Orange County Armstrong Ancestors In June, 1728, my ancestor James Armstrong (b. 1701) left Ireland for the New World. He settled first in Pennsylvania where he married Mary (Mollie) Bird of Virginia, and had four children. In 1750, James moved his wife and their three surviving children to Orange County, NC where he purchased some 600 acres along the Enos River near Hillsborough. Their two younger daughters were born in Orange County. Mary and James Armstrong had six children: William, b. 1737 married Jane Lapsley of Virginia; Sarah, b. 1740 married George Allen; James, b. 1745 apparently died quite young; Mary, b. 1749, married Alexander Mebane, Jr, son of Alexander Mebane and Mary Tinnin; Susannah, b. 1754 married a Lloyd of Orange County; and Elizabeth, b. 1758 married James Lapsley of Virginia. I am descended from William and Jane Lapsley Armstrong, and I would love to hear from any other descendants. William purchased land adjacent to that of his Father James. William and Jane Lapsley Armstrong had four children; she died shortly after the birth or their youngest child. After his wife's death, William became interested in the growing dissatisfaction with British rule, and he volunteed for service in the Continental Army, First North Carolina Regiment in 1776. He later became a Captain and served until 1783. William and Jane Lapsley Armstrong had four children: Thomas Armstrong, b. 1767, m. (1) Fanny Anderson, (2) Elizabeth Anderson. Thomas and his family remained in NC. James Armstrong, b. 1768, married (1) Mary (Polly) Allen, and (2) Mary Mebane. Shortly after his first marriage, he moved to Williamson County, Tennessee, near historic Franklin, TN. Mary Armstrong, b. 1771, married Alexander Tinnin, and they moved to Sumner County, TN; and, William Laspley Armstrong, b. 1773 married Mary Cavitt, daughter of Richard Cavitt, and they moved to Robertson County, TN before 1820. I have at least one generation of all of William and Jane L. Armstrong's children and eight-nine generations of the descendants of William Lapsley Armstrong that I will be happy to share. I would especially like to hear from any of James Armstrong's descendants. Helen Gant Donald Columbus, GA hgdonald@leo.infi.net Researching Other NC/Orange/Guilford/Alamance County Ancestors: GANT/GANTT, PHILLIPS, RIPPY/RIPPEY, RONEY, and TROLLINGER. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange USGenWeb Orange Co, NC Archives site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orangnc.htm