GUIRE, Luke

Notes:

Pioneer Irish in New England
CHAPTER XIII
page 217
The name Guire turns up frequently in Fairfield County, Conn., records. Eleanor Guire, daughter of Luke of Fairfield, was born about 1691; Mary Guire, daughter of Luke, was born about 1695, and Hannah, daughter of Luke Guire , was baptised at Fairfield on April 19, 1697, and they married into Fairfield families named Turney, Stewart and Hall, respectively. Luke Guire married Rebecca Odell, daughter of John and Mary Odell of Stratford.
In 1699 Luke Guire (2) , his brothers, Eben and John, and three sisters were mentioned in Fairfield County probate records, and on February 3, 1716, Samuel Hall conveyed to Luke Guire (2) lands in Fairfield formerly owned by Luke Guire (1).
History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, ed. by Donald Lines Jacobus, Vol. 1, parts 1 to 6.59.
These people are mentioned here because I am convinced that the family name originally was McGuire. Many Irish families are known to have dropped the prefix Mac or O after coming to the colonies; in at least one instance, that of a Guire or Guier family in Gloucester, Mass., their immigrant ancestor was called Maguier, and some of the descendants of one Patrick McGuire, who came from Ireland and settled at Falmouth, Maine, in the early part of the eighteenth century, are known as Makquier and Quire.
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On Oct. 26, 1692, Robert Sillman and Nathan Adams exchange land, lots to run back to land once the property of Edward Adams and Joseph Patchen, both deceased, now owned by Nathan Adams - Fairfield L.R.,v.A:355. Abraham, Nathan, Daniel, David and John Adams and Luke Guire, son-in-law of Edward Adams, divide land of Edward Adams and Joseph Patchen. - Ibid.,v.3:227.

Luke — ODELL, Rebecca. Rebecca (daughter of ODELL, John and WALKER, Mary) was born Abt 1671, Connecticut; died 1741. [Group Sheet]

1. GUIRE, Luke was born Abt 1689; died 10 May 1751, Westport, Connecticut.
2. GUIRE, Helena was born Abt 1691; died Yes, date unknown.
3. GUIRE, Ebenezer was born Abt 1693; died Yes, date unknown.
4. GUIRE, Mary was born Abt 1695; died Yes, date unknown.
5. GUIRE, Hannah was born 19 Apr 1697; died Yes, date unknown.
6. GUIRE, John was born Abt Jul 1698; died Bef 1712.

Luke married ADAMS, Mary 23/23 Feb 1661/1662, Fairfield, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of ADAMS, Edward and PATCHEN, Margaret) was born Abt 1647; died Between Mar 1711/2 and 7 May 1712. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

EDWARD ADAMS was of New Haven, 1640; Milford, 1646; Fairfield, 1650; died in 1671; married Mary, surname not known, but who married (second) Anthony Beers and died in 1687. Land was granted him at Milford, January 19, 1645-6; in 1653 and 1656, he entered for record several pieces of land in Fairfield.
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His will, dated August 7, 1671, inventoried November 11, 1671, named wife, Mary; sons Samuel, Abraham, daughter Mary Murwin and her son Luke Guire, sons Nathaniel, John, and Nathan.
Children of Edward and Mary Adams:
I--Samuel, m. Mary Meeker.
II--Mary, b. abt. 1647; d. abt. April, 1712; m. (first) Feb. 23, 1663, Luke Guire; m. (second) ..... Merwin; m. (third) Stephen Sherwood.
III--ABRAHAM, b. Sept. 9, 1650. (See following.)
IV--Nathaniel, b. bef. 1656; d. bef. 1693, unmarried.
V--John, b. after 1656; d. 1693.
VI--Nathan, b. after 1656; d. 1748-9; m. Mary James.
SOURCE: Bennett and Allied Families, Page 18

Edward married PATCHEN, Margaret Abt 1645, Fairfield, Connecticut. Margaret (daughter of PATCHEN, Joseph and BENNETT, Elizabeth) was born Abt 1621; died 2 Dec 1687, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married DURINGE, Joan 7/07 Feb 1595/1596, Bath, Abbey, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married BENNETT, Elizabeth 10 Apr 1642, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born 1602, Biddenden, Kent, England; died 10/10 Mar 1680/1681, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]