Thomas Ireland (1622 - aft. 1669)

Born 1622 in Alcester Parish, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died after 30 Sep 1669 after age 47 in Hempstead, Province of New York

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Thomas was an early Irish or English settler (before 1664) of Hempstead, Long Island, on Dutch-ruled western Long Island, as the town was founded by English colonists after purchase from natives in 1643, and then under a patent from New Netherland

1668 New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 Albany Inventories of Estates, 1600s, 13 Nov 1668 - Daniel Whitehead (1st & 2nd Half), Top of page of 2nd Half says: "One Cow which was a calf. . .it being then given to his son Adam by his grandfather, Thos. Ireland. See Uploaded pages

1669 The Will of Thomas Ireland Dated 30 Sept. 1669, Hempstead, New York: Those mentioned:

• 1. Eldest daughter: Jane, When she finally leaves her mother's house.
• 2. 2nd daughter: Jone (Joane), When she reaches Age 18.
• 3. Son, Thomas, When he becomes Age 21.
• 4. Youngest Daughter: Elizabeth, under age
• See uploaded page

1669 - The brief will of Thomas Ireland is recorded (New York Historical Society Collections, 25:13) as follows:

• The last Will and Testament of Thomas Ireland of Hempstead, being weake in his body, but sound in his understanding.
• First, I commend my soule to God.
• Secondly, I do give to my eldest daughter, Joan, one cowe, besydes what she is already possessed of, to be delivered when she departeth from living with her mother.
• And also, I do give to my second daughter, Jane, D10, to be paid her when she is full eighteene years of age, besyde what she is already given to and nominated hers.
• Also I give to my sonne Thomas, my housing and lands with all ye priviledges thereunto belonging, he to have ye said housing and lands at ye decease of my wife, or if my wife do marry again, he is to have them when he comes to be one and twenty years of age, besydes what he hath in nomination already with my other children.
• Also I give to my youngest daughter, Elizabeth, D20, to be paid to her when she comes of age, that is of eighteen years of age, besydes what is already nominated to her with ye other children.
• All ye rest of my estate I do give to my wife, she paying my debts out of it.I leaving my wife Executrix of this my will, to order things becoming to it.
• Hempstead, the 30th of September, 1668(9).
• Signed: Thomas Ireland. . .T.I. hisxmark Ireland
• Witnesses: Jonah Hordsham, John Smith, Sr.

Children Mentioned in father's Will.

• 1. Eldest Daughter "Jane" born about 1644, She seemed to be of age, living at home ( Note: Jane's husband, Daniel Whitehead was dead by the writing of Jane's father's will in 1669, Daniel had died in 1668, which would make sense to why she might be living at home with her mother. But there is no mention of any grandchild in Her father's will. Daniel Whitehead's wife's 1st name was Spelled "Gene" in his 1668 will.)
• 2. 2nd Daughter "Jone" (Joan) about 1652, not yet 18
• 3. Son, Thomas born about 1655, not yet 21
• 3. Youngest daughter, Elizabeth born about 1657, under age, assuming not yet 18.

Sources

• 1668 New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 Albany Inventories of Estates, 1600s, 13 Nov 1668 - Daniel Whitehead (1st & 2nd Half),
• New York Historical Society Collections, 25:13
• Peletreau, William S. Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. New York: [Printed for the Society], 1893. 13.
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 131, No. 4, October 2000, The Family of Daniel Whitehead: A Century and a Half of Fact and Fiction by Harry Macy, Jr., F.A.S.G, F.G.B.S.
• Moore, Charles B. Early History of Hempstead, Long Island. New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company, 1879. 9.

Thomas Ireland was born in 1622 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York to parents Thomas Ireland and Joan Dutton. He married Mary Abrahams in 1672. Children: Daniel, Amos, Job, Adam. He died in 1710 in Cold Spring, Nassau, New York.

Sources

• Westchester Patriarchs, Norman Davis, 1988

• Genealogies of Long Island, H.B. Hoff,1987

• Founders of Early American Families, M.B. Colket, 1985. "Thomas Hempstead (L.I.) 1644. d. Hempstead will 30 Sept 1668.
• Ireland, Joseph Norton. Some account of the Ireland family : originally of Long Island, N. Y., 1664-1880 (Bridgeport : Gould & Stiles, 1880) p. 7