The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-22
IRELAND IN AMERICA.
One Family. for Instance, as Iiiustratius Irish
Influence upon Our Institutions.

WILLIAM T. ROBINSON, formerly well
known as Richelleu" OF tho Tribune and mem
Der OF Congress from Brooklyn. has devoted
much timo to the study Of the history OF the Irish
element in the United States. Moro recently no
has been arranging the result Of his researches
for publication in a volume. which will soon be
ready for the press llo takes much higher
ground than any previous writer has done. and
dcvotes more OF his work to the immigration to
this country from ireland prior to the Revolu-
ton than to moro recent arrivals. lie under
takes to show that very large majority Of the
people OF tho United States aro Irish in some
degree by patcrnal or maternal descent and
that the American people. ut the time OF the
Revolution. were more than one-hai Irish. and
that tho proportion of Irish blood without the
aid OF recent immigration. Ia greater and
stronger now than hen. He claims n
majority of the sigLers ~ the Dcclnra-
ton OF Independence and n very large
proportion OF the soldiers who fought for
1t. IA we'll M OF those who fought I'm the SEQ
ond war. tho Mexican war. md the struggle for
the Union. lie claims large contribution Of
Irish blood among the trainers " our Const-
| tuition tho Presidents. Presidents. Cab-
nets Governors. and foreign ambassadors He
devotcs considerable space to the American
pulpit. the American Bar. the American press.
| He claims that the earliest and most llusrious
ministers OF the Presbyterian. Methodist Epis-
| copal. and Baptist Churches ~ well as the
| Catholics were Irish that the first Presbyterian
| minister and the first Methodist preacher. a.
| well MS the first Catholic Bishop. were Irish.
| and tina, the Irish were the pioneers OF AmHri-
! can education. one freshman gave Presidents
/ TO lampdcn. Sidney. Princeton. and Union Col
lcgcs. Tho first Presidents Of Union and Dart
mouth. AMI OF a majority Of American colleges
were Irish. Tho founders and teachers ot
/ schools and colleges. and the tutors of most Of
our illustrious Revolutionary patriots and
statesmen were Irish. lie gives full ac-
counts of the families Of Carroll Livingston
| Preston Meade. and Clinton. AMI moro con
dcnsed histories of the Adamscr. Aikcn-. Alex
anlers. Alisons Armstrong;. 'Bcattys. BIairs.
Blacks. Browns. Burkes. Buffers. Caliwclls.
| Caihouns. Campbells. Chumber-rs. Clathrs.
! Crawfprds. Dayidsons. Ewings. Fiulays. Floyds.
| Fuitons. GiDsons. Gri,hams. Halls. Harpcrs.
IIou-tons Irrdells. Twins Jacksons. Johnsous.
Johnstons. Kennelys Losans. Lynche- Nor
tons. Marshans. MrDowells. McKrun-. Mont
gomerys. Moores. Morscs. Nelson's. rortcrs.
| Polks. Pollocks. pnttcrsons. Reads. Reeds
Rrids. Rodgers. Rutherfords. kutlodges.
smiths Speights. Stewards. Tcnnent- ThQjnp-
sons Nanrcs. Whites. and Wsons-a Irish.
trious American families he has received full
particulars. Among them ara original letters
addressed to Mr.. Robinson 10y President Bu-
chanan. William 4 Graham. and numerous
members II the present AMI recent Congresses.
and the clergy Of several denominations. as
we'll IA 10y descendants Of ilustrious Rrvolu-
tionarv patrio's--one of thNse from descend
ant of Daniel Morgan. the hero OF the Cowpcns
! correcting tho current account ~ his birth
place in New Jersey. instead Of ireland in
! which he WAS born, at Dunsiycn. in the County
/ Of Derry.
The history of soma of the families rs pu.tr
full AMI interesting. particularly the intcrmar-
ringcs ofthesc Irish families with distinguished
/ Americans the number of children born e. oncl.
descendant. and tho positions held by them.
! While half Of ia" pilgrims of the May Flower
died within SIX months after their arrival. the
/ Oil Irish immigrants llvod to an extreme AMI
/ hearty old agr. many Of them TO 80 and %
/ years. and several OF them having from ten to
/ twenty-onc children.
As an illustration Of the sprenl Of this Irish
/ blood W. take from Mr.. Il binsons collection
/ one r.sh immigrant AMI leave our readers t.
guess who the remarkable lri-hmsn wac:
/ An lrishmnn born in the County 81 Derry. in
ireland. married u laly born in the County ~
Donegal They had five children. one son ami
I four daughters. AN born in Ireland. H. came
/ go this country with his vii" md children IN
/ l1lp AMI settled IN Virginia. He was wealthy
man. and pur'hasci largo grants OF land in
/ Virginia.
His son hsrama member Of the Virginia
House Of Burge SOS aul WAS zaalouS patriot
In the Revolution. on II his grand-on- he
came a member Of Congress from Nir.inia anil
n member II the Cabinet OF one II the early
Pr '-id'ni,; another grandson WIS thrice clor-
ed senator II the Unit'l Statcs from kentucky
another grandson was many yours United
States senator from Louisiana and Unitcl
States Minister TO France: another was many
/ year, II ,asursr OF the State II VIRGINIA and a
mrmber ~ it, Legislature: another wa, mem
h,rnf tho : mate IT Virginia. anil member II
Congress from that State. AMI prigadi"r-Gen-
cral in the Var ~ 1872: another wiz u in"irher
81 the Virginia Senate. Colonel in the United
state. ARMAND Gpycrnorot Nirginin: another
wa, a member II the virginia l. x .slatur. and
a MAJOR in the Waroflsl2
Oneof lis grandduughtcrs married nephew
Of Patrick Henry: another married Governor