BYRNE, John

BYRNE, John[1, 2, 3]

Male 1760 - 1837  (77 years)

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  • Name BYRNE, John 
    Birth 6 Dec 1760  New London, CT USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1790  Newspaper Publisher Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Occupation 1795  Postmaster Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Public activity 19 Apr 1802  Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • “Mr. Charles Tainer, is appointed Poll Master at Windham, Connecticut, in the room of John Byrne, Esq., removed”
    Occupation 1807  Helped lay underground acqueduct Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 31 Dec 1837  Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Burial Windham Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • Mr. John Byrne / Died Dec 31 1837 / Aged 77 Years
    Notes 
    • From A Modern History of Windham County Connecticut:

      Page 87: “In 1790 John Byrne of Norwich set up a printing press in the lower room of the courthouse, and early the next year produced the first newspaper of Windham County. It was called The Phenix, or Windham Herald. In a few years it had some twelve hundred subscribers, and made itself felt throughout the county. It was the medium for advertising of the first carding machine in the county, and was of great service during the War of 1812. “

      Page 443: “Shaw also had a faculty for handling skunks. A man by the name of Byrnes kept a store at the foot of the hill going up to the machine shop. One day Byrnes was behind the postoffice boxes at the end of the counter next to the outside of the store. Shaw came in, had a bag which he opened and out came four or five half-grown skuns. Byrnes screamed, ‘Take them out.’ ‘Give me two plugs tobacco.’ ‘No,’ but Byrnes hesitated. Shaw kept going up and finally the Indian got six plugs, and the men in the store had a good laugh.” [4]
    Person ID I343  Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2024 

    Family 1 POWERS, Anne,   b. 22 Apr 1762, Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1819, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1784  Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • New London Vital Records in Barbour Collection: POWERS Anne m John Byrne, Nov 16 1784
    Children 
     1. BYRNE, Betsey,   b. 11 Nov 1785, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1828, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     2. BYRNE, Sally,   b. 28 Mar 1787, Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. BYRNE, Samuel Hazard,   b. 8 Feb 1789, Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1862, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     4. BYRNE, John Jr,   b. 26 May 1792, Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1820, New London, CT USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     5. BYRNE, Nancy,   b. 12 Sep 1794, Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1795, Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     6. BYRNE, George,   b. 7 May 1796, Windham, Windham, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1844, Jackson, Jackson, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Albums
    John Byrne Descendants
    John Byrne Descendants (59)
    Descendants of John Byrne of Windham Connecticut (1760-1830)
    Family ID F136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 POWERS, Abigail,   b. 4 Dec 1759   d. 9 Dec 1856, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years) 
    Marriage Oct 1820  Waterford, New London, CT USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14
    • Notice in Hartford Times, 31 Oct 1820
    Notes 
    • Marriage date not specific, but was late October. Newspaper mentions on 10/31 in Hartford Times and Hartford Courant, and on 10/25 in New London Gazette
    Family ID F3843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Dec 1760 - New London, CT USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Nov 1784 - Windham, Windham, CT Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPublic activity - 19 Apr 1802 - Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Oct 1820 - Waterford, New London, CT USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Dec 1837 - Windham, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Windham Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    John-Byrne-Windham-CT-1837-Will-Pg-1
    John-Byrne-Windham-CT-1837-Will-Pg-1
    Page one of John Byrne will, Windham CT Aug 1836
    John-Byrne-Windham-CT-1837-Will-Pg-2
    John-Byrne-Windham-CT-1837-Will-Pg-2
    Page two of John Byrne will, Windham CT Aug 1836

    Headstones
    John and Elizabeth Byrne
    John and Elizabeth Byrne
    John Byrne
    Died Dec 31 1837
    Aged 77 years

    Miss Elizabeth Byrne
    Died Sep 29 1828
    In the 48th year of her age

    Histories
    The Phenix
    The Phenix
    The town of Windham takes the lead in being the first in the county to send out that great modern educator, the newspaper. The first effort of this kind was made in 1790. During that year John Byrne, of Norwich, set up a printing press in the lower room of the court house in Windham Green, and early in the following year began the publication of The Phenix or Wind-ham Herald. His office was now removed to a location just north of the court house. The first issue was dated Saturday, March 12th, 1791. It was a modest little sheet, printed on coarse, bluish-gray paper, but in most respects, if not all, fully equal to the average newspaper of its day. General and foreign news was furnished with customary promptness-foreign news three months after date, congressional reports in ten or twelve days, and full reports of Connecticut elections three weeks after they took place. These, with advertisements, short moral essays, humorous anecdotes and occasional casualties, made up the table of contents. But few items of local events were printed. Meager as was the paper, it satisfied the public. It was accepted as the organ of Windham county, and in a few years was supported by some twelve hundred subscribers, being distributed in all directions by post riders.

    Albums
    John Byrne Descendants
    John Byrne Descendants (59)
    Descendants of John Byrne of Windham Connecticut (1760-1830)

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Online publication - Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

    2. [S44] Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Online publication - Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

    3. [S1387] John Byrne (1760-1837) Will.

    4. [S1354] Allen B. Lincoln, (S J Clarke Publishing, Chicago, IL, 1920).

    5. [S1386] Powers in Conneciticut Births & Christenings 1649-1906, John Byrne was born at New London December 6 1760-.

    6. [S62] Bayles, Richard M, History of Windham County, Connecticut, (New York: WW Preston, 1889), The town of Windham takes the lead in being the first in the county to send out that great modern educator, the newspaper. The first effort of this kind was made in 1790. During that year John Byrne, of Norwich, set up a printing press in the lower room of the court house in Windham Green, and early in the following year began the publication of The Phenix or Wind-ham Herald. His office was now removed to a location just north of the court house. The first issue was dated Saturday, Mar.

    7. [S151] Ellen Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut - Volume II, (Pequot Press, Chester, CT, 1976), Business enerprises were stimulated by new facilities for advertising. In 1790, John Byrne of Norwich, set up a printing-press in the lower room of the Court-house, and early in the following year began the publication of Windham County's first newspaper.

    8. [S62] Bayles, Richard M, History of Windham County, Connecticut, (New York: WW Preston, 1889), "Manufactures were also progressing. u p to January 1st, 1795, the people were supplied with mail from Norwich, but on the date mentioned a post office was opened at Windham Green, John Byrne being postmaster.", History of Industry.

    9. [S1359] John Byrne removed as pollmaller, “Mr. Charles Tainer, is appointed Poll Master at Windham, Connecticut, in the room of John Byrne, Esq., removed”.

    10. [S1348] John Byrne & Elizabeth Byrne.

    11. [S44] Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), POWERS Anne m John Byrne, Nov 16 1784 .

    12. [S1356] John Byrne / Abigail Rogers, Byrne, John Windham / Rogers, Abigail Waterford.

    13. [S1388] John Byrne - Abigail (Powers) Rogers Marriage, At Waterford, Mr. John Byrne of Windham to Mrs. Abigail Rogers .

    14. [S1389] Marriage Notice Byrne-Rogers, Rogers, Abigail / Byrne, John - page 277 - Marriage Notice / New London Gazette, Issue 25 Oct 1829 .



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