According to Sir Aemilius Irving, in his book "James Irving of Ironshore and his Descendants," Elizabeth Motte (Martin) was known as a great beauty, and was the inspiration for the children's rhyming s...
In the year 1775 and soon after making his Will--James Irving and his wife, Elizabeth, sailed for England. The reason for returning to England was to visit their children who were at school in Kensingt...