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To my knowledge, no primary record mentioning James Hogue's wife by name has surfaced. The closest thing to it is the cemetery record, transcribed here as found in Butler County, Ohio Cemetery Records:1 Hogue, Polly d. 30 July 1830, ae 68 yrs wife of James. Polly, of course, was the common nickname for Mary. Was she James's second wife or was Margaret Irwin really Mary Irwin? Much of what is known about this couple, the marriage in particular, appears to have come down to us from Margaret (McQuiston) Milne (1859-1930), their great-granddaughter. The question, naturally, is whether Milne had primary documentation available to her or whether she was relying on stories passed down through the family. Could it be that we're not finding evidence of Margaret Irwin's parents because we should be looking for Mary Irwin? Nevertheless, "Mrs Hogue" is traditionally known as Margaret and that's how I'll refer to her until something different is proven. James IrwinThere was a large family of Irwins in Butler County, some of whom had emigrated from Cumberland county PA, from where James Hogue served during the Revolution. I have often wondered if Margaret might have been a sister of the James Irwin who died in Butler county, Ohio, 10 Feb 1847, age 88 years, 5 months and 24 days. (Revolutionary War pension claim S.9743.) He had a son named Robert Irwin, born 19 Mar 1795. Margaret's son, John Hogue, had sons James Irwin Hogue (1827-1838) and Robert Irwin Hogue (1846-1929). The following is from Kathy Edgington's genforum post Re: Robert born 1795 to Butler co Ohio... James Irwin was born October 16, 1758 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His parents have not been identified. James Irwin and his wife, Agnes, were married in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1786. Agnes' maiden name has not been found. Their children as listed in "The Irvines and Their Kin" by L. Boyd in 1908 page 303-304 were: Kathy later posted the following to the same board: James Irwin participated in the Revolutionary War and his pension claim, S.9743 tells of his service: "While a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the autumn of 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain William Graham's Pennsylvania Company. He enlisted in July 1778, and served two months as a private in Captain David Boal's Pennsylvania Company. He was allowed pension on his application executed October 18, 1832, while a resident of Bulter County, Ohio. Robert Irwin, a resident of Butler County, Ohio, appeared in support of the claim in 1832, relationship not stated. There are no family data included." The October, 1832, deposition sworn by Robert Irwin was that James Irwin was on a tour of duty in 1780 or 1781 under Captain Boles. Robert Irwin had been in the same company and they had been stationed in the Cusecoquilla Valley. A November, 1833, deposition states that Robert Irwin, now deceased, was a citizen of good character for truth and veracity. And then this, in reference to a will on Cumberland County PA, posted to the same thread: http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?896,456918 As noted below, there are sone errors in the reading of John Erwin's will. And this... James Irwin born 16 Oct 1758 in Cumberland County, PA; died 10 Feb 1847 and is buried at Pisgah Prebyterian Cemetery in West Chester Township, Butler County, OH. This would have made him 13 years old when John Irwin died, his father unless another James Irwin is referred to as being witness to the will. KathyWill of John Erwin, 1771 This is my recent transcription of the index entry for John Irwin's will in the microfilm found at familysearch.org:3
A number of Irwins left wills in the county during this period. All of them need to be studied. Even if it can be shown that Margaret (c1762-1830) and James (1758-1847) were siblings, we have, for now, only the one possible lead (John Irwin's 1771 will) as to their parentage. About that, it should be noted that John states that his eldest son is Thomas (page 97 - age not stated). It further make provisions that his son James be obligated to take care of his "little sisters" until he is 18 years old (page 99). The ages of the daughters aren't mentioned except that Catherine is the youngest. James, obviously a minor, could not have been the James Erwin who witnessed the will. It might be suggested that he was John's brother. (If the son was our James Irwin, he would have been about 13.) Also note that James Irwin's eldest son was named John, which, if this John was his father, would be in keeping traditional Scottish naming conventions. In any case, the idea that this James is the son of Archibald Irwin is preposterous once reading this paragraph from Irwin Family History at http://irwinsoldandnew.blogspot.com/2014/10/archibald-irwin-house-mercersburg-pa-is.html. During the Revolutionary War, Archibald Irwin's oldest son, James, began to do commissary duty for the Western Army at Irwinton's Mills. James Irwin organized pack horse trains to carry flour, meat and other provisions to Pittsburgh for the Western Army. James Irwin acted as an assistant commissary under the appointment of Col. George Morgan, who was Commissary General for the Western Army, whose headquarters were at Pittsburgh. The Narrative of James Hogue was written by James Irwin's son, David S Irwin. James Irwin Y-DNAThe Y-DNA Markers for a descendant of James's (kit #514436) is listed at The Irwin DNA Project under section GRAHAM. The tester is shown as belonging to Y-DNA haplogroup J-M267 (rare in Europe) and is a near-perfect STR match to a descendant of William Alexander Graham, b. Ireland abt 1740, who has tested positive for haplogroup J-L1253, downstream of J-M267. Another tester in this group is J-BY89. According to Lloyd D Graham in The Grahams of the 16-17th century Anglo-Scottish Border and their descendants in Rossadown, Co. Laois, Ireland, "When this SNP [J-L1253] is found in a tester with the surname Johns(t)on, Brown, Jordan, Armstrong, or Irving/Irwin, it is a strong indicator that the individual is genetically a Graham and has 'Border reiver' heritage." Thomas IrwinJames McBride's history of Butler County, Ohio, includes a long biographical article on Thomas Irwin, born in Lancaster County, PA in 1768.2 He was a military man, rose to the rank of Colonel, and was elected to the State Legislature. His memoirs, apparently, were published. He died in Lemon township 3 October 1847. I have found nothing to connect him to the other Irwins. 1. Vol IV, compiled by Hazel Stroup, published 1963. 2. James McBride, Pioneer Biography, Sketches of the Lives of Some Early Settlers of Butler County, Ohio, Vol 1 (Cincinnati, Robert Clarke and Co., 1869), 108-178. 3. Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Cumberland Will index, 1750-1937, A-J, page 468.
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