Person:Sally Phelps (3)

from a gencircles web site: There was an article in the The Washington Post of March 10, 1808; "The wife of David IRISH of

Westfield (Now Fort Ann, Washington Co. NY.)was delivered of five children, two sons and three daughters. They were alive when born, but died in a few hours. They altogether weighed seven pounds and fiveounces." Note of this event was also made in the 1810 Census o fQueensbury, Warren Co. NY.

David Irish, with a wife and three children, was the last family listed in the 1810 census of Queenbury, Washington County, New York. At the bottom of the page, the census-taker wrote a footnote concerning David's wife as follows: 'This woman is 24 years old and has had 10 children, 5 of which were born at one and the same time.' This may be the first instance of quintuplets recorded in this country." Printed in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, June 1965, Vol. 53.

Re: David Irish of Queenbury, quintuplets, 1810 Census ECROSS (View posts) Posted: 29 Aug 2004 2:55AM GMT Classification: Query

The number of children caught our eye, so we looked at the family. The note is really there, and does appear to be marked for David.

The Irish families living in Queensbury in 1810 are: Amos Irish Andrew Irish Benjamin Irish David Irish Jonathan Irish

There is an extremely well presented website for the Irish family at: http://lthome.com/genealogy/

We copied the following information from there: Benjamin Irish Birth , 16 Mar 1749/50 , S. Kingston, Washington, RI Father , Joseph Irish, b. 20 Apr 1724, S. Kingston, Washington Co., RI Mother , Dorcas (Irish) Group Sheet , F0918

1. Andrew Irish, b. BET 1765 AND 1784 2. David Irish, b. 23 Jan 1783 3. Amos Irish, b. 1786, Amenia, Dutchess, NY 4. Jonathan Irish, b. 27 Jul 1789, Warren or Washington Co., NY

This looks like the family.

It should be noted that though the census says that Mrs Irish had 10 kids, only 3 are living with them.

Herb Phelps (View posts) Posted: 6 Dec 2004 10:29PM GMT Classification: Query Surnames: IRISH, PHELPS There was also another write-up regarding these births: (There was an article in the The Washington Post of March 10, 1808; "The wife of David IRISH of Westfield (Now Fort Ann, Washington Co. NY.)was delivered of five children, two sons and three daughters. They were alive when born , but died in a few hours. They altogether weighed seven pounds and five ounces." Note of this event was also made in the 1810 Census of Queensbury, Warren Co. NY.) David's wife was Sally PHELPS daughter of Norman PHELPS Sr. of Fort Ann, Washington Co. NY. born July 31, 1785 in Hebron, Tolland Co. CT. They moved to Michigan in 1837 and David & Sally were divorced on November 15, 1847. Sally died in Groveland, Oakland Co. MI on February 17, 1879

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Database online. Groveland, Oakland, Michigan, post office Ortonville, roll M653_556, page 0, image 245.

   Groveland, Oakland, Michigan, post office Ortonville, roll M653_556, page 0, image 245.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Database online. Groveland, Oakland, Michigan, post office Groveland, roll 694, page 240, image 280.

   Record for Sally Irish Groveland, Oakland, Michigan, post office Groveland, roll 694, page 240, image 280.

3. ↑ United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252)
   Database online. Queensbury, Warren, New York.

   David Irish

4. ↑ United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704)
   Database online. , Oakland, Michigan, roll 209, page 143.

   Record for D Irish - Oakland, Michigan, roll 209, page 143.