McDonough Burial Ground (NC-133) - Middletown, DE
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McDonough Burial Ground DE Historical Marker located on US Rt. 13
Waymark Code: WM6WRP
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2009
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McDonough Burial Ground
Here lie the remains of the family of James McDonough,
an Irish immigrant who purchased land at this location in
1748. Seven children were raised here by James and his wife
Lydia. Their eldest, Thomas McDonough, was a prominent
local physician. In March 1776, he was chosen to serve as a
Major in Delaware's Continental Regiment. Senior officers
being absent, he was in command of the regiment at the Battle
of Long Island in August 1776. Charged with protecting
the retreating Americans, the Delaware Regiment and their
Maryland comrades prevented the capture of the army, and a
defeat that may well have ended the Revolution. Returning
to his home following the Battle of White Plains, he was
commissioned as a Colonel in the Delaware Militia. Actively
involved in civil affairs, he was a member of the state
Privy Council 1777-1779. Elected in 1780 to the General
Assembly's upper house, then known as the Legislative
Council, he later served two terms as Speaker of that body.
He was appointed Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
and Orphan's Court in 1788, and continued to serve in
the judiciary until his death in 1795. Thomas and Mary
McDonough were the parents of ten children, among them a
son Thomas, who achieved fame in his own right as an officer
in the United States Navy and is buried in Connecticut.
Delaware Public Archives - 2003 NC-133
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