Frances & Edward Erwin//Irvine

The Irvines were amongst the border families that were targeted after James became King of Scotland and England early 1600. I know about the Graham deportations but nothing about other families. However it cannot be just co-oincidence that most of the border families [Graham/Elliot/Armstrong/Irvine/Noble/Story/Johnston to name a few] are well represented in the Fermanagh Muster Rolls.

Frequency of the 971 Names
    Johnston, 55
    Armestrong, 41
    Beaty, 36
    Ellot, 33
    Graham, 29
    Little, 25
    Irwin, 17
    Nixon, 10
    Smith, 9
    Wilson, 9
    Brown, 8
    Hall, 8
    Moore, 8
    Thomson, 8
 

If you google 1630 Muster Roll Fermanagh you should be able to find a complete list. However being able to locate and identify the two Irvines you mention is close to impossible. Linking any of the Fermanagh settlers back to UK is something I have struggled with for over 40 years and so far I can only positively identify 2 individuals with a paper trail that links back to the mainland.

In Fermanagh Irving has numerous variations ranging from Urwin/Erwin/Kerwin/Irwin to Irvine

Bob Graham (County Fermanagh XO)