Elizabeth Harris kindly sends the data below, which I think is from Lucinda Boyd's work.
ROBERT IRVINE born about 1660 in Ireland, son of David and Sophie (Gault) Irvine. Robert married his cousin, Margaret Wylie of Glenoe, County Antrim, Ireland. Robert Irvine and sons operated mills, a bleaching plant and a smith shop in Glenoe. His son, James, was a blacksmith in America. They had ten children and one family story says that seven of the eight sons sailed for America in 1729. In 1729 the mills and bleaching plant were disposed of and seven of the eight brothers sailed across the sea, risking their all in frail vessels for many weeks. They put to sea on May 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 Francis Lee bought it. Notes for Margaret Wylie:
The oldest of Robert Irvine's sons was a contemporary of his brother in law Ephraim McDowell. They were in the Siege of Londonderry 1689. I have seen Ephraim was 17, and born abt 1672. Therefore the older of Robert's sons was born a 1672-74. I have redated these births to accord with this. All the dates are estimates for these children.
Children of Robert Irvine and Margaret Wylie are:
i. Margaret Irvine, born Abt. 1672. ii. Mary Irvine, born Abt. 1674. iii. Thomas Irvine, born Abt. 1676. iv. Alexander Irvine, born Abt. 1678. v. George Irvine, born Abt. 1680. 224 vi. William Irvine, born Abt. 1680 in probably Ireland; married Annie Craig Abt. 1699 in Larne, Ulster, Ireland. vii. David Irvine, born Abt. 1684. viii. James Irvine, born Abt. 1686. ix. Robert Irvine, born Abt. 1688. x. Samuel Irvine, born Abt. 1690.
