The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VI, 1906Various
History
The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VI, 1906
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
Adams and Hancock, Sullivan and Knox, Stark and McClary, Revere and
Bowdoin were, in New England, representatives of the nations mentioned,
while the names of Washington and Jefferson, Moylan and Carroll, Mercer
and Paul Jones, Laurens and Marion, showed that the same process was at
work throughout the colonies.
Many Americans, no matter whence they sprung, now mount the
“Anglo-Saxon” hobby, which, like a circus steed, has been so well padded
by writers of history that there is little danger of a dismount, and in
order to be in harmony with the aristocratic trend of the age, a double
hitch is provided by trotting out the “Scotch-Irish” nag as a running
mate, a trifle bony, perhaps, and a little ungainly at first, but time,
good feeding and careful grooming, will make a perfect match, for both
are of the same stock-humbug—a princely origin, for in this age humbug
is king, and its capital, unlimited, is wind.
While Irish blankets and Kilkenny rugs were mercantile commodities in
New Hampshire before King William of “glorious and immortal memory” had
trigged the wheels, Irish butter was a most desirable article in Boston,
as we find that John Hancock, among other goods advertised in his
Faneuil Hall store, speaks of “Newcastle coal and Irish butter cheap for
cash.” Cork from time immemorial being the great butter mart, it would
not be at all surprising if some of the light-footed and light-hearted
sons of that lively city came over with butter. McCarthy is one of the
great Cork names, and in addition to Florence and Esther, named between
1680 and 1760, Elizabeth, Thade, William and Calvin Maccarty are met
quite frequently in the records of the town of Boston, all persons of
means and holding responsible positions.
Florence was town constable in 1693, and Thade Maccarty was elected to a
similar position in 1673. For damage to her house, blown up to check a
fire, Mrs. Elizabeth Maccarty was awarded the sum of $300 and Maccarty’s
corner, on King Street, was a locality frequently mentioned. Florence
was a man of consequence, and one of the leading men in his business.
Leave was given him, in 1693, to build a slaughter house, and from the
frequent mention made of him he must have been the John P. Squire of his
day at the Hub. William Bryant was a servant of Capt. William Hudson in
1679, doubtless one of Cromwell’s transports, many of whom were, by that
date, scattered over New England, especially in what is now Maine and
New Hampshire. Larry is quite common along the border, between the Pine
Tree and Granite states, and the first met in history bear the
distinctive given names of Cornelius, Dennis and Teige. O’Leary is a
South of Ireland name, and the presence of persons bearing it so early
in the colonies, substantiates what is stated by Prendergast in the
_Cromwellian Settlement_.
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