BIO: James BEATTY, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 183.
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  BEATTY, JAMES, the fourth in descent from John Beatty, who settled in 
the Province of Unster, Ireland, in 1600, was born 1746, in the 
townland of Ballykeel-Ednagonnel, parish of Hillsborough, county Down, 
Ireland; died December 1, 1794, at Harrisburg, Pa.  From the family 
record, in the possession of his descendants, we have this entry:  
"That my children may know the place of their nativity, I, James 
Beatty, was born in the Kingdom of Ireland, and county of Down, parish 
of Hillsborough, and townland of Ballykeel-Ednagonnel, in the year of 
our Lord 1746, and came to America in the year 1784.  My wife, Ally Ann 
Irwin, was born in said kingdom, county and parish, and townland of 
Tillynore, with two miles of Hillsborough, three of Lisburn, and three 
miles of Dromore, and six miles of Bally-nahinch, and ten of Belfast, 
which last place we sailed from the 27th of June, 1784."  In the fall 
of this year, he settled at Harrisburg, Pa., and thus became one of its 
first inhabitants.  He subsequently was the purchaser of a number of 
lots in the town, some of which remain in possession of his 
descendants.  He was quite prominent in his adopted home, and held 
several official positions under the borough charter.  He was buried in 
the Presbyterian graveyard, of which church he held membership.  In 
personal appearance, Captain Beatty was about five feet eight inches, 
thickset, florid complexion, dark hair and blue eyes.  He was an active 
and energetic business man, and his death was a great loss to the young 
town.  James Beatty married, in 1768, at Tullynore, Alice Ann Irwin, 
born 1750, in the townland of Tullynore, parish of Hillsborough, county 
Down, Ireland, daughter of Gawin Irwin and Mary Brereton; died June, 
1805, at Harrisburg, Pa., and there buried.  They had issue, all born 
in Ireland.