James IRWIN
Birth:
Abt 1748
Armagh, Ulster, Ireland
Death:
Feb 1822
Frankstown Twp, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
Abt 1775
Blair, Pennsylvania
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index
Pennsylvania U.S. Naturalizations Originals, 1795-1936
U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1889-1970
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, 1775-2006
Lawrence Family Tree
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, May 2015
Pennsylvania U.S. Naturalizations Originals, 1795-1936
U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1889-1970
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, 1775-2006
Lawrence Family Tree
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, May 2015
Notes:
Came to America in 1760, and came to Chester County in 1760, to Franklin County in 1785, to Huntingdon (now Blair) County in 1793. He was a farmer. Private 7th Class, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, Chester Co. PA Militia, Captain Ephreim Allen's Company.
Records Vol V p 304 PA Archives Series 5 Vol 5.
Will Book 2 page 342 Records of Huntingdon Co, PA.
Will Book 2 Records of Blair Co, PA.
Africa's History of Huntingdon and Blair County PA (1883) says (pg 85):
"About the middle of the eighteenth century, James Irwin, a hardy and ambitious young son of Ireland, left his native land for America. Chester County, in PA, soon became his adopted home, and farming his occupation. He married a member of the well and widely known Carson family of Chester County, and in due time rose to notice as a thrifty and prosperous tiller of the soil. In 1793 he moved to what is now Blair County and settled in Frankstown Township. There he lived and farmed until his death, leaving the farm to his son Robert (born in Chester Countyin 1776) who died on the homestead in 1849. Robert was the father of seven daughters and four sons, all of whom grew to be men and women."
Military Records Volume #5 page 504 Penna Archives 5th series includes in the
"Return of the Second Company of the First Battalion Chester County Militia"
7th Class-James Irwin.
Records of Huntingdon County, PA.
Will book 2 page 342 - Will of James Irwin dated 16 Sept, 1814, Codicil
dated Sept 12, 1821, probated Feb 26, 1822.
Will book 3 page 119 - Letters of Administration from C.T.A. granted
granted to John F. Lowry and Robert Irwin August 21, 1824.
Will abstract - I've seen - IRWIN, JAMES, SR., late of Frankstown. Will dated Sept 16, 1814; probated February 26, 1822. Names wife Molly; sons Robert and James, daughter Jane, married to James Irwin; grandsons Thomas and James Mahood, sonsof George Mahood who was formerly intermarried with daughter Elizabeth. Executors: Robert Irwin and James Irwin. Witnesses: James McCune and Joseph Patton. Page 342.
I have seen and photographed the headstone.
There is a revolutionary plaque, in the wrong place, which has death as 1822.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about James Irwin
Name: James Irwin
Service Info.: US ARMY REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Cemetery: Presbyterian Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 601 Walnut St Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about James Irwin
Name: James Irwin
Cemetery: Pres Cem
Location: Hollidaysburg, Blair Co PA 21
Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, p. Serial: 7973;Volume: 7
Mary CARSON
Birth:
Abt 1750
Chester, Pennsylvania
Death:
5 May 1823
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Burial:
Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Well and widely known family of Chester County. May have also been called Molly.Death date could be 1822, I couldn't read it exactly, but she was alive when James will was probated.
I saw the extract from her will at the Huntingdon County Historical Society.
IRWIN, MARY (no township given), wife of James Irwin, deceased, late of Frankstown Township. Will dated June 11, 1822; probated 4 Jun 1823. Names granddaughter Elenor Irwin, daughter of Robert Irwin; son Robert; son James. Executor: son Robert Irwin. Witnesses; Ephraim Galbraith, joseph Patton. Page 47. Letter of administration granted to Robert Irwin on the estate of Mary irwin, deceased, 4 Jun 1823. Page 47.
I have seen and photographed the headstone.
A Crawford family descendent chart looks like Holly(probably Molly), but its handwritten, so......... I got this from the Blair County Genealogical Society Crawford family book. I have the zerox.
Another ordinance record has her birthplace as Bradford, PA.
They have her father as Henry A. CARSON and Elizabeth RICKLES.
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
20 Dec 1776
Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania
Death:
31 May 1849
Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania
Notes:
I also have a marriage date of 4 Mar 1810.
Resided in Irwin Homestead, Frankstown Township, Blair County, PA.
Information from: - Military Record Vol. 5, page 504, Penn archives.
- Will book 2 page 342, Records of Huntingdon + Blair
County, PA.
- Africa's History of Huntingdon + Blair County, page
85.
I have seen and photographed the headstone. Buried with Ellenor, Elizabeth and afallen headstone. They were not listed in the Cemetery headstones, but they arethere.
I have a note that he spent his life in Scotch Valley, Blair, PA. Scotch Valley is just out of Hollidaysburg, very near Frankstown.
Chester and Frankstown are not close
Notes:
Of Antes Township, Huntingdon County, PA. Owned tract of land in Frankstownship.
Will extract in Huntingdon County Historical Society.
Horace had the will probated on 8/2/1824.
Huntingdon Will book Vol III, pg 117.
I put in the approximate date of birth.
3
Birth:
Abt 1780
Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania
Death:
1821
Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania
Notes:
There is a Jane Irwin in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Hollidaysburg, who died in1821. That's all of the information I have on her.
The Presbyterian Cemetery book has a Jane interred 2 Apr 1915???
I put in the date of birth for temple ready.
Notes:
Mentioned in her father's will as deceased.
I put the date in, I approximated for temple ready.
One Wrold Tree had her married to George Mahood.
FamilyCentral Network
James Irwin - Mary Carson
James Irwin
was born at Armagh, Ulster, Ireland Abt 1748.
His parents were James Irwin and Rebecca Wallace.
He married Mary Carson Abt 1775 at Blair, Pennsylvania . Mary Carson was born at Chester, Pennsylvania Abt 1750 daughter of Robert Carson and Rachel .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Robert Irwin
born 20 Dec 1776.
James Irwin
born Abt 1778.
Jane E. Irwin
born Abt 1780.
Elizabeth Irwin
born Abt 1782.
James Irwin died Feb 1822 at Frankstown Twp, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania .
Mary Carson died 5 May 1823 at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania .