The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VII, 1907Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VII, 1907
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
The membership roll also contained the names of Capt. Robert Gardner, a
wealthy and prominent citizen; Rev. John Moorehead, pastor of the Irish
Presbyterian Church; William Hall, who was the first president of the
Society and was a constable in 1730; John McLean, a slater, and who made
repairs on Faneuil Hall; Captain James McGee, who had command of a
vessel in the service of the commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay and which
was wrecked during a great storm in 1778, when seventy-two of the crew
perished; and William Moroney. The diary of Lieutenant Burton, published
in the Revolutionary rolls of New Hampshire, mentions the appointment by
Washington of Mr. Moroney as provost marshal of the army.
Among the soldiers serving in the Revolution was the son of Mr. Greaton,
who kept the Greyhound Tavern in Roxbury. That boy became known to fame
as General John Greaton. He belonged to the first company of minute men
raised in America in 1775, and was chosen major, lieutenant-colonel and
colonel of Heath’s regiment. After the battle of Lexington he was
engaged in the skirmishes about Boston until he joined that memorable
excursion to Quebec. He served throughout our struggle for independence
and was one of Washington’s most trusted officers.
William Connolly was another Boston Kelt who fought in the Revolution.
And so was Michael Cassady. Cassady was one of the patriots at Valley
Forge.
Among the residents of Milton in colonial days was Anthony Gulliver, who
was born in Ireland in 1619. He was the ancestor of a large number of
able and influential men and women who have been prominent in public and
religious affairs of Milton, Mass., for nearly two centuries.
_The Story of the Irish in Boston_ contains the following interesting
paragraph about a member of the Gulliver family:
“Capt. Lemuel Gulliver, who once lived at Algerine Corner, returned to
Ireland in 1723 and gave a glowing description of the American country
to his neighbor, Jonathan Swift. Lemuel’s imagination was vivid and
fanciful and he turned it to a quaint account in this instance.
“He declared to Swift that ‘the frogs were as tall as his knees and had
musical voices that were guitar-like in their tones; the mosquitoes’
bills were as long as darning needles’; and from these exaggerated and
fabulous accounts of the country the great Swift conceived and wrote the
famous _Gulliver’s Travels_, which was published in 1726, displaying a
unique union of misanthropy, satire, irony, ingenuity and humor.”
CONCERNING “AN IRISH MAN-OF-WAR.”
Further information is wanted regarding the following incident mentioned
in _Winthrop’s History of New England_: “A ship from the Colonies,
carrying fourteen guns * * * on a voyage to the Canaries about the close
of the year 1644, fought nearly all day at close quarters, and finally
beat off an Irish man-of-war of superior force.” Additional details on
this subject would be of great interest.
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