Patrick Quinn, a blacksmith who died 8 February 1850 in Ireland and his wife (Catherine or Bridget) Clark lived in Tullyroe, near Ballygar, Galway.
The six children of Patrick Quinn and his wife are: 1) Michael, born 18 September 1813 (who married Mary Norton on 19 February 1844 in Ireland). They emigrated to New Hampshire. 2) Patrick, born 20 November 1815, emigrated to NYC in June 1837, moved to Providence, Rhode Island and married Mary Roach (de la Roche) on 29 April 1841. She was born in Newfoundland, Canada on 24 June 1821. The family moved to East Boston, MA, then settled in South Newmarket, New Hampshire in 1846. They are parents of seven children. 3) James, born 25 April 1817, emigrated then married Ellen E. McLaughlin in Providence, R.I. in 1843 according to his newspaper death notice in Portland, Maine in 1905. They moved to Portland,Maine and they are parents of three children. 4) Honor Quinn, born 13 September 1820 and is thought to have married a man named FitzMaurice in the USA. 5) Catherine Quinn, born 30 April 1822, emigrated in 1842 & married a man named Thomas Kenney in Massachusetts in 1848. He was a Boiler Maker. They settled in Omaha, NE and they are parents of 9 children. Thomas Kenny died 1 Feb. 1910 and Catherine in July 1911. 6) Thomas Quinn, born 27 April 1826, emigrated to NYC arriving 11 July 1848, may have been naturalized 3 April 1854 in Portland, Maine with his brother James and his wife Ellen as witnesses. Thomas, Michael, and Patrick all were blacksmiths and/or Boiler Makers who settled in South Newmarket, N.H. (Later the town changed its name to Newfields). Some gravesites are in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts for Patrick, Mary and two of their unmarried children. There are 11 gravesites in Calvary Cemetery in Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire for Michael, his wife Mary, and five of their children. The remaining four gravesites are for Quinn relatives, about whom less is known but I have some details. James Quinn, his wife Ellen, and their children are buried in Calvary Cemetery in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. He was a Boiler Maker there who bought and operated a successful business in Portland.
I am descended from Patrick Quinn and his wife Mary Roach Quinn. Patrick Quinn became the Foreman of the Boiler Making Dept. of the Swamscott Machine Company near South Newmarket, N.H., then a Director of the firm, a Selectman in the local government, then a Representative in the Concord, N.H. state capital, died 25 March 1891 and is buried in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. His home in Newfields, where he moved his family in June 1846 remained in his descendants hands until 1971, following the death of Mary McGuire Carney, my grandmother. I have communicated with a fourth cousin, descended from Michael Quinn, who lives in northern California. We are seeking data about the Quinn family in Ballygar, Galway, and would welcome contact regarding our relatives there. It is possible all six children of Patrick Quinn and Catherine Clark emigrated to the USA. I can provide more data if anyone needs it.Thank you.