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- [S53] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009)., The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 601; Page: 204a.
- [S54] Craig Evans?, John Lawrence Ireland (Web page), http://pw1.netcom.com/~craigce/jli.html.
Craig Evans comments:
"John was a gentleman with land interests in the New York City and Watkins Glen, New York. In 1822, he wed Mary Floyd, grand daughter of William Floyd, one of New York's signers of the Declaration of Independence. The first years of theirarriage were spent near Watkins Glen in Steuben County, N.Y. He was developing a 2,000 acre tract given him by his mother on the west shore of Seneca Lake, now called Irelandville. This included surveying and selling settlers tracts and managing the farming operation.
"John was accompanied by his brother William who built what local folks called "Ireland's Castle" or 'Ireland's Folly.' It was a large brick edifice, with marble sills at doors and windows, and a magnificent staircase. By far, it must haveen the most elegant home for many a mile. William furnished his home in like taste and set a housewarming date but the family never moved in. The home was destroyed by fire. A newspaper clipping states that the fire was obviously of incendiary origin, but no culprit was ever apprehended. Perhaps William's attitude - big city bon vivant to local yokel - soured someone in an era not heavy in law enforcement, as yet. Perhaps hard feelings were caused when Ireland failed to hire a certain party or buy local wood. Who knows? In any case, John remained upstate while William decided to return to 'civilization!'
"In 1826, following the death of his mother, John returned to New York City to assist his father in the care of a large property in the upper part of the city (Greenwich Village!), which he had bought in 1798. On this property the father andn resided till the death of the former, November 28th 1836. During his residence in New York he served as an alderman.
"The next year John purchased a large farm in Fireplace, now called Brookhaven on Beaver Dam Road on Long Island, which he improved and cultivated till his death. While their house has been demolished, the bricks were used to construct ause still located at the corner of Beaver Dam and Mott which was used filming "Splendor in the Grass."
"John was active in church affairs serving as President of the Old South Haven Church and donating the land on which The Saint James Episcopal Church in Brookhaven is located.
"Speaking of church a humorous story follows from Church of the South; by Rev. George Borthwick. (1985) History of Old South Haven Church:
"Not every member of the church came on Sundays behind a prancing team. The poorer people rode to the meeting house in a cart drawn by oxen. A story that has been handed down through the years is of the race which occurred after churchay morning, between John Ireland and his team of flashy greys and Herman Hawkins with his yoke of oxen. Along the South Country Road they raced, toward their homes in Brookhaven Village. Fast as were Squire Ireland's horses, they were no match for "Harmon" (as he was locally called) Hawkin's black and white oxen, which he spurred on with properly applied cracks of this leather whip, and loudly shouted words which only they could understand. As Mr. Ireland turned into the drive of his estate, ahead he could see the dust left by the galloping oxen of 'Harmon' Hawkins. Fellow-members, whom the racers passed, were shocked that they should thus profane the Sabbath, but for the driver of the victorious oxen, the misdeed was amply justified by the fact he had removed from his team the traditional stigma of slowness."
- [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.
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- [S54] Craig Evans?, John Lawrence Ireland (Web page).
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1796 - 1879 (82 years)
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