Family sheet for the Thomas and Mary Doyle family
by Conrad & Judy Terrill, last edited 9 Dec. 2023
Thomas DoylexE
b. (Ireland)
d. (perhaps Ireland, perhaps Essex Co., NJ)
m. Mary ____ xF
b. (~1777/1778) xD (Ireland)
d. (6 Mar. 1868 [should be 1863] "Aged 85 years") xD (presumably in Essex County, NJ)
(buried 8 Mar. 1863, age 85) xB
Known children:
1. Martin Doyle
b. (~1806/1807) xF, (Ireland) (1807/1808) xJ
d. (~24 Sep. 1864) xC,xF (probably Belleville)
m. Jane Adams, in or before before 1839 xA
b. (~1810, Ireland)
d. (after 1880, probably Belleville)
Martin Doyle, b. 23 July 1839, presumably Belleville xA
Mary Doyle, b. late Dec. 1840, presumably Belleville xA
Jane Doyle, b. 14 Mar. 1843, presumably Belleville xA
Thomas Doyle, b. 20 July 1847, presumably Belleville xA
2. Elizabeth Doyle
b. (in month of Feb., year between 1812 and 1815, Ireland) (b. ~1813/1814) xJ
d. (18 Oct. 1905, 311 Bellville Ave., Newark, NJ)
m. Peter Kehoe, (in or before 1839) (perhaps New York City, NY)
(See Peter Kehoe family sheet)
3. Mary Doyle
b. (~1817/1818, Ireland) xJ
d. (before 1900, probably Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ)
m. (Nicholas Pierce, 26 Feb. 1854, Belleville, NJ) xK
James Pierce, b. Mar. 1857, presumably Belleville
4. Thomas Doyle xH,xJ
b. (~1819/1820, Ireland)xJ
5. ?(Patrick Doyle) xI (probably not a child of Thomas & Mary)
(b. ~1820, Ireland)
6. ?(Andrew Doyle)
b. ~1792, Ireland, d. 8 Jan. 1856, Belleville) xB
daughter, b. betw. 1820 and 1835
There's a lot we're unsure of here. So basically this family group is hypothetical, and we'll use it as a starting point for proving the relationships.
References
Abbreviations:
FHL = Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family History Library. These records are available at Family History Centers everywhere.
NARA = National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Ancestry.com = www.ancestry.com, Provo, UT, Online database.
St. Peter's = (R.C.) Church of St. Peter, 155 William St., Belleville, NJ 07109. The cemetery is next to the church building. Records were provided by Linda Makofka, of St. Peter's, in 2006 and 2007.
xA. St. Peter's baptism records.
xB. St. Peter's burial records.
xC. St. Peter's cemetery plot records, plot 15 (PLOT 0-XV-1), owner: Doyle.
xD. St. Peter's cemetery, tombstones in Doyle plot.
xE. The inscription on Mary Doyle's tombstone included "wife of Thomas Doyle."x
xF. The burial plot records gave Martin Doyle's date of burial as 26 Sept. 1864. There was no tombstone for him, unless it was under the frozen snow. We were told (presumably this came from burial records) that Martin was of age 57 years at the time of his death, and that Mary Doyle was the mother of Martin. It appears that Martin was the owner of this Doyle burial plot, but it seems likely that Peter Kehoe was a co-owner.
xG. Since Elizabeth Doyle's husband, Peter Kehoe, was buried in the Doyle plot, we hypothesize that she was a sister of Martin Doyle.
xH. Thomas Doyle was the godfather of Peter Kehoe & Elizabeth Doyle's daughter Catherine (b. 1839), so we're hypothesizing for now that he was a brother of Elizabeth.
xI. Patrick Doyle was the godfather of Peter Kehoe & Elizabeth Doyle's son Thomas (b. 1843), so we're hypothesizing for now that he was a brother of Elizabeth. The same Patrick Doyle, we suppose, was the godfather of Martin & Jane Doyle's son John (b. 1843).
xJ. Ship passenger list, "Sheffield," arrived at port of NY 18 Aug. 1832; NARA microfilm series M237, roll 17, list no. 569. Passengers included Martin (age 24), Elizabeth (18), Mary (14) and Thomas (12) Doyle. So we hypothesize that Mary and Thomas are sister and brother to our Martin and our Elizabeth.
xK. St. Peter's, Combined Register-Baptism, Marriage & Confirmation, 1840-; Marriage of Nicholas Pierce and Mary Doyle, 26 Feb. 1854.