♂ John Irish

1745 - 1777

John Irish
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Spouse
Children
Lucretia Irish
Lucretia Irish
1772 - 1850

John Irish, suspected of being a Tory, was shot and killed by General Clark, who suspected John was plotting against the Whigs

 

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1745

1745 Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV of France.

1768


Age: 23y
Irish Family - New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial - Volume 3

residence


Danby, Vermont, USA ⇓
Jesse and Mary Irish left from Nine Partners, New York, with their seven sons, including John, to make a new home at Danby. Jesse became a prominent pioneer, and his farm later became known as the Nelson-Colvin Place.
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1768 • The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
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1772


Age: 27y

1772


Age: 27y

marriage


They were married as John Irish was on his way north from Nine Partners, and settled in Tinmouth.
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1777


Age: 32y

death


Tinmouth, Vermont, USA ⇓
He was shot and killed by Lt. Isaac Clark, who was part of a scouting party under Captain Isaac Allen, during the revolutionary war, after suspicion that rose that he was a Tory. However, being a Quaker, he was likely not involved with the war. There are multiple versions of the events leading up to his death, however his wife gave a detailed personal account.
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1777 • American Revolutionary War – Battle of Princeton: American general George Washington's army again defeats the British.

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