In 1682 James Dougherty, of County Cork, Ireland, landed at Boston, Massachusetts, and settled at Salem. He was a tailor by trade and did a thriving business mending the torn garments of the bachelors of that town. Tiring of the sober dress of the inhabitants, for rigid Puritanism was at that time at its height, and also of the social laws and customs of the Province of Massachusetts, he sought new pastures in which to ply his vocation. He went to New York by sailing vessel, landing at the spot that is now known as Battery Park. Here he married the daughter of an English emigrant and he established himself as a tailor. For many years he prospered greatly and Master Dougherty was in great demand by the beaux of the day who wished the latest London cut to their clothes. He reared a large family, the greater portion of whom left New York and wandered far afield into other colonies. A son, James, like his father a tailor, located in Philadelphia. Among his descendants was John, of whom further.
