John Irwin

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Husband John Irwin ¹

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1 M John Irwin ¹

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           Born: 1702 - Ireland 1
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           Died: 29 Jan 1776 - Ireland 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth [Unk] (1698-1749) 3

         Spouse: Mary Boyle (1728-1776) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Irwin

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The ancestors of the Irwin family of western Pennsylvania were originally from Ayre, Scotland. The tradition of this family is that a group of brothers emigrated from that part of Scotland in 1690, and settled in Donoughmore, County Moneghan, Ireland. The youngest of the three brothers was John Irwin, and he is the ancestor of the Irwin families of western Pennsylvania. He participated in the historic Battle of the Boyne, in which William III, Prince of Orange, overthrew the forces of James II, and for his valor was knighted by his monarch and received a grant of a coat-of-arms as follows: Arms: Argent, a fesse, gules, between three holly leaves, vert. Crest: a gauntlet fessewise, issuing out of clouds, holding a thistle, all proper. Motto (beneath the arms): Sub sole sub umbra vivescens. Motto (over crest): Nemo me impune lacessit.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 830, 947.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 830.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 829.