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Samuel Erwin 1755–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 August 1755

Birth Location: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA

Death Date: 30 Aug 1798

Death Location: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America

Father: John Irwin

Mother: Letitia Lady

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In 1755, Samuel Erwin entered the world in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA, born to John James Erwin Irvine Irwin And Letitia Rudger Lady. Samuel Erwin passed away in 1798 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1755, Samuel Erwin entered the world in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA, born to John James Erwin Irvine Irwin And Letitia Rudger Lady.
  • Samuel Erwin passed away in 1798 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America.

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Samuel Erwin's Ancestors

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Samuel Erwin
1755–1798
Birth Place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Parents
John James Erwin Irvine Irwin
1727–1797
Ballynedrentich, Killead Parish, County Atrim, Ireland
Letitia (Rudger) Lady
1736–1821
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware Colony
Grandparents
**James ((1st) (Blacksmith, farmer, distiller) Erwin\Irwin\Irvine) (Scotch-Irish)
1700–1768
Glencoe, Antrim, , Ireland
Jane (Fleming) McDowell
1700–1781
Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Samuel Erwin's Timeline

2 Records

1755
29 August 1755
Birth of Samuel Erwin in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
1798
30 Aug 1798
Age 43
Death of Samuel Erwin in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 August 1755
    Event Place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Family History Books, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs
    [2] U.S., Family History Books, Colonial Families of Philadelphia 1; Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Aug 1798
    Event Place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Family History Books, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs
    [2] U.S., Family History Books, Colonial Families of Philadelphia 1; Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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