John Irish, II

Second settler of Little Compton, RI.

1678, July 5- constable.

He is buried on his old farm directly across the street from the old Friend Meeting House. His grave stone reads:

"Here lies the body of John Irish, who dyed Febr'y 21st, 1717 in the 76th year of his age."

Siblings: Elizabeth, Elias, and Lydia.

"Son David and my wife to be executors; to wife part this part of the great lot I now dwell upon and one half the housing that is to say from the great highway [i.e. West Main Rd.] from the sea for her life. To sons David, Johnathan and John Irish, all my rights to the 16th and 17th great lots [this refers to LC]. To son Jedediah all my lands in Middleborough and meadow at Sampson's brook in Plymouth. To wife land in Duxbury that was formerly my father's which I have been wronged and abused about. Pray take my meaning. To four daughters 20 pounds each, Elizabeth, Sarah, Content and Mary. To daughter Joanna 6 shillings. The 17th great lot to my son Johnathan to have 30 acres and my son John to have the rest. To daughter Hannah Talbee 10 sheep. To son Johnathan the west end at waterside and east to brook where spring is. To son John Irish the rest of the land to the highway and rest of his lot on the east of the highway until it meets David's 10 acres. If it please God take me away from the cross upon the ground it shall be at my wife's disposal for the good of the family . "

Note: From: Joe Travis - Wonder who 'daughter Hannah Talbee' is?

From: W. L. Irish - He was a carpenter. He moved to Little Compton, Newport Co., RI about 1673. Was appointed Constable 7-5-1678, the oath of office being administered by Capt. Benjamin Church. He was a surveyor of highways in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI in 1683. He and John Woodman bought of Joseph Wait, a piece of salt marsh for 34# on 1-7-1691; buried in Lot #16 on the old IRISH farm, across the road from the old Friend's Meeting House at Little Compton, Rhode Island.

carpenter, constable, surveyor of highways

From http://www.wittmeyerfamily.com/john-irish-1641.html

Taken from the Descendants of John Irish:

In 1655 Myles Standish has mentioned him in his Will as follows:

"Further my Will is, that my servant John Irtish Jr., have 40 shillings more than his covenant which will appear in the Town Book alwase, provided that he continue till the time he covenanted bee expired in the servide of my executors or any of them with their joint consent by will." Dated March 7, 1655 and signed by Myles Standish. John Irish Jr. is credited with being the second settler on Saconnet soil in Little Compton, Rhode Island. During the Revolutionary War, his Block House was one of five houses used as watch houses on "Brimstone Hill." It has been remodeled and enlarged and has been done in oils by the artist, Sidney Burleigh. This house still stands on his lot Number 16 and is located about 1 1/2 miles West and North of the village of Little Compton, on the old farm situated directly across the street from the Old Friends Meeting House of Little Compton, with a plaque in front stating: "Home of John Irish, 2nd settler of Little Compton, Rhode Island Block House." The tombstones of John Irish and his wife, Elizabeth now stand in the little plum thicket in the Northest corner of their old farm, and the inscriptions which are still easily read are:

• "Here lies the body of John Irish, who dyed Febr'y 21st, 1717 in the 76th year of his age."
• "Here lies the body of Elizabeth, wife of John Irish, who dyed March  the 8th, 1707 in the 53rd year of her age."
• (printed in 1964 by Willis Luther Irish)

notes

From Errors and Omissions in Published Massachusetts Vital Records: Corrections and Additions

Little Compton  Although it is now in Newport Co., RI, Little Compton was until 1747 in Bristol Co., MA James N. Arnold, Editor, Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Volume 4, Little Compton, Part VI (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1893).

"P. 36 (Marriages): "IRISH ... John and Priscilla Church; m. by Benjamin Church, Justice, May —, 1708."

She was Priscilla (Southworth) Talbot, born 1645 and widow of Samuel Talbot of Bristol. See Robert S. Wakefield, "The Children and Purported Children of Richard and Elizabeth (Warren) Church" (The American Genealogist, 60 (1984):129-139) at pp. 138-139.

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=irish&GSfn=jo...
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_423.html#P9713
• http://www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/...
  • Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 19 2016, 4:52:15 UTC

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John Irish Jr. (abt. 1641 - 1717)

John Irish Jr. Born about 1641 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, Massachusettsmap Son of John Irish Sr. and Elizabeth (Unknown) Irish Brother of Elizabeth (Irish) Washburn and Elias Irish Husband of Elizabeth (Thurston) Irish — married about 1672 in in Little Compton,Newport Co.,Rhode Islandmap Husband of Priscilla (Southworth) Irish — married May 1, 1708 in Little Compton, Rhode Island?map Father of Jonathan Irish and Content (Irish) Shaw Died February 21, 1717 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Islandmap Profile managers: Paul Babcock private message [send private message], Jamie Swindells private message [send private message], and Dale Burdick private message [send private message] Last modified 11 September 2015.

Categories: Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Biography

Husband of Elizabeth (Savory) Irish — married 1669 in in Little Compton,Newport Co.,Rhode Island. Husband of Priscilla (Southworth) Irish — married May 1, 1708 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA. Father of Jedediah Irish, Elizabeth Richmond, Jonathan Irish, David Irish, Priscilla Irish, Joanna Irish, Sarah Irish, Mary Palmer, John Irish, III and Content (Irish) Shaw.

Second settler of Little Compton, RI.

1678, July 5- constable.

He is buried on his old farm directly across the street from the old Friend Meeting House. His grave stone reads:

"Here lies the body of John Irish, who dyed Febr'y 21st, 1717 in the 76th year of his age."

Siblings: Elizabeth, Elias, and Lydia.

"Son David and my wife to be executors; to wife part this part of the great lot I now dwell upon and one half the housing that is to say from the great highway [i.e. West Main Rd.] from the sea for her life. To sons David, Johnathan and John Irish, all my rights to the 16th and 17th great lots [this refers to LC]. To son Jedediah all my lands in Middleborough and meadow at Sampson's brook in Plymouth. To wife land in Duxbury that was formerly my father's which I have been wronged and abused about. Pray take my meaning. To four daughters 20 pounds each, Elizabeth, Sarah, Content and Mary. To daughter Joanna 6 shillings. The 17th great lot to my son Johnathan to have 30 acres and my son John to have the rest. To daughter Hannah Talbee 10 sheep. To son Johnathan the west end at waterside and east to brook where spring is. To son John Irish the rest of the land to the highway and rest of his lot on the east of the highway until it meets David's 10 acres. If it please God take me away from the cross upon the ground it shall be at my wife's disposal for the good of the family . "

Note: From: Joe Travis - Wonder who 'daughter Hannah Talbee' is?

From: W. L. Irish - He was a carpenter. He moved to Little Compton, Newport Co., RI about 1673. Was appointed Constable 7-5-1678, the oath of office being administered by Capt. Benjamin Church. He was a surveyor of highways in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI in 1683. He and John Woodman bought of Joseph Wait, a piece of salt marsh for 34# on 1-7-1691; buried in Lot #16 on the old IRISH farm, across the road from the old Friend's Meeting House at Little Compton, Rhode Island.

carpenter, constable, surveyor of highways

Sources

Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, Boston, MA: NEHGS 1995, p 1067: (Profile of John Irish... listing his children, including:) "John, b. say 1647; m. (1) by about 1672 Elizabeth ____ (said to be Savory); m. (2) 1 May 1708 Priscilla (Southworth) Talbot, daughter of Edward Southworth and widow of Samuel Talbot [NEHGR 54:181; TAG 60:131-32, 138-39]." RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project:They Came To Milton ID:I8476 Ancestry.com

• John's will was recorded at Taunton; Probate book 3, p. 387, made 9 Nov. 1715 and proved 20 March, 1717: "Son David and my wife to be executors; to wife part this part of the great lot I now dwell upon and one half the housing that is to say from the great highway [i.e. West Main Rd.] from the sea for her life. To sons David, Johnathan and John Irish, all my rights to the 16th and 17th great lots [this refers to LC]. To son Jedediah all my lands in Middleborough and meadow at Sampson's brook in Plymouth. To wife land in Duxbury that was formerly my father's which I have been wronged and abused about. Pray take my meaning. To four daughters 20 pounds each, Elizabeth, Sarah, Content and Mary. To daughter Joanna 6 shillings. The 17th great lot to my son Johnathan to have 30 acres and my son John to have the rest. To daughter Hannah Talbee 10 sheep. To son Johnathan the west end at waterside and east to brook where spring is. To son John Irish the rest of the land to the highway and rest of his lot on the east of the highway until it meets David's 10 acres. If it please God take me away from the cross upon the ground it shall be at my wife's disposal for the good of the family."
• "He was a carpenter. He moved to Little Compton, Newport Co., RI about 1673. Was appointed Constable 7-5-1678, the oath of office being administered by Capt. Benjamin Church. He was a surveyor of highways in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI in 1683. He and John Woodman bought of Joseph Wait, a piece of salt marsh for 34# on 1-7-1691; buried in Lot #16 on the old IRISH farm, across the road from the old Friend's Meeting House at Little Compton, Rhode Island."