On December 25, 1864, J. C. Williams, 14th Vermont Infantry: "This is Christmas, and my mind wanders back to that home made lonesome by my absence, while far away from the peace and quietude of civil life to undergo the hardships of camp, and may be the battlefield. I think of the many lives that are endangered, and hope that the time will soon come when peace, with its innumerable blessings, shall once more restore our country to happiness and prosperity." In a letter to his sister Anna Simpson, Tally Simpson wrote: Dec. 25th My dear sister, "This is Christmas Day. The sun shines feeble through a thin cloud, the air is mild and pleasant, a gentle breeze is making music through the leaves of the lofty pines that stand near our bivouac. All is quiet and still and that very stillness recalls some sad and painful thoughts. The day, one year ago, how many thousand families, gay and joyous, celebrating Merry Christmas, drinking health to absent members of their family and sending upon the wings of love and affection long, deep, and sincere wishes for their safe return to the loving ones at home, but today are clad in the deepest mourning in memory to some lost and loved member of their circle..." "When will this war end? Will another Christmas roll around and find us all wintering in camp? Oh! That peace may soon be restored to our young but dearly beloved country and that we may all meet again in happiness."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2555.1.1 Message Board Post: Unfortunately I don't know at this stage where in America they were. It is possible they may even have been in Canada [around the Toronto area, as there were a good many of the Irwin family there, and in other correspondence we know that the Irwins referred to several of their children being in America [But actually being in Canada!] Sincerely Shane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2555.1 Message Board Post: Do you know where in the U.S. this family settled?

I am looking for a William Thomas Armstrong. I have information on his wife Susan Ellis, and his children Robert, John A, Joseph, Annie, Thomas Edward, Mary, William, and Samuel P. He was born in 1792 in Strabane, Tyrone Co., Northern Ireland, Ireland. He died on 8 Apr 1868 in New Brunswick Canada at the age of 76. I would love to find out his parents or his siblings. He went to Canada when he was 18. Two of the siblings of Susan Ellis, his wife, married two other Armstrongs. Martha Ellis to a Thomas Armstrong born abt 1797 and Robert Ellis to Ann Armstrong born abt 1802. I speculate that William, Robert, and Ann were siblings. I would love any info pertaining to that thanks. Sincerely, Eleanora

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2529.1 Message Board Post: I wish I could help you. My ggggrandparents lived around Wilson, NC also. James Henry Armstrong and Emily Land Armstrong. They had a number of children and James Henry had a number of brothers that also lived in the Wilson and Tarboro, NC area. Do you have any other info on your relative? If I run across anything I will be glad to send it on.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2555 Message Board Post: Looking for the descendants of a Robert Armstrong and his wife Rebecca [surname not yet known] - He was born near Irvinestown/Ballinamallard County Fermanagh [possibly at Coolgarron] - in the late 1830's. When in America they are understood to have had a large family of which there was: Thomas Armstrong; Alexander Armstrong; Elizabeth Armstrong; William Armstrong; John Armstrong and Robert Robinson Armstrong. Robert is understood to have had a brother John Armstrong, who might also have already been in American when the family arrived. There was a sister Elizabeth Armstrong who married John Irwin of Makenny, near Irvinestown [my gx2 grandparents], and a brother Alexander Armstrong who married Ellen and had 3/4 of a family - Alexander, John, Robert and Sarah. Robert, Elizabeth, John and Alexander where the children of an Alexander Armstrong of Coolgarron - 1783-1864

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2319.2 Message Board Post: My actual e-mail is m.graeber@verizon.net I do't know why this place maintains the old email addys..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/1229.1336 Message Board Post: Do you have the dates of birth/death for your grandmother? State registrations began in 1864 in Ireland, so it should be realitviely straight forward to find her birth certificate, and from that learn more about from where in Ireland your Armstrong come. I live in Lisburn, N Ireland, and my g.g.grandmother was an Elizabeth Armstrong. Although she had a brother, he would have been in America from about the 1860's! If you are interested in my pursuing this query, and have any dates that you would help me. I am only an amateur, and whilst I don't charge you may have to be patient! Regards Shane McCurdy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/1229.1335.1576.1 Message Board Post: I am interested in your mention of Armstrongs and Co Fermanagh - my great x2 grandmother was an ELizabeth Armstrong [1834-1885] from Coolgarron, near Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh [She married John Irwin of Makenny]. She had a brother Robert Armstong, whose wife was a Rebecca, and they had quite a large family in America. If you might be interest in seeing if there are any common names I'd be happy to correspond! Another borther was Alexander who remained on the home farm and had several children - his wife was Ellen. There is a strong link with the Armstrongs of Ballinamallard! Regards Shane McCurdy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2554 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on a Mildred Armstrong, do not know her maiden name. She was married to a Charles A. Armstrong from Baxter Springs KS. They would have been divorced around 1946. Does anyone have any information. I have family info on Charles looking for the info on this marriage and a child born, may have been Carol Ann or Joanne. Thank you

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THOU SHALT NOT SKIM FLAVOR FROM THE HOLIDAYS by Craig Wilson, USA TODAY      I hate this time of year.  Not for its crass commercialism and forced frivolity, but because it's the season when the food police come out with their wagging fingers and annual tips on how to get through the Holidays without gaining 10 pounds.  You can't pick up a magazine without finding a list of holiday eating do's and don'ts.      Eliminate Second helpings, high-calorie sauces and cookies made with butter, they say.  Fill up on vegetable sticks, they say. Good grief. Is your favorite childhood memory of Christmas a carrot stick?  I don't think so.  Isn't mine, either.  A carrot was something you left for Rudolph.      I have my own list of tips for holiday eating.  I assure you, if you follow them, you'll be fat and happy.  So what if you don't make it to New Year's?  Your pants won't fit anymore, anyway.    1. About those carrot sticks.  Avoid them.  Anyone who puts       carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas       spirit.  In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately.  Go next door,       where they're serving rum balls.    2. Drink as much eggnog as you can.  And quickly.  Like fine        single-malt scotch, it's rare.  In fact, it's even rarer than single-        malt scotch.  You can't find it any other time of year but now.         So drink up!  Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip?        It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-aholic or        something. It's a treat.  Enjoy it.  Have one for me.  Have two.        It's later than you think.  It's Christmas!    3. If something comes with gravy, use it.  That's the whole point of       gravy.  Pour it on.  Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes.       Fill it with gravy.  Eat the volcano.  Repeat.    4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim       milk or whole milk.  If it's skim, pass.  Why bother?  It's like       buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.    5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control       your eating.  The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to       eat other people's food for free.  Lots of it.  Hello?  Remember college?    6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and        New Year's.  You can do that in January when you have nothing        else to do.  This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after        circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food        and that vat of eggnog.    7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like        frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa,        position yourself near them and don't budge.  Have as many as        you can before becoming the center of attention.  They're like a        beautiful pair of shoes.  You can't leave them behind.  You're        not going to see them again.    8. Same for pies.  Apple.  Pumpkin.  Mincemeat.  Have a slice of        each.  Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one        pumpkin.  Always have three.  When else do you get to have        more than one dessert?    9. Did someone mention fruitcake?  Granted, it's loaded with the        mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost.  I mean,        have some standards, mate.   10. And one final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party        or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention.        Reread these tips.  Start over.  But hurry!  Cookieless January is        just around the corner. ________________________________________________________________

I am the g-daughter of Thomas Armstrong and Sarah Ann Francis. According to Tommy's death certificate (Ross Co., OH. 1949) he was the son/o Thomas Armstrong (Ireland) and Amanda Merriman (Ohio). This is the only information I have. Any and all information appreciated. Thank you in advance. Joyce Kiser

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2538.1 Message Board Post: I'M SEARCHING FOR MY GREAT GRAND PARENTS ALSO, I'M FROM GEORGETWON, SC. MY NATIONALITY IS AFRICIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN. MY GRAND FATHER IS SILAS ARMSTRONG, MORE THAN LIKELY, DIFFERENT SILAS, I DON'T KNOW YOUR NATIONALITY, FEEL FREE TO RESPOND, EVEN IF THERE IS NOT CONNECTION BUT SAME SURNAME. BEVERLY A

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carpentier and Armstrong Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2553 Message Board Post: HI, I am looking for Canadian relatives of the Armstrong Family in Quebec, Canada. I have done the line back to 1813 and lose the family in Trois Rivieres before that. Joseph Armstrong married Marie Anne Brissette in Trois Riviere, Quebec in 1813. No parents mentioned for Joseph. Is anyone connected? I believe that the family came from England or Ireland before that but don't know when. The 1881 census says that the family is English. Hoping for a connection, Becky

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong, Ketchabaw Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/2552 Message Board Post: This family had 9 kids so far, Sarah, Ervin George, James/Jack, Richard, Charles, Thomas, Hannah, Crelendy, and John. All appear in the 1880 census in the home with the parents ranging from age 24 to 7. Hannah was born in Ireland and James in Canada his parents were born in Scotland. Ervin aka George appears as one or the other in differrent census, finally settled in Cheboygan Co, married Etta Ketchabaw. Charles settled in Frederic, Crawford Co, MI, married twice; ?Fry and Wealthy ?. In 1920 Thomas is also in Frederic. I have no idea where the other siblings went. The youngest 3 born in MI rest in Canada. Anyone related??

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Turner, Armstrong, Brandon, Broadaway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/2551 Message Board Post: Hunting someone with information on a John L. Armstrong, born in Hickman Co., TN 1871, married Mary Martha Susan (Mollie) Turner in 1888. Actually trying to locate information on Miss Turner's Father, Isaac Columbus Wilson Turner and her Grandfather, Dr. Wilford D. Turner.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kQB.2ACIB/2253.1 Message Board Post: You found them. I am the III. You might find it interesting that there is a F.L.A, IV and a F.L.A. V also. The family is alive. My father, JR, passed away in 1989. Richard is the only brother left. I have all the papers and pictures from the Callaway family including the log cabin. Be interested in what you have found. Regards, Francis Liston Armstrong III

A Twenty First Century Christmas Carol.. It began early, very early. We had decided, five of us, to go to Monschau which is a picturesque 16th century town just over the border of Belgium into Germany. The idea was to visit the Christmas fair. A telephone call from Johan Desseyn the artist soon put paid to that idea. "Oh no Joe, it is only held at weekends so (vulgarity) on you my friend!" he said. Back to the drawing board. At his suggestion we opted for Valkenburg in Holland instead. So Tuesday December 10th at 5 a.m. YT was getting up, showered ready for the off. In a bitterly cold breeze which has been coming from Siberia over the past week, we set off to go east into the teeth of the cold as it were. First hurdle was getting past the fast-building traffic of Brussel, that rapidly growing European city, then eastwards towards the Hurtogenwald. We stopped near Luik (Liege to the French) for a breakfast and decided to go to Monschau anyway for the morning, but first a stop at Eupen. It was colder, and we availed ourselves of the chance to buy an Ardennes ham. Then a visit to the rather beautiful old church there. It is Saint Nikolas. The present building is fairly recent being finished rebuilding in 1774, but the original church on that site goes back to 1213. We looked at the facade, a strange mixture of well dressed stone frames with panels of white roughly cut stones to fill them. Inside men were building a very high background for a traditional nativity scene. These tableaux are very popular over here. The baroque interior was quite magnificent, even by the standards of most European catholic churches. Makes my north country churches seem like bare barns in decor comparison. We looked our fill and then left, back into the biting cold. Onwards to Monschau, the road a narrow ice-bound strip through the gloomy pine forest until we passed the sign which told us we were in Germany. Parked up in the old town and walked its cobbled streets for the second time in 5 months. The log cabins of the Christmas market were closed awaiting the weekend, but I noticed on one an indication of the motive. It said, " Stollen, E 2.50 fur eine stucke." In simple terms, a small slice of a fruit loaf would cost 2 and a half Euros, i.e., 2 dollars fifty U.S. I was happy they were closed. (#}:0)) We wandered the streets and then to the Café Terras for a long and very good lunch, same place as we dined in July. It was empty at first, but by the time we were to leave it had filled. Must be good quality eh! A visit to the Weihnachtshaus (Christmas House) was imperative. It is hewn from the rock of the cliff like many of the houses in that town, as the whole town is in a deep hollow and room to expand was at a premium. Was odd to see huge mottled stone slabs for a floor 3 floors up. Every nook and cranny was of course filled with things to do with Christmas. The ladies in our party bought some trifles and we men stood about pretending it had nothing to do with us. (#}:0)) Having seen the best bits we moved back to the car and took leave of the alte stadt and headed towards Valkenburg in Nederland by the back roads, as once again the ladies in the party wanted the scenic route. Eventually we got there through a landscape looking amazingly spring-like in the sunshine, but very frigid by the thermometer. Through Vaals and some small villages and looking all the while at the passing rolling hills of the Ardennes. Turn right at Gulphen and at last rolled into Oude Valkenburg, what a pleasantly old village. It achieved what many a picture postcard painter has failed to do. Not far beyond is the newer version, but even that has a ruin of a fairly ancient castle. It dominates the skyline above the town. We had to walk up some steps alongside the castle, a difficult task for me but worth the climb. At the end, an abrupt left turn and there was a welter of grottyburger stands. Next to them a small office with the word "Kassa" emblazoned above the door. That's where you buy your ticket to enter the market. That's where the magic begins, you see, it could not be purpose-built and look as good. We went into a cave-like entrance and found ourselves in, well, a cave! There is a great labyrinth which has been centuries in the making. The local sandstone is so soft that I thought it barely useful for building stone but it seems that the whole complex was dug out for building materials. Each niche in the walls had a stall selling mostly Christmas things and the atmosphere could not be better. Talk about Santa's Grotto! Eat your heart out cheap copyists. Really it was a surprise to me because we did not know about it. The effect is magical, literally. It was packed with throngs of visitors and speaking many languages, I even heard some British folk among them. We slowly wandered through, looking at the various stalls but there was more to come. Here and there were pictures on the walls, some so good they were almost photographic in their appearance. There were initials, names, dates carved into the very stone. I turned a corner, and there before me was a life-size Triceratops in bas-relief as if in the act of walking out of the solid stone wall. It was electric! There were many framed texts with English translations and then a mention of how the labyrinth was full of refugees during the bombardment of the town by the Allies. It said that silhouettes of some of the Americans could be seen further on. The local folk guided the Americans up to the ruin of the old Valkenburg castle above, and it was an ideal artillery O.P. from which to direct the Allied fire onto German positions. I came across the promised silhouettes, protected by metallic screens. They looked so ordinary, those extraordinary men. Many of them dated not from the time of the action just prior to Christmas 1944 but to September 1945 when the shooting was over. Leroy Halberts of Glidden Wisconsin. Where are you now? Are you still alive? Do you recall when grateful Dutch folk did your silhouette? You are there yet Leroy, and thousands see you every week. And Steve J. O' Hara of New York; - and what about the curiously named Wilson Woodrow of Columbus, Ohio. Somebody got his wires crossed, <G>. It was eerie watching the faces of those men. Did they make it through the war? And if so, did they tell the folk at home about the weird and wonderful caverns of Valkenburg Holland? It was a serious touch in an ethereal experience. There is even a bar in that grotto, we took a table and had a small beer while watching the shuffling throng go by. Rita told the company I'd write an account of our day, and I told Christiane it would be better than the real day itself. She laughed at my comment. I was wrong. Nothing I can write would be as good as the feelings we all had by the end of it. At last we reached the end of the long winding caves and the stalls and debouched into the cold wind of the outside. It was dark! We should have known, but the strange sensations of that timeless place had lulled us into a time-warp. Walking back through the town in festive mood we saw the great red cross lit up on the hillside below the castle ruin. Many other aspects of Christmas illuminations were on show, particularly an almost new moon! Further on we chanced upon a bar/café and went in for a drink. It was named for another despot of an earlier war, the Buonaparte! There on the far wall before me was a magnificent painting in the heroic vein of the late 1700s, a fine handsome young man with blowing hair and far-seeing eyes. It was nothing like Napoleon, although that's who it was intended to represent. I must say though that I was impressed by the work. It is sufficiently in our past that we see not the terror, the brutality nor the sheer wanton waste of life he caused by his egocentric vision of himself as world ruler. As I sat perusing this picture and thinking such thoughts it was all swept aside by the haunting magic of a simple tune. I'd been hearing it all day in the background wherever we'd gone, and here it came to the fore. Stille nacht, Heiligen nacht.... As the calming magic of that special well known tune swelled even old cynics like me get swept away in a tide of goodwill (to coin a phrase), <G> and I felt the ghosts of many, many Christmases crowding in on me. Some gaunt, with damp brick walls of air raid shelters, some with warm pubs and good cheer, some of simple family times in the past when I was young, and some in a later past when my bairns were young. In that bar, in Valkenburg, it felt good. Merry Christmas everyone, and God bless Tiny Tim! Joe Armstrong.

Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: David Title:   Description: Decedent Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 1 Aug 1730 Remarks: Armstrong, David. August 1, 1730. Adm. to David Betty. Book Page: B:46 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Wm. Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date: 24 Sep 1739 Prove Date: 1 Oct 1739 Remarks: Erwin, James. Londonderry, yeoman. September 24, 1739. October 1, 1739. B.46. To son William and the rest of my children all my lands and other estate except £8 to my cousin William Watson. Executors: Wm. Watson and Thos. McKim. Letters to Watson, the other renouncing. Book Page: B:76 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Mathew Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date: 6 Jan 1740 Prove Date: 26 Mar 1741 Remarks: James Patterson of Nottingham. January 6, 1740/1. Maaarch 26. 1741. B. 76. To wife Anne all estate for support of herself and bringing up and schooling of our children, during widowhood, afterward to my children, viz Margaret, Mary, Anne, Samuel, Rebecca and James, an equal share of what remains. Sons to have £10 each more than daughters. Executrix: wife Anne. Witnesses: Wm. Maffitt, Mathew Armstrong, Saml. Maffitt. Book Page: B:110 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Jos Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date: 22 Feb 1739 Prove Date: 16 Jul 1742 Remarks: John Palmer of Concord. February 22, 1739/40. July 1, 1742. B. 110. Provides for wife Mary inc use of real estate during life. To son John the real estate at his mothers deceased paying the following legacies. To each of my daughters, viz Catherine Skears, Alice Buffington, Margery Kerlin, Ann Trimble and Mary Trimble £10. Executors: wife Mary and son John. Witnesses: John Norrey, Jos. Armstrong, John Anderson. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Andrew Title:   Description: Decedent Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 10 Jul 1747 Remarks: Andrew Armstrong. July 10, 1747. Adm. to Anne Armstrong. Book Page: C:139 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: William Title:   Description: Executor Residence:   Date: 18 Apr 1749 Prove Date: 23 May 1749 Remarks: John Thomson. April 18, 1749. May 23, 1749. C. 139. Londonderry. Provides for wife Esther and the child with which she is now pregnant. To daughter Martha 1⁄4 of real and personal estate. To son William when of age the whole plantation paying to the other 2 children their share of the value, but wife to have the profits during widowhood. Executors: Wife and William Armstrong. Book Page: C:240 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Susanna Title:   Description: Heir Residence:   Date: 9 Sep 1750 Prove Date: 29 Sep 1750 Remarks: Joseph Muckleduff. West Nantmeal. Yeoman. September 9, 1750. September 29, 1750. C. 240. To brother Samuel Muckleduff the 200 acres of land I live on in the Manor of Springton. To my mother £100. To Rev. Adam Boyd £5. To Susanna Armstrong £5. Brother Samuel to cause Black Jack to be baptized and set him free at 30. William and Sarah McConall to be free at 12. To James Lipard of Necked Creek in Virginia my beaver hat and wigs, and to his son Andrew my gun and to Andrew Liperd in Nottingham articles named and to James his son my books. Remainder to brother Samuel, who is also Executor. *Gives £5 to congregation if they build a new Meeting House where the old one is in Springton Manor. Book Page: A:18 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Joseph Title:   Description: Executor Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 27 Apr 1752 Remarks: John Conney 24 Feb 1752. Wife Marron (Marion?) sons James and John. Daus, Elizabeth, Ketrin, Marget and Mary. Andrew Murphy, 10 shillings. Exs., John Eatton and Joseph Armstrong. Book Page: C:439 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: William Title: Yeoman Description: Decedent Residence: New Londonderry Date: 24 Feb 1745 Prove Date: 24 Aug 1753 Remarks: William Armstrong. New Londonderry. Yeoman. February 24, 1745. August 24, 1753. C. 439. To 2 sons William and John the improvement and survey I live upon and all moveable goods, paying £10 to son Lancelot when "he is fit to set up at his own hand." Executors: Brother James Armstrong and son John Thoptson. Letters to Armstrong, the other being deceased. Book Page: A:36 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Thomas Title:   Description: Decedent Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 20 Aug 1756 Remarks: Thomas Armstrong of Middleton Township. 28 June 1756. Wife Jane. Dau. Mary. Sons James and Thomas. Reference to Mary's deceased brother's share. Guardians of three children, James Armstrong and John Chambers. Exs., Arthur Forster and Andrew Armstrong. Book Page: A:43 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: John Title: Colonel Description: Mentioned Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 20 Jul 1757 Remarks: John Williamson, cloathier. 21 May 1757. Wife Mary, Negro slave, Cesar. Sons, Hugh and John, plantation of the estate of executors of George Reynolds, in Lurgan Township. Other two sons, David and Samuel, plantation purchased of Col. John Armstrong on Cannadoguin Creek, near to John Mitchells. Daus. Rachel, Marget, and Mary. Thomas Willson, Esq., and David Magaw of Shippensburg, guardians over infant children. Exs., wife Mary and son Hugh Williamson. Book Page: A:79 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Joseph Title:   Description: Decedent Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 25 Jan 1761 Remarks: Joseph Armstrong of Hamilton. 3 Sep 1760. Wife Jennet. Eldest son John Armstrong, plantation in Orange Co., North Carolina. Son Thomas Armstrong, land between Robert Elliot's and Wilm. Rankin's. Sons Joseph and James Armstrong, land purchased from Chapman. Son William Armstrong, land purchased from James Veley. Dau. Katherine Armstrong, otherwise Kathrine Correy. Dau. Margret, if she contracts marriage with consent of executors, she is to receive 50 lbs. Exs., sons John, Thomas and Joseph. Book Page: A:86 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: James Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 8 May 1761 Remarks: John McClure of East Pennsboro. 21 Apr 1761. Wife Francis. Dau. Ann McClure. Dau. Martha McClure. Youngest dau. Francis McClure when 18 years of age. Only son Joseph McClure. Exs., wife Frances and Cousin John McClure. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Susanna Title:   Description: Daughter Residence:   Date: 12 Feb 1761 Prove Date: 26 Aug 1766 Remarks: John Smith of Uwchlan. February 12, 1761. Codicil: January 16, 1764. August 26, 1766. May 26, To son James 5 shillings having given him his portion. To son John wearing apparel having given him his portion. To son Abraham 5 shillings having given him his portion. To Robert 5 shillings having given him his portion. To isaac 5 shillings having given him his portion. To daughter Elizabeth Graham 5 shillings having given her her portion. To daughter Susanna Armstrong 5 shillings having given her her portion... Book Page: A:116 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Thoms Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 30 Aug 1763 Remarks: Robert Elliott of Hamilton. 13 Dec 1762. Bro. Thomas Elliott. Dau. Elizabeth Elliott, alias Steuart. Dau. Cathrene Elliott, alias Lochrie. Dau. Barbara Elliott. Son Thomas, minor children, Johnson, William, Jean and Mary Elliott. Exs., William Campbell and William Holliday. Book Page: A:116 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Jas Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date:       Prove Date:  May 1763 Remarks: James Porter, 13 April 1763. Crozer, John, Alexander Rafferty, Patrick Holmes, Samuel Fisher, Cousin Sarah Potts of Paxton, Lancaster Co. No executor named; letters issued to John Crozer. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Margaret Brannen Title:   Description: Daughter Residence:   Date: 11 Feb 1766 Prove Date: 9 Jan 1769 Remarks: John Brannen. Upper Darby. Feb. 11, 1766. Jan. 9, 1769. Provides for wife Grace. To son Benjamin all land in Darby. To daughter Margaret, wife of Ephraim Armstrong, £20. To daughter Mary £150. To grandson John Armstrong £20 at 21 with rev. to his brother Joseph. All remainder to son Benjamin. Executors: James Ewing and son Benjamin. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Wm Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date: 12 Feb 1768 Prove Date: 21 Dec 1768 Remarks: Adam Boyd. Sadsbury. Feb. 12, 1768. Dec. 21, 1768. Provides for wife Jane. To son Andrew my plantation in Sadsbury with stock &c., paying legacies. To daughters Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth £60 each. To son Samuel all remainder of my books provided he enter the ministerial office, otherwise to be divided. To daughters Margaret Tate, Janet McMordie and Agnes Smith 5 shillings each. To sons Thomas, John and Adam 5 shillings each. To son Samuel £5. Executors: Sons Thomas and Andrew. Overseers: Rev. Sampson Smith and John Miller, Esq. Book Page: B:90 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: James Title:   Description: Son Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 25 Jun 1771 Remarks: James Armstrong, yeoman. 18 Apr 1776. Wife. Son Andrew. Son in law Thomas Wilson and the children of dau. Jean. Dau. Isabella wife of Jonathan Hoge. Daus. Agness, wife of Andrew Erwin, Mary wife of John Carothers and Elizabeth Armstrong. Son Thomas. Son James. Son in law and the children of dau. Margaret. Exs., wife and son William. Book Page: B:90 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: William Title:   Description: Executor Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 25 Jun 1771 Remarks: James Armstrong, yeoman. 18 Apr 1776. Wife. Son Andrew. Son in law Thomas Wilson and the children of dau. Jean. Dau. Isabella wife of Jonathan Hoge. Daus. Agness, wife of Andrew Erwin, Mary wife of John Carothers and Elizabeth Armstrong. Son Thomas. Son James. Son in law and the children of dau. Margaret. Exs., wife and son William. Book Page: B:74 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: William Title:   Description: Decedent Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 10 Jan 1771 Remarks: William Armstrong of Middleton. Nov 1770. Wife Jane. Two sons John and William. Three Daus. Susannah Armstrong, Charity Armstrong and Elizabeth Armstrong. Son Alexander, land on which he now is on, north side of the Conodoguinet Creek. Dau. Mary, wife of Robert Sanderson. Dau. Lacy wife of Ralph Nailer. Extx. wife Jean Armstrong. Book Page: B:90 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: James Title: Yeoman Description: Decedent Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 25 Jun 1771 Remarks: James Armstrong, yeoman. 18 Apr 1776. Wife. Son Andrew. Son in law Thomas Wilson and the children of dau. Jean. Dau. Isabella wife of Jonathan Hoge. Daus. Agness, wife of Andrew Erwin, Mary wife of John Carothers and Elizabeth Armstrong. Son Thomas. Son James. Son in law and the children of dau. Margaret. Exs., wife and son William. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Thomas Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date: 10 Mar 1772 Prove Date: 21 May 1772 Remarks: Robert Fleming. Oxford. Mar. 10, 1772. May 21, 1772. To father David Fleming all that was willed to me in my grandfather's will and £20 more. To sister Jean 5 shillings. To brother John Fleming £3. To brother James £70, horse and books. To brother David £20. Remainder to brother John. Executors: John Black and brother James. Book Page: B:120 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: John Title: Yeoman Description: Decedent Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 10 Jun 1772 Remarks: John Armstrong of Tuscarora Valley, yeoman. 3 Mar 1770. Wife Eleanor. Son John. Sons James, William and Joseph, to be sent to trades. Son George. Dau. Mary Armstrong. Dau. Isabell. Exs., David Wallace and George McConnel of Valley aforesaid. Book Page: B:134 Surname: Armstrong Given Name: John Title: Esquire Description: Guardian Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 5 Nov 1772 Remarks: Thomas Wilson, yeoman. -- Mary 1772. Wife Mary. son in law William Irvine. Granson, Thomas Irvine when 10 years of age. Two sons, Robert Wilson and James Wilson. Three sister's children. John Armstrong and Robert Miller, Esqrs, guardians over son Robert. Exs., son James Wilson and Jonathan Hoge, Esq. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Thos Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date:       Prove Date: 20 Jun 1775 Remarks: John White. Oxford. May 23, 1772. June 20, 1775. Provides for wife Margaret. To son Saml. £15. To daughter Janet Love £15. To son James £6. To son Edward £16. To son Thomas £16. To son Isaac £16. To daughters Sarah and Rebecca their beds and saddles. Remainder equally divided. Executors: John Ross and Thos. Love. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: William Title:   Description: Decedent Residence: Sadsbury Date: 14 Feb 1777 Prove Date:       Remarks: Armstrong, William. Sadsbury. Feb 14, 1777. No date of probate. Provides for wife Jane. To daughter Susanna Armstrong mare and colt, cow, sheep, etc. To son John, Bible and Common Prayer Book, wheat in the ground, etc. Remainder divided among my 4 children. Executors: John and Francis Armstrong. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Archibald Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date: 13 Nov 1781 Prove Date:       Remarks: Mills, John. E. Nottingham. Nov. 13, 1781. No date of probate. All property to be sold. To wife Eleanor 1/3 during life. On her decease, all estate to my 5 children, Jennet, James, William, John and Ebenezer Mills, share and share alike. Executors: Wife Eleanor, brother David Wherry. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Thomas Title:   Description: Decedent Residence: Oxford Date: 3 Aug 1781 Prove Date: 12 Jun 1782 Remarks: Armstrong, Thomas. Oxford. Aug 3, 1781. June 12, 1782. Provides for wife Susanna. To son James £5 and to each of his 2 children £10 when of age. To son William's child if there should be one born to him £20. William deceased. To daughter Mary, wife of James Gibson, £10 and to grandson Thomas Gibson £10 when of age. To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Robert Bell, £10 and cow. To grandson Thomas Bell £10 when of age. To son-in-law Giddian (Gideon) Smith £5. To daughter Esther, wife of Henry Ewing, £20. To daughter Sarah, wife of Phiney McClanaghan, £40. To daughter Margaret Armstrong £50 etc. To daughter Jane £50 etc. To son Robert all real and remainder of personal estate. Executors: William Heslet (Haslet), David Fleming, Jr. Letters to Heslet, the other declining. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Samuel Title:   Description: Decedent Residence: East Fallowfield Date: 24 May 1783 Prove Date: 13 Mar 1784 Remarks: Armstrong, Samuel. E. Fallowfield. May 24, 1783. March 13, 1784. To son-in-law Robert McElheney 5 shillings. To wife Jane 1/3 of all real and personal estate. Remainder to be equally divided among my 3 children that live with me, John, Mary and James. Letters c.t.a. to Jane and John Armstrong. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Robert Title:   Description: Witness Residence:   Date: 9 Jan 1783 Prove Date: 30 Apr 1784 Remarks: Fleming, David. Oxford. Jan. 9, 1783. April 30, 1784. To daughter Jean Carothers £40. To son John £10. To grandson David Carothers £30. To grandson James Carothers £30. To son David Fleming the remainder of estate real and personal, paying legacies, also executor. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Jenny Cochran Title:   Description: Daughter Residence:   Date: 3 Sep 1790 Prove Date: 15 Nov 1790 Remarks: Cochran, Stephen. W. Fallowfield. Sept. 3, 1790. Nov. 15, 1790. To son Samuel plantation in W. Fallowfield, containing 153 acres, 54 perches, and allowance. To Robert Cochran in trust for son James, plantation in W. Fallowfield containing 115 acres and allowance on condition that James live upon and improve said plantation for the term of 10 years, also £38 specie. Remainder of real estate to be sold. To daughter Jenny Armstrong £50. To son Robert £200, etc. at 21. To daughter Elizabeth £100 at 21. To daughter Anne Cochran £100 at 21. To daughter Rebecca Cochran £100 at 21. To granddaughter Jenny Yough Armstrong, silver spoons at 18. Executors: Son Samuel, brother-in-law John Ross of Londongrove. Book Page:   Surname: Armstrong Given Name: Francis Title:   Description: Decedent Residence: West Nottingham Date: 10 Feb 1792 Prove Date: 17 Apr 1792 Remarks: Armstrong, Francis. W. Nottingham. Feb. 10, 1792. April 17, 1792. To wife Sarah the plantation whereon I live, during life, and afterward to be sold and money divided amongst my grandchildren, that is the children of Samuel White, James F. Armstrong and Maj. John Scott. Also personal estate, she paying to Samuel White and wife Mary, £200. To James F. Armstrong £200, and to Maj. John Scott and wife Eleanor £4.9.4., he being indebted to me £195.10.8. Plantation in York Co. to be sold and divided as above. Executrix: Wife Sarah.