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- Verify this Michael Kearny of Bulligaderie, Co. Limerick, Ireland
. Michael Kearny, who married as his third wife, Sarah Morris, by whom he had five children, Isabella, Michael, Mary, Euphemia, & Graham. This Michael Kearny settled in New Jersey in about 1712. He was Treasurer of the Province of East New Jersey, 1723 to 1725; held a commission in His Majesty's Navy; & was Clerk of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey. His daughter Graham Kearny married my great-great grandfather the Rev. Dr. Samuel Cooke.
"Michael Kearny was married 3 times; his first wife was Joanna Lenox; his second wife was Elizabeth Britton, by whom he had a son Philip, born at sea just before the arrival of the parents at Philadelphia; his third wife was Sarah Morris, who was the mother of Isabella, Michael, Euphemia, & Graham Kearny. Isabella & Michael both died single at an advanced age, & are interred in a burial place at their farm which was called 'Irish Lot Farm,' & is a few miles from Morristown, New Jersey. Euphemia married a Mr. Leonard, & left one daughter Susan, who married a German gentleman, Mr. Faesch."
Ref: Those Paris Years, Samuel N Watson, Oct 1935 - - -
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