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Book Title: A family history : recording the ancestors of Russell Snow Hitchcock : this includes the ancestral lines of Hitchcock, Andrews, Snow, Russell, Bardwell, Warriner, Pepper, and their allied linesFamily history : ancestors of Russell Snow Hitchco
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Among the very early Irish settlers whose descendants are at present r esidents of the Connecticut valley, and of whom we have authentic reco rds, a few families deserve special mention because of the prominenc e to which they have attained in the community. Irish men and women, b oys and maidens, were imported to these colonies in the very first yea rs of the settlements, while in June, 1643, an Irish immigration too k place that far out-numbered the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. O f the descendants of these early settlers, Hall J. Kelley, one of th e most enterprising men of Palmer, Mass., who developed the village o f Three Rivers, was born in New Hampshire, Aug. 24, 1790, and was a de scendant of John Kelly, who settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1633. John R iley and his wife, Grace O'Dea, came to this country from Ireland abou t the year 1624. They settled at Hartford, Conn., where their first tw o children were born,— John in 1646 and Joseph in 1649, after which th ey moved to West Springfield, Mass., where Jonathan was born in 1651 , and afterwards Mary, Grace, Sarah, Jacob, and Isaac, the dates of wh ose births are unknown, but all the eight children are named in this o rder in his will of 1671. With the Rileys came a nephew of Mr. Riley , named John Riley, and a young sister of Mrs. Riley, named Margaret O 'Dea. This couple got married at Springfield, Mass., in 1660, and ha d two daughters, Margaret, born Dec. 21, 1662, and Mary, born June 2 , 1665. John died Oct. 24, 1684, and his wife died Aug. 22, 1689. He h ad two brothers, Richard, who remained in Hartford, and Patrick, who w ith his wife Bridget moved to Middletown.
Garret and Miles Riley came in 1634 from County Longford, Ireland. Pat rick and Richard Riley came to Windsor and Wethersfield, Conn., in 163 9. John Riley and wife, Margaret, came to Springfield, Mass., in 1640 , where two daughters were born. Mary, born June 2, 1665, married Jose ph Ely, June 2, 1685; Margaret, born Dec. 21, 1662, married William Mc Graney, July 19, 1685.
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