Part 2

But even in his stellar classification Mr. Lodge makes a singular mistake, again on the wrong side of the Irish account. His “totals by race extraction” allow only one double star to “Irish.” Yet his cyclopedic authority has full-page steel engravings of the following six, all credited to the Irish race, without any hint of a mythical Scotch mixture: Chester A. Arthur, son of Rev. William Arthur of Antrim; John C. Calhoun, son of Patrick and grandson of James of Donegal; Robert Fulton, son of a Kilkenny man; Andrew Jackson, son of Andrew of Carrickfergus; James K. Polk, descendant of Irish Polk or “Pollock”; Philip H. Sheridan, race not mentioned but pretty well known.

Mr. Lodge is equally reckless of fact when he attempts to count the “single stars” of the Irish race. He finds only thirteen of these among the early settler class and eleven among the “immigrants”—twenty-four in all. Here are the names of sixty-five, given by _Appleton’s_, and not including such men of the Irish race as Lawrence Barrett, Lawrence and Philip Kearny, J. A. MacGahan, Commodore Macdonough and others, whose race is not specified in the cyclopedia:

Francis Barber John Barry Jas. G. Birney Johnston Blakeley Wm. O. Butler Henry C. Carey Charles Carroll of Carrollton John Carroll Thomas Conway Michael Corcoran Michael A. Corrigan David Crockett Andrew G. Curtin Charles P. Daly Thomas Addis Emmet James Gibbons Edward Hand Jas. Hillhouse John H. Hopkins John Hughes John Ireland Thomas Jones F. P. Kenrick John B. Kerfoot John A. Logan John J. Lynch John McCloskey Edward McGlynn Jas. McHenry Thomas McKean Alex. Macomb George G. Meade Richard Montgomery Alfred Moore John Nixon Fitz-James O’Brien Michael O’Connor Charles O’Conor P. H. O’Rorke Robert Patterson Leonidas Polk Andrew Porter Tyrone Power Wm. C. Preston Wm. D. Preston John Roach Stephen C. Rowan John Rutledge Patrick J. Ryan Jas. Shields Jas. Smith Samuel S. Smith Charles F. Smith Charles Stewart John Sullivan Jas. Sullivan George Taylor Hugh N. Thompson Launt Thompson Richard V. Whelan George W. Whistler J. A. MacN. Whistler Wm. P. Whyte Richard H. Wilde Henry Wilson

Following is Mr. Lodge’s tabulated misrepresentation of Irish ability according to his Tables “D” and “H,” but not according to the facts as given by _Appleton’s_:

Before 1789. After 1789. Total. Statesmen 9 13 22 Soldiers 18 19 37 Clergy 28 85 113 Lawyers 12 6 18 Physicians 2 2 4 Literature 17 22 39 Art 7 12 19 Science 3 6 9 Educators 0 7 7 Navy 4 4 8 Business 3 8 11 Philanthropy 4 4 8 Pioneers and Explorers 0 3 3 Inventors 0 0 0 Engineers 2 1 3 Architects 0 0 0 Musicians 0 1 1 Actors 0 7 7 ——— ——— ——— Total 109 200 309

Under the first head, “Statesmen,” Mr. Lodge “includes not only persons who have held public office, but all who as reformers, agitators, or in any other capacity have distinguished themselves in public affairs.” He allows nine statesmen to the Irish in his first list. His authority, _Appleton’s Encyclopedia_, is more liberal, giving them no less than thirty, including seven signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Not to answer assertion with mere counter-assertion, we have compiled the following list, from _Appleton’s_, including only such names as are specifically stated to belong to the Irish race, omitting all that are claimed as “Scotch-Irish,” and not even counting men of known Irish origin who are not so described in the cyclopedia.

In so doing we purposely leave out scores of Kellys, Butlers, Moores, Barrys, Boyles, etc. We do not wish to claim anything beyond the strict letter of Mr. Lodge’s authority, _Appleton’s Encyclopedia_. For every name in the following lists given by _Appleton’s_ as Irish, but possibly of remoter Scotch or English origin, there will be found half a dozen other names in _Appleton’s_ of obvious Celtic Irish origin which are not here included because not so specified in the cyclopedia. We are taking Mr. Lodge’s authority as such, in order to show how wildly he has departed from it. Following is the correct list compiled from _Appleton’s_:

STATESMEN.

Chester A. Arthur Robert W. Barnwell John S. Barry James G. Birney David C. Broderick Thomas Burke Pierce Butler John C. Calhoun Daniel Carroll John Lee Carroll Charles Carroll of Carrollton Eugene Casserly P. A. Collins John Conness Andrew G. Curtin Michael Farley William Findley Thos. Fitzgerald Benj. Fitzpatrick Thos. Fitzsimmons Andrew Gregg Joseph Haslett Alex. Henry John Hogan Andrew Jackson Charles W. Jones Edward Kavanagh Thomas Lewis C. Lyon Matthew Lyon Chris. Marshall Alex. Mebane Jas. McHenry Thos. McKean John McKinley John Montgomery T. P. Moore John Murphy Jas. K. Polk Thomas Polk William Polk David R. Porter Geo. B. Porter Francis Preston Jas. P. Preston Wm. B. Preston Wm. C. Preston George Read John M. Read John Reynolds Edward Rutledge John Rutledge William J. Sewell James Smith Robert Smith Samuel W. Smith John Smilie George Sullivan James Sullivan George Taylor Charles Thomson Matt. Thornton Michael Walsh R. H. Whitely William P. Whyte Henry Wilson

SOLDIERS.

T. P. Andrews Henry B. Armstrong John Armstrong John Armstrong Thomas J. Baird Francis Barber Robert Barnwell David B. Birney Fitzhugh Birney James G. Birney Andrew Brown Edw. Butler Edw. G. W. Butler Percival Butler Richard Butler Thomas Butler Thomas L. Butler William Butler William O. Butler Patrick R. Cleburne Patrick E. Connor Thomas Conway Michael Corcoran Robert T. Emmet John I. Gregg David M. Gregg Edward Hand John Haslett Armstrong Irvine Callender Irvine James Irvine William Irvine William N. Irvine Andrew Irwin Matthew Irwin R. H. Jackson Peter Keenan John C. Kelton Andrew Lewis Charles Lewis John L. Lewis William Lewis John A. Logan Alex. Macombe Maurice Maloney Hugh Maxwell Thompson Maxwell George McClure John E. McMahon Jas. P. McMahon Martin T. McMahon Stephen J. McGroarty G. J. G. McRee George Meade George G. Meade Thomas Francis Meagher John Mease Robert H. G. Minty “Captain Molly” Richard Montgomery James Moore James Morrison Stephen Moylan James A. Mulligan Francis Nichols Lewis Nichola William Nichols William A. Nichols John Nixon John O’Neill John P. J. O’Brien Patrick H. O’Rorke Robert Patterson F. A. Patterson Robert Patton Leonidas Polk Lucius E. Polk Andrew Porter Horace Porter Andrew Porter James Potter John S. Preston William Preston Thomas Proctor Griffith Rutherford Philip H. Sheridan James Shields Charles F. Smith John S. Smith Samuel Smith Thomas A. Smyth John Stark William Stark John Sullivan Jere. C. Sullivan Peter J. Sullivan Thomas W. Sweeny William Thompson William Thompson W. T. W. Tone Hugh Waddell John Whistler William Whistler J. W. G. Whistler Thomas L. Young

CLERGY (CATHOLIC).

John Barry D. Bradley George P. Brophy M. F. Burke John Q. Burke Andrew Byrne John Carroll L. Concanen John Connelly John J. Conroy Henry C. Conwell J. A. Corcoran Michael A. Corrigan Patrick F. Dealy T. J. Ducey James Dugan John Early Michael Egan John Elder William H. Elder John England Thomas Farrell James Fitton Edward Fitzgerald John B. Fitzpatrick Thomas Foley Thomas Galberry Hugh P. Gallagher James Gibbons M. Harkins Thomas F. Hendricken John Hennessey John J. Hennessey John J. Hogan John Hughes John Ireland John J. Keane Patrick Kelley F. P. Kenrick P. R. Kenrick James Keough John Loughlin P. A. Ludden John J. Lynch P. W. Lynch P. Manogue John McCloskey John McCloskey W. G. McCloskey John McElroy Edward McGlynn John McMullen F. McNeirney John Moore J. J. Moriarty P. E. Moriarty B. J. McQuade T. Mullen William Neligan E. O’Connell J. J. O’Connell John F. X. O’Connor J. O’Connor Michael O’Connor M. J. O’Farrell J. M. O’Gorman William O’Hara A. O’Reagan B. O’Reilly B. O’Reilly James O’Reilly John O’Reilly P. T. O’Reilly R. Phelan J. B. Purcell William Quarter John Quinlan William Quinn Patrick W. Riordan M. Ronayne James Ryan P. J. Ryan L. Scanlan R. Scannell Clement Smyth William Starrs John Twigg James Whelan Peter Whelan R. V. Whelan

CLERGY (PROTESTANT).

William Arthur John Brown William Butler Thomas Campbell George K. Dunlop John Glendy A. C. Garrett James Gray T. C. Henry J. H. Hopkins John H. Hopkins H. H. Kavanagh Hugh Knox James Latta E. D. MacMaster John Macnamara John W. Mafitt J. S. Maginnis A. McCaine A. P. McFerrin John B. McFerrin James McFerrin G. McMaster Edward Mitchell D. Moore T. Murphy J. Murray N. Murray John D. Ogilby Fred Ogilby J. O’Kelly R. Patterson W. Patton W. W. Patton S. Ralston William S. Rainsford S. Robinson E. Rutledge F. H. Rutledge John Scarborough John B. Smith R. Smith S. S. Smith T. Smyth Samuel Taggart Hugh M. Thompson Thomas R. Sullivan James Waddell Moses Waddell S. B. Wylie

LAWYERS.

G. B. Adrian W. T. S. Barry William Birnley George Bryan Aldanno Burke Edmund Burke John J. Burke Richard Busteed Pierce Butler James Campbell Charles P. Daley Edmund S. Dargan Daniel Dougherty Thomas A. Emmet Robert Emmet Thomas Addis Emmet James Hillhouse James A. Hillhouse William Hillhouse Samuel Hood William L. Houston Thomas Irwin David S. Jones P. H. Jones Thomas Jones Samuel Jones Samuel W. Jones William Killen Joshua Lewis O. A. Lochnane William Logan John V. Macmahon G. J. McRee Alfred Moore Alfred Moore Maurice Moore Charles O’Conor John B. O’Neall William Paterson Robert Patterson Thomas G. Polk William H. Polk J. M. Porter W. A. Porter Isaac T. Preston William Preston John Read John M. Read Hugh Rutledge E. G. Ryan George Shea Alex. Smyth William Stark A. C. Sullivan Jere. Sullivan John T. S. Sullivan A. M. Waddell Hugh Waddell Thomas Wilson

PHYSICIANS.

John Bell Charles Caldwell William H. Dudley Thomas A. Emmet Fred V. Hopkins Matthew Irvine Cornelius A. Logan James H. McClelland James McHenry William J. McNevin John Osborn John C. Osborn Robert M. Patterson William M. Polk Andrew W. Smyth John Watson

LITERATURE.

John Binns Joseph Brennan John Ross Browne John D. Burk Henry C. Cary William Cassidy Henry Hamilton Cox F. Marion Crawford Jere. Curtin Eleanor C. Donnelly Ignatius Donnelly M. F. Egan Kate Field Matthew Field William D. Gallagher Henry Giles Francis Glass E. L. Godkin William Grimshaw Louise I. Guiney Charles G. Halpine Moses Harvey Hugh J. Hastings James A. Hillhouse Aug. L. Hillhouse Caspar T. Hopkins William A. Jones Robert D. Joyce Henry F. Keenan Thomas Kinsella Celia Logan Cornelius A. Logan James A. MacMaster Henry N. Martin Edward Maturin Justin McCarthy R. Shelton McKenzie John O’Kane Murray Fitz-James O’Brien E. O. B. O’Callaghan Thomas O’Connor William D. O’Connor Daniel K. O’Donnell Theodore O’Hara Henry O’Reilly John Boyle O’Reilly John Osborne John Reade Mayne Reid William E. Robinson James Jeffrey Roche Abram J. Ryan Mary A. Sadlier William Sampson John Savage Charles D. Shanly John A. Shea John D. G. Shea Richard Smith Caleb Stark William Stuart Margaret A. F. Sullivan William Sullivan Louis F. Tasistro Robert Walsh William S. Walsh D. P. Warden Robert Watts R. H. Wilde William Wright

ART.

D. M. Carter Thomas Crawford P. P. Duggan Rosina Emmet W. M. Fisher Aug. Saint Gaudens Louis Saint Gaudens James Hamilton W. J. Hennessey Thomas Hovenden Charles C. Ingham J. E. Kelly William McGrath Joseph Milmore Martin Milmore John F. Murphy Hugh Newell William A. O’Donovan Launt Thompson

SCIENCE.

Robert Adrain John Cassin John P. Emmet G. Macloskie J. W. Mallett Charles Marshall T. O. C. Sloane M. Twomey Daniel Vaughn

EDUCATORS.

William Byrne William H. Maxwell Robert Milligan Patrick F. Mullany M. A. Newell Cornelius M. O’Leary Robert B. Patton James Ryder Richard Sterling Robert E. Thompson Michael Walsh James Waddell John Waddell Theo. A. Wilson

NAVY.

John Barry Johnston Blakely John Cassin Stephen Cassin Thomas A. Dornin Henry Eagle William H. Macomb John M. Maffit Richard W. Meade Matthew Mease Richard W. Meade Jeremiah O’Brien John O’Brien Richard O’Brien William O’Brien George C. Read Thomas Read Stephen C. Rowan James I. Waddell

BUSINESS.

Patrick Barry Alex. Brown George Brown John A. Brown James Brown William Brown John Burnside Mathew Carey Mathew Carey John Dunlop James G. Fair James C. Flood Hugh Gaine Alex. Henry E. A. Hopkins John D. Jones W. R. Jones George P. Kane Alex. Macomb B. MacMahon George Meade R. W. Meade J. McHenry James Murphy J. M. Nesbitt William Niblo Hugh O’Brien William S. O’Brien M. Phelan Oliver Pollock John Roach T. L. Rutledge T. L. Preston Samuel Sloan Luke Tiernan

PHILANTHROPISTS.

W. W. Corcoran John C. Drumgoole Sister Euphemia Margaret Haughery Sister Mary A. Horan Robert Kelley William Kelley Sr. S. Teresa Lalor Mary McHenry Robert McKim John G. Shortall George H. Stuart

PIONEERS.

Patrick Breen David Crockett Simon Kenton Benj. Logan Robert Strawbridge

INVENTORS.

Paul Boyton Robert M. Dalzell Robert Fulton

ENGINEERS.

Thomas A. Emmet John L. Sullivan George W. Whistler George W. Whistler

MUSICIANS.

P. S. Gilmore Charles J. Hopkins

ARCHITECTS.

[3]None

Footnote 3:

Many eminent architects are, of course, to be credited to men of Irish blood in this country, but it must be remembered that we are now dealing solely with a certain edition of a certain encyclopedia.

ACTORS.

Lawrence Barrett Dion Boucicault John Brougham John Drew John Duff John H. Dwyer Joseph M. Field William J. Florence John Henry Matilda Heron Eliza Logan Olive Logan William C. Macready John E. McCullough Tyrone Power Ada Rehan John T. Raymond Barney Williams

Mr. Lodge is right, _i. e._, he follows his authority honestly in giving practically the correct number of names belonging to the departments of Art, Science and Architecture, and these alone.

It is worth noting that, if the Irish are conspicuous by their absence from the last named, they are gloriously prominent in the first. The race which has given to America, Crawford, Milmore, Kelly, St. Gaudens, Thompson, Hennessey, O’Donovan and as many more, has contributed at least its share to the glory of the country in that department.

The corrected figures, not according to Mr. Lodge, but according to the authority from which Mr. Lodge professed to have taken his own are, therefore, as follows. We give first the summary of the Lodge tables and then that of _Appleton’s_ cyclopedia. They speak for themselves:

According to Mr. Lodge. According to his authority. Statesmen 22 67 Soldiers 37 107 Clergy 113 140 Lawyers 18 59 Physicians 4 16 Literature 39 70 Art 19 19 Science 9 9 Educators 7 14 Navy 8 19 Business 11 35 Philanthropy 8 12 Pioneers and Explorers 3 5 Inventors 0 3 Engineers 3 4 Architects 0 0 Musicians 1 2 Actors 7 18 ——— ——— 309 599

The true figures are almost twice as large as those of Mr. Lodge, and are far from representing the great total of Irish ability contributed to the United States, but not acknowledged in the cyclopedia.

Mr. Lodge must plead guilty to one of two charges. Either he has deliberately misrepresented the facts, or he is so careless or incompetent that he can neither count nor quote within 50 per cent of the truth.

EMIGRATION FROM NEW ENGLAND TO IRELAND.

From Prendergast’s _Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland_.

Prendergast’s _Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland_ says: “Ireland was now like an empty hive, prepared to receive its new swarm. One of the earliest efforts of the government towards replanting the parts reserved to themselves was to turn towards the lately expatriated English in America. In the early part of the year 1651, when the country, by their own description to the Council of State, was a scene of unparalleled waste and ruin, the Commissioners for Ireland affectionately urged Mr. Harrison, then a minister of the Gospel in New England, to come over to Ireland, which he would find experimentally was a comfortable seed plot (so they said) for his labours.

“On his return to New England, it was hoped he might encourage those whose hearts the Lord should stir up to look back again towards their native country, to return and plant in Ireland. There they should have freedom of worship, and the (mundane) advantages of convenient lands, fit for husbandry, in healthful air, near to maritime towns or secure places, with such encouragement from the state as should demonstrate that it was their chief care to plant Ireland with a godly seed and generation.

“Mr. Harrison was unable to come; but some movement appears to have been made towards a plantation from America, as proposals were received in January, 1655, for the planting of the town of Sligo and lands thereabouts, with families from New England; and lands on the Mile line, together with the two little islands called Oyster Island and Coney Island (containing 200 acres), were leased for one year, from 10th of April, 1655, for the use of such English families as should come from New England in America, in order to their transplantation.

“In 1656 several families, arriving from New England at Limerick, had the excise of tobacco brought with them for the use of themselves and families remitted; and other families in May and July of that year, who had come over from New England to plant, were received as tenants of state lands near Garristown, in the county of Dublin, about fifteen miles north of the capital.”

STEPHEN JACKSON, A PROVIDENCE, R. I., SETTLER.

From a Publication of the Rhode Island Historical Society, October, 1894.

Stephen Jackson of Providence, R. I., was born in 1700, in Kilkenny, Ireland. He came to America, it is said, in 1724, to escape political persecution. He married, 1725, August 15, Anne Boone, daughter of Samuel and Mary Boone, of North Kingstown, R. I. He hired land in Providence in 1745, and at this period is called “schoolmaster.” He bought and sold several parcels of land subsequently. In 1762, he and his son, Samuel, bought of Stephen Hopkins, land on the new street, called Benefit Street, where they were then living. Stephen Jackson died, 1765, July 22, and was buried in the North burial ground. His wife, Anne, was born, 1709, September 18. She died at Pomfret, Conn., 1782, January 30.

Stephen and Anne (Boone) Jackson had children as follows:

1. George, b. 1727; m. Lydia Harris, daughter of Toleration and Sarah (Foster) Harris. He died 1769, March 1. His will mentions wife Lydia, daughter Lydia and son Joseph. He was a “noted commander.”

2. Samuel, b. 1729; d. 1811, Sept. 6.

3. David, b. ; m. Deborah Field, 1751, Oct. 9.

4. Richard, b. 1731, May 10; m. Susan Waterman, 1760, Dec. 31, daughter of Nathan and Phebe (Smith) Waterman. He died 1818, Dec. 29. His seven children’s births are upon record. His son, Nathan W., was many years town clerk; Stephen was cashier of Exchange Bank; and Richard was President of Washington Insurance Company. (Richard, Jr.’s son Charles was Governor of Rhode Island.)

5. Anne, b. 1736, May 12; d. 1753, Nov. 20.

6. Judith, b. 1738, Nov.; m. Simeon Thayer, 1759, Feb. 7. She died 1771, April 28.

7. Mary, b. ; m. Ezekiel Burr, 1759, Nov. 7, son of David and Sarah.

8. Elizabeth, b. 1743, May 23; m. William Lanksford, 1766, April 21. She died 1812, Jan. 27.

9. Susannah, b. ; d. 1772, June.

10. Thomas, b. 1747; m. Mary Brown, 1778, Sept. 14, daughter of Richard. He died 1807, March 17. His widow’s will (in 1834) mentions son Samuel, grandchildren, etc.

11. Sally, b. 1753; m. Tilly Merrick Olney, 1772, Feb., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mawney) Olney. She died 1785, Sept.

12. Nancy, b. 1756, Nov. 8; m. (1) John Angell, 1785, April 3; m. (2) Simeon Thayer; m. (3) Darius Daniels. She died 1803, March 9.

The above is not contributed as by any means a complete record, but simply as suggestive, and to save some stray memoranda, part of them found in archives of R. I. Historical Society.

Query (A). Is there not a manuscript account of this family in existence, and if so, where?

Query (B). Was Daniel Jackson, who was born in Boston, but who lived in Providence, a relative of this family? His record was as follows:

Daniel Jackson, b. 1742, April 2; m. Roby Hawkins, 1765, Nov. 4. He died 1806, May 21. His will mentions children Samuel, John T. (father of Daniel, Ephraim and Benjamin M., etc.), Benjamin M., Amey (wife of Bernon Dun), Ruth (wife of Lewis Bosworth), and Polly.

THE AFFAIR AT FORT WILLIAM AND MARY.

BY THE REV. THOMAS GREGORY.

Just before sunset on the afternoon of December 13, 1774, Paul Revere jumped from his foam-covered steed in front of a house in Durham, New Hampshire, rushed in and informed its owner, Major John Sullivan, that two regiments of British regulars were about to march from Boston to occupy Portsmouth and the fort in its harbor. In an instant Sullivan made up his mind as to what it was his duty to do, and within less than two hours he had gathered his force and was ready for business.

The party, sixteen in number, boarded an unwieldy, sloop-rigged old craft and darted off down the river to Portsmouth. It was a clear, cold moonlight night, and presently the crude masonry of old Fort William and Mary loomed up in the distance, reminding them of the fact that they were close on to their quarry. When within a rod or so of the shore their vessel grounded in the shallow water, and in silence they waded to land, mounted the fort, surprised the garrison and found themselves victorious without the loss of a man or even of a drop of blood.

Securing the prisoners, the patriots at once broke into the magazine, where they found one hundred pounds of powder. The powder, along with one hundred stand of small arms, was put aboard of their craft and taken back to Durham, where it was buried under the pulpit of the old meeting-house in front of Major Sullivan’s house.

Six months later the battle of Bunker Hill came off, and it was this same powder, captured by Major Sullivan at Fort William and Mary, that enabled the Americans to kill so many of the British in that historic encounter. Powder was exceedingly scarce in the patriot army, and Sullivan, anticipating that such might be the case, filled “old John Demerett’s ox-cart” with the powder he had buried under Parson Adams’ pulpit and sent it over the sixty-odd miles of rocky road to Boston, where it was destined to do such good service in the cause of liberty.

It was the news of Sullivan’s capture of Fort William and Mary that precipitated the Revolution. After such a daring deed Lexington was a foregone conclusion. In the words of another, “Sullivan was the first man in active rebellion against the British government, and he drew with him the province he lived in.” In an address on the history of this part of New Hampshire, Rev. Quint, of Dover, referring to the attack on the fort, said: “The daring character of the assault cannot be over-estimated. It was an organized investment of a royal fortress where the king’s flag was flying and where the king’s garrison met them with muskets and artillery. It was four months before Lexington, and Lexington was resistance to attack, while this was deliberate assault.”

DOMINICK LYNCH AND HIS FAMILY.

Compiled from Various Sources.

Dominick Lynch was a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York, as early as 1786; a prominent merchant; was of the firm Lynch & Stoughton, New York. A biographical sketch of Mr. Lynch was published some years ago in the _American Catholic Historical Researches_. It was written by Richard H. Clarke, LL. D., and treated the subject at great length. According to Dr. Clarke, Mr. Lynch was born in Galway, Ireland, in 1754.