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Elander Irwin (Brewster)

Also Known As: "Elander", "Blackstock"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Colonial America
Death: 1787 (89-90)
Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Franklin
Wife of William Irwin
Mother of Johannah Irvin; Ann Irwin; Francis Irwin; Mary Jane Blackstock; John Irwin, Captain and 13 others

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About Elander Irwin

In William Irwin's will he names his wife as Elender. In his son, Francis', will, Francis names his mother as Eleanor. So are Elender and Eleanor the same person?

Is there documentation for either of the surnames Franklin or Brewster?

From papers of Capt. John Irwin listing the births of his father, William Irwin's, children:

Children:

1. Alexander Irwin..…......b. December 1723

2. Ann Irwin.....…….........b. 1726 3. Francis Irwin......……..b. March 30, 1731 4. Mary Irwin......…...….....b. May 2, 1732 5. John Irwin (Capt.)…....b. Feb. 19, 1735 6. Margaret Irwin..…........b. Aug. 10, 1736 7. William Irwin.....……....b. Feb. 22, 1738 8. Robert Irwin (General) b. Aug. 26, 1740 9. Elizabeth Irwin....….…..b. April 23, 1742 10. child...............................b. a few days after April 21, 1743

11. Sarah Irwin....……........b. July 4, 1744

12. James Irwin........……...b. Aug. 19, 1745

13. Samuel Irwin.....…….....b. April 11, 1747

[SOURCE: "A History of the Upper Country of South Carolina from the Earliest Periods to the Close of the War of Independence," by John H. Logan, A.M. Vol II "A Journal of Personalities, Traditions and History of the Revolution in South Carolina."]

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Elander Irwin's Timeline

1697
1697
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Colonial America
1714
1714
1726
1726
Ireland
1731
March 30, 1731
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
March 30, 1731
Pennsylvania
1732
May 2, 1732
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
1735
February 19, 1735
Pennsylvania, United States
1735
Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
1736
August 10, 1736
Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Colonial America