Luke Burns, a cordwainer, resided in Providence, R. I., and died in 1788. Jonathan Green, “living near the Mill-Bridge in Providence,” was appointed administrator of the estate.
Bryant O’Dougherty was in Salem, Mass., in 1683. At that period there were many Irish in Salem. (Eben Putnam in “Historical and Genealogical Notes and Queries,” Salem Observer.)
James Kasson, with his father and six brothers, came from Ireland in 1722 and landed at Boston, Mass. He later settled in Voluntown, Conn., removing to Woodbury, Conn., in 1742.
Armand O’Connor was one of the “capitaines en second” of the Irish-French regiment of Walsh during the American Revolution. He is referred to as the Chevalier Armand O’Connor.
Henry Paget, “an Irish gentleman much respected,” was admitted a freeman of Rhode Island, 1742. He wedded a daughter of Rev. John Checkley, rector of a church in Providence, R. I.
Thomas Ryan is mentioned in the Connecticut Revolutionary records as a drummer in Captain Brewster’s company, Colonel Huntington’s regiment (Seventeenth Continental), 1776.
A Rhode Island merchantman, the Abby, Capt. John Donovan, was attacked in August, 1752, by a French warship. Captain Donovan met the attack in a spirited manner but was killed.
Maj. Matthew Donovan of the Ninth Virginia regiment during the Revolution died in the service, 1777. The state of Virginia allowed his heirs 6,893 acres. (See mention in Saffell.)
Abbe Dowd, “Irlandais,” was a chaplain of the French warship Le Jason in the American Revolution. Le Jason was of the fleet of Count De Ternay, which was assisting the American cause.
In the Massachusetts force that rendezvoused on “Dedham Plain,” for the Narragansett campaign, 1675, was a soldier named Jeremiah Neal. He is mentioned as a sergeant of the sixth company.