James
Irby
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Irby
and Elizabeth (Cooke) Irby
Brother of
Francis Irby, Abraham Irby, David Irby, Samuel Irby, William H. Irby, Mastin Irby, Mary (Irby) Camp, Amey Irby, Rebecca (Irby) Marlow and Anne (Clark) Grant
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 20
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2014
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Biography
James was born about 1758. He was the son of Peter Irby and Elizabeth Cook. James was most likely born in Halifax County, Virginia, as his brother David attested that he himself was in his Revolutionary War pension application. James, his father, Peter, and brothers, David and Francis, took the Oath of Allegiance in 1776. In 1781, Thomas Faris gave a sworn statement that James served as a sergeant in the expedition of the taking of the Illinois while in Captain John Montgomery's company (Virginia militia) under the command of George Rogers Clark. [1] Captain Montgomery’s company joined Clark in June of 1778. The Virginia government made payment to the administrator of James’ estate for his lost rifle/gun in May of 1779. [2] Based on this information James most likely died between the summer of 1778 and spring of 1779. According to credit entries in James' Accounts Current, James' brother Francis received payments for his wages in the Kentucky Expedition and the Illinois Expedition.[3] James is memorialized on the wall of Danville/Pittsylvania County Veterans Memorial.
Sources
- ↑ Pittsylvania County Court Order, Book 4, p356.
- ↑ Virginia WAR Volume 25, p881.
- ↑ Pittsylvania County Accounts Current, Book 4, p113.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ronald Irby
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #n136965
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~1.56%
Gay (Irby) Balter :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
James Williamson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #229310
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~0.78%
Alva (Balter) Noonan :
23andMe, GEDmatch B160180 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Francis Stenger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fjstenger87
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~0.78%
Greg Balter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MR2002944 [compare], FTDNA kit #862690
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch MR2002944 [compare]
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~0.78%
Paul Farrar :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LC2235639 [compare], FTDNA kit #876312
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~0.78%
Elizabeth (Irby) Sawning :
MyHeritage DNA
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