Benjamin
IRISH

B: 16 Mar 1750 - Kingston, Wahsington, Rhode Island
M1: 1791 - WEST, Elizabeth
M2: 1791 - MERWIN, Anna
M3: 1791 PALMER, Naomi
D: 18 Sep 1845 - Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont
The three wives of Benjamin Irish 
While research has been a little sloppy in regards to what child was mothered by which wife. Evidence and others' notes lead me to believe that Benjamin may very well have married three women in 1791 and bore children with all of them.
 If new information surfaces, this page will be updated. 

Elizabeth
WEST

B: 1749 New York, United States 
M: 1791 - IRISH, Benjamin 
D: 9 Sep 1808 

Children of Benjamin Irish & Elizabeth West:

Andrew IRISH

B: 1775 - Unknown
D: UNKNOWN

Anna
MERWIN

B: UNKNOWN 
M: 1791 - IRISH, Benjamin
D: 27 Aug 1826 - Newberg, New York, United States  

Children of Benjamin Irish & Anna Merwin:

Amos IRISH

B: 1786 Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States  
M1: 21 Sept 1806 - HARRIS, Lavinia "Vina" (1788-1859)
  • Hepsibah IRISH (1807-1898)
  • Pricilla IRISH (1811-1884)
  • Sally IRISH (1813-????)
  • Dorthy "Dolly" IRISH (1817-1882)
  • Barzilla Skeeter IRISH (1818-1875)
  • Uriah IRISH (1820-1901)
  • Rebecca IRISH (1820-1891)
  • Sidney B. IRISH (1830-1912)
  • William IRISH (1832-1913)
M2: 22 Jul 1859 - MATTESON, Rhoda (1804-????)
D: 15 Jun 1867 Near Ft Ann, Warren, New York, United States 

Jonathan IRISH

B: 27 Jul 1789 Warren, Washington, New York, United States
M: BRAYTON, Anna (1792-????)
  • Amy Laura IRISH (1813-1876)
  • William IRISH (1817-????)
  • Polly IRISH (1823-1888)
  • John Brayton IRISH (18251887)
  • Johnathan IRISH (1827-1887)
  • Diantha IRISH (1832-????)  
D: 20 Oct 1870 Belmont, Allegany, New York, United States  

Thomas IRISH

B: 1793 New York, United States  
M: 1838 - Elbridge, Onondaga, New York - PAUL, Sophia (1801-1864)
  • Delia IRISH (1840-1879)
  • Cyrenius IRISH (1842-1893)
  • Sidney Rial IRISH (1843-1863)
  • James P. IRISH (1845-1850)
  • Myra IRISH (1848-1914)
D: 1871 Michigan, United States  

Naomi
PALMER

B: 22 Oct 1775 - Nine, Dutchess, New York
M: 1791 - IRISH, Benjamin
D: 1850 - Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont

Children of Benjamin Irish & Naomi Palmer:

David IRISH
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Divorce from Sally Granted
"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.
B: 23 Jan 1783 Queensbury, Warren, New York, United States  
M1: 1805 - PHELPS, Sally (1785-1879)
  • Norman IRISH (1806-1846)
  • Julius IRISH (1810-1850)
  • Polly Malinda IRISH (1812-1880)
  • Liberty B. IRISH (1813-1899)
  • Susan B. IRISH (1817-1833)
  • Manley IRISH (1819-1903)
  • Emma IRISH (1823-1906)
  • Miranda IRISH (1824-1903)
  • Aaron IRISH (1825-????)
M2: aft 1825 - UNKNOWN, Delila (1800-????)
  • Delia L. IRISH (1837-1920)
D: 08 Jan 1855 Groveland, Oakland, Michigan, United States 

Joab IRISH

B: 04 May 1792 Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, United States  
M: 10 Jan 1813 - JUDSON, Rowena Lucy (1795-1870)
  • Cashus IRISH (1813-1813)
  • Naomi H. IRISH (1815-1888)
  • Electra B. IRISH (1818-1838)
  • Leman Judson IRISH (1822-1898)
  • Lucy Doolittle IRISH (1821-1908)
  • Benjamin IRISH (1821-1845)
  • David IRISH (1823-1884)
  • Frances A. IRISH (1825-1870)
  • Josephus Hull IRISH (1827-1902)
  • Ahimaaz Robinson IRISH (1833-1896)
  • Judah W. IRISH (1835-1904)
D: 25 May 1854 Lake, Indiana, United States  

Ezekail IRISH

B: 16 Jan 1796 Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, United States  
M: COLEMAN, Hannah (1798-1876)
  • Anna B. IRISH (1820-1895)
  • Maryette IRISH (1823-????)
  • Lucinda IRISH (1826-1826)
  • Eliza IRISH (1831-1859)
  • Almina IRISH (1832-1905)
  • Thaddeus Richard IRISH (1843-????)
D: 04 Dec 1849 Chittenden, Vermont, United States  

Enoch IRISH

B: 05 Nov 1798 Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, United States  
M: 27 Mar 1823 Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont - MILLS, Lucia (1806-1882)
  • Nancy IRISH (1825-1862)
  • Homer IRISH (1827-1908)
  • Stanton Andrew IRISH (1831-1881)
  • Alonzo Samuel IRISH (1833-1887)
D: 15 Oct 1856 Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, United States 

Elias IRISH

B:25 Nov 1799 Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont  
M: 23 May 1820 Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont - JUDSON, Alma (1802-1920)
  • Leman Bellostee IRISH (1823-1878)
  • William C. IRISH (1826-1889)
  • Rowena IRISH (1832-1899)
  • Noble IRISH (1834-1865)
  • Ellen Alma IRISH (1838-1873)
  • Phila Calista IRISH (1842-1926)
D: UNKOWN

Benjamin IRISH

B: 8 Jul 1801 Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, United States  
D: 1850 Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, United States