| 1737 |
Born in Coleraine, Ireland. |
| 1760 |
Immigrates to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. |
| 1762 |
Associated with merchantile firm of Willing and Morris in Philadelphia. |
| 1762-1768 |
Corresponding merchant in Havana, Cuba. |
| 1769 |
Moves to New Orleans and receives contract from O’Reilly to supply flour. |
| 1769-1778 |
Expands his trade activities in the Louisiana colony and speculates on land. |
| 1770 |
Marries Margaret O’Brien of New Orleans. Eight children before she dies in 1799. |
| 1788-1823 |
Owns Old Tunica Plantation near St. Francisville. |
| 1777 |
Appointed by Continental Congress as commercial agent in Mississippi River Valley. |
| 1778-1779 |
Supplies military campaigns of James Willing and George Rogers Clark. |
| 1779-1781 |
Supplies and accompanies Galvez’ forces in Manchac, Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola. |
| 1783-1785 |
Commercial agent for U. S. in Havana. He has lost his fortune financing the American Revolution in the lower Mississippi River Valley. |
| 1819 |
Lives in Carlisle and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| 1804 |
Unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Congress from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. |
| 1805 |
Marries Winifred Deady of Baltimore, no children. |
| 1819 |
Retires to St. Francisville |
| 1823 December 17 |
Dies and is buried in Pinckneyville, Mississippi. |