The Mary Armstrong who married Alexander Tinnin was born December 22, 1771; so, she would have been only sixteen at the time she married Alexander Tinnin and probably was his first wife. Mary Armstrong Tinnin was daughter of Jane Lapsley and Captain William Armstrong. Her father William Armstrong was born May 10, 1737 in Pennsylvania. She was the niece of the Mary Armstrong who married Alexander Mebane, Jr. Mary A. Tinnin's grandparents were James and Mary (Mollie) Bird Armstrong. Alexander and Mary moved to Sumner County, Tennessee before 1800. They probably lived in the portion of Sumner County that became Robertson County. Mary's younger brother Thomas Lapsley Armstrong and his wife, Mary Cavitt, moved to Sumner/Robertson County in the early 1800s. Will post more on Alexander and Mary Tinnin in a day or so. Helen Gant Donald Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato wrote: > > According to Orange Co., marriage records (found on Ancestry.com): > > Armstrong, Mary married Tinnin, Alexander on 27 Jun 1787 in > Orange County, North Carolina > > Alexander Tinnin son of James and Rebekah Thompson Tinnin had the following > family: > > Descendants of Alexander TINNIN > > 1 Alexander TINNIN d: July 1, 1847 > +Elizabeth RICHARDS d: August 30, 1838 > 2 Musilla Tinnin b: May 12, 1807 in Tenn. d: November 8, 1896 > +James Rogers b: October 4, 1796 in Tenn. m: May 1, 1823 d: January > 18, 1870 in Miss. (resided Canton, Madison Co., MS) Father: Larkin Rogers > Mother: Elizabeth TINNIN (daughter of James & Rebekah) > 2 John Tinnin b: December 6, 1809 > 2 James Tinnin b: March 15, 1824 > 2 Sarah Ann Tinnin b: October 2, 1825 > 2 Rebecca Tinnin b: April 30, 1828 > 2 Matilda Tinnin b: March 25, 1832 > 2 Elizabeth M. I. Tinnin b: September 26, 1834 > 2 Harriett U. Tinnin b: August 11, 1836 > > Was Mary Armstrong the first wife of Alexander Tinnin? This may start to > explain why we find Armstrong's connected to our McCarty/Tinnin/Brock lines. > > Sue > > ****************************************************** > "What a tangled web we weave, when first > we practice to conceive!" > > Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato > 1117 W. Torrance Blvd. > Torrance, CA 90502-1613 > > sueskay@pacbell.net > Sue Skay's Genealogy Home Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~sueskay/ > Sue's Genealogy Web Designs: http://home.pacbell.net/sueskay/ > listowner: DIXON-L@rootsweb.com > listowner: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com > listowner: McCARTY-L@rootsweb.com > co-listowner: MOORE-L@rootsweb.com > Member of USIGS: http://www.usigs.org/ > > ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== > Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list > Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange > GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line ==== 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