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
Gen 3 Children of Thomas and Mary IRELAND
Gen 4 Children of Joseph and Ruth Cordery IRELAND
Gen 5 Children of Edmund and Esther Steelman IRELAND
Gen 6 Children of John and Dorcas Ireland TAXIS
Gen 7 Children of Burbage and Susanna Taxis BROCK
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)
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)
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