bank of New York city.

=Byrne, Joseph M.=, insurance, 800 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.

=Byrne, Rt. Rev. William= (V. G., D. D.), rector of St. Cecilia’s
church, St. Cecilia Street, Boston, Mass.

=Byrns, John=, 734 Lexington Avenue, New York city.

=Cahill, John H.=, 15 Dey Street, New York city.

=Cahill, M. J.=, dry goods merchant, Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass.

=Cahill, Thomas M.= (M. D.), 60 Edwards Street, New Haven, Conn.; son
of the late Col. Thomas W. Cahill who commanded the Ninth
Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (an Irish regiment), in the Civil
War.

=Calnin, James=, 101–107 Lakeview Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

=Campbell, James C.=, post-office, Cleveland, Ohio.

=Cannon, Thomas H.=, of the law firm Cannon & Poage, Stock Exchange
Building, Chicago, Ill.

=Carbray, Hon. Felix=, Benburb Place, Quebec, Canada; member of the
Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries,
Ireland; member of the Quebec Harbor Commission and of the Quebec
Board of Trade; consul for Portugal at Quebec, and dean of the
Consular Corps; trustee of St. Patrick’s church, and of St.
Bridget’s asylum; has represented his district in the parliament
of the Province of Quebec. He was one of the pioneers in the
lumber trade between the St. Lawrence and South America; has
engaged in the general commission and shipping business, and has
been a member of the successive firms: Carbray & Routh; Carbray,
Routh & Co.; and Carbray, Son & Co.

=Carmody, T. F.=, lawyer, Waterbury, Conn.

=Carney, Michael=, of M. Carney & Co., Lawrence, Mass.

=Carroll, Edward=, Leavenworth National Bank, Leavenworth, Kansas.

=Carroll, John L.=, 18 State Street, Newark, N. J.

=Carter, Hon. Thomas H.=, Helena, Mont.; recently a U. S. senator.

=Casey, Stephen J.=, Exchange Building, 53 State Street., Boston,
Mass.; Boston manager of the Empire State Surety Co.

=Cassidy, John J.=, Inspector of Buildings, Wilmington, Del.

=Cassidy, Patrick= (M. D.), Norwich, Conn.; was surgeon-general on the
staff of Gov. Luzon B. Morris of Connecticut, ranking as
brigadier-general.

=Chittick, Rev. J. J.=, Hyde Park, Mass.

=Clancy, Laurence=, dry goods merchant, West Bridge Street, Oswego, N.
Y.; trustee, Oswego County Savings Bank; director, electric street
railway; member, Normal school board; has repeatedly declined a
nomination for mayor of Oswego.

=Clare, William F.=, lawyer, 149 Broadway, New York city.

=Clark, Rev. James F.=, New Bedford, Mass.

=Clarke, James=, of James Clarke & Co., booksellers and publishers, 3,
5 and 7 West 22d Street, New York city.

=Clarke, Joseph I. C.=, Sunday editor New York _Herald_, Herald
Square, New York city.

=Clarke, Robert=, 27 Harbor Street, Cleveland, O.

=Clary, Charles H.=, Hallowell, Me.; a descendant of John Clary, “of
Newcastle, province of New Hampshire,” who married Jane Mahoney,
of Georgetown, Me., in 1750. Four children were born to them
before 1760. Mr. Clary of Hallowell, Me., here mentioned, was one
of the founders of the Clary Reunion Family which meets annually.

=Cleary, James=, 120 Liberty Street, Cleveland, O.

=Coffey, John J.=, Neponset (Boston), Mass.; served during the Civil
war in the Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry (the
Faugh-a-Ballagh regiment), which formed part of Meagher’s Irish
Brigade, First Division, Second Corps; participated in the
valorous charges of the brigade against the Confederates at
Marye’s Heights; was wounded at Gettysburg and still carries the
bullet in his body. His brother, Michael J., was color sergeant of
the Irish flag of the regiment and carried it until he fell
mortally wounded at the second battle of Bull Run.

=Coffey, Rev. Michael J.=, East Cambridge, Mass.

=Coghlan, Rev. Gerald P.=, 2141 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

=Cohalan, Daniel F.=, lawyer, 271 Broadway, New York city.

=Coleman, Bernard F.=, 38 East 69th Street, New York city.

=Coleman, James S.=, 38 East 69th Street, New York city; of Coleman,
Breuchaud & Coleman.

=Coleman, John=, capitalist, Louisville, Ky.

=Collins, James M.=, 6 Sexton Avenue, Concord, N. H.

=Collins, Hon. John S.=, Gilsum, N. H.; manufacturer of woolens; an
ex-state senator of New Hampshire.

=Collins, Hon. Patrick A.=, mayor of Boston, Mass.; formerly a member
of Congress, and later U. S. Consul General at London, England.

=Collins, William D.= (M. D.), Haverhill, Mass.

=Conaty, Bernard=, 30 Cypress Street, Providence, R. I.

=Conaty, Rev. B. S.=, 340 Cambridge Street, Worcester, Mass.

=Conaty, Rt. Rev. Thomas J.= (D. D.), Bishop of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Los Angeles, Cal.

=Condon, Edward O’Meagher=, Custom House, New Orleans, La.; connected
with the office of the U. S. Supervising Architect, Washington, D.
C., as an inspector of public buildings; served in the Union army
during the Civil War.

=Coney, Patrick H.=, lawyer, 316 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kan. He
entered the Union army in 1863, at the age of 15 years, enlisting
in the One Hundredth and Eleventh New York Infantry. He was
detailed as dispatch bearer on Gen. McDougall’s staff, promoted as
an orderly dispatch bearer on Gen. Nelson A. Miles’ staff, served
in this capacity on to Appomatox and Lee’s surrender, and was
transferred June 5, 1865, to Company H, Fourth New York Heavy
Artillery. He served until October 5, 1865, when he was honorably
discharged at Hart’s Island, N. Y. He was wounded at the battle of
Peach Orchard in front of Petersburg, Va., on June 16, 1864, and
rejoined his command from the hospital after sixty days’
convalescence. In addition to his law practice, he is general
manager of the American Investment and Development Co., which is
engaged in the promotion and development of 11,000 acres of
mineral, gas, and oil lands in Benton county, Mo. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles is president of the company.

=Conlon, William L.=, Portsmouth, N. H.

=Connery, William P.=, Wheeler and Pleasant Streets, Lynn, Mass.;
recently candidate for mayor of Lynn.

=Connolly, James=, Coronado, Cal.

=Connolly, Rev. Arthur T.=, Center and Creighton Streets, Roxbury
(Boston), Mass.

=Connor, Michael=, 509 Beech Street, Manchester, N. H.

=Conway, James L.=, 113 Worth Street, New York city.

=Cooke, Rev. Michael J.=, Fall River, Mass. (Life member of the
Society.)

=Corcoran, John H.=, dry goods merchant, 587 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, Mass.

=Coughlin, John=, 177 Water Street, Augusta, Me.

=Cox, Michael F.= (M. D., M. R. I. A.), 26 Merrion Square, Dublin,
Ireland.

=Cox, Michael H.=, 54 Commerce Street, Boston. Mass.

=Cox, William T.=, 12 South Second Street, Elizabeth, N. J.; owner of
Cox’s Towing Line; for three years chairman of the fire
commissioners of Elizabeth; ex-chief of the Elizabeth Volunteer
Fire Department.

=Coyle, Rev. James=, Taunton, Mass.

=Coyle, Rev. John D.=, 79 Davenport Avenue, New Haven, Conn.

=Crane, John=, of Crane & MacMahon, Maritime Building, 8–10 Bridge
Street, New York city; a veteran of the Civil War; member of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

=Crimmins, Hon. John D.=, 40 East 68th Street, New York city; a Life
member of the Society; president-general of the organization in
1901 and 1902; a member of the New York Municipal Art Commission.
Mr. Crimmins served as a park commissioner of New York city from
1883 to 1888, during which time he was treasurer and president of
the board. He was a member of the Board of Visitors to West Point
in 1894, and presidential elector (Democratic), in 1892 and 1904.
He was appointed by President Roosevelt and served as a member of
the Greater New York Charter Revision Commission. In 1894, he was
a member of the New York State Constitutional Convention. Mr.
Crimmins is a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and is
officially connected with many railway, realty, and banking
corporations. He is president of the Essex and Hudson Land
Improvement Co.; president of the Port Richmond and Bergen Point
Ferry Co.; president of the Bergen Point and Staten Island Ferry
Co.; vice-president of the City Trust Co. of New York;
vice-president of the Title Insurance Co. of New York;
vice-president of the New York Mortgage and Security Co.; director
of the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, and also a director in the
following companies: New York City Railway Co., Metropolitan
Securities Co., the Century Realty Co., and the Chelsea Realty Co.
He is prominently identified with the charities of the Roman
Catholic Church as well as with non-sectarian charities. He is
chairman of the executive committee of the trustees of St.
Patrick’s Cathedral; member of the board of managers of the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum; member of the board of managers of St.
Vincent’s Hospital; member of the board of trustees of St. John’s
Guild, and also of the Provident Loan Society of New York. Mr.
Crimmins is also a director of the City and Suburban Homes Co. of
New York, which has for its object to provide model homes at
reasonable cost for working people. He is a member of the
following clubs: Catholic, Metropolitan, Lawyers, Democratic,
Manhattan, and of the Wee Burn Golf Club, of which he was formerly
president. He is likewise a member of the board of managers of the
Sevilla Home for Children, a non-sectarian charity, and is also
one of the managers of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile
Delinquents.

=Crimmins, Lieut. Martin L.=, of the Nineteenth U. S. Infantry; a son
of Hon. John D. Crimmins, of New York city.

=Cronin, Capt. William=, Rutland, Vt.

=Croston, J. F.= (M. D.), Emerson Street, Haverhill, Mass.

=Cummings, Matthew J.=, Overseer of the Poor, Providence, R. I.

=Cummins, Rev. John F.=, Rosindale (Boston), Mass.

=Cunningham, James=, 277 Congress Street, Portland, Me.

=Curran, James=, of the James Curran Manufacturing Co., 512–514 West
36th Street, New York city; a veteran of the Civil War.

=Curry, Capt. P. S.=, contractor and builder, Lynn, Mass.; a veteran
of the Civil War.

=Curry, E. J.=, 69–71 East 89th Street, New York city.

=Curtin, Jeremiah=, Bristol, Vt.; author of _Hero Tales of Ireland_,
_Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland_, _Myths and Folk-Tales of the
Russians_, _Western Slavs and Magyars_; translator of works of
Henryk Sienkiewicz. Mr. Curtin was acting U. S. Consul-General in
Russia, 1865–’66; actively connected with the Bureau of Ethnology,
Smithsonian Institution, 1883–’91. He is one of the greatest of
living philologists and linguists.

=Daly, Hon. Joseph F.= (LL. D.), Wall Street, New York city; Chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, New York, 1890–’96; Justice
of the New York Supreme Court, 1896–’98; member of the Board of
Managers, Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum; member of the Advisory
Board, St. Vincent’s Hospital.

=Danaher, Hon. Franklin M.=, Albany, N. Y.; member of the State Board
of Law Examiners; many years Judge of the City Court of Albany.

=Danvers, Robert E.=, 349–351 West 58th Street (the St. Albans), New
York city; dealer in iron and steel.

=Dasey, Charles V.=, Board of Trade Building, Broad Street, Boston,
Mass.; steamship and insurance agent; general Eastern agent,
Anchor Line S. S. Co., and of the Italian Royal Mail S. S. Co.;
general agent, Insular Navigation Co.; general agency for ocean
travel.

=Davis, Dr. F. L.=, Biddeford, Me.

=Davis, Hon. Robert T.= (M. D.), Fall River, Mass. He was born in
County Down, Ireland, 1823; was a member of the Massachusetts
State Constitutional Convention, 1853; a state senator, 1858–1861,
and member of the National Republican Convention that nominated
Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860. In 1873, Dr. Davis was
elected mayor of Fall River. In 1882, he was elected to Congress,
and was reëlected in 1884 and 1886. He has been prominently
identified with the manufacturing interests of Fall River, has
been president of the Wampanoag and Stafford mills, and has also
been officially connected with the Merchants’, Robeson and other
mills.

=Day, Joseph P.=, 932 Eighth Avenue, New York city.

=Deeves, Richard=, of Richard Deeves & Son, builders, 305–309
Broadway, New York city.

=Delahanty, Dr. W. J.=, Trumbull Square, Worcester, Mass.

=Delehanty, Hon. F. B.=, Judges’ Chambers, Court House, City Hall
Park, New York; a Judge of the City Court.

=Dempsey, George C.=, Lowell, Mass.

=Dempsey, William P.=, treasurer and manager, the Dempsey Bleachery
and Dye Works, Pawtucket, R. I.

=Devlin, James H.=, 35 Parsons Street, Brighton (Boston), Mass.

=Dixon, Richard=, insurance, 52–54 William Street, New York city.

=Donahoe, Col. John P.=, Wilmington, Del.

=Donahue, Dan A.=, Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass.

=Donoghoe, D. F.= (M. D.), Holyoke, Mass.

=Donovan, Daniel=, 21 High Rock Street, Lynn, Mass.; an authority on
heraldry, armorial bearings, etc., particularly as the same relate
to Ireland.

=Donovan, Henry F.=, editor and proprietor _The Chicago Eagle_,
Teutonic Building, Chicago, Ill.; late colonel and
inspector-general, Illinois National Guard.

=Donovan, John W.=, of Larkin, Donovan & Co., real estate, mortgages,
and insurance, 1228 Amsterdam Avenue, New York city.