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Stephen Moylan 1737-1811 For a full write up on Stephen Moylan click here |
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Stephen Moylan was born in Cork Ireland, 1737, and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1768. He reported to
General George Washington at Cambridge, MA in August, 1775, with a letter of introduction from John
Dickinson describing him as a "fervent Patriot." He was chosen by Congress, upon Washington's
recommendation to be commissioned General of the Continental Army. He later resigned this
position for more direct participation in the conflict. Stephen became a Colonel of the
4th Regt. of Light Dragoons, the first Pennsylvania regiment of cavalry.
After the war he returned to his merchant career in Philadelphia. Prior to his death he was Commissioner of Loans for Pennsylvania. Stephen married Mary Ricketts van Horne in 1778. Stephen's brother John acted as United States Clothier General during the war, and his brother Francis became Bishop of Cork, Ireland. If you would like to learn more about Stephen, there are several articles in the Catholic Encyclopedia, Fourth Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons, the Quartermaster Foundation, as well as an address by the president of the United States of America (March 1999). There is a book written about Stephen Moylan by Martin I. J. Griffin in 1909. Note: Stephen Moylan's wife was Mary Ricketts Van Horne Information on the Van Horne family can be found at: vanhorne.net The following was contributed by Kevin Moylan Meara The Van Horne homestead still stands in Bound Brook, New Jersey. It is owned by Somerset County, I believe. It is mentioned in the Griffitn book on Gen. Stephen Moylan, as located on Phil's Hill on the Middlebrook Stream in Boundbrook. The new minor league baseball stadium, for the Somerset Patriots, has been built across the street. In addition, I met an S. H. Forbes of Moylan, Delaware County, Pennsylvania at 105 Oakland Ave there. He has done some research on Stephen Moylan and Moylan, Pennsylvania. Best regards, Kevin Moylan Meara KMeara@irishlobby.org KJMeara@aol.com |
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Francis Moylan 1739-1815 |
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| Francis Moylan was the brother of Stephen Moylan and was the Bishop of Cork from 1787-1815. | ||
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If you would like to learn more about Francis, there are several articles in the Catholic Encyclopedia and Cork's Catholic Cathedral history. |
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Myles Moylan born Dec 17 1838 died Dec 11 1909. For a full write up on Myles Moylan, including photos click here |
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Captain Myles Moylan fought with Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn, and is one of the few men that survived.
Curt Allen has done extensive research on Myles Moylan contributed the following: He was a member of the 2nd Dragoons under Lt. Col. Philip St. George Cooke in 1857 (shortly after his enlistment) when the regiment came to Utah Territory to subdue the "Mormon Rebellion"... Then he is listed in Heitman as being in the 5th Cav. and at Gettysburg as a 2nd Lt., then dismissed (one source says for being in Washington DC without permission). He enlists under an assumed name and works his way up again until the end of the war when he again enlists in his own name and goes through the major campaigns of the Indian wars with the 7th Cav. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a book titled Men With Custer by Kenneth Hammer. It included biographies of all the officers in the 7th Cavalry at the time of the Little Bighorn battle. Of Moylan, it says he was born 17 December 1838 in Amesbury, Mass., the son of Thomas and Margaret Riley Moylan. He enlisted at Essex as a private in Company C of the 2nd Dragoons on 8 June 1858. It has details of his service He died in San Diego 11 December 1909. This book had a nice portrait of Moylan made in pen and ink from the National Archives photo. The Utah State Historical Society library, has a book The Medal of Honor, its History and Recipients for the Indian Wars, John M. Carroll, Editor that says Moylan was called "Arapaho Michie" and he is buried at Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, Laurel section, lot 29, Grave No. 9. If you would like to learn more about Myles, there are several links: Myles Moylan citations, Little Bighorn Cover-up, and General Terry's Order to Colonel Custer, |
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Moylan history contributed by Aislin Moylan |
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-Farrah Fawcett's mother's last name was Moylan. I don't know if it's her
married name or her maiden name.
-The Moylan cup is named after my grandfather who was the president of the Bridge Club of Ennis Co. Clare. The cup was named after him because he was the first person to present the cup to the greatest Bridge player of Ireland. You have to win the Moylan cup to go on to the European Bridge competitions. My grandfather also had all the cards at the club replaced with large print cards so that people with vision problems could see the cards better. -There was a famous character in history named Anthony Moylan better known as "Anthony the Agitator" who started a revolt against the wealthy landlords in protest of the potato famine and led the towns people of Clare to their doorsteps carrying a loaf of bread on a spear. -There are significantly more Moylan's in the United States than there are in Ireland. |
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Moylan history contributed by Anthony McCan |
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The Cork family were merchants with
contacts in France Spain and Portugal during the 18th century and there
were four brothers who were engaged on the Amerucan side during the War of
Independence, Stephen and Jasper who settled in PA. John who was a General
in the commissariat in charge of providing the Continental armies with
uniforms and James who was in France to negotiate a commercial treaty on
behalf of the U.S. At home in Cork, another brother Francis was the Bishop
of Cork and Denis Moylan was a well-known merchant. John returned to Cork
after the War. He seems to have felt badly about the hanging of Major
Andre because in his will of 1799 he leaves £500 to the Major's brother in
London as a "small measure of compensation for the wrong done him."
I have a lot of info on the Cork family because they come
into my own tree in the 18th cent. but they seem to have died out in Cork
city about 1850.
In its issue dated 13 September 1755 the Corke Journal carried the following notice : Whereas David Moylan, Butcher, did on the 8 September feloniously carry away Mary Farrell, daughter of Margaret Farrell, a reward of £50 will be paid to anyone who will lodge him in Gaol. This dashing Lothario was in fact an uncle of the Very Rev. Francis Moylan, soon to be Bishop of Kerry and later Bishop of Cork and of Stephen Moylan, later to be famous for his part in the American Revolution. Readers of the same paper would probably have been very surprised to see a notice in the issue of Thursday 16 October 1755 : Married David Moylan of Blarney Lane to Miss Farrell of said place with a fortune of £1000. (Fortune in Ireland was the name given to the bride's dowry, in this case a large sum). The marriage settlement dated 24 October 1755 throws some more light on the matter. Margaret Farrell was the widow of Richard Farrell, also a butcher, and Mary was heir to one third of his property. Whether Mary's opinion was asked for in all this is not known. Oral tradition has always been very important in the Irish countryside. Here are two stories written down from the lips of Mrs Mary Moylan of Ballyallinan, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick in 1892, when she was over 90. HOW THE MOYLANS GOT THEIR FARM IN BALLYALLINAN. "Just before the sirge of Limerick several ladies of the Williamite faction who happened to be in the city were sent back to their homes under escort. Among the officers to whom this task was entrusted was one John Moylan, a young Corkman, who escorted some ladies towards Adare and Rathkeale with a guard of ten horsemen. The last of his charges were two young women, relatives of Viscount Southwell, a prominent landlord of Rathkeale. Southwell entertained the young Jacobite in his house, Mount Southwell, and ordered refreshments for the troopers at the George Inn situated outside Mount Southwell gate. In the course of conversation Southwell told Moylan that he would take him on as a tenant when the war was over. After the departure of the Wild Geese, John Moylan and others tried to continue the fight in Co. Cork but were dispersed by the English General Churchill. Moylan then made his way to Rathkeale and was given a farm in Ballyallinan (which remained in the family until the 1920's). His neighbours gave him the nickname 'Sean a' Chogaidh' (John of the War)." Young John was clearly an officer and a gentleman and I would guess was one of the wealthy merchant family of Cork city, although there is no direct evidence of this. THE HANGING OF PATRICK MOYLAN. "Patrick Moylan was coming home one evening from Newcastle West with his son who was about 15 years old. Pat had a new spade over his shoulder. When they were passing by a camp of soldiers that was situated where the County Home is now, one of the soldiers was making fun of Pat by poking him with a lance, but he poked too hard and the lance went through Pat's left arm and stuck in a tree. Pat drove at the soldier with his spade and struck him in the throat right on the Adam's Apple and stretched him dead on the ground. The other soldiers came running and Pat, who was stuck to the tree, shouted to his young son to jump the fence and run. The boy got away but the soldiers caught Pat and dragged him up as far as the 'Crooked Tree' and hanged him on it. His people came in the night and took his body away and buried it in the family burying place at Rathkeale." Patrick Moylan was the Great-grandfather of her husband and the boy who got away her husband's grandfather. The Crooked Tree, a conspicuous misshapen tree on the main road from Newcastle West to Limerick, was long used as a gallows. This incident took place in the 1740's. I expect Patrick was a son of the original John. OTHER BROTHERS OF STEPHEN MOYLAN. James b. 1741 was also in America at the time the Revolution started and was despatched to France to act as U.S. Agent there. He was a negotiater (well, one of the team) of a trade agreement with the French Government and was later stationed at L'Orient where he oversaw the fitting out of American commerce raiders. Like all the Moylan boys he had been educated in France and spoke the language fluently. He died in France in 1784. I could find no record that he ever married. John b. 1745 married Mary Barry in Cork in 1773 He spent some time in America during the Revolution and according to the Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey he held the position of Assistant Commissary General of Issues. He returned to Cork after the war but, being in British-ruled territory, kept his mouth shut about what he had been up to. The statement that he died in England in 1799 is factually correct but he was on a visit to Bath, a well-known spa, for health reasons when it happened. His home and family were always in Cork. For some reason, he felt very badly about the hanging of the British Major John Andre as a spy during the war. In his will of 1797 he leaves £500 to the Major's brother David, a merchant of London, "for the grievous hurt suffered by him at the hands of my brother and myself". John had four sons, Denis John who died in St Pierre, Martinique in 1809, John Barry who died 1800 in Limerick (both born before he left for America), Francis Joseph John who was a paper manufacturer in Cork in 1824 and Edmond David who was alive in Ireland in 1838. I can find no evidence that any of these sons went to the States. Denis b. 1748 married Catherine Creagh in 1778 in Cork. He was a merchant and banker in Cork until his death in 1813 but never visited the States. He had three sons named Charles, John Creagh and Denis Creagh but none of them went either. These 5 sons were all born to John Moylan and Ann Doran Jasper was their half-brother, born to Ellen Joyce. All I can add about him is that he started studying for the priesthood in France before leaving for Philadelphia. |
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Was Jessica Hahn a Moylan? |
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Published on 08/05/1989. SOURCE: By Paul Hirshson, Globe Staff NAMES & FACES A MOTHER MOURNED Jessica Hahn, the Long Island church secretary and Playboy pin-up who sparked the PTL televangelist scandal and the downfall of Jim and Tammy Bakker, said yesterday that she blames herself for her mother's death. "I know it hurt her a lot what happened in the last few years. If I were close by and working as a banker or something, it might have been different," Hahn said. Hahn's mother, Jessica Moylan, died Wednesday at age 54 from an undisclosed illness. |
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Moylan Books |
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General Stephen Moylan
Muster-Master General Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to Washington Quartermaster-General Colonel of Fourth Pennsylvania Light Dragoons and Brigadier-General of the War for American Independence The First and Last President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Philadelphia by MARTIN I. J. GRIFFEN Philadelphia January 16, 1909 The Moylan family : historical notes by author Bill (William J.) Bodley 1939 notes: p 44-45. includes Bodley, Fergus, Holland, Lambert, O'Flaherty and related families. Patrick Moylan (1818-1891) son of Patrick immigrated from County Galway, Ireland to land in Huron Co, Ontario during or before 1852 and married Mary Rawley in 1854. Descendants and relatives lived in Ontario and elsewhere. Some migrated to Michigan, Illinois, and elsewhere in the USA. In the FamilySearch.Com Library Copies Call # 929.271 A1 no 223. Location JSMB FAMHIST book. Format- Books/Monographs (with film) Language English. Publication Detroit MI: W.J. Bodly, 1985. Physical 47p : ill., facsims., maps, ports. Subject class 929.271 A1 I imagine you can get this book at the local chapter of the Family History Library. I have not looked at the book just noticed it was in the library. |
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Miss Teen 2001 USA contestant |
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Heather Moylan
Heather won the Miss Teen Vermont title and on August 22, 2001 was a Miss Teen USA conestant. See photos and learn more about Heather at the Miss Teen USA web site. |
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