John Beaufinn Irving I

30th Oct 1765 - 6th Apr 1813


Biography

Son of James Irving the elder and his wife Elizabeth nee Motte. Born at Ironshore, Jamaica, in 1765. Educated at a school in Kensington, England, from a young age, where he was living when his father died in 1775. Probably in the Royal Navy as a young man. In Jamaica in 1795, by which time he had acquired an estate in South Carolina called The Grove. Married Susannah, daughter of Richard Prince of Feversham, Cambridgeshire, in Jamaica 10/03/1796. Managed Ironshore and Hartfield from about 1793 to 1803. Moved to America in 1803. Died in Philadelphia, 06/04/1813.


Sources

Sir Aemilius Irving (ed.), James Irving of Ironshore and his descendants 1713-1918, ed. L. Homfray Irving (Toronto, Canada, College Press Limited, 1918) pp. 31-35.


Further Information

Absentee?
USA
Spouse
Susannah Prince
Children
John Beaufinn II, Lucy Ann

Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
04/11/1775 [SD] - 06/04/1813 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
04/11/1775 [SD] - 06/04/1813 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
04/11/1775 [SD] - 06/04/1813 [ED] → Tenant-in-common

Relationships (11)

Brother-in-laws
Brother-in-laws
Son → Father
Brothers
Brothers
Brothers
Uncle → Nephew
Uncle → Nephew
Uncle → Nephew
Father → Son
Uncle → Nephew

Addresses (2)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - United States of America
Charleston, South Carolina, USA - United States of America