Cargill’s Epitaph has been published in Shattuck’s Concord, p. 215; Barber’s Historical Collection of Mass. (Edit. of 1839), p. 215; and in McGee’s Early Irish Settlers in North America, p. 35 n. Footnote 39: In the East Liverpool _Tribune_ the article was entitled: Fawcett Memorial Tablet. Erected in Riverview Cemetery by the fourth generation in 1900, in memory of the founders of “Fawcettstown,” now East Liverpool. Footnote 40: East Liverpool. Footnote 41: The exact year as shown in the inscription was 1798. Footnote 42: East Liverpool. Footnote 43: The river takes its name from the town of Warren, the latter having been named in honor of Sir Peter Warren, an Irishman. Footnote 44: Then, and for many years after claimed as a part of Massachusetts. Footnote 45: Bicknell’s Historical Sketches of Barrington. Footnote 46: The Society of United Irishmen was largely composed of Presbyterians. Several Irish Presbyterian ministers were executed as “rebels” to English law. Footnote 47: Encyclopædia Britannica. Footnote 48: There is a tradition that it was he who first introduced potatoes to Rhode Island, bringing them from Ireland. Footnote 49: From a letter written to the author, by a descendant of Matthew, some years ago. Footnote 50: After Matthew Watson’s death, the clay pits remained idle for years, and a young forest gradually grew up. Footnote 51: Watson sold his brick in Newport and New York, as well as in other places. Bicknell says that “the brick mansions of some of the old Manhattan families were probably made of Barrington clay.” Footnote 52: Providence _Gazette_. Footnote 53: One account says he died in 1803, aged 107 years. Footnote 54: His second wife, Sarah, died in 1798. Footnote 55: In 1781 he is described as a “gentleman soldier.” Footnote 56: Recently clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Footnote 57: For an interesting note concerning the _O’Brien_, see Chronology of the Society, in this volume, date of June 30, 1898. Footnote 58: Cooper refers to it as the “Lexington of the Seas.” Footnote 59: The Irish Race in America. Footnote 60: This membership roll is brought down to March, 1901. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Table of Contents added by transcriber. 2. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 3. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 4. Footnotes were re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter. 5. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 6. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. 7. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in curly braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.