Sarah Beatty (1779 - 1861)

Born 6 Oct 1779 in likely County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 4 Aug 1861 at age 81 in Ashland, Ohio

This profile is part of the Beatty Name Study.

Biography

JAMES BEATTY, (son of William, grandson of James, great grandson of John) b. 1746, in the townland of Ballykeel-Ednagonnel, parish of Hisslborough, county Down, Ireland; d. December 1, 1794, at Harrisburg, Pa. From the family record, in the possession of his descendants, we have this entry: "That my children may know the place of their nativity, I, James Beatty, was born in the Kingdom of Ireland, the County of Down, Parish of Hillsborough, and Townland of Ballykeel-Ednagonnel, in the year of our Lord, 1746, and came to America in the year 1784. My wife, Ally Ann Irwin, was born in said kingdom, county and parish, and Townland of Tillynore, within two miles of Hillsborough, three of Lisburn, three miles of Dromore, and six miles of Bally-nabinch, and ten of Belfast, which last we sailed from the 27th of June, 1784." In the fall of this year, he settled at Harrisburg, Pa., and thus became one of its first inhabitants. He subsequently was the purchaser of a number of lits in the town, some of which remain in possession of his descendants. He was quite prominent in his adopted home, and held several official positions under the borough charter. He was buried in the Presbyterian graveyard, of which church he held membership. In personal appearance, Captain Beatty was about five feed eight inches, thick-set, florid complexion, dark hair and blue eyes. He was an active and entergetic business man, and his death was a great loss to the young town. James Beatty m., in 1768, at Tullynore, ALICE ANN IRWIN, b. 1750, in the townland of Tullynore, parish of Hissborough, county Down, Ireland, daughter of Gawin Irwin and Mary Brereton; d. June, 1805, at Harisburg, Pa., and there buried. They had issue, all b. in Ireland:

i. Mary-Brereton, b. July 14, 1769; m. Patrick Murray. (see Murray record.)

ii. Nancy, b. May 2, 1771; m. Samuel Hill.

iii. Gawin-Irwin, b. September 13, 1773; m. Letitia Greer.

iv. William (1st,) b. 1774; d. s. p.

v. Rebecca, b. December 4, 1775; m. Daniel Houseman.

vi. Alice-Ann, b. February 12, 1777; m. John Downey.

vii. William, (2d,) b. June 30, 1778; d. September 3, 1790, at Harrisburg, Pa.

viii. Sarah, b. October 6, 1779; d. August 4, 1861; unm., at Ashland, O.

ix. George-Washington, b. January 4, 1781; m., first, Eliza White; secondly, Sarah Shrom; thirdly, Catharine Shrom.

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Sources

1. ↑ Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A. Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotish-Irish and German. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1896. pp. 79-80. Accessed 17 March 2018 at: https://archive.org/details/cu31924028856900.