IRISH CATHOLIC GENESIS OF LOWELL: By George F. O'Dwyer PRINTED BY SULLIVAN BROTHERS LOWELL, MASS. 1920 F .L 35 WEST 39TH STREET NEW YORK CITY ROOM 204 Joseph I. C. Clarke May twenty-ninth Nineteen twenty Dear Mr. O'Dwyer: I am much interested in your under- taking to publish locally your monograph: "The Irish Genesis of Lowell Mass. a centenary," and hope it will have a generous circulation. I desire a personal copy and one for the library of the American Irish Historical Society, and shall have pleasure in commending it to our members. Research such as yours in this case is admirable and should be rewarded by being widely read. It is such a service to the record of the race for which our Society exists, so well expressed in the motto of our charter, "To make better known the Irish Chapter in American History." Yours faithfully, (Signed) JOSEPH I. C. CLARKE President-General, American Irish Historical Society. THE IRISH CATHOLIC GENESIS OF LOWELL: In the early years of the 19th century, Irish emigrants arriving at the ports of Boston, New York, and even Quebec, were largely attracted by the building of the New England manufacturing towns, especially the towns along the Merrimack river in northeastern Massachusetts. These emigrants toiled side by side with the "native" builders of the mills and canals, and dug water-ways which, later, turned the wheels of the big cotton mills and ma- chine shops. As the new industries drew thousands of employes, boarding- houses and homes were erected and Irish laborers used their brain and brawn in their construction. In the space of a few years, Lowell became famous internationally, and the most distinguished men and women of world promi- nence paid it a visit and marveled at its achievements. Irish Catholic labor and enterprise was a strong contributing factor in the making of the embryonic settlement on the banks of the Merrimack. In April, 1822, the first thirty laborers walked over the road from Charlestown — it was a 25-mile jaunt — to widen and build arteries from the old Pawtucket canal which, up to that time, was used to transport lumber and freight boats from New Hampshire to the sea. In a few years, the original thirty pioneers were augmented to hundreds, mostly from the counties of Cork and Dublin, and they pitched their camps on the Frye land, afterwards known as the "Paddy Camp lands." In 1831, Kirk Boott, a broad-minded Englishman, the agent and general manager of the largest mill and power company in the town, at the suggestion of an Irishwoman in his household, gave a lot of land to Bishop Fenwick of Boston for the erection of a Catholic church. The foundation of this church was built by some of the same men who came into the undeveloped town in 1822, and the church itself — a wooden structure — was started in the summer of 1830. It was dedicated July 3, 1831. In consequence of this unexampled progress of the Irish laborers, the latent bigotry of certain "native" malcontents was aroused. The Irish laborers and mill employes, in their impulsive enthusiasm at the success of their advent in the town, soon found that this natural enthusiasm was fo- menting antipathy among a certain element who worked with them, and this, from time to time, was vented in personal squabbles and later, street fights, in which the men from the Emerald Isle came out best. As a result, a riot was precipitated in Lowell on May 18, 1831. An account of it was print- ed in the Boston "Patriot" for May 21, 1831, and was as follows: "A letter to the editor of the "Transcript [Boston] states that a battle was fought in that town [Lowell] last Tuesday evening between a por- tion of the frish population and aboul 200 Yankees. The cause is said to 1)0 trilling, though not stated. Three hundred persons were assem- ibouf nine o'clock and stones and brickbats were file. Several were made on the frish camps by the assailants which discon- tinued after midnight. On Wednesday evening, the Yankees began to re-assemble, but one of the ring-leaders was arrested by the consta- ud taken into Merrimack street; here, the mob rescued him and the rioters soon after dispersed. Three persons, named Brown, Willey, and Smallcorn were arrested and committed for trial in default of Tin- "battle'' or riot, was later known as the "Battle of the Stone Bridge." and was largely started by liberal potions of Niew England rum which, combined with the antipathy of the "native" mob, made them start on their ill-advised raid. Among the leaders of this mob, the original in- >n was to wreck the "Acre," and drive its Irish inhabitants from their : cabins. This bigotry was fomented during the summer of L830, when Irish carpenters and bricklayers started to build the first Catholic church on land on the "Acre."' The building of this wooden church and dation aroused the bigotry of the ignorant part of the native popula- \ ho. up to thai time, had ridiculed the Irish on the "Acre" as if they were clowns or barbarians according to the limited lights of their prejudiced minds. When they saw the spire of the pretty little wooden church pointing nward, their discontent was pronounced, and the bar-rooms, where they were wont to hang out, were filled with their rum-inspired plans of devil- -i the little settlement in the "suburbs." as the Baddy Camp lands then designated. Things were broughl to a head on the nighl of May 18th, when a band bigots gathered in a pre-arranged bailiwick on lower Lowell street i now - Market) and devised ways and means to clean oil! the "Acre" and burn up the new Catholic church, which, at that time, was being given its finishing touch ihe dedication, set for the summer following. The ring- leaders of the band were Samuel Brown, Ivory Willey and Robert Smolcoon, II of Lowell and, '"! gother with divers other disorderly and evil disposed ms." were held later for the Grand Jury. The charge was riot and as- inll at Lowell, May In. L831. All were later found guilty and imprisoned in i onnnon gaol. In one of these brewing-places of the contemplated deviltry, on this cning. an Irish laborer was drinking his mug of ale after his While enjoying this mug, he overheard two natives making "a clean-oul of I lie Baddy settlement and some fireworks on their e. " Instantly, his native intuition was at work. While the alking, he slipped out the back entrance to the saloon, and ad ran up to the "Acre," and aroused some of his acquaintances and •ath. Soon Ihe news of the contemplated attack on icir bailiwicks had spread all over the Irish camps, and the men of Cork I Dublin and tl ther counties in Ireland who were represented, seized hillelal 'agerh heartened each other in their Irish language, which inmonlv spoken anions; them all. The women of the settlement, however, had been warned in advance of the contemplated raid of the bigots. That afternoon they gathered up every available stone and brickbal in the neighborhood. They rallied, as did the women of Limerick of old, aroused by the impending danger to their new church and their soggarth. That night, when vigilant scouts gave warn- ing of the approach of the bigots from the village, they hastily gathered up the stones and bricks in their big, wide aprons, and, with this improvised am- munition, they followed their husbands, and their brothers, and their sons, to the bushes along the present Suffolk canal and posted themselves, awaiting the coming of the rum-fired bigots. Finally the horde appeared at the bend opposite the old Mann school. At the sight of the crowd, the Irish girls and women stationed themselves behind the men, who were hid in the darkness and bushes, and who had their hands full of stone ammunition from the aprons of the women. The horde of bigots suddenly made a rush for the Stone bridge. As suddenly, a volley of stones ami bricks struck them from the shores of the "Acre." Four men went down as a result of the well-aimed Irish attack. Amazed at the sudden checking of their plans, the native invaders of the baili- wicks of the Irish withdrew their forces to a point near what is now the Vo- cational school, and debated a minute. They decided to make another rush for the bridge. But the Irish forces from Cork and Dublin streets were well- poised for the attack. Just as soon as the vanguard reached the bridge, the second volley of stones struck down the advance and the bigots retired back again in disorder. At this, the Irish girls and women, inspired by the success of their male defenders, rushed from their places of concealment and, with good aim, let fly the reserve ammunition in their aprons at the discomfited bigots in disarray on the Stone bridge. This new source of attack completely disorganized the befuddled horde on the bridge. First, one or two started to run back to the village, and then the entire crowd fled incontinently, pursued by the angiw Irish women and their escorts, in reserve. The infuriated women did not stop chasing the would-be invaders until they reached Merrimack street when their breath and ammunition gave out, and they were forced to return to the Acre. But the battle of Stone bridge leading to the Irish camp, was won. And won through the impetuosity and initiative of the Irish girls and women of the Paddy Cam]) lands! ******** And the first St. Patrick's wooden church, which the above bigots set out to destroy, was dedicated with unusual ceremonies on Sunday, July 3rd following, (1831). Through the greatest good Luck, the writer ran across a newspaper item, describing the ceremonies of dedication, in a bound vol ume of the issues of the "United States Catholic Miscellany," a weekly Catholic newspaper printed in Charlestown, S. C, that year. In the issue of the "Miscellany" for July 23, 1831, was the account, graced with the follow- ing headline: •CATHOLIC CHURCH AT LOWELL. St. Patrick, was dedicated on •i. [ Fenwiek to the God. The building i- of wood; its strucl irmounted by a large be eye .1 convicl ion of neatness and r. As a l)ii i id 2 town of Low- mtribul ion to the forina- he place. The eongre- R 1. tfahoi , consists of nearly a thousand sculs. . that were o 2 and .'! i liousand per- 100 re.senl on this occasion. To •dral choir, for their efficient Rev. Mr. Mahony celebrated mass) k\ from 2nd Book of Chronicles \ crowded : the day ip gave : l:i' A at 4 o 'clock, and. externie heat of the forenoon, candidates ' rat ion, he language. dep irl inent of Dedication and at- to be a happy day to all ipportunil ■ on a the happii of her cendants of the Irish pion- ns in 1831. But the i i 1 builders and lalx I : i ient habita- a part of am ement. In copied an account I printed in the ;. ., of how the "In the suburbs (!) of Lowell, within a few rods of the canals, is a settlement, called by some, New Dublin, which occupies rather mure than an acre of ground. It contains a population of not far from 500 Irish, who dwell in about 100 cabins, from 7 to Hi feet in height, built of slabs and rough boards: a fire-place made of stones, in one end, topped out with two or three llour barrels or lime casks. In a central situation, is the school house, built in the same style of the dwelling- houses, turfed up to the eaves with a window in one end, and small holes in two sides for the admission of air and light. In this room are collected together perhaps 150 children!" — (Portsmouth, X. 11. "Jour- nal.") In connection witli this interesting account of the first rude [rish habitations in the "Acre," there is the following note from the Lowell school report for 1838: "A general interest is manifested in the prosperous condition of our Irish schools. They now consist of two Grammar and three Primary schools, kept by four male and two female teachers. The whole num- ber of pupils reported as having attended these schools more or less, during the year, is seven hundred and fifty-two. Most of these prob- ably attended three months at least; the average number of pupils connected with the schools at once, is 435, and the average daily at- tendance amounts to 342. There has been an increase this year [1S38] of one hundred and twenty-two in the average number, and 83 in daily attendance. It may be seen, to a reference to the tabular summary, that the attendance has been quite as good (in proportion to the aver- age number) as any of our public schools. Irish pupils are not ex- cluded from the other public schools, to which convenience of loca- tion and requisite attainments may entitle them to lie admitted. They have access to the High school on equal conditions with others, ami more or less, will be found in the various schools of every rank in the citv." ADDENDA ABSTRACT OF A DEED OF LAND FROM KIRK BOOTT, ESQ., TO BISHOP FENWICK FOR THE FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH (ST. PATRICK'S) 1830. "In consideration ol -i paid l>\ Right Reverend Benedict Penwick, p ol' Boston, - pi ol' which 1- acknowledged, the Props, of the Locks and do unit claim . . unto Bishop Penwick, of Boston, his successors and assigns, a certain parcel of land containing 8140 square feet situate near a new canal called the Western canal. . . Provided "thai said granted premises shall never be used, occupied, or improved for any purpose than for Public Worship and private exercises of devotion con- nected therewith; and for schools, and for such other public uses as are usu- ally permitted in Public Meeting houses within this Commonwealth; and also thai said described premises shall not, at any time hereafter. For a longer term than two years, remain destitute of a decent and proper edifice or build- ing for Public Religious Worship. ... In witness thereof, the said Locks and < ■ mipany by Kirk Boott, their treasurer, have affixed their seal, etc., this fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred hirly. This conveyance is made by order of the Directors of the said (tested by the signatures of a majority of their board: KIRK BOOTT. Treas. Signed in the presence of these witnesses, P.T.JACKSON, MM! I. ABBOTT, J. A. LOWELL, • lolIX ROLLINS. \. APPLETON, HENRY CABOT, KIRK BOOTT, Directors." This deed was recorded at Cambridge, January LMi, L831. ( Middlesex ( 'oiinly deeds.) By a deed, dated the '-IvA of June, 1835, another parcel of land, contain- ing L'ss ! mi feel was transferred from the Locks and Canals Company to i' Penwick on the condition "that the premises shall never be used for any n than for Public Worship and private exercises of devotion or schools, and such oilier purposes as are usually in Public Mcciinji houses within this Commonwealth, etc." This tract bordered on "the Northeast corner of land (conveyed by the company to Bishop Penwick in IS.'M)) thence to land owned l>v Klisha Puller el al., thence to land of John L. Sheafe; thence b\ wa\ of Penwick street to point of lung. " (Midi mnt\ deeds.) A pari of Mm- land is now used by the Sisters of Notre Dame for school and academy purj This t]f\vennei] i Donnell I Jas. William William Martin Thomas [ugh John tell, ./allies Moore, Thomas Powers; William i rles William 1828 ■Inn, ( Brogan ) John Brogan, James i 'i homas Burke, John C'arrj Joseph Cox, John ii. .lames . .lames - Joseph i lark, .lames Cummings, John Collins, Timothy ''"(.Is, John, Da Clark, Tho John herty, Daniel I Hvinnell, (O'Doni • Edmund ■ feorge Michael John Gawn, .John n-k < tetines i Mel luinness > Jona. Hill, Daniel Hale, Burns Hunt, Martin Holland, Jeft'rs I ?) Joyce, Stephen Killick, Thomas Kelley, Daniel Kelley, ( leorge i ? i Kendrick, John John Mitchell, James Thomas ing, 1 1 miel ham, James i ?) McXelley, James I'aton, Ten Murphy, John I, William ( ?) or, John I 'i \ ne, James Ryan, Roger Smith, James and Simon Sullivan, James Wood, John & Wm. ( ?) 1829 Alexander, John Mowers, John < ?) Burke. John Barnes, I Burns) Charles Blake. John ( ?) Byrne, William Burgan, < Brogan) Peter Burgan (Brogan) Joseph Burns. William Brai.lv. John Brenan, James i 'arliiMi. Stephen i " I (i 'a.-e\ i John < 'ummings, John < 'OX, John (Crowley) Thos Ja mes i ?) Campbell, James . Joseph Eiichard < ? i < 'ampbell, John < 'row dius John h, l >r. R. (?) Thomas Doran. Mark Daniel Buff, II ■ I 'a Irak Driseoll. Thomas Dwinnell i I >onnell > Jere. I »ora a. Edmund Doran, John Downie, William Drummond, John (?) Ewing, George ( ?) England, Michael \:-.\ ing, John E iwright, Michael Ferguson, Daniel i ? | lord. John L. Fritzpatrick, Nicholas Pord, Timothy Graham, John i ? i Gannon, Michael Cannon, John Harrington, John Hardy, (McCarty) Timol hy Holland, John (?) Hartley, I 'ornelius i low . Thomas < ?) Ili'u kson. ( Hickson) Dan Haviland. Patrick i >avid McKee, James i ?) I >aniel < v i Kelley, David I .j on, John Leacy, Denis Lenox, Thomas ( ?) Lavy, Daniel MeXamara, George Mellen, Henry Moore, Thomas McKeiina, John McCormack, Hugh McCormack, John McLaughlin, Terence Murphy, John Martin, John McGarvia i Mi Garvey, John Mara. Thomas Owen O'Brien, Jacob (James'.') O'Brien, Patrick Pearse. I 'owers Smith. lames Peter James Trull. (Tyrell?) Winn. Joseph Warren, Charles White, Daniel Williams. Daniel and Tho . (?) W"eli h, Thomas Pete (?) LOCATION OF FIRST IRISH SCHOOL. The first Irish school, so-called, was located al the corner of Jefferson and Lowell streets in the upper floor of what is now a Greek grocery store. For a long time previous to the coming of the Greeks to .Market street, this location was occupied by the Savage Brothers, grocers. Miss Sarah Smith, who was 90 years old on May (i, 1920, went to school in the early days, in the upper floor of this building. She remembers Schoolmaster Byrne who was of a choleric temperament, but who succeeded in teaching the [rish boys and girls of the 30 's their three R's in a thorough manner. In a report from the School Committee of the town at a town meeting in April, 1831, Rev. Theodore Edson, the chairman, stated: "That a school for the Irish Children has been kept about two years," which would bring the first school back to 1829. When Father Mahony came to the town on his monthly missionary visits, he never left the "Acre" without calling on the Irish children in the school at the corner of Jefferson and Lowell streets. At about this period, there was also a school on one of the upper floors of Barnes' "Folly," which was the nickname of a large stone and brick building which still stands today near the corner of Suffolk and Merrimack streets. The children of the Irish pioneers were also taught in the basement of the old wooden church, which stood on the site of the present St. Patrick's. Here, Fathers Mahony, Curtin and Connolly took turns in ac- quainting the Catholic youth with the three R's and still a fourth R — Religion — which loomed up large in importance in the first curriculum of studies. Some of the early Irish Catholic teachers who received some of the town's money for the support of the Irish schools were: Patrick Collins, master of No. 5 Grammar school; Richard Walsh, who afterwards conducted the first Catholic book store and Irish steamship agency at the corner of Mar- ket and Worthen streets; Daniel Mcllroy, who afterwards became a distin- guished lawyer in Boston; Peter McDermott, brother of Rev. Jacob McDer- mott, the first pastor of St. Mary's; Miss Mary Ann Stanton, who taught primary grades in the basement of St. Patrick's, 1837; Catharine A. Hogan. James Egan, Esq., Jane U. Danahey, Catharine O'Callaghan, J. W. Walsh, Ann Cummiskey, Martin Fitzpatrick and others. Thus, one sees in a few pages, the unexampled difficulties that our Irish forefathers had to experience. No town or city in the history of the United States can show such marvelous progress from such humble beginnings; no race can out do the Irish in their wonderful adaptitude to American institutions. The accomplishments of Lowell's Irish pioneers and their descendants are indeed an epic prose poem in American history. Those of their descendants who read these lines to- day have good reason to be proud of the humble beginnings and the later achievements of their forefathers. IRISH PIONEERS OF LOWELL [ROM THE LOWELL DIRECTORY OF 1835. Abbn h. for house; h. for hoards: (?) indicates douhl whether person was Irish: W. I., We I Thomas, h Penw iek si. ', dyer, h Lowell st. I Market st.) Barnes, Mary Ann, hoarding-house, :.'<> Suffolk Corn Barry, I Jridget, widow, h Ken . Barry, James, housewright, h Lowell Barry, Rev. William, hds. al Moses Shattuck's Bolton, John, laborer, h Lawrence st., near Massic l Boughen, Thomas, clerk at Dean and si:. 1 toyes, I >aniel, a i i ' irp>-i fact try, h Jefl Braidy. James, at Carpet factory h Middle si. I Jurk, Richard, at i. i u ory, h \\ ishingto Burns, Edward, laborer, Penwick si. Burn . Edward, wine cellar, Merrimac si. Burns, Michael, cordwainer, Green st. I'.'irn-, Patrick, dye house, hds. M. Burns' I turns, Patrick, Burns, Thomas, carpet Butler, James a borer, Lowell st. Byrns, John .)., merchant tailor, Merrimack st., hds. at Mrs. Smith's P ''iii: ell's, I >.. La vvrem e si. , Henry, cordwainer, at < >. Whinny's Campbell, James, constable, Penwick st., also hoarding-house i 'ampbell, James, overseer l [a m. < !orp Campbell, John, al carpet factory, h Lowell Campbell, Philip, labon r, al John B. Ray's i 'a mpbell, Micha ■ ■-. h Pi nwiek Pi watchman I lam. Corp- hds. 20 Ham. Corp. Cannon, James, tailor, l>ds. Miss Putnam's, Appleton st. ey, lames, laborer, Chapel Hill Carney, John, Merr'k. Corp., hds. Merr'k. Carney, Joseph, laborer, mar Lawrence s't. Carney, Mary, li Merr'k. sq. ( 'an-. Jerem iah, hds. 9 I .aw. I '■ Carr, John, hoarding-house, 9 Law, ( '< >r; >. ( 'ase, Patrick, h Lowell st i ' : -<■. John, la borer, Lowell st. < ly, Bernard, h Penwick st . t, bh achery Merr'k., h Penwick Cater, Denis, grocer, Gorham st. h Gorham Caughlin, James, laborer, Penwick st. i. Ja mes, h Lowell st. Michael, housewi U v Palls room, Merr'k. st. ('lark. Peti ai Samml Ames' i 'ochva a. John, h 1 Joston Rd. mar II i 'oehran M ichael, h Penwick Coffins, .Mary, hoarding house, Suffolk so., near Merr'k. . Penw ick ii 43 Mi rr'k. Comerford, Garret, clerk at Cummiskey's, Merr'k. st. :. Patrick, li Green st. Conden, William, h Lowell st. Conner, Caroline, widow, boarding-house, 10 Merr'k. Corp. Conner, Edward, laborer, h Gi Conner, .Jewell, housewright, al Mrs. Bean's, Appleton st. Coriiff, Martin, laborer, h Lowell at., at Cummisky's Conely, Michael, h Lowell st. Conley, Edward, tailor, at Philip T. White's Conley, Mary, widow, h rear Merr'k. Conley, Peter, h LoweM st., Hilliard's block Conlin, Michael, dry goods, it Merr'k. st., bds. al American Ho Council, Daniel, \V. I. kimhIs, Lowell si., h sami Connell, Matthew, machin< shop, h Lowell Connell, Timothy, laborer, li rear Lowell Connell, Mrs., h Fenwick Connell, Thomas ()., at factory, h Fenwick Connolly, Rev. Peter, ai Rev. Mr. Mahony's Cooley, George, tailor, h Fenwick st. Coolian, Patrick, laborer, Fenwick st. Cor.bin, William, Merr'k. Cor])., h Clark's. Lowell st. Corokland, James, laborer, h Fenwick Corren, Thomas, iaborer, h Winter st. Corrigan, Mathew, bds. al Egan's, Lowell st. Coughlin, Morris, h Fenwick st. Cox, John, machinist, h Suffolk Crane, John, laborer, h Fenwick Cronan, Denis, clerk at Lean & Short's Crowden, Patrick, mason, h Chelmsford old road Crowley, Bartholomew, h Fenwick Crowley, Cornelius, bds. at T. Ford's Crowley, Patrick, h Lowell st., near Fitzpatrick's Cummiskey, Eugene, h Merr'k. .st. Cummiskey, Hugh, W. I. goods, Merr'k. st. Cunningham, Thomas, Ham. Corp. Curtin, Rev. J. J., (St. Patrick's church) h Fenwick, Rev. Mr. Mahony's Curin, Francis, tailor, White's, Central st. Currey, Michael, blue dyer, at Cumm'iskey's Dailey, Cornelius, h Suffolk at w.ir Baptist meeting-house Dailey, Denis, at Merr'k. Corp., h Lowell Dailey, Francis, bds. at Young's Da land, Thomas, h Fenwick Dempsey. Mary, widow, h Merr'k. sq. Deray, John, bds. at Banacan's Deverlin, John, h Cross st., near Adam-. Devlin, Francis, bds. at Gleason's, Jefferson st. Devlin, John, bds. at Banagin's Devoy, Mary, bds. Gleason's, Jefferson st. Divland, James, bds. Gannon's Divine, John, h Pine st., near Middlesex Doane, Edward (?) stone-layer, h Lowell st. Donnahue, James, bds. at M. Davis's Donnahoe, Jeremiah, h near Adams st. Donnahoe, John, laborer, h Fenwick Dolton, Chrisjtopher, al factory, h Winter Donavan, Thomas, bds. at B. Egan's, Lowell Donavan, Timothy, h Fenwick Dorry, Luke, laborer, Fenwick Downie. Hugh, dyer. Carpet, h 11 Carpet Downie, John, 9 Carpet Doyle, Bryan, laborer, h Lowell si., long block Doyle. Hugh, carpet weaver, h 1!» Carpet Doyle, Lawrence, laborer, bds. John Tool's Doyle, Michael, grocer. Fenwick, h same Doyle, Patrick, bds. at M. Do Duff, James, calico printer, h Fenwick Duff, William, clerk, Conliri's, 44 Merr'k. Duffey, Felix, h Merr'k. st. D'iffey, Thomas, laborer, h Lowell st. Dunnaman, (Donovan) Mrs., h Fenwick Dunn, P.ryan, carpet weaver, lids, in Carpel blocks Eagan, Barney, h Lowell (laborer) Earley, Martin, h Fenwick Earley, Michael, h Fenwick EmmcM, John, engraver, bds. J. Du d Enwright, Michael, laborer h Lowell Ewing, Samuel, Ids. .Mrs. Crolh's, Fenwick st. Faray, Aaidrew, laborer, Fenwick Fann'on, Michael, near Carpet, h Central Farley, Andrew, laborer, Fenwick st. Farrill, John, h Gorham. Farrell, Edward, laborer, 1, Gorham. Pay, Denis, confectioner, east end Town House Fitzgerald, Richard, h rear Suffolk sq. Fitzpatrick, Nicholas, h Lowell Fitzpatrick, Thomas, li back soap works, Lawrence st. Fitzsimmons, Bryan, laborer, I. owe]] st., Kay's ■' in Timot hy, h Penwick Plud, Patrick, carpel weaver, bds. 22 Carpet Plynn, Michael, 1: Penwick Plynn, .John, cordwainer, Lowell st. Ford, I',. watchman Merr'k. Corp., bds. til Ford, Timothy, laborer, h Suffolk st., near Baptist meeting-house Ford, William, blacksmith, bds. Bacon's, Chapel hill Pox, Conroy, at Suffolk Corp., lids. 10 Gallahur, Bernard, h Lowell Gallahur, (Gallagher) Owen, at Hani. Corp., h Lowell Gallagher, - — , h Middle st. Cannon, Hugh, lids. iToung's, Penwick st. Gannon, John, bar-room Merr'k. sq. Gardman, Anthony, bds. Eagan's, Lowell st. Garretty, Michael, bds. I'. Baniean's Garthy, (Garrity) Bartholomew, at dye house, near Lawrence st. Garthy, James, Ham. Corp., h North st. Garvey, Marcus, laborer, bds. 1 >. Connell's, Lowell st. (lii'v, John, cordwainer, h Fenwick st. Gary, Thomas, h Fenwick st. Garthy, Patrick, h North st.. near Lawrence G.i tely, John, h Low ell st. Gill, John, overseer. Ham. Corp., bds. 30 Gilday, Patrick, mason, bds. Ray's, Appleton st. Givings, John, h Fenwick st. Gleason, Daniel, boarding-house, Jeffers'on st. Gleason, William, cordwainer. bds. Marden's ' li rmeley, Mark, laborer, h Lowell st. Gormley, Martin, laborer, h Lowell Goodwin, Bryan, bds. 5 Tremont Corp. Gorman, John, laborer, h Lowell Grace, Daniel, h Mdx. Corp., bds. Colcord's Gray, William, (Boston & Lowell baggage wagon) h near Chapel Griffin, John, at cotton batting factory, h Washington Griffin, John, stonelayer, h guard locks Crimes, Elizabeth, h Lowell Crimes, John, at .Merr'k. dye house, h 12 Prince Haines, Mary, widow, boarding-house, 4 Merr'k. Corp., cor. Dutton Haley, Patrick, laborer, bds. John Tool's Hancock'. John, innholder, Union house, Washington sit. Hand, Thomas, Ham. Corp., bds. J. McCarthy's, Green st. Harris, James ( ?) watchman, lids. 1 Carpet blocks Harris, Peter, boarding- house, Merr'k. Corp., cor. Suffolk sq, Harris, Win., boatman, h 25 Ham. Corp. llni. David, ( .' ) yeoman, h Chelmsford road Hart, Elizabeth, tailoress, Fayette st. ■ ;. Patrick, I lam. ( 'orp., bds. 47 Haviland, Patrick, clerk, Fitzpatrick's, Lowell st. Hayes, John M., at Calvin Fifield's , William, repair shop, bds-. Mrs. Morrill's ind, Richard, blacksmith, h Lowell, Fitzpatrick's bldg. Ilealey, Natl. ( ?) school master, 3rd grammar school, h cor. Wallace ami School Henry, John C, physician, 12 Merr'k. I [enry, M tchael, laborer. Cow ell st. Howes, Humphrey, overseer Carpet, h do i. Thomas, at factory, bds. Mongan's, Green st. Hines, Thomas, hat and cap store, (*. Merr'k., bds. American house Edward, laborer, h Lowell Holland. John, h Chapel hill, Fletcher's court Holland, Join W., overseer. Merr'k., h 35. les, John, Ham. Corp., bds. Mongan's hes, John R., machinist, Fenwick st. i iwen, laborer, h rear Lowell Peter, la borer, h Green on, John, (?) bds. Steven's, Lewis st. on, Sarah, widow, boarding-house, Carpel Jones, Andrew ( '.' ) bricklayer, bds. Mrs. Lean's Martin, Merr'k. Corp., 20 Ham. Jorry, John, h Fenwick aborer, h avenue, betw. Kurd and Creen Kalahari, Thomas, at Merr'k. Corp., bds. Ducker's, Merr'k. sq. Kean, Philip, tailor at Joel Davis'. Central St. Keating, James, dry goods, Merr'k. sq. Keating, Patrick, clerk, Dean & Short's Kelley, Andrew, carpi! weaver, h 19 Carpel blocks Kelley, John, stone mason, h Chape] Kelley, Denis, laborer, h Fenwick Kelley, John A., stageman, h Chapel Kelley, Morris, cordwainer, li Middle Kelley, William A., boots and shoes, Merr'k. st., Suffolk sq. Kelley, Wm. W., housewright, bds. T. Olapp's Kenedy, James, laborer, bds. I >. Connell's Kenedy, Timothy, bds. Doyle's Kenney, George, wheelwright, bds. .Mrs. Labart's Kenney, Lawrence, h Church st. King, Daniel, trader, h Merr'k. St., Merr'k. sq. Lamb, William, (?) painter, h near dm. meeting-house, Lamb's ct. Lanagan, Stephen, carpet weaver, h i:» Carpet Lang, Robert, (?) h 1!) Carpet, at carpel factory Lane, Owen, bds. Cyrus Johnson's Lane, Thos. W., bds. Lowell hotel Lane. Mrs., widow, 40 Ham. Corp. Lee, Michael, laborer, h Fenwick Leighton, Peter, hostler, Hadley's stable, h Jefferson Loughran, Peter, yeoman, h Lowell, long block Loughran, W'm., laborer, h Central Lynch, Joseph, clerk, I). & S. (Dean & Short's) Lynch, Patrick, laborer, factory yard, h Gorham Lynch, laborer, at Joshua Swan's Lynes, Daniel, h Fenwick st. Largan, James, h Fenwick st. Lawnell, Denis, housewright, rear Appleton st., near Stone meeting-house Leonard, Jeremiah, blacksmith, bds. MacAvoy's, Lowell Leonard, Thomas, lids. Mrs. P. Leonards Locklin, John, at factory, h Merr'k. st. Long, James, at factory, h Lowell Lord, Jeremiah, at factory, h Fenwick Loughran, John, laborer, h Church st. Loughran, Luke, bds. Wm. P. Sawyer's Loughran, Moses, stonelaver, h Church Magan, John, dyer, h Cross, near Lowell st. Magoran, John, dyer, h rear South st . Mahan, James, h Lowell st., near Central st. Mahan, Francis, laborer at Capt. J. Tapley's Mahan, Owen, h Fenwick Mahan, Patrick, laborer, h Lowell Mahan, Patrick, bds. at Conif's Mahony, Rev. John, h Fenwick st., near Catholic church Maloy, John, tailor and draper, Lewis st., bds. Murray's bldg. Mallon, John, h High Manahan, Mark, housewright, bds. .1. Page's, Merr'k. sip Mannice, John, at factory, bds. McCarthy's, Green st. Mannice, Patrick, laborer and fisherman, h Middle Mansfield, James, Merr'k. print wks., h Merr'k. Manning, William, (?) mason, h Water st., Crane's Martin, John, laborer, rear soap wks., near Lawrence st. Martin, John, laborer, h Fenwick McAloon, Edward, laborer, h Cross, d Mar. If,, Is?."), act. Tn; b CO. Tyrone McAloon, James, laborer, h Merr'k., d May 23, 1864, act. 72 McAnnuna, Owen, h Lewis st. McAnuly, Michael, blue dyer, bds. Mrs. Mongan's McAnulty, Owen, at factory, h Middle McAvoy, John, h Fenwick McCaffrey, Patrick. W. I. goods, Hurd st., h near Catholic church McCaffrey, Peter, at factory, h Fenwick McCanelly, John, bds. Wm. Davies J McCann. Peter, at factory, h Fenwick MoCann, Thomas, at factory, h Hurd st. McCannan, P., h Fenwick McCanney, Francis, at Merr'k. print works, bds. McAvoy's McCanney, Mathew, h Fenwick Mi Carney, Thomas, Ham. Corp., h Washington McCarty, Denis, laborer, h Fenwick McCarty, John, cordwainer, h Green McCarty. Michael, mason, h Fenwick McCarthy, Denis, laborer, h Lowell st. McCarthy, Daniel, bds. Gleason's, Jeff st. McCarthy, - — h Fenwick McOlanning, John, carpet weaver, bds. 22 Capt. McOleary, Denis, laborer, h Fenwick MoCleary, Wm. T., millwright, bds. 5 Tremonl Pati ick, at bleachi ry house, bds. K. Hod; (McKenna) Pa trick, h rea r Merr'k. , William, a I Merr'k. < !orp., bds. 2 I I, Nicholas, h rea r La v\ fence st. I tobert, blacksmith, at .1. G. K it tredg< McClure, M'.'l'onna, Met !onihe Mc( l i - Mci 'ardy, M c( 'ormii Mel 'ormii Mci 'ormii .McCoy. I'm McCracklin, .linn I ';i)i holomew . a i factory, bds., I [ugh, at factory, h Fenwick Mary, widow, n Fenwick ding house, South tailor, 21 Opt. blks. Wm. Davis' McCabe, Owen, cordwainer, h Lowell McDaniel, Alex, bds. Eagan's, Lowell .M< I >« rmott, Thomas, at Lowell bleachery, h near bli Met Jarrah, Jami s, li Fenwick McGary, Jane, widow, li near soap works McGary, John, laborer, li near Lawrence st. McGinley, Francis, at Middx. Corp., h Gr McGindy, Daniel, carpel weaver, bds. :.'l Carpet ern, Barney, bds. Everett's, Lowell st Jli'i low in. Hugh, at Lowell bleachery McGuire, ( lharlcs, at factory, h .M McGuire. Francis, lids. .Mrs. Barry's, Lowell st. James, dye house, h 47 1 [am. ( !orp. Hugh, h Lowell st., d July LO, 1845, aet. S2 •h< r\ McGuire McHugh Mcllrov, Mcllroy. Mclntire McKenh McLo onfi ii ioner, Merr'k. st., Merr'k Peter, h Fenwick William, bds. Doyle's ■, John, machinist, bds in, i '.' i Philbrook, I'oiin 7 DllttOU Swamp looks er. bds. Stevens' McLench, John, blacksmith, bds. 27 Law. Corp. ich, - - blacksmith, bds. Hatch's cellar, Merr'k McMahon, tailor, at Ager's, Centra] si. McMann, Patrick, laborer, h Lowell McMann, Thomas, bds. Davies' M'^Morrow, Charles, Mdx. Corp., h rear Appleton st. McMullin, Andrew, bds. 1 Trem. Corp. MeNulty, John, h Hurd st. McOsker, Owen, W. I. goods, Low-!! st.. h Lowell Mellen, John, overseer of watchmen al Tremont, Menneugh, Mathew, h Fenwick .Miles. Michael, at Merr'k. Corp. h Lowell .Miles, Thomas, tailor, h Massic falls Miller. Peter, carpet weaver, 22 Carpet Miiiheii, James, machinist, rear Lawren ■i M. Fra n.i , Lowell ble ichery, bds. i ii. Mary, widow, li Gn >;, M ichaol, reed maker, h Green i. M orri: Ham. ( !orp., !i < }reen Moore. Henry, bds. Thos. Gowdy's .buries, bds. Mrs. Webster's, rear App I'alchman, Merr'k. < 'orp., Tremont near Massic falls near bleachery Moore, Moore, Monro, i 'orp., h . ('orp., e 1 O 1 1 St. i. 9 Merr'k. 1 Worthen Is. 37 . overseer, .Men William, watchman, I im, Carpet, bds. -I John, li Fenwick ! ';i trick, h Fenwick :,. h Fenwick on, Stephen, at Whipple's powder mills Morrison. Mark S., at Tremont Corp. John i Bailey «V- M ) bds. i ey's John, tin] rker at David Da I 'Impel bil ■ . pi tcr, ii Lowell Murphy, Bernard, boarding-house, Lowell st. Murphy, R bori bds. Kay's, A ppleton st. Murphy, Cornelius, carpet weaver, bds. Mrs. Grimi Murphj James, laborer, b rear Col. Fletcher's . John, laborer, h Fenwick Murpl borer, h Fenw edyer, li Lowell , John, bluedyer, h Lowell N;i ilor, Jam Lov P] p, li I 'enwick . William, at .Merr'k. Corp.. h Merr'k. sq. Noland, Moses, blacksmith, bds. Mongan's Norton, Henry, dry goods, 57 Merr'k: O'Brien, Catharine, widow, h Lowell O'Haran, Jeremiah, h Middle O'Neal, Matthew, laborer, h rear South Os'burn, Michael, (?) machine printer, h Fenwick Owens, James, carpet weaver h Lowell Palmer, Thomas, (?) tailor, bds. betw. Suffolk and Fenwick Pattin, Thomas, laborer, bds. Connif's Patrick, James, carpet weaver, h Washington Phelan, Charles, W. I. goods, Merr'k. sq. Powers, Patrick, h Merr'k. sq. (W. I. goods in co. with Phelan) Powers, Peter, mason, h Chapel Hill, near North Powers, Wm. B., variety store, Central, bds. P. Powers Prendergast, John, trader, h Gorham Queen, John, laborer, h Fenwick Quigley, Edward, W. I. goods, Merr'k. st, h Lowell Quigley, Hugh, h Lowell st., Hilliard's block Quinn, John, tailor, Perez Fuller's, Merr'k. sq. Qninn, William, Ham. Corp., h Green Ragan, John, Merr'k. Corp., h Fenwick Railley, (Riley) Bernard, W. I. goods, h Lowell Ray, John T., (?) teamster, h Lowell, near Adams Rayan, (Ryan), Richard, h Fenwick Raydon, Lawrence, dyer, h Cross st. Raymond, William, cordwainer, h Gorham Redman, Ham.' Corp., bds. 27 Ham. Reed, Martin, Trem. Corp., bds. 10 Suffolk Reed, Stephen, boarding-house, 2ti Suffolk Riley, Bernard, slater, h rear Lawrence, near soap works Riley, William, at Bleachery Riley. James, laborer, h Lowell (113 Market) Riley, Peter, laborer, h Fenwick Roberts, William, carpet weaver, h Lowell Robertson, John, h Fenwick Robinson, William, h Fenwick Rogers, Mark, housewright, bds. Mrs. Bean's Rogers, Stephen, housewright, bds. Mrs. Bean's Rogers, William, dyer, bds. 20 Carpet blocks Rawe, Richard, carpet weaver bds. 13 Trem. Corp. Ryan, Harvey ( ?) blacksmith, h Lowell Ryan, Nicholas, crockery and glassware, Merr'k. st. Ryan, Roger, mason, h High. bds. 22 Ham. Corp. Ryan, schoolmaster, bds. Mrs. Miner's Scally, bds. Mrs. Sparks' Fenwick st. Shanley, Michael, h Lowell st. (rear 117 Merr'k.) Shehan, Martin, h Lowell st. Sherden, Hugh, at factory, bds. Baniean's Sherden, Patrick, at Carpet factory, h Green Shields, Michael, laborer, h Fenwick (lived 23 Hanover, 1S61) Short, Edward, factory, bds. J. Campbell's Short, Charles M. (Dean & Short's) dry goods, Merr'k. st. Short, James, at Ham. Corn., h 48 Slaven, Lawrence, at Lowell bleachery Slaven, Michael, h Lowell st. Slowey, Alexander, dyer, h Washington Smidy, Margaret, h Fenwick Smith, Andrew, h Water st., Evan's bldg. Smith, Daniel, bds. 23 Carpet Smith, Ellen, widow, h Fenwick Smith, Francis, carpenter, h Lowell Smith, Henry, watchman, h 15 Law. Corp. Smith, James, at bleachery, h Middle Smith, James, carpet weaver, h betw. Suffolk, and Fenwick, bds. Mrs. Smiths Lowell Smith, John, at bleachery house, h Lowell Smith. John, dry goods, opp. Suffolk- Smith, Owen, at Merr'k. Corp., h Lowell Smith, Patrick, bds. at Francis Smith's Smith, Richard, laborer, h Lowell, near Fenwick Smith, Sally, widow, nurse. Lowell, near Fenwick Smith, Thomas, at factory, Lowell Smith, Timothy, wheelwright, bds. T. Arnold's Starkev, William, Law. Cons. bds. 10 Suffolk Sullivan, Daniel, h Fenwick Sullivan. James, bds. Connell's Sullivan. Jeremiah, laborer, h Fenwick Sullivan, John, li Suffolk ?q. Sullivan, John, laborer, h Fenwick Sullivan, John, laborer, h Fenwick Sullivan. Patrick, h Fenwick Sweeney, John, laborer, bds. D. ('onnell's Symons, Mary, (?) boarding-house, 8 Appleton Corp. Tay, Sullivan, cordwainer, h North Tympany, Rose, widow, h Cross si., near Lowell Tenney, Patrick, bds. Everett's, Lawrence st. ■tins, Patrick, dyer, Ham. Corp., h 47 Tool, John, laborer, h Hurd st., near J. Lawrence's Torri!l, - it Merr'k. Corp., bds. 24 imtton (Tolly?) Jeremiah, laborer, Chapel hill Trainer, Catharine, widow, h Fenwick Trainer, bds. James Campbell's Trainer, Patrick, h Fenwick Tomolty, Charles, at Lowell bleachery, bds. McDermott's Tyning, Patrick, wool sorter, h Washington Wallace. John, laborer, bds. Ray's, Appleton Ward, James, baker, bds. T. Smith's, Lowell Wayland, John, laborer, h rear Lawrence st. Welch, John, laborer, h Fenwick Welch., John Hamilton, lids. Airs. Stetson's Welch, Joseph, trader, h Hurd st. \\'i lch, Mathew, at Midx. Corp., bds. Burrow's Welch, Thomas, h Lowell st. (long block) White. James, h Ken wick White. Mary, widow, h Fenwick White. John, h Warren st. White. John, at Ham. Corp., h North White, Philip T., merchant tailor, Central st., h Gorham White Stephen, stone layer, h South st. White. Thomas, h Fenwick White, Michael, h Fenwick Whitcomb, Patrick, (?) overseer Ham., bds. Cordon's Williams, Peter, at Walker's, Lewis st. Winn, John, machinist, h r>0 Dutton Winn, Moses < '.' ) at J. Mixer's harness shop Wise. Mary Ann. h Lowell, Hilliard's block Woods. John, h Fenwick Woods, Timothy, bds. 26 Suffolk Corp. Voting, Hugh, h Fenwick Young. Mary Ann. boarding-house, South Voting. Michael, h Fenwick J nnnnc LIBRAKT ENDING ST. AUGUSTINE DOBBS BROS. LIBRARY BINDK