John Busteed Ireland, J.D.

1823 - 1913  (90 years)

• Name	John Busteed Ireland  [1, 2]
  Suffix	J.D.
  Birth	6 Sep 1823	Watkins Glen, Schuyler, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Birth	6 Sep 1823	Watkins Glen, Schulyer, NY   [3, 4]
  Death	11 Oct 1913	104 E 73 St, New York, NY, NY
  Death	11 Oct 1913	New York, New York, NY   [3, 4, 5]
  	Obituary: New York Times, October 12, 1913JOHN B. IRELAND DIES AT 80. OLD MEMBER OF THE UNION CLUB EXPIRES OF APOPLEXY.John B. Ireland, a wealthy real estate owner ond one of the oldest members of the Union League Club, died yesterday at his home, 104
  Burial	Aft 11 Oct 1913	Trinity Church, New York, NY
  Person ID	I62	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	John Lawrence Ireland, ^,   b. 11 Oct 1796, New York, New York, NY d. 25 Apr 1879, {Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Gelston Floyd, ^,   b. 22 Dec 1798, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 1887 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1822  [3, 4, 6]
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelia Duane Pell,   b. 5 Jul 1838, New York, New York, New York, United States d. 9 Oct 1915, New York, New York, New York, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1863	New York, New York, NY   [4]
  Children	1. John De Courcy Ireland, <,   b. 8 Nov 1865, East 17th St, Stuyvesant Sq., New York, NY d. 27 Apr 1951, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA (Age 85 years)   2. Robert Livingston Ireland, <,   b. 20 Aug 1867, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 17 Feb 1928, Hotel Seymore, 50 West 45th St., New York, NY (Age 60 years)   3. Maria Louisa Ireland, <,   b. 24 Nov 1870, New York, New York, NY d. Yes, date unknown   4. Adelia Avena Ireland, <,   b. 1872   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Augustus Floyd Ireland, <,   b. 1874   d. 1906 (Age 32 years)   6. Laura Duane Ireland, <,   b. 1878   d. Yes, date unknown   7. James Duane Ireland, <,   b. 1878   d. 1921 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  "As a young man, he remained abroad six years, explored every country in Europe and the Levant, and extended his journey to India, in which country he spent two years, returning to Europe by way of the Cape of Good Hope. The journal of this tour was published in two editions in 1859 and 1860, under the title of Wall Street to Cashmere." Craig Evans

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Rosalie Van Ness, Alvin, TX , Genealogy of Families Ryker/Riker, Lent, Smith, etc. (RootsWebs, Worldconnect. Last updated 16 Nov 2002. Imported 12 Dec 2002). [S51] Rosalie Van Ness, Master database from Rosalie Van Ness, imported as a GEDCOM on 12 Oct. [S52] Family Tree Maker, The Compendium of American Genealogy-CD 200 (Copyright Broderbund Software, Inc.), Vol. VI, 386. [S54] Craig Evans?, John Lawrence Ireland (Web page). [S55] New York Times (New York Times Company: 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036.), 12 Oct 1913. [S35] Munsell's History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals (W. W. Munsell & Co., New York. 1882.), p. 91. John L. Ireland, born in New York city, October 11th 1796, was a descendant from the family of "Ireland of the Hutt and Hale" in Lancashire, founded by Sir John de Ireland, one of the barons who accompanied William the Conquer to England. The American branch of the family was founded by John the father of the subject of this sketch, born April 12th 1749. He was the second son of John Ireland high sheriff of Cork. He entered the British navy, came to America in 1774 on board of the "Glasgow" man-of-war. Leaving the navy on account of ill health he was appointed commissary to the navy of Great Britain. He married February 25th 1789 his second wife, Judith, eldest daughter of Hon. Jonathan Lawrence of New York city, member of the Provincial Congress of 1776 and the first senator under the first constitution of the State of New York. Their fifth child, John L., the subject of this sketch, graduated at Columbia College in 1816, in a class of which the only living member is Frederick De Peyster. After leaving college he entered the counting house of his brother-in-law in New York, where he staid for a time. November 22nd 1822, he married Mary, eldest daughter of Colonel Nicoll Floyd, and granddaughter of General William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of Congress from 1774 to 1791. She was born at Mastic, December 22nd 1799. For the first three years after their marriage they lived in Steuben county, N.Y., where his father owned a large tract of land. In 1826 he returned to New York to assist his father in the care of a large property in the upper part of the city. which he bought in 1798. On this property the father and son resided till the death of the former, November 28th 1836, at the advanced age of 87 years, 7 months and 16 days. The next year John L. Ireland purchased of the heirs of Major Rose a large farm in Fireplace, most pleasantly located, where he continued with great interest and skill to improve and cultivate till his death, which took place April 25th 1879, in the 83d year of his age. He was a man of stalwart mould of body and mind, of great activity and executive ability, intent on the business of the moment, and pushing it with the utmost vigor. During his residence in New York city he was at one time an alderman and took a leading position in the board. His children were: John B., born in 1823, now a lawyer living in New York, with office at 170 Broadway; and Nicoll, born in 1826, who remains on the farm with his mother. Mrs. Ireland resides on the old homestead at Fireplace, enjoying in peace and tranquillity the twilight of a long and useful life, possessed of unusual vigor of mind and body for a person whose next birthday will be her 84th.