James IRWIN

Birth:

Abt 1740

Armagh, Ulster, Ireland

Death:

Feb 1822

Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania

Burial:

Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania

Marriage:

Abt 1775

Blair, Pennsylvania

Father:

John IRWIN

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
Ancestry.com
Find a Grave, #70635199

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 County in 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, sons of 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:

1743

Chester, Pennsylvania

Death:

5 May 1823

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Burial:

Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Sources:

Find a Grave, #76300691

Notes:

                   CLIENT NOTES: Well and widely known family of Chester County. May have also been called Molly. Death date could be 1822, difficult to read, 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 11 June 1822, probated 4 Jun 1823. Named 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.  Crawford family descendent chart looks like Holly(probably Molly), but its handwritten.

Children

Marriage

Robert IRWIN

Birth:

20 Dec 1776

Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania

Death:

31 May 1849

Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania

Ellenor CRAWFORD

Marr:

3 May 1810

Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsyl

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 a fallen headstone. They were not listed in the Cemetery headstones, but they are there.

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

James IRWIN

Birth:

Abt 1778

Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania

Death:

1824

Hannah

Marr:

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.

Jane E. IRWIN

Birth:

Abt 1780

Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania

Death:

1821

Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania

James IRWIN

Marr:

Notes:

                   There is a Jane Irwin in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Hollidaysburg, who died in 1821. 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.

Elizabeth IRWIN

Birth:

Abt 1782

Frankstown Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania

Death:

George MAHOOD

Marr:

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.

FCID:6430:42

James Irwin - Mary Carson

James Irwin was born at Armagh, Ulster, Ireland Abt 1740. His parents were John Irwin and .

He married Mary Carson Abt 1775 at Blair, Pennsylvania . Mary Carson was born at Chester, Pennsylvania 1743 .

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 Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania .

Mary Carson died 5 May 1823 at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania .