IRELAND

Dorcas Ireland married John Taxis 1800

 The first documented ancestor in this line is Thomas Ireland, who died after 30 September 1668 at Hempstaad, L.I., NY. His wife's name was Joan. His children apparently remained on Long Island but his grandchildren migrated to Galloway Township, Gloucester (now Atlantic) Co, N.J.

Gen 2    Children of Thomas and Joan IRELAND

  1. Joan
  2. Jane
  3. Thomas b 1647 Hempstaad, L.I. NY d 1710/11 Oyster Bay, L.I. NY m Mary

Gen 3    Children of Thomas and Mary IRELAND

  1. John b 1687 d 1748 m Sarah Scull
  2. Thomas
  3. Mary
  4. Adam
  5. Daniel b 1688 d 1762 m Ruth d 25 February 1737
  6. Job
  7. Amos b 1690 d bef. 14 January 1745 m Katherine Scull (d/o John and Mary Scull)
  8. Elizabeth
  9. Joseph d 1761 m 18 September 1727 Ruth Cordery (d/o William and Ann Cordery)
  10. James

Gen 4    Children of Joseph and Ruth Cordery IRELAND

  1. Joseph d 1796
  2. Phebe m Richard Gauntt
  3. Edmund b ca 1740 d 26 February 1796 m Esther Steelman (d/o John and Mary Risley Steelman)
  4. Amos d before 1798 m 2 July 1781 Elizabeth Cordery (d/o Edmund and Christian Cordery)

Gen 5    Children of Edmund and Esther Steelman IRELAND

  1. John m before 13 April 1801 Millicent
  2. Rebecca b 22 February 1767 Galloway Twp, NJ d 10 November 1811 Galloway Twp, NJ m 26 June 1784 Richard Adams (s/o Jonathan and Mary Adams)
  3. Aaron d before 1817 unmarried
  4. Samuel m Elizabeth Clark
  5. Sophia b 15 May 1770 Galloway Twp, NJ m 10 January 1792 Samuel Sooy d 28 April 1835
  6. Dorcas b ca 1776 Galloway Twp, NJ d 3 Jan 1864 Elkton MD m 1) 16 November 1800 Philadelphia PA John Taxis b 1775 Lancaster Co, PA d ca 1847 Clarion Co, PA (s/o George Frederick and Margaret Christine Baisley Taxis) 2) Lucas Lake
  7. Leah d bef. 12 March 1823 m after 7 April 1799 John Sexton

Gen 6    Children of John and Dorcas Ireland TAXIS

  1. Susanna b 15 July 1801 Philadelphia PA d 24 July 1883 Elkton MD m 23 March 1823 Philadelphia PA Burbage Brock b 1798 Mt. Holly NJ d 24 July 1885 Elkton MD
  2. James

Gen 7    Children of Burbage and Susanna Taxis BROCK

  1. Sophia b 2 January 1824 Philadelphia PA d 8 October 1867 Elkton MD m 7 December 1848 Elkton MD Isaac J. Lort (s/o Joseph and Araminta Lort)

  2. Harriet b 31 March 1828 Philadelphia PA d 6 May 1911 m 21 March 1844 Elkton MD Lambert George Ford b 19 December 1822 d 27 March 1874 (s/o John Hyland and Sophia Cosden Ford)

  3. Caroline Taxis b 22 January 1840 Elkton MD d 4 February 1877 Cherry Hill MD m 24 May 1866 Elkton MD Joseph Montgomery Brown b 12 May 1836 Elkton MD d 7 September 1892 Philadelphia PA (s/o Edmund and Martha Ann Walker Brown)

      Note: Further descendants in the Ireland line appear under BROCK, Generation 3 ff

 

References

Along Absecon Creek: A History of Early Absecon, New Jersey by Sarah W. R. Ewing and Robert McMullan 1965

Will of Thomas Ireland, 1663

Will of Joseph Ireland, 1761

Will of Edmund Ireland, 1796

Indenture 1799 - Gloucester County, New Jersey

Indenture 1823 - Gloucester County, New Jersey

Marriage Record - St. Michael and Zion Lutheran Church, Philadelphia PA

1850 Census - Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil Democrat - 9 January 1864, 1 August 1885

Cecil Whig - 10 February 1877, 26 July 1885

Marriage Record - St. John's M.E. Church, Philadelphia PA

Will of Burbage Brock 1885

Death Certificate - J. Montgomery Brown

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