Armstrongs from County Fermanagh settled just outside of Ottawa early 17C. A few children in the family had the first name of Noble. Mary -----Original Message----- From: SLWillig <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 27, 2001 7:53 AM Subject: [IP] Armstrongs re. A Switzer in my tree > >><<My Armstrong ancestors came from Co. Fermanagh. >>Margot Jorgensen>> > >Hi, Margot - > >The reference to Armstrong from Fermanagh caught my attention. While I'm >not an Armstrong descendant, some of my NOBLE ancestors from Fermanagh did >intermarry with the Armstrongs - a lot! > >The NOBLE family immigrated from Co. Fermanagh to what is now Warren Co., >NY, in the 1790's. They, and a large contingent of Armstrongs all settled >in a very small town called Johnsburgh. All were devout Methodists, >converted by John Wesley, as were many of the IPs. > >One of my Nobles, a Jane Noble, married one of the first IP Empey ancestors >to come to the New World. That was back about 1795 or thereabouts. I've >often wondered if the families had known one another in Ireland. The Empeys >established themselves in Ashgrove, an IP settlement over in Washington >Co., while the Nobles (and the Armstrongs) settled over in Johnsburgh. The >two settlements were more than a day's ride apart back at then. > >There are still Armstrongs living in Johnsburgh and throughout Warren Co. >at this time. > >Just an FYI and kind of curious. > >All the best, > >Susan > > >==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== >You can’t plough a field merely by turning it over in your mind. > >

Hi, Mary and Margot, et. al! <g>, ><<Armstrongs from County Fermanagh settled just outside of Ottawa early 17C. >A few children in the family had the first name of Noble.>> There is a young man named Noble Armstrong living in Johnsburgh, Warren County, NY, right now... and that was the central place where at least one of the Armstrong and Noble lines each settled prior to 1800. The tradition continues apparently! Susan