11 Sep 2005                   

            Husband: Thomas Thomes Irish     died at age: 95 

               Born: 29 Jan 1737          in Portland,,Cumberland,ME  1,2,3 (see note 1)
               Died: 14 Aug 1832          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  5 (see note 2)
             Father: James Irish 
             Mother: Elizabeth (Irish) 

               Wife: Deliverance Skillings      died at age: 79 
            Married: 22 Jul 1759          in Falmouth, York, ME  6   his age: 22   her age: 17 
      Marriage Bann: 10 Mar 1756          in Falmouth, York, ME  7

               Born: 15 Oct 1741          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  8
               Died: 25 Sep 1821          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  9
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  10 (see note 3)
             Father: Benjamin Skillings 
             Mother: Mary Pride 

          F Child 1: Susanna Irish      Also known as Susan 11
               Born: 22 Oct 1760          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
             Spouse: Ebenezer Morton  
            Married: 07 Dec 1780          in   12

          M Child 2: Isaac Irish      
               Born: 07 Mar 1763          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
             Spouse: Anna Flood  
            Married: 28 Sep 1786          in   4

          M Child 3: Benjamin Irish       died at age: 73 
               Born: 20 Jun 1766          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  13
               Died: 25 Nov 1839          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  1
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  5
             Spouse: Jane Libby  Also known as Jenny b. 01 May 1769  d. 23 Apr 1828  
            Married: 02 Oct 1791          in Scarborough,,Cumberland,ME  14
      Marriage Bann: 02 Sep 1791          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  15

          M Child 4: Jacob Irish       died at age: 25 
               Born: 14 Sep 1768          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
               Died: 09 Jan 1794          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  1
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  5

          F Child 5: Amy Irish       died at age: 90 
               Born: 03 Apr 1770          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  16
               Died: 26 Jan 1861          in Baldwin, Cumberland, ME  16
         Occupation:                      Housewife  
             Spouse: Samuel Burnell  b. 17 Jul 1770  d. 27 Aug 1860  
            Married: 18 Sep 1791          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  16
      Marriage Bann: 20 Aug 1791          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4

          F Child 6: Abigail Irish       died at age: 96 
               Born: 06 May 1773          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
               Died: 23 Sep 1869          in   1
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  5

          F Child 7: Gamaliel Irish       died at age: 0 
               Born: 15 Oct 1776          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
               Died: 21 Oct 1776          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4

          F Child 8: Deliverance Irish       died at age: 80 
               Born: 20 May 1779          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
               Died: 03 Jun 1859          in   9

          F Child 9: Mary Irish       died at age: 89 
               Born: 01 Dec 1780          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
               Died: 19 Sep 1870          in   1
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  5

         F Child 10: Elizabeth Irish      
               Born: 01 May 1784          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4
             Spouse: John Skillings  
            Married: 30 Oct 1802          in Harrison, Cumberland, ME  17


Sources:
(1) Gravestone Inscription, NSTCEM, Gravestone Inscription, South Street 
Cemetery, Gorham, ME. 
(2) Clayton R. Adams, The Ancestry of Jeremiah Pote of Falmouth (The Maine 
Genealogist (Lewiston, ME: Penmore Lithographers), 25[2003]:15), TMEGEN25, 
Quoting Falmouth Town Records 1:117. page 15. 
(3) Falmouth Town Records, Vol. 1, Falmouth Town Records, Vol. 1, reel 213, 
page 395. 
(4) Town Clerk, Gorham Town Records (Town of Gorham), Gorham Town 
Records. 
(5) DEE1, Personally verified by Dana E. Edgecomb. 
(6) Maine Pre-1892 Statewide Vital Record Returns. Marriage record. 
(7) Falmouth Town Records, Vol. 1, Falmouth Town Records, Vol. 1, reel 213, 
page 493. 
(8) A History of the Town of Gorham, ME, Josiah Pierce, Foster and Cushing and 
Bailey and Noyes, Portland, ME, 1862, page 206. 
(9) "Baldwin Families", on microfilm of Baldwin Town Records, by Genealogical 
Society of Utah, page 90. 
(10) Dana E. Edgecomb, Personally verified by Dana E. Edgecomb (September, 
2003.), Dana_Edgecomb_1. 
(11) Albert J[ohnson]. Sears, Early Families of Standish, Maine (Bowie, MD: 
Heritage Books, 1991), Sears, Early Families, page 243. 
(12) Al Meyers, personal communication. 
(13) Town Clerk, Gorham Town Records (Town of Gorham). 
(14) Augustus F. Moulton, Records of the First Congregational Church in 
Scarborough with Index (Augustus F. Moulton, 1895), Records of the First 
Congregational Church in Scarborough with Index, page 102. 
(15) Town Clerk, Gorham Town Records, Vol. 1 (Town of Gorham), Gorham Town 
Records, Vol. 1, page 48. 
(16) Albert J. Sears, Early Families of Standish, Maine (Heritage Books, Bowie, 
MD, 1991), EF, page 37. 
(17) Al Myers, Harrisburg, PA, personal communication. 

Notes
Note (1) TR has 24th.
Note (2) In North Street Cemetery.
Note (3) In the North Street Cemetery.

                     Copyright 2005 by:
                     Dana E. Edgecomb
                     nighthawk@psouth.net

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