John Irish & Rebecca Doty - Information on Families and Marriages

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Source:
Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Volume 1
Lewis Publishing Company, 1911
Cuyler Reynolds, Editor
Page 474


VIII The Stafford Line

John and Thomas Stafford, younger sons of Lord Stafford of Staffordshire, England, came to the American colonies in a vessel of their own and settled at Scituate, Rhode Island.

Both married. Thomas married Mary Cleveland and moved to Stephentown, New York, thence to Danby, Vermont, later to Plattsburg, New York.

Children: Rowland, Palmer, John, Deborah, Stutely, Nancy, Joseph, and Francis.

Stutely, son of Thomas and Mary Cleveland Stafford, married (her second husband) Rebecca Doty Irish, April 2, 1780. She was then twenty one years of age had been a widow nearly three years and had been the wife of John Irish nearly five years. She was a granddaughter of Francis De Long, a French officer, and Heilcha Van Skalk of Amsterdam, Holland, who eloped in America and lived on Long Island, New York. Their children were Ora, Elias, Rachel, Maricha, Lucretia, and Zonacha.

Lucretia De Long married Joseph Doty and first settled at Fishkill, New York, later removed to Nine Partners, Dutchess county, New York. Children: Peter, Rhoda, Jacob, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Patty, Nancy, Lydia, Mary Ann.

Rebecca Doty married John Irish in 1772. They removed to Tinmouth, Vermont, where he was killed by the Indians July 1777.

She married Stutely Stafford April 2, 1780. They lived at Danby, later in Wallingford, Vermont.

By her first marriage [John Irish] she had Lucretia, Joseph, and Rhoda Irish; by her second marriage she had Merriam, Nancy, Palmer, Ormond, Holden, Marbury, Sylvia, John, and Mercy.

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This information is from Vol. III, pp. 1058-1060 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Sarah Doty, born at Oyster Bay, 1708, died at Lansingburg, New York. He was a private in Captain Charles Laroex's company of New York City militia in 1738. He settled at Crum Elbow, Dutchess county, New York, where he married, and later removed to Lansingburg. He was a blacksmith in good circumstances; he married, in 1744, Lucretia De Long; in 1769 he removed with his family to Lansingburg, New York. Lucretia De Long, born at Charlotte, Dutchess county, New York, in 1722, was daughter of Elsha Van Schaic, who was the daughter and sole heir of an Amsterdam (Holland) banker. She eloped with Francis De Long, an officer of the French army. Children of Joseph and Lucretia Doty:
Ormond, born in Charlotte, New York, November 24, 1746; married Phoebe Vail.
Peter, see forward.
Rebecca, married (first) John Irish; (second) Stutely Stafford.
Elizabeth, twin of Rebecca, married Daniel Barheit.
Rhoda, married Jacob Stover.
Mary, married Leonard Schermerhorn.
Jacob, married Zilla Berrie, removed to Vermont.
Lydia, married Daniel Shaw.
Nancy, married Mark Jimmey.
Marian, married Ephraim Putnam.


Also, from Hudson-Mowhawk Genealogy:
Doty and Eaton

The Eaton and Doty families were of English origin. The American ancestors of each came to America in the "Mayflower," survived the rigors and sickness of the first winter, and founded families in the New World. Francis Eaton was the twenty-third and Edward Doty the fortieth signer of the "Compact." The families spread rapidly and have many noted descendants. Oliver Lafayette Eaton Fisher, of Troy, whose family lines are herein traced, is a lineal descendant of Francis Eaton, and through his maternal line traces to Edward Doty. In the intervening generations there have been intermarriages with nearly every prominent early Massachusetts family.

(I) Edward Doty, born about 1600, died at Plymouth, Massachusetts, August 28, 1665. He was a passenger in the "Mayflower" in 1620, and one of the signers of the "Compact." He married (second) January 6, 1635, Faith, daughter of Thurston Clark. Children:

Edward, born 1637; married Sarah Paunce. His daughter Sarah, in 1687, married Captain James, second son of Nathaniel Warren (1).
John, born 1639, married Elizabeth Cooke.
Thomas, born 1641, married Mary Churchill.
Samuel, born 1643: married Jane Harmon.
Desire, born 1645: married (first) William Sherman; (second) Israel Holmes; (third) Alexander Standish.
Elizabeth, born 1647; married John Rouse.
Isaac, February 8, 1648, see forward.
Joseph, April 30, 1651; married (first) Elizabeth Warren; (second) Deborah Holbrook; (third) Sarah Edwards.
Mary, born 1653; died unmarried.
(II) Isaac, son of Edward and Faith (Clark) Doty, was born at Plymouth, February 8, 1648. according to the colonial records. He removed to Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, about 1673, his name appearing in various deeds from 1678 to 1720. He was a member and twice vestryman of the Episcopal church at Oyster Bay. He married, about 1673, Elizabeth England, and died about 1728. Children, all substantial men of Oyster Bay:

Isaac, married Elizabeth Jackson.
Joseph, married Sarah ————.
Jacob, married Penelope Alberton.
Solomon, married Rachel Seaman.
James, married Catherine Latting.
Samuel, married Charity Mudge.
(III) Joseph, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (England) Doty, was born at Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1680, died there 1716. His will is recorded at Jamaica, Queens county, New York. He married Sarah ————, of Oyster Bay. Children:

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