Hi JOhn D, Are you having trouble with an excessive amount of bounced emails from me as another list I am on, ie LANE has unsubbed me a couple of times tonight as it says I am generated a lot of bounced mail. This would have to happen to other lists I am on but it isn't to my knowldedge. I have even mananged to get an email through after being unsubbed. The I received another unsub email. I ma then told to sort my problem out before resubbing. Cannot understand it. I did a virus check only yesterday and no one else is having problems. Edie

Obviously couldn't have left and arrived the same day. We maybe didn't have the transportation date, bu the date of arrival is correct. > NAME: Jane Armstrong > > BORN; Wicklow, Ireland > > AGE: 20 > > HEIGHT: 4ft 9 ins. Blue Eyes. > > OCCUPATION: Kitchen Hand > > RELIGION: Protestant > > MARITAL STATUS: Single > > TRIED: Kildare, Ireland 31/10/1849. Transported 7 years. > > SHIP NAME: Duke of Cornwall > > PORT of Departure: Kingston, Ireland, 27/10/1850, arrived 27/10/1850 > > R/W Was Literate > > REMARKS: Transported for House Burning. Had a Brother John and a Sister, Sarah at Dublin. > > Applied to marry Richard James (free) 11th February 1854 CON 52/7 Page 220 > > Sarah in Dublin. Certificate of Pardon 31/10/1856 > > MICROFILM Ref: CON 15/6-8 > > > > Edie > >

That is most likely correct, I thought I may get it wrong. Very hot over your way. We visited Disney World in 1989. I sweltered in early June. Rob could handle the humidity okay though. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: JacquelinSheldon@aol.com To: robmc@our.net.au ; ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] OSU wins In a message dated 01/26/2003 11:22:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, robmc@our.net.au writes: Champerbay Buccaneers LOL! Good one Edie! That would be TAMPA Bay, east/gulf coast of central Florida. We Floridians are delighted :)

Hi I have a stray Jane Armstrong who has just surfaced in a pedigree chart I was looking at for someone here in Tasmania. She was the second wife of Ralph Place(Rafel de la Plaza who was born 1832 Valparaise, Shile, South America and who was living here in Tasmania by 1858, after having first lived in Sydney in 1857 where his first child was born. His last child to Maria Grubb his first wife was 1870 then she died in 1883. It was 1884 hen he married this Jane Armstrong. At the moment I do not know of anymore children to Jane. When Joyce and i were recording the Armstrong Convicts. We recorded two Jane Armstrongs. The first we do not seem to have much recorded. She arrived on the ship Prince Regent in 1820 and was alias Jane Farrell. I do not think this could be the one as Ralph was born 12 years after this Jane. However the following Jane Armstrong did get permission to marry another chap, but that doesn't mean they actually did marry. this could be the wife of Ralph who married in 1884. I will check this out so I can update this record. NAME: Jane Armstrong BORN; Wicklow, Ireland AGE: 20 HEIGHT: 4ft 9 ins. Blue Eyes. OCCUPATION: Kitchen Hand RELIGION: Protestant MARITAL STATUS: Single TRIED: Kildare, Ireland 31/10/1849. Transported 7 years. SHIP NAME: Duke of Cornwall PORT of Departure: Kingston, Ireland, 27/10/1850, arrived 27/10/1850 R/W Was Literate REMARKS: Transported for House Burning. Had a Brother John and a Sister, Sarah at Dublin. Applied to marry Richard James (free) 11th February 1854 CON 52/7 Page 220 Sarah in Dublin. Certificate of Pardon 31/10/1856 MICROFILM Ref: CON 15/6-8 Edie

Shirley was that Superbowl, as here in Burnie we have had the Superbowl on. It was between the Oakland Raiders and the Champerbay Buccaneers and the later won. It was held at the San Diego Super Bowl arena. Funny it should be playing today as we are celebrating Australia Day. Australia 215th birthday settlement of the white folk as it must be thousands of years since the settlement of the Native Australian, the aborigines. Edie Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "SHIRLEY ARMSTRONG" <shirley.hubbard2@verizon.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] OSU wins > Okla. State wins over Texas Tech 79--70!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Shirley >

HI Jill, That lady who put the vacuaam cleaner in the middle of the room was Phyllis Diller and I have been using that trick ever since an unexpected visitor, who happens to be houseproud, arrives Ha! Ha! She always seems to catch me before I have a chance to do the job. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary & jill johnston" <onyerpockets@juno.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:13 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] c-party prep. > Someone who shall go unnamed, recently disclosed to me that, since they > no longer cook much, they dust their stove so it looks nice. > > That reminded me of a TV program years ago (1980s). It was a talk show > and the 2 women guests hated housework and had developed a number of > clever and quick ways to either get things done or to make it APPEAR that > they were being done. I took note of the vacuum cleaner ruse. You set out > the vacuum, right in your front room. That's it, just set it there. Then > whenever someone comes, it LOOKS like you're just preparing to clean. > > My brain latched onto that idea like a bear on meat! I did it. It was > great!... Until one day I noticed there was a collection of dust and the > beginning of a cobweb on it. > Alas, the gig was up! :-D > > So don't go on a huge pre-party cleaning on my account! > Jill > __________________ > > "Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs > in the dark." Gypsy saying >

Hi Debbie, When we were living in England on a working holiday in 1996, there was a massacre in quiet little Tasmania, when a young bloke ran amoke, killing 35 innocent men, women, children in cold blood. It took place at our famous, Convict Settlement at Port Arthur down Southern Tasmania. You can find a website on it I would gather. here Robs mum was telling us to be careful overseas and then this awful thing took place. Similar to the Dumblane massacre which was in Scotland about the same time. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie" <debra.street@verizon.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:14 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Re: Convicts > > Yes, I know that England then sent their convicts to Australia but I > hadn't heard of a massacre in 1996. Who massacred who? > > Debbie > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- > On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 06:11 AM, Rob and Edie McArthur wrote: > > > When American stopped the convicts arriving on your shores Debbie, they > > then > > came to Australia, starting with NSW, then much later 1804 in Tasmania > > at > > Port Arthur where that terrible massacre happened in 1996 > > Edie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Debbie" <debra.street@verizon.net> > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 3:14 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Re: Convicts > > > > > >> The Scots-Irish, or Ulster Scots from Northern Ireland, among the > >> Armstrongs, came to America for a variety of reasons. Some were, > >> indeed, poor and came as indentured servants. Many of the early > >> arrivals, however, except for the convicts, of course (after all, > >> America was where England dumped her convicts, oddballs, nuts and > >> flakes > >> before we told them to cut it out as we'd by then learned how to > >> cultivate our own!) had enough money to buy land near where they > >> disembarked. Then many of their children started moving west and > >> south, > >> feeling cramped by the constant influx of non-Scottish immigrants, or > >> being unable to find a nice chunk of reasonably-priced land locally, or > >> following other family members, or claiming free land as reward for > >> Revolutionary War service. A bit of the wanderlust was probably also > >> involved. Religious persecution also played a role in the Scots-Irish > >> Presbyterians' immigration: > >> > >> "During the reign of Queen Anne, Protestant sects whose views differed > >> from those of the Church of England underwent a period of outright > >> persecution throughout Britain. In 1704, High Church Anglicans among > >> the Queen's advisors influenced passage of the Sacramental Test Act > >> which prohibited nonconformists from holding public office. When the > >> Schism Bill was passed in 1714, preventing them from teaching school, > >> etc., the better educated Ulster Scots began departing for the > >> Continent > >> and for North America. Subsequently, decline of the linen trade > >> accelerated the emigration of laborers and farmers to the New World. > >> > >> From 1725 to1765, 200,000 made their way to America via Northern > >> Ireland's ports of Belfast and Derry. Early arrivals having found New > >> England inhospitable, most disembarked in the Chesapeake Bay region - > >> particularly at Wilmington, New Castle and Lewes in Delaware, and > >> Philadelphia and Chester in Pennsylvania. According to one historian, > >> nearly 6,000 Presbyterians from Ireland landed at Philadelphia in 1729 > >> alone and "before the middle of the century, nearly 12,000 arrived > >> annually for several years." > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > ----------------------- > >> On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 10:32 PM, Rob and Edie McArthur > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Apart from the convicts Fount, I think the free settlers were the same > >>> here, > >>> but also the convicts were enticed to stay with free land. > >>> Edie > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > >>> To: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au>; <ARMSTRONG- > >>> L@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:43 AM > >>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>> > >>> > >>>> Edie, > >>>> I think poverty was the main reason most of the Armstrongs came from > >>> Ireland > >>>> to North America. > >>>> The offer of free land was a big enticement. > >>>> Can't blame them! > >>>> Fount (in cold FL) > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > >>>> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 6:22 AM > >>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> As you may remember Fount a couple of years ago Joyce Armstrong > >>>>> and I > >>> sat > >>>>> for hours recording all of the Tasmania Convicts named Armsrong and > >>>>> some > >>>> of > >>>>> those had first been convicts that had been sent to the mainland > >>> australia > >>>>> and when free had reoffended and were set to Tasmania. there were > >>>>> quite > >>> a > >>>>> lot of them, that is why I wondered if they had gone to America as > >>>> Convicts. > >>>>> Of course they were not criminals in the true sense, a good many > >>>>> were > >>> sent > >>>>> to work to build up the colony as not many would have come > >>>>> voluntarily > >>> to > >>>>> nothing much in those days. > >>>>> > >>>>> Edie > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > >>>>> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:29 PM > >>>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Cousin Edie, > >>>>>> No, best I can figure, some of Samuel's siblings first crossed over > >>>>>> to > >>>> PA > >>>>>> and then moved down to SC. Samuel and his young wife, her parents > >>>>>> and > >>>>>> Samuel's widowed mother and their first child, crossed over to SC > >>>>>> to > >>>>> obtain > >>>>>> some of the free land offered to immigrants at the time. They were > >>> just > >>>>> poor > >>>>>> farmers of the Presbyterian faith, as were many of the Armstrongs > >>>>>> at > >>> the > >>>>>> time. > >>>>>> Fount > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>> From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > >>>>>> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:31 AM > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Not meaning to be rude Fount, but did Samuel come under the > >>> Governors > >>>>>>> Pleasure or as a free person. 68,000 plus convicts arrived in > >>>> Australia > >>>>>>> over a period of years. It started here about 1790 when American > >>>>> wouldn't > >>>>>>> take anymore. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Edie > >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > >>>>>>> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:36 PM > >>>>>>> Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Well! Well! Cousins! > >>>>>>>> The old List still has some life in it yet! > >>>>>>>> The Armstrong Reveres will airways come out of the woods for a > >>>> party! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> One thing the party will need for music is a band. Well, I'm > >>>> bringing > >>>>> my > >>>>>>> bass. I know there are some more musicians out there to sit in > >>>>>>> with > >>> me > >>>>> and > >>>>>>> play some good ole country and some of the good old songs. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Ya'll get ready because I'll be there with my bass, my crawfish > >>> and > >>>>> bbq. > >>>>>>>> I'll also have a sufficient supply of Canadian Club and a jug of > >>>>>> moonshine > >>>>>>> that came from the Smoky Mountains that has been aged in plums for > >>> the > >>>>>> past > >>>>>>> year and is mighty smooth, if I do say so myself! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Lets make this cyber party one to remember! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Cousin Fount Armstrong, researching descendants of Samuel > >>> Armstrong, > >>>>> who > >>>>>>> came to Abbyville, SC from Ballimena, Ireland in 1767. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > >

Nebraska was a HUGE territory before the Civil War and the 1862 Homestead Act so when some Armstrong moved to Nebraska, their homestead may have ended up in South Dakota - you never know! My Armstrong Mom was from Oklahoma, not Nebraska. We just moved here because my Dad got a job teaching at the local college after he retired from the Air Force. We have no relation up here and the few Armstrongs I have met are not related as far as I can tell- Blessings, Kathleen "Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson "The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." Cherokee --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Greetings, I thought I would list the Tennessee families I am researching just in case some of you may be researching the same. This is all my Mom's family Her paternal side ARMSTRONG, John R. b. 1818 Wilson Cty, migrated to Oklahoma and Texas. Married Bathsheba POTTER (It is thought by some that he first married a Mary Rowe and/or Susannah Lindsey). Second wife is Susan E. Potts. His father was Elijah Armstrong b. 1793, NC married to Margaret "Peggy" Mary Higgins born Wilson County, TN. Peggy's parents are Mary Cooper b. TN and John Higgins b. VA. Mary Cooper was Native American and they owned slaves. Bathsheba Potter's parents were Descendants of Eldridge Potter 1 Eldridge POTTER b: October 24, 1791 in Tennessee d: February 26, 1870 in Clinton County, Missouri . +Mary Ann "Polly" HIXON b: May 31, 1793 in Greene County, Tennessee d: April 8, 1879 in Turney, Missouri m: October 27, 1813 in Greene County, Tennessee Polly's parents were Andrew and Anna Davis Hixon. John R. Armstrong's son William Eldridge married- 1 Mary Jane MONTGOMERY b: 1853 in Jack County, Texas d: October 6, 1887 in Jack County, Texas . +William Eldridge ARMSTRONG b: November 16, 1849 in Daviess County, Missouri d: February 23, 1934 in Quail, Texas near Wellington, Texas m: 1870 in Parker County, Texas Mary Jane Montgomery's parents are from TN- Descendants of John Perry Montgomery 1 John Perry MONTGOMERY b: December 25, 1828 in Carroll County, Tennessee d: January 20, 1908 in Vineyard, Jack County, Texas . +Sarah Elizabeth "Elizabeth" SHEHORN b: 1835 in North Carolina d: Bef. 1870 in Texas m: 1850 in Tarrant County, Texas *2nd Wife of John Perry Montgomery: . +Mary Ann ARMSTRONG b: May 1841 in Daviess County, Missouri d: 1914 in Hearldton, Oklahoma m: 1869 in Prairie Point, Jack County, Texas Her maternal side Direct Descendants of John Johnston 1 John JOHNSTON b: April 14, 1793 in Pennsylvania d: October 14, 1872 in Palestine, Lewis County, Tennessee . +Tabitha Starcks FARMER b: January 20, 1799 in North Carolina d: November 17, 1863 in Palestine, Lewis County, Tennessee m: February 9, 1819 ... 2 Benjamin Bynum JOHNSTON b: November 7, 1836 in Lewis County, Tennessee d: March 13, 1909 in DeSota, Texas ... *2nd Wife of Benjamin Bynum Johnston: ....... +Naomi Jane "Janey" HENSLEY b: May 4, 1838 in Maury County, Tennessee d: December 20, 1894 in De Sota, Texas m: December 23, 1857 in Lewis County, Tennessee ......... 3 Benjamin Calvin "Cal" JOHNSTON b: May 1874 in Lewis County, Tennessee d: November 1949 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ............. +Nora Belle SHARP b: May 14, 1872 in Nashville, Tennessee d: 1943 in Harmon County, Oklahoma m: in Texas Direct Descendants of William Hensley 1 William HENSLEY b: 1783 in Burke County, North Carolina d: 1878 in Lewis County, Tennessee . +Nancy GARDINER b: 1781 in Virginia d: 1870 in Lewis County, Tennessee m: 1806 in Buncombe Co. North Carolina ... 2 James T. HENSLEY b: 1809 in Maury County, Tennessee d: 1860 in Lewis County, Tennessee ....... +Sarah M. TARRANT b: 1811 in Lewis County, Tennessee d: 1860 in Lewis County, Tennessee m: 1833 in Palestine, Tennessee ......... 3 Mary Catherine HENSLEY b: August 1, 1833 in Maury County, Tennessee d: 1925 in Oklahoma ......... *2nd Husband of Mary Catherine Hensley: ............. +William Anderson "Bill" SHARP b: 1814 in Maury County, Tennessee d: Aft. 1880 in Denton County, Texas m: Abt. 1861 in Texas ............... 4 [2] Nora Belle SHARP b: May 14, 1872 in Nashville, Tennessee d: 1943 in Harmon County, Oklahoma ................... +[1] Benjamin Calvin "Cal" JOHNSTON b: May 1874 in Lewis County, Tennessee d: November 1949 in Tulsa, Oklahoma m: in Texas ..................... 5 [3] Janey Katherine Brunette JOHNSTON b: July 10, 1905 in Dallas, Texas d: May 1991 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ......................... +[4] James Arthur "Jim" ARMSTRONG b: March 14, 1905 in Heldton Township, Indian Territory, Oklahoma d: March 16, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma m: December 23, 1923 in Harmon, Oklahoma ........................... 6 [5] Bennie Belle Ann ARMSTRONG b: July 14, 1935 in Vinson, Oklahoma ............... *2nd Husband of [2] Nora Belle Sharp: ......... 3 Naomi Jane "Janey" HENSLEY b: May 4, 1838 in Maury County, Tennessee d: December 20, 1894 in De Sota, Texas ............. +Benjamin Bynum JOHNSTON b: November 7, 1836 in Lewis County, Tennessee d: March 13, 1909 in DeSota, Texas m: December 23, 1857 in Lewis County, Tennessee ............... 4 [1] Benjamin Calvin "Cal" JOHNSTON b: May 1874 in Lewis County, Tennessee d: November 1949 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ................... +[2] Nora Belle SHARP b: May 14, 1872 in Nashville, Tennessee d: 1943 in Harmon County, Oklahoma m: in Texas Descendants of James Caple Tarrant 1 James Caple TARRANT b: in Tennessee . +Catharine "Kate" SHARP b: 1810 in Maury County, Tennessee d: March 1877 in Palestine, Lewis County, Tennessee ... 2 Sarah M. TARRANT b: 1811 in Lewis County, Tennessee d: 1860 in Lewis County, Tennessee ....... +James T. HENSLEY b: 1809 in Maury County, Tennessee d: 1860 in Lewis County, Tennessee m: 1833 in Palestine, Tennessee ... 2 Margaret TARRANT b: Abt. 1820 in Palestine, Tennessee ....... +Abraham T. HENSLEY b: Abt. 1820 in Palestine, Tennessee m: 1850 That is all for now. If you have a connection and would like to share info please let me know! Some spell SHARP(E) with the E on the end. Blessings, Kathleen "Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson "The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." Cherokee --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Hello Armstrong List, Please pray for my cousin..she has had a rough life and could use some prayers ..Thanks Pattie Here is her story.. "My Story" as dictated by Hope Armstrong I was born in Riverside, California, a normal healthy baby. When I was 3 yrs old I became ill with influenza: it developed into Viral Encephalitis. I had to relearn to sit up, crawl, walk and run. I was tested when I was 8 and found to have small muscular damage and my I.Q. was between 75-80. I attended special education classes and graduated in 1968. I was employed at the Inland Regional Center, a county department for handicapped persons. I have worked there as a clerk for over 20 years. My hand and eye coordination is still impaired. I have a thyroid condition and have lost the sight of my left eye due to Glaucoma. Due to an unexplained fall several years ago I have had seizures. Tegretal has kept this under control. I have lived with my mother since my father died in 1992. UPDATE..Jan 2003 Now Hope has Cancer- She had the first of four Chemo treatments yesterday. Her bone scan showed lesions on the spine, ribs, and legs. She is being given Aredia and Taxotere. Plus bone healing and nausea pills. She is schedualed to have a C Scan of her internal organs on the 14 th of March. Today she is very tired and sleeping. She has no appetite and has some nausea. That is to be expected. Will send additional information. LOVE Leona

In a message dated 01/26/2003 11:22:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, robmc@our.net.au writes: > Champerbay Buccaneers LOL! Good one Edie! That would be TAMPA Bay, east/gulf coast of central Florida. We Floridians are delighted :)

And in "pinches" too, please! Barb in MO

I cooked my potatoes in the microwave rice cooker. In the basket provided. It only takes about 8 or 9 minutes. 1/4 cup of water. Just steams them. Same can be done with other vegies when blanching etc. Edie

When American stopped the convicts arriving on your shores Debbie, they then came to Australia, starting with NSW, then much later 1804 in Tasmania at Port Arthur where that terrible massacre happened in 1996 Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie" <debra.street@verizon.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Re: Convicts > The Scots-Irish, or Ulster Scots from Northern Ireland, among the > Armstrongs, came to America for a variety of reasons. Some were, > indeed, poor and came as indentured servants. Many of the early > arrivals, however, except for the convicts, of course (after all, > America was where England dumped her convicts, oddballs, nuts and flakes > before we told them to cut it out as we'd by then learned how to > cultivate our own!) had enough money to buy land near where they > disembarked. Then many of their children started moving west and south, > feeling cramped by the constant influx of non-Scottish immigrants, or > being unable to find a nice chunk of reasonably-priced land locally, or > following other family members, or claiming free land as reward for > Revolutionary War service. A bit of the wanderlust was probably also > involved. Religious persecution also played a role in the Scots-Irish > Presbyterians' immigration: > > "During the reign of Queen Anne, Protestant sects whose views differed > from those of the Church of England underwent a period of outright > persecution throughout Britain. In 1704, High Church Anglicans among > the Queen's advisors influenced passage of the Sacramental Test Act > which prohibited nonconformists from holding public office. When the > Schism Bill was passed in 1714, preventing them from teaching school, > etc., the better educated Ulster Scots began departing for the Continent > and for North America. Subsequently, decline of the linen trade > accelerated the emigration of laborers and farmers to the New World. > > From 1725 to1765, 200,000 made their way to America via Northern > Ireland's ports of Belfast and Derry. Early arrivals having found New > England inhospitable, most disembarked in the Chesapeake Bay region - > particularly at Wilmington, New Castle and Lewes in Delaware, and > Philadelphia and Chester in Pennsylvania. According to one historian, > nearly 6,000 Presbyterians from Ireland landed at Philadelphia in 1729 > alone and "before the middle of the century, nearly 12,000 arrived > annually for several years." > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- > On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 10:32 PM, Rob and Edie McArthur wrote: > > > Apart from the convicts Fount, I think the free settlers were the same > > here, > > but also the convicts were enticed to stay with free land. > > Edie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > > To: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au>; <ARMSTRONG- > > L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:43 AM > > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > > >> Edie, > >> I think poverty was the main reason most of the Armstrongs came from > > Ireland > >> to North America. > >> The offer of free land was a big enticement. > >> Can't blame them! > >> Fount (in cold FL) > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > >> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 6:22 AM > >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >> > >> > >>> As you may remember Fount a couple of years ago Joyce Armstrong and I > > sat > >>> for hours recording all of the Tasmania Convicts named Armsrong and > >>> some > >> of > >>> those had first been convicts that had been sent to the mainland > > australia > >>> and when free had reoffended and were set to Tasmania. there were > >>> quite > > a > >>> lot of them, that is why I wondered if they had gone to America as > >> Convicts. > >>> Of course they were not criminals in the true sense, a good many were > > sent > >>> to work to build up the colony as not many would have come voluntarily > > to > >>> nothing much in those days. > >>> > >>> Edie > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > >>> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:29 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>> > >>> > >>>> Cousin Edie, > >>>> No, best I can figure, some of Samuel's siblings first crossed over > >>>> to > >> PA > >>>> and then moved down to SC. Samuel and his young wife, her parents and > >>>> Samuel's widowed mother and their first child, crossed over to SC to > >>> obtain > >>>> some of the free land offered to immigrants at the time. They were > > just > >>> poor > >>>> farmers of the Presbyterian faith, as were many of the Armstrongs at > > the > >>>> time. > >>>> Fount > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > >>>> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:31 AM > >>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Not meaning to be rude Fount, but did Samuel come under the > > Governors > >>>>> Pleasure or as a free person. 68,000 plus convicts arrived in > >> Australia > >>>>> over a period of years. It started here about 1790 when American > >>> wouldn't > >>>>> take anymore. > >>>>> > >>>>> Edie > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > >>>>> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:36 PM > >>>>> Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Well! Well! Cousins! > >>>>>> The old List still has some life in it yet! > >>>>>> The Armstrong Reveres will airways come out of the woods for a > >> party! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> One thing the party will need for music is a band. Well, I'm > >> bringing > >>> my > >>>>> bass. I know there are some more musicians out there to sit in with > > me > >>> and > >>>>> play some good ole country and some of the good old songs. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Ya'll get ready because I'll be there with my bass, my crawfish > > and > >>> bbq. > >>>>>> I'll also have a sufficient supply of Canadian Club and a jug of > >>>> moonshine > >>>>> that came from the Smoky Mountains that has been aged in plums for > > the > >>>> past > >>>>> year and is mighty smooth, if I do say so myself! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Lets make this cyber party one to remember! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cousin Fount Armstrong, researching descendants of Samuel > > Armstrong, > >>> who > >>>>> came to Abbyville, SC from Ballimena, Ireland in 1767. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > > >

Have made both several times. Both delicious. COUNTRY STYLE MUSHROOM SALAD 250 grams Button Mushrooms (Fresh not tinned), 2 tspn dreid tarragon, 2 tspn dijon mustard, 2 tblsn lemon juice, 1 tblapn soy sauce, 1 tblspn balsamic vinegar, 2 tspn honey, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1 tomato peeled, seeded and diced. 1 zucchini, diced, one cucumber peeled and diced. 3 shallots, sliced. 1 cup, cauliflower heads, 1 cup broccoli flowerettes, 1 carrots peeled and diced, 2 cups finely shredded silverbeet or spinach leaves, 1'/2 cup sunflower seeds. Cut mushrooms in quarters and place in a bowl. Use a jar to combine, Tarragon, mustard, lemon juice, soy sauce, vinegar, honey and olive oil. Shake until, well mixed. Pour over mushrooms. Add tomato, cucumber, zucchini and shallots. Blanch cauliflower, broccolli and carrots in boiling water for 2 minutes. Rinse in cold water and drain. Add to mushrooms. Add silverbeet or spinach and toss together. Serve sprinkled with sunflower seeds. Serves 6. May be served as a side salad, an entree or a luncheon dish with crusty bread. MIXED BEAN SALAD (hope to try more bean salads, this one is very nice) 2 cans 10 oz three bean mix, 1 10 oz each red kidney beans, baby lima, white beans. I have used butter beans and soy bean in leiu of the lima or white beans. 1/2 lb frozen green beans. 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup salad oil, 1/2 cup white vinegar, 1 tspn salt, 1 tspn dry mustard. Drain the canned beans, cook the frozen green beans, half the amoutn of time specified on packet. Mix all of the beans together in a large bowl. Mix the sugar, oil, vinegar, salt and mustard and pur over the beans. Mix well, cover and put in refrigerator to marinade for at least one hour. Over night is better. Before serving, drain the marinade off and serve separately. this is a perfect barbecue salad as are the others. Edie

Have prepared this Melon Salad. several times. Very refreshing. MELON SALAD Take a Water Melon the lovely Red fleshed type. Seedless if any. Chop this up into large glass bowl, into that add 1 sliced Spanish onion, and a lot of mint, best sliced up I find. Then sprinkle onto that some French dressing but not too much as the melons will become juicy. Mix well. BROWN RICE SALAD 1 Cup Brown Rice, salt, 6 spring onions, 1 red pepper (capsicum) cored, seeded and diced, I uses a little green pepper as well.1/3 cup currants. A medium tin corn kernels drained. 60 gr (2 0z) roasted cashew nuts( you can buy these roasted in pkts) 2 tblspns roasted sunflower seeds, 6 tblspns Soy Sauce Dressing (made separately) 3 tblspns chopped Parsley. SOY SAUCE DRESSING 1/4 cup Sunflower oil, 4 tblspns soy sauce, 2 tblspns lemon juice, 1 clove garlic, crushed, S&P. Put all ingredients into a screw topped jar, adding salt and pepper to taste. Shake well to blend. It makes one cup. You only need 1/2 cup unless making double the recipe. To make the Brown Rice Salad. Cook the rice in boiling salted water for 30 to 40 minutes. I cooked it in the Microwave rice cooker for half that time. Until no liquid. Until tender. Rinse and drain well. Chop the spring onions finely. Transfer the rice to a bowl while still warm and add the spring onions and remaining ingredients. Toss thoroughly and transfer to a serving dish. Serves 6 to 8 Family favourite. Edie

My favourite Salad Recipes to date. Always open to new ones. Edie Rob and I made this together at Christmas. It is a liquer type drink, served in small glass. Baileys Irish Cream 1 tin condensed milk, 300 mls cream, 3 eggs, 2 teaspoons Coffee essence, 2 dessertspoons chocolate flavouring, nice brand. 1 teaspoon coconut essence. Blend all of the above together then add 1 cup of whisky blend, then bottle. Refrigerate. This made a little more than open bottle. Favourite Pasta Recipe (I have tried this) very colourful. Delicious. PASTA WITH AVOCADO SALSA, serves 4, I find it is more. For a salad cook the pasta then run under cold water to cool. This recipe is best made close to serving. 375 grams of Fartelle(Bow Tie) pasta or short pasta of choice. I find Bow Tie attractive. 2 cloves of Garlic crushed, 2 tablespoons of drained capers, chopped. 1 tablespoons lemon juice. 1/3 cup (80 ml) Olive Oil, 2 Tblsps Balsamic Vinegar, 1 medium (170 gram Red Onion (Spanish) chopped, 2 medium (500 gram) avocados, chopped. 3 Large (750 gr) Tomatoes, chopped, 1/3 cup loosely packed flat leafed Parsley, 1/3 cup (50gr) opine nuts. You can buy these already roasted. 1. Add the pasta to a large saucepan of boiling salted water, boil, uncovered, until just tender; drain. TRansfer to large bowl. 2. Combine garlic, capers, lemon juice, oil and vinegar in a bowl. 3. Add the oil mixture to the pasta with the onion, avocado, tomato, parsley an pine nuts; toss gently. Sprinkle with ground black pepper if desired. Not suitable to freeze. Pine nuts suitable to microwave. Capers, Dill and Horseradish on their own not so nice, but combined with other tastes, very nice. Now to get rid of the left over Capers, they can be used in the AMERICAN POTATO SALAD (Tried this, delicious) The trick is to put the still warm Potatoes into the sharp dressing so the potatoes absorb the flavor. 6-8 Smallish Red Potatoes, 4 tblspns oil, 2 tblspns white vinegar, 1 tblspns chopped Onion, 2 tablespons chopped parsly, Salt and Pepper freshly ground, 3 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced, 2 celery stalks, sliced. 2 dill pickles, sliced. 1 tblspns capers, 2 teaspn Horse radish cream, 1/2 cup mayonnaise or sour cream (I used Mayo) 2 sniped chives or parsley. Cook potaotes in their skins ( I didn't I cooked already cubed) in boiling salted water until just tender. Peel if liked and while still warm, cut into slices or quarters. That would depend on size of potatoes. Combine oil, vinegar, chopped onion, parsley, S & P in a bowl. (I did this is a screw top jar), mixing to a cream consistency. Add warm potatoes and toss lightly. Allow to stand until ready to finish and serve salad. Then add boiled egg sliced, dill pickles, capers, mix horse radish with mayonaisse or sour cream and mix through the salad. Transfer to salad bowl and top with snipped chives and parsley. Serves 6. Delicious. More to come Edie

Okla. State wins over Texas Tech 79--70!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shirley

Good day cousins- It is Super Bowl Sunday and the family is enjoying all the pre-game festivities, waiting for the BIG game. In Nebraska, a state possessed by football fever, there are several dishes that seem to show up at EVERY party/potluck/picnic, etc... This is a winter dish and is really yummy. I am not sure what it is called but I made it for Christmas morning (and have made it for supper and for brunch as well!). Yummy French Toast Bake Submitted by Kathleen O'Donnell Grone whose Mom is an Armstrong This recipe serves six depending on the appetite - my hubby and older son can eat two portions. Spray pam in a 9x13 pan. A large loaf of french bread sliced into 12 pieces. On six slices spread cream cheese (flavored cream cheese is really yummy. I have used pineapple, raspberry and plain.) Top with the other slice and place in the pan side by side In a bowl mix: 6-8 eggs (large). 3/4 cup of sugar 2 T cinnimon (more or less depending on how much you like it) Add a cup of milk. Whisk together and pour over bread - if the bread does not seem to saturate add a little more milk. Let set over night in fridge In another bowl mix: 1 quart strawberries cut into pieces and 1/2-1 cup of sugar depending on how tart your berries are. (You can also use raspberries or blue berries) Either buy or whip up some whip cream for topping. In the morning preheat your oven to 350* and bake 45-60 min. When done, top with strawberries and whip cream. I like to add a whole strawberry for a garnish on top of the cream. Note: You can make it in the morning and cook it in the evening as well! I want to thank all the Armstrongs for all your help over the past years! "Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson "The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." Cherokee --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Apart from the convicts Fount, I think the free settlers were the same here, but also the convicts were enticed to stay with free land. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> To: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au>; <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:43 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > Edie, > I think poverty was the main reason most of the Armstrongs came from Ireland > to North America. > The offer of free land was a big enticement. > Can't blame them! > Fount (in cold FL) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 6:22 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > As you may remember Fount a couple of years ago Joyce Armstrong and I sat > > for hours recording all of the Tasmania Convicts named Armsrong and some > of > > those had first been convicts that had been sent to the mainland australia > > and when free had reoffended and were set to Tasmania. there were quite a > > lot of them, that is why I wondered if they had gone to America as > Convicts. > > Of course they were not criminals in the true sense, a good many were sent > > to work to build up the colony as not many would have come voluntarily to > > nothing much in those days. > > > > Edie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > > > > Cousin Edie, > > > No, best I can figure, some of Samuel's siblings first crossed over to > PA > > > and then moved down to SC. Samuel and his young wife, her parents and > > > Samuel's widowed mother and their first child, crossed over to SC to > > obtain > > > some of the free land offered to immigrants at the time. They were just > > poor > > > farmers of the Presbyterian faith, as were many of the Armstrongs at the > > > time. > > > Fount > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:31 AM > > > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > > > > > > > Not meaning to be rude Fount, but did Samuel come under the Governors > > > > Pleasure or as a free person. 68,000 plus convicts arrived in > Australia > > > > over a period of years. It started here about 1790 when American > > wouldn't > > > > take anymore. > > > > > > > > Edie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > > > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:36 PM > > > > Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well! Well! Cousins! > > > > > The old List still has some life in it yet! > > > > > The Armstrong Reveres will airways come out of the woods for a > party! > > > > > > > > > > One thing the party will need for music is a band. Well, I'm > bringing > > my > > > > bass. I know there are some more musicians out there to sit in with me > > and > > > > play some good ole country and some of the good old songs. > > > > > > > > > > Ya'll get ready because I'll be there with my bass, my crawfish and > > bbq. > > > > > I'll also have a sufficient supply of Canadian Club and a jug of > > > moonshine > > > > that came from the Smoky Mountains that has been aged in plums for the > > > past > > > > year and is mighty smooth, if I do say so myself! > > > > > > > > > > Lets make this cyber party one to remember! > > > > > > > > > > Cousin Fount Armstrong, researching descendants of Samuel Armstrong, > > who > > > > came to Abbyville, SC from Ballimena, Ireland in 1767. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >