The Worthey's (and Kin) of Southwest Arkansas:Information about Robert Irvine
Robert Irvine (b. Abt. 1660, d. date unknown)
Notes for Robert Irvine:
Robert Irvine wa born about 1660 in Ireland, the son of David and Sophie (Gault) Irvine. Robert married his cousin, Margaret Wylie of Glenoe, Ireland. They had ten children. Robert Irvine and his sons operated mills, a bleaching plant, and a smith shop in Glenoe. His son James sailed to America and became a blacksmith.The northern part of Ireland was becoming a Protestant area and there was constant trouble with the Catholic residents. So, in 1729 the other seven sons disposed of the mills, the bleaching plant and sailed for America. They put to sea on My 9, 1729, from Londonderry, Ireland in the ship "George and Ann" landing in Philadelphia. The old home in Glenoe passed from Irvine ownership in 1731, when it was purchased by Francis Lee, bought "with gold coins found at the roots of a tree he removed." [from Paull-Irwin: a Family Sketch, by Elizabeth Maxwell Paull, 1936] {see also "Irvines and Their Kin", by Linda Boyd}
More About Robert Irvine and Margaret Wylie:
Marriage: Bef. 1679
Children of Robert Irvine and Margaret Wylie are:
- +William Irvine, b. Abt. 1690, Glenoe, Ireland, d. date unknown.