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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: June 24, 2014
Caption: Nathaniel Irish, Sr., Captain Nathaniel Irish and Mary Irish Grave Marker
Additional Description: inscription
Nathaniel Irish, Sr. was born of English parentage on the Island of Montserrat, British East Indies, about 1680. He came to the colonies in 1730 and settled in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1747 and was buried on the property of the Union Furnace near Highbridge, N.J. This furnace, with which he was connected, made cannon balls for George Washington's army. His grave was moved here in 1961 to a site beside his son. His birthdate is the oldest recorded of anyone buried in Western Pennsylvania. Captain Nathaniel Irish served in Washington's army and came west after the American Revolution to settle in Allegheny County where he purchased land from John Penn and John Penn,Jr. He was a member of Trinity's first vestry. Mary Irish was his wife.
Submitted: June 24, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p277004
File Size: 2.513 Megabytes

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