A Mrs. Hall and Mr. Keating arrived at New London, Conn., in August, 1770, from Dublin, in the brig _Patty_. Captain Forbes in the 58th year of his age died at Cork, Ireland, on March 5, 1791. He was a native of Hartford, Conn., and had resided in Ireland for many years prior to his death. In 1790, Norwich, Conn., had a printer named Major John Byrne. About this time he went to Windham, Conn., where he published the _Phœnix_ or _Windham Herald_. In 1795 he was the postmaster of Woodstock, Conn., and in 1807 a member of the Aqueduct Company of Windham. The British evacuated Boston, Mass., March 17, 1776, and the Americans marched in and took possession. Washington, from his headquarters at Cambridge, authorized as the parole for the day: “Boston;” and the countersign: “St. Patrick.” Gen. John Sullivan was brigadier of the day. Keeney’s Ferry, operated over the Connecticut River at Hartford, Conn., took its name from Richard Keeney, who was granted the privilege in Oct., 1712, by the Assembly. The ferry was discontinued by act of the Assembly in May, 1753. (_Rev. James H. O’Donnell, Norwalk, Conn._) Florence Maccarty bought land in Roxbury, Mass., in 1693. He was a provision dealer and contractor in Boston. He subsequently added to his Roxbury purchase, the property becoming known as the “Maccarty farm.” The tract at one time comprised 60 acres. (Drake’s _Town of Roxbury_.) John O’Kane came to this country from Ireland in 1752. He was then 18 years of age. He located in or near Albany, N. Y., and married a daughter of Rev. Elisha Kent. On his marriage he is said to have dropped the “O” from his surname. (_N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Record_, July, 1878.) Michael Magee was a member of Capt. Marsh’s Troop of Light Horse, of Essex, N. J., in the Revolution, and was wounded. Thomas Magee was a matross in Capt. Hugg’s Western Company of Artillery, New Jersey. (_Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War._) William Henry came from Coleraine, Ireland, and established a manufactory of arms in Pennsylvania before the Revolution. In 1777 he was deputy commissary general and was active in sending supplies to the Patriot army at Valley Forge. He was elected to Congress in 1784, and died in 1786. Matthew, John and Thomas Kilpatrick (also written Gillpatrick) came from Ireland in the early part of the 18th century and settled in Warren and Ware, Mass. In time the name was condensed to Patrick. John Patrick, of the family, was commissioned a lieutenant in the Patriot forces, Feb. 5, 1776. Among the sufferers in the French and Indian war, sometimes called Gov. Shirley’s war (1744–’49), was Michael Dogan, an Irishman. “He listed at Philadelphia, a soldier for Louisbourg, and was taken in his passage by a French” warship. He sickened, recovered, but had a fatal relapse. (_Drake._)