GUIRE, Joseph

Joseph married MEEKER, Eunice Bef 1780. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married BURCHAM, Polly 24 May 1780, Westport, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]

John married BRINSMADE, Sarah 22 Nov 1750, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of BRINSMADE, Samuel and BETTS) was born Abt 1731, Connecticut; died 16 Jun 1795, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Volume VIII, Connecticut Marriages, 1692-1832, Fairfield County Record Book, Page 171.

Notes:

Luke's estate was distributed December 6, 1751:
widow Mary;
son Ebenezer; Nathan; John; Luke; Stephen;
Sarah Rayment;
Hannah Lee;
Mary Wood;
Rebecca, Abigail, and Ruth Guire.
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Mary's estate (dower portion) was distributed June 11, 1767:
heirs of eldest son Ebenezer;
heirs of Sarah late wife of Lemuel Raymond, of Norwalk;
heirs of Ruth late wife of Daniel Sturges, of Fairfield;
Nathan; John; Luke and Stephen Guire;
Mary wife of Daniel Wood; Hannah wife of Enos Lee;
Abigail wife of Nehemiah Seeley;
Rebecca wife of Able Seeley.
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Luke married ADAMS, Mary Abt 1711, Fairfield, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of ADAMS, Nathan and JAMES, Mary) was born Abt 1698; died Between 14 Apr 1767 and 10 Jun 1767, Connecticut (Distribution of Estate). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Samuel was 8 when his father's estate was inventoried. He soon sellected John Betts his father-in-law as his guardian.

Samuel — BETTS. [Group Sheet]

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]

Nathan married JAMES, Mary Abt 1687, Fairfield, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of JAMES, Joseph and Mary) was born Abt 1665; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Daniel's estate was inventoried October 7, 1702. His Will mentioned:
Widow Sarah;
Children and ages:
Mary 18; Daniel 15; Abigail 11; Samuel 8; Ruth 2.
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Daniel married KELLOGG, Sarah Abt 1684, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of KELLOGG, Daniel and BOUTON, Bridget) was born Feb 1659/60, Norwalk, Connecticut; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]