John Irwin (abt. 1819 - 1895)

Born about 1819 in County Londonderry, Ireland

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Died 8 Jun 1895 at about age 76 in Derryork, County Londonderry, Ireland

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Biography

John Irwin was born about 1819 in County Londonderry, Ireland, son of John Irwin ( –1859) and Martha Fleming (~1788–~1848).^[1]

A 1903 biographical sketch of John's youngest brother Samuel lists the children of John Irwin (–1859) and Martha Fleming (~1788–~1848) as "William, James and John, who died in Ireland; Nancy J., who (first) married Thomas Culverson, and (second) William Hutton, and died in Philadelphia; Mary (deceased), who married Alexander Hutton; Martha, who married Joseph Irwin (no relation); and Samuel."^[2]

John married Mary Ann Oliver (born in 1801 in Leeke, County Londonderry; daughter of William Oliver). Their children were:

• William Irwin (~1844–1927)
• John Oliver Irwin (1850–1924)

Griffith's Valuation, published in 1854, shows John leasing three parcels of land in Leeke from Michael Mullan.^[3]

When John's father, John Irwin (–1859) died in December 1859, he named his son, "John Irwin of Leeke," as his the eventual inheritor of his land and property after the death of his brother James.^[4]

John died on 8 June 1895 in Derryork, County Londonderry, aged 75.^{[5] [6]}

Research Notes

1831 Census, John Irvin, Durnabo; house 5, http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/007246493/007246493_00094.pdf

County of Londonderry, Parish of Bovevah, Barony of Kenaught, Census, 1831, pp. 2–3, Name of Owner or Occupier: John Irvin; Name of Townland or Street: Durnabo; House: 5; No. of Families in each: 1; No of Persons in Family: Males: 5, Females: 3; Servants: Males: 0, Females: 0; Total: 8; Religion: Established Church: 0, Roman Catholic: 0, Presbyterian: 8, Other Protestant Dissenters: 0

Griffith's Valuation, John Irwin

No. and Letters of Reference to Map: 15 A, B, C; Townland: Leeke, (Ord. S. 16.), Occupier: John Irwin; Lessor: Michael Mullan; Description of Tenement: House, offices, & land; Area: 6+3+1 A. 0+0+2 R. 25+12+15 P., Rateable Annual Valuation: Land: £2+2+1 10+0+0s 0+0+0d, Buildings: £1 0s 0d; Total Annual Valuation of Rateable Property: £6 10s 0d

Will of John Irwin, died 27 December 1859, https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearchImage.aspx?id=155811

John Irwin Dec[ease]d 21 Dec 1859 Amt of Assets £225 5 0

21 Dec 1859 I John Irwin of Derryork Parish of Boveva County of Londonderry Ireland. This twenty first day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine. Being now in my sound mind and Judgment. I do hereby make null and void all former wills or documents of whatever nature they may have been.

First I bequeath to my Brother James all my Property both chattels and landed during his natural life, and at his decease that the landed property becomes the property John Irwin of Leek.

To Anne Watson I bequeath the sum of thirty pounds sterling.

To Margret Jane Irwin (daughter to Easter Watson) I bequeath the sum of fifteen pounds sterling

To Martha Irwin now of Philladelphia America I bequeath the sum of twenty pounds sterling

To John Irwin old I allow him free during his natural life the House he now occupys and the sum of five pounds sterling.

To Jane and Anne Cairns of Derryork I bequeath the sum of two pounds 10 shillings sterling to each.

this together with all my lawful debts to be charged against the afore said mentioned property with Burial expenses and all debts Legacies expenses are to be chargeable as a mor[t]gag[e] against the Landed property as a debt inherited and liable to be paid by the afore said John Irwin successor (to James Irwin) at the time he becomes Heir of said aforementioned landed property and as executors of this my last will and or testament.

I appoint Robert Morrison of Derryork and Isaac Irwin of Drumaduff and now hereby proofed by this my signature. John x ^his mark^ Irwin. Witnesses present being first truly read Isaac Irwin William Mullen

For Probate see Probate Book page 426

Executed 28 June 1874/Registered 7 Jul 1874 – A Memorial of Indented deed of Conveyance, [John] Irwin to [John Oliver] Irwin

No. 240 Irwin to Irwin Rgr 7th July 1874 at 32 ans after 3 of.

To the Registrar appointed by act of Parliament for Registering Conveyances deeds Wills etc. A Memorial of Indented deed of Conveyance bearing date and Executed the twenty eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and seventy four and made between John Irwin of Derryork in the County of Londonderry farmer of the one part and John Oliver Irwin of Derryork aforesaid in said County of Londonderry farmer Son of the said John Irwin of the other part whereby after Reciting as therein It was witnessed that the said John Irwin for the considerations therein mentioned with the consent of the Commissioners of Public in Ireland as therein mentioned did Grant and Convey unto the said John Oliver Irwin his heirs and assigns All that And those part of the Town and Lands of Derryork in the. Barony of Keenaght and County of Londonderry containing twenty-seven acres, one rood and seven perches Statute measure or there about with the app[..]ts as Granted by therein recited conveyance of first May One thousand eight hundred and Seventy four and described on the map Annexed thereto To hold the said Laws and premises thereby Granted or intended so to be unto and to the use of the said John Oliver Irwin his heirs and assigns for ever subject to and charged with an annuity of nineteen pounds in favor of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and their Successors for the term of thirty five years from the first day of July one thousand eight-hundred and Seventy three and also Subject to the clauses covenants conditions and agreements in the said Indenture of first May One Thousand eight hundred and seventy four and which said deed contained the usual covenants and which said deed and this memorial were respectfully Signed and duly Executed by the said John Irwin and witnessed by Benjamin ? Lane Solicitor and John Cunningham writing Clerk both of Newtownlimavady in the County of Londonderry John <his x mark> <Seal> Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of being? first truly read John Cunningham writing Clerk Newtownlimavady B T? Lane The above named John Cunningham aged twenty years and upwards taketh oath and Saith that he is a Subscribing witness to the deed of which the foregoing writing is a memorial and also to this memorial that he saw said deed and memorial respectively signed and duly Executed by the said John Irwin by his putting his mark thereto and acknowledging same in my Presence and in the presence of the other subscribing witness thereto respectively that the name John Cunningham Set and Subscribed to said deed and memorial respectively is the proper name and handwriting of this alponent? — John Cunningham Sworn before me this 30th Day of June 1874 at Newtownlimavady in the County of Londonderry a Commissioner for taking affidavits for Her Majestys Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland in and for Said County and I know the deponent — William Lane Comm[…] A True Copy Seven folios Wm Berunda?

Death record, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1895/05934/4685734.pdf

8 Jun 1895, Derryork, death of John Irwin, Widower, 76, Farmer, Disease of Heart, years, Certified, informant: John O. Irwin, Son of deceased, Present at Death, Derryork.

''Derry Journal'' (Londonderry, Ireland), "Deaths," 12 June 1895, p. ?. There were death notices for two men named John Irwin published on the same day in the Derry Journal. This John Irwin died on June 8 in the townland of Derryork.

IRWIN—June 9, at his residence, Roe Mills, Limavady, John Irwin.

IRWIN—June 8, at Derryork, John Irwin, aged 76 years.

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1. ↑ 1831 Census of Ireland, County of Londonderry, Parish of Bovevah, Barony of Kenaught, pp. 2–3, Townland of Durnabo [detached portion of Townland of Derryork in Bovevagh civil parish], house 5, household of John Irvin; digital image; National Archives of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie : accessed 10 March 2023), Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and Census fragments and substitutes,1821-51 > Browse Census > 1831 > Londonderry > Kennaught > Bovevagh > Durnabo; citing National Archives of Ireland, Dublin.
2. ↑ John F. Maginness, "Samuel Irwin," in Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers (United States: Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1903), pp. 1262–1263, digital images, Google Books (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998/page/1262/mode/2up : accessed 11 March 2023).
3. ↑ Richard Griffith, General Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland ...County of Londonderry … Parish of Bovevagh (Dublin: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1854), p. 127, for John Irwin, occupier, Michael Mullan, lessor, Keenaught (Barony), Londonderry (County), Bovevagh (parish), Leeke (townland); imaged from “Griffith’s Valuation,” database with images, Ask About Ireland (https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation : accessed 10 March 2023), located using search terms above.
4. ↑ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, "Search Will Calendars," database and images, PRONI Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2023); image of the Will of John Irwin of Derryork, Parish of Boveva[gh], who died 27 December 1859; citing District Probate Registry of Londonderry.
5. ↑ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, "Search Will Calendars," database and images, PRONI Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx : accessed 10 Mar 2023); image of the Will of John Irwin of Derryork, Parish of Boveva[gh], who died 27 December 1859; citing District Probate Registry of Londonderry.
6. ↑ Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ : accessed 7 March 2023), image, death registration of John Irwin (8 June 1895, County of Londonderry), citing Group Registration ID 3536893; registration filed 19 June 1895 by Chas. W. Allison, registrar, in District of Dungiven in the Union of Limavady in the County of Londonderry, certified 9 July 1895 by W. Crawford, Superintendent Registrar, folio 536, "Second Page," stamped no. 04685734, entry 249.

• [Ireland, Registry of Deeds], Transcripts of Memorials of Deeds, Conveyances and Wills, vol. 26 (1874), unpaginated, memorial 240, indented deed of conveyance executed 28 June 1874, registered 7 July 1874; imaged in Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances, and wills, 1708–1929, "Deeds, etc., v. 26–28 1874," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS54-Q31H-8?i=139&cat=185720 : 10 March 2023), DGS 8265208, image 140 of 519; citing Registry of Deeds, Dublin.
• Personal Family Sources

See also:

• Brian Irwin, "Extended Irwin Family Tree," Ancestry Profile