Individual Notes

Note for: James Witherspoon, 1755 - 19 Feb 1812 Index

Individual Note:
     http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3172566&id=I0324

# ID: I0324
# Name: James WITHERSPOON
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1755 in Knockbracken near Castlereagh,County Down, Northern Ireland 1
# Death: 19 FEB 1812 in Manhattan, NY 2 of apoplexy
# Burial: FEB 1812 Presbyterian Reformed Cemetery, New York, NY
# Burial: DEC 1848 Re-interred In Green Wood Cemetery
# Emigration: 18 SEP 1804 On the "William & Jane"
# Occupation: Tailor
# Census: 1810
# Note:

       He appears in 1810 New York Census as follows:
       1 Male over 45
       1 Male between 10 and 16
       1 Male under 10
       1 Female over 45

       He was listed in the Black Book as a member of the 1798 United Irishmen's Rebellion

Marriage 1 MARGARET b: 1756 in County Down, Northern Ireland

       * Marriage fact: 19 FEB 1812 in New York City
       * Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse

Children

      1. Has Children John WITHERSPOON b: 1783 in Castlreagh,Knockbracken,Co. Down, No. Ireland
      2. Has Children James WITHERSPOON b: 1790 in Castlreagh,Knockbracken,Co. Down, No. Ireland
      3. Has Children Elizabeth WITHERSPOON b: AUG 1792 in Knockbracken near Castlereagh,Co. Down, No. Ireland
      4. Has Children Rosanna WITHERSPOON b: 30 JUN 1796 in Ireland
      5. Has Children Henry WITHERSPOON b: 1798 in Castlereagh,Knockbracken,Co. Down, No. Ireland

Sources:

      1. Title: Passenger List, Irish Immigrants 1803-1806
        Repository:
        Note: #257
        Media: Family Archive CD
      2. Title: New York City Archives
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I have more information on my great-great-great grandfather, James
Witherspoon. He stated on his passenger lsit that he was from Knockbracken
near Castlereagh which is in County Down. He and his family were expelled
from Ireland in 1804 because James had hidden a rebel leader, Thomas
Russell, during the 1798 United Irishmen's Rebellion. When he was arrested
by the British he refused to give any information and he and his oldest son,
John were held in Kilmainham for a year. When the British felt that would
get nothing from him they let him go with the proviso that he leave Ireland.
He arrived in New York in September of October of 1804 with his wife
Margaret, sons John, James and Henry and daughter Elizabeth (my great-great
grandmother). There was another daughter named Rosanna but I didn't find her
on the passenger list. I found this information in several books about the
1798 Rebellion. James was born about 1755. John married a woman named Ann
and had sons named James, John and William. James married Margaret Roberts
and had children named James, John, Margaret, Louisa, Mary and Elizabeth.
Margaret marrid Richard Fisher and Louisa married William VanWart. Henry
married Rachel Savhard. Elizabeth married Nathaniel McKee. Rosanna married
Andrew Bowden and they had sons named John, Andrew and McLeod.
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                 Arrivewd in New York City from Northern Ireland in 1804. Had children named John, James, Elizabeth, Henry John married a woman named Ann Henry married Rachel Leland Elizabeth married Nathaniel McKee I would like any infor about this family

Individual Notes

Note for: Margaret , 1756 - 7 Apr 1828 Index

Individual Note:
     http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3172566&id=I0325

# ID: I0325
# Name: MARGARET
# Sex: F
# Birth: 1756 in County Down, Northern Ireland 1
# Death: 7 MAY 1828 in Manhattan, NY 2 of Old Age
# Burial: MAY 1828 Presbyterian Reformed Cemetery, New York, NY
# Burial: DEC 1848 Re-interred In Green Wood Cemetery

Marriage 1 James WITHERSPOON b: 1755 in Knockbracken near Castlereagh,County Down, Northern Ireland

       * Marriage fact: 19 FEB 1812 in New York City
       * Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse

Children

      1. Has Children John WITHERSPOON b: 1783 in Castlreagh,Knockbracken,Co. Down, No. Ireland
      2. Has Children James WITHERSPOON b: 1790 in Castlreagh,Knockbracken,Co. Down, No. Ireland
      3. Has Children Elizabeth WITHERSPOON b: AUG 1792 in Knockbracken near Castlereagh,Co. Down, No. Ireland
      4. Has Children Rosanna WITHERSPOON b: 30 JUN 1796 in Ireland
      5. Has Children Henry WITHERSPOON b: 1798 in Castlereagh,Knockbracken,Co. Down, No. Ireland

Sources:

      1. Title: Passenger List, Irish Immigrants 1803-1806
        Repository:
        Note: #257
        Media: Family Archive CD
      2. Title: New York City Archives