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c1780-1860<br /> HARRIGAN, DENNIS was born about 1780 in County Cork, Ireland, and died before 1861 probably in Williamstown, NB. Dennis married about 1808 in Ireland to Catherine Driscoll born 1782 in Ireland, and died about 1864 probably in Williamstown, NB. They arrived in New Brunswick with eight children about 1831. The last child, Dennis Jr., was born in Williamstown a year after their arrival. They had 10 children. Dennis, William, Cornelius and John Harrigan among others are all named in a land petition dated December 31, 1838, regarding water diversion in the Williamstown Settlement.<br /> <br /> Dennis Sr. is not found in the 1861 census and is thought to have died prior to this. His wife Catherine is found living in her son Patrick’s home in the 1861 census of North Esk. No record of burial is found for Dennis or Catherine. In a land petition dated in 1865 it appears both Dennis and Catherine are deceased.<br />
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1. Ellen was born December 1, 1809, in the city of Cork, Ireland, and died about 1897 in Stillwater, MN. She married William Sauntry in February 1828, in Goleen Parish, Ireland. Ellen and her eight children would follow her parents to New Brunswick about 1854. (See Ellen Sauntry First Family).<br /> <br /> 2. Ann was born about 1811, County Cork, Ireland, and died about 1857, probably in North Esk, NB. Ann married Patrick Keyes on July 16, 1833, at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Nelson, NB. Patrick had emigrated from Tipperary, Ireland before 1825 and was farming in North Esk. They had 10 children. The 1861 North Esk census shows Patrick is a widower and nine children are found living with him.<br /> <br /> 3. John William was born about 1813 in County Cork, Ireland, and he died after 1871, possibly in North Esk, NB. He is found in the 1871 census living alone.<br /> <br /> 4. Catherine was born about 1816 in Schull, Ireland, and died February 23, 1893, Stillwater, MN. She was married on October 5, 1835 at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, Nelson, NB, to William James Walsh/Welch who was born December 13, 1806, Red Bank, NB, and died before 1881. He was a son of James Welch and Ann Martin of Red Bank, NB. They had seven children. About 1851 the family moved to Bangor, ME. It is not known where William Walsh died but Catherine is living in Stillwater in 1881 with five of her children.<br /> <br /> 5. Michael was born about 1820 in County Cork, Ireland, and died March 26, 1882, in Bangor ME. He married on September 5, 1843, at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Nelson, NB, to Elizabeth Walsh, daughter of Martin Walsh and Bridget Sutton. She was born about 1824 in Red Bank, NB, and died February 1, 1886, Bangor, ME. They had nine children. Michael and Elizabeth are found in the 1880 census in Bangor, ME with six adult children<br /> <br /> 6. Cornelius was born about 1823 in County Cork, Ireland, and died about 1895 probably in Tacoma WA. He is found living with his brother Dennis in Stillwater, MN in 1880. It appears he never married.<br /> <br /> 7. William was born about 1825 in County Cork, Ireland, and died about 1877 in Lyttleton, ME. He married about 1856 to Jane Gallagher, daughter of James and Susan Gallagher; she was born about 1835 in NB. William and Jane moved to Lyttleton, ME, after 1850, and he was a farmer there. They had 6 children. In the 1880 Lyttleton census, Jane is a widow with three children ages 6, 10 and 12.<br /> <br /> 8. Jeremiah was born about 1827 in County Cork, Ireland, and died December 2, 1903, Houlton, ME. He is buried in St. Mary's cemetery in Houlton, ME. Jeremiah married about 1858 to Margaret Murray born about 1836, and died about 1905 in ME. They had 5 children. Jeremiah and Margaret moved to Lyttleton about 1859. Jeremiah farmed and was the owner of a meat store in Houlton ME. Jeremiah and Margaret are found in the 1880 Lyttelton census with five children.<br /> <br /> 9. Patrick was born about 1830 in County Cork, Ireland, and died in 1924 in Marshfield, Oregon. Patrick married September 12, 1858, Miramichi, NB to Catherine Helen Hogan, daughter of Michael Hogan and Bridget Crowe. She was born June 1838, in Red Bank, NB. The family is found in the 1861 census in Williamstown and Patrick’s mother is living in the home listed as a widow. The family moved about 1866 to Pittsfield, Wisconsin and later to Oregon. They had 8 children.<br /> <br /> 10. Dennis was born September 6, 1832, Williamstown, NB, and died about 1915 in Tacoma, Washington. According to land petition records Dennis lived in Minnesota for a year about 1864 as he returns to dispute the sale of his fathers land in Williamstown to which he had inherited but had not paid the mortgage on. The land dispute records are dated 1865 and 1866. His nephews, Dennis and Michael Sauntry purchased the land. He married about 1866 to Catherine Ahearn, daughter of John Ahearn and Ann Meighan. She was born March 1, 1835, in North Esk, NB, and died October 25, 1918, Tacoma, WA. Dennis and his wife moved to Stillwater about 1867 and there he was a carpenter. Dennis, Catherine and seven children, along with his brother Cornelius are listed in the 1880 Stillwater census. Perhaps they are running a boarding house, as there are a number of young men living with them, many list NB as their birthplace. By 1888 he and one of his sons moved to Tacoma WA, the rest of the family followed a year later. They had seven children all born in Stillwater, MN and were the grand parents of the late singer, Bing Crosby.<br /> <br /> Date of Arrival: about 1831 according to 1851 Northumberland county census, the family came to the Williamstown area from County Cork, Ireland.<br /> <br /> <br />
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Old North Esk, Rev’d, by WD Hamilton<br /> Northumberland Co Marriage Registers<br /> Northumberland Co Census Records<br />
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