Tombstone marking the grave site of Captain Jeremiah O’Brien.
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Colonel Jeremiah O’Brien was my Great Great Great Grandfather. Historical biographies say “he had no issue”, but that’s untrue. He had no issue by his wife Elizabeth (née Fitzpatrick) O’Brien. But he did have an illegitimate child named Lydia Whitney, by his housekeeper Thankful Whitney who later married Isaac Meader of Freedom, Maine.
Colonel Jeremiah O’Brien was my Great Great Great Grandfather. Historical biographies say “he had no issue”, but that’s untrue. He had no issue by his wife Elizabeth (née Fitzpatrick) O’Brien. But he did have an illegitimate child named Lydia Whitney, by his housekeeper Thankful Whitney who later married Isaac Meader of Freedom, Maine.
By: Richard on September 12, 2014
at 3:56 pm
Thank you for this information. Do you have more?
By: Sand squiggles on September 16, 2014
at 6:53 am