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     Edward Armstrong died at Ireland.¹
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Per Bell [1991:49]: "Edward, the oldest, named for his grandfather, died in Ireland before his father, James. Some descendants came to America."
Bell cites: Correspondence of Robert J. Armstong, Ashland, Virginia.¹

     James Armstrong died circa 1774 at Juniata Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
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Per Bell [1991:49]: "James, who died in Juniata County, Pennsylvania c. 1774, was a private in the militia company captained by James Patterson in 1758. Indians captured his wife and two children on 27 January 1756, but she was released a year later at Fort Augusta. After his death by drowning, letters of administration were issued 23 April 1774. The younger of the ten sutviving children went under the guardianship of their uncle, John Lyon.
Bell cites: Cumberland County Deed Book 1G397. See also Pennsylvania Gazette 6 February 1756, and Letter to James Burd written from Ft. Augusta 20 January 1758 in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 36:454.¹

     George Armstrong married Martha Turner, daughter of Robert Turner Sr., circa 2 April 1766 at Pennsylvania, USA.¹

George Armstrong died before 1785.¹
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Per Bell [1991:49]: "George lived in Bedford in 1769. Colonel John mentioned "my brother George" as a militia captain in 1758 and "my late brother George" in 1785. He rose to the rank of colonel in the militia. In 1758 he was commissioned to lay out a road to Fon Duquesne. On 2 April 1766 he received a Pennsylvania license to many Manha Turner, probably a sister of his sister Rebecca's husband. George's last years seem to have been spent in Bedford."
Bell cites: Samuel Hazard, eel., Penns0vania Archives, First Series 12 vols (Philadelphia: 1852-1856), I 3: 453 and York County Deed Book 2C223.¹ He was living in 1769.¹

     William Armstrong married Rebecca (?)¹

William Armstrong died in 1784.¹
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Per Bell [1991:50]: "William was a surveyor in Mifflin County, where his home near the site of Fort Granville by 1773 was a Presbyterian preaching point. He died late in 1784. Colonel John in 1755 referred to "my brother William." He later became a lieutenant in the militia. His wife was named Rebecca"
Bell cites: Ibid. I 2:458. Also Samuel Hazard, Colonial Records of Pennsylvania 16 vols. (Philadelphia: 1838-1853) 6:403 and Cumberland County Deed Book 16-397.¹

     Rebecca Armstrong was born in 1738 at Brookeborough, co. Fermanagh, Ireland.² She married James Turner, son of Robert Turner Sr. and Martha (?), on 1 November 1759.^1,2

Rebecca Armstrong was buried in 1828 at Manor Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cochranville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
NB: According to Bell [1991], FaG is wrong about this Rebecca's parents. She was John ARMSTRONG Sr's sister, not his daughter.
From Find a Grave: Rebecca Armstrong Turner
Rebecca Armstrong died in 1828 at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
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Per Bell [1991:50]: "Rebecca married James Turner 1 November 1759 and lived in Chester County.''
Bell cites: Will of John Armstrong.¹

Rebecca Armstrong and James Turner lived at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     James Turner was born in 1740.² He married Rebecca Armstrong, daughter of James Armstrong, on 1 November 1759.^1,4

James Turner died on 11 December 1803.²
James Turner was buried after 11 December 1803 at Manor Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cochranville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
From Find a Grave: James Turner
     James Turner and Rebecca Armstrong lived at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Robert Turner Sr. was buried at Manor Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cochranville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
From Find a Grave: Robert Turner He married Martha (?)^3,4,2

     Unknown Armstrong died at Ireland.¹ She married Lt. (?) Graydon.¹

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Per Bell [1991:50]: "_____ married a Lieutenant Graydon and died in Irelancl."
Bell cites: Robert G. Crist, "John Armstrong: Proprietor's Man," (Ph.D. diss., The Pennsylvania State University, 1981), 233.

     Rebecca Armstrong married (?) Lyon at Ulster, Ireland,
; Her 1st of 2 husbands.¹ Rebecca Armstrong was born on 2 May 1719 at Enniskillen, Ulster, Ireland.^1,2 She married John Armstrong Sr., son of James Armstrong, in 1746
; Her 2nd of 2 husbands.¹
Rebecca Armstrong died on 16 November 1797 at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 78.^1,2
Rebecca Armstrong was buried after 16 November 1797 at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
NB: According to Bell [1991], FaG is incorrect about the father of Rebecca being a William Lyon.
From Find a Grave: Rebecca Lyon Lyon Armstrong
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Per Bell [1991:50]: "In 1746 John got a Pennsylvania license to many Rebecca, who identifies her birth name as Armstrong.[14] Becoming "Rebecca Armstrong Armstrong" has understandably caused confusion to genealogists, who surmised that the wording of the tombstone, which lies next to her husband, represented her birth name; it reads "Rebecca Lyon Armstrong, b. May 2, 1719, Enniskillen [which is only thirteen miles from Brookeborough, Ireland]." In fact, it indicates that she had first married a Lyon and retained the name during her second marriage at the age of twenty-seven tb John Armstrong.
     Proof of her binh name is to be found in the will of Archibald Armstrong, of Christiana Hundred, New Castle COLmty, Delaware, written 21 August 1767, where he names as a beneficiary his daughter Rebecca, "wife of Colonel John Armstrong of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania."[15] Further substantiation of her birth name comes in a deed written 23 May 1775 which names "Rebecca, wife of Colonel John Armstrong," as one of the heirs of her brother Edward Armstrong.[16]"
Bell cites:
[14] W. H. Egle, John B. Linn and George E. Reed, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series 19 vols. (Harrisburg: 1879-1890), 2:18.
[15] New Castle County Will Book K228.
[16] William Hunter, "Edward Armstrong: Hero of Fort Granville" an address given at the Mifflin County Historical Society in 1978.¹
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Per Bell [1991:50]: "Archibald Armstrong, the Colonel's father-in-law, came to America in 1740. His will mentions a wife, Ann; sons John and William; and daughters Rebecca and Margaret, who on 5 March 1759 married the Reverend George Duffield, Presbyterian Minister in Carlisle, as his second wife. Edward, a son of Archibald and Ann, died in battle at Fort Granville, in modem Mifflin County, 31 July 1756."¹

     Archibald Armstrong married Ann Lyon.^1,2
Archibald Armstrong was born in 1695 at co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (now).²
Archibald Armstrong died on 9 April 1785 at Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA.²
Archibald Armstrong was buried after 9 April 1785 at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery, Newark, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA;
From Find a Grave: Archibald Armstrong
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Per Bell [1991:50]: "Archibald Armstrong, the Colonel's father-in-law, came to America in 1740. His will mentions a wife, Ann; sons John and William; and daughters Rebecca and Margaret, who on 5 March 1759 married the Reverend George Duffield, Presbyterian Minister in Carlisle, as his second wife. Edward, a son of Archibald and Ann, died in battle at Fort Granville, in modem Mifflin County, 31 July 1756."¹

Archibald Armstrong immigrated in 1740.¹

     (?) Lyon married Rebecca Armstrong, daughter of Archibald Armstrong and Ann Lyon, at Ulster, Ireland,
; Her 1st of 2 husbands.¹
(?) Lyon died before 1745 at Ulster, Ireland.¹

     Ann Lyon married Archibald Armstrong.^1,3
Ann Lyon was born in 1698.²
Ann Lyon was buried in 1790 at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery, Newark, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA;
From Find a Grave: Ann Lyon Armstrong
Ann Lyon died in 1790.²
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Per Bell [1991:50]: "Archibald Armstrong, the Colonel's father-in-law, came to America in 1740. His will mentions a wife, Ann; sons John and William; and daughters Rebecca and Margaret, who on 5 March 1759 married the Reverend George Duffield, Presbyterian Minister in Carlisle, as his second wife. Edward, a son of Archibald and Ann, died in battle at Fort Granville, in modem Mifflin County, 31 July 1756."¹

     Edward Armstrong died on 31 July 1756 at Fort Granville, Mifflin Co. (now), Pennsylvania, USA.¹
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Per Bell [1991:50]: "Archibald Armstrong, the Colonel's father-in-law, came to America in 1740. His will mentions a wife, Ann; sons John and William; and daughters Rebecca and Margaret, who on 5 March 1759 married the Reverend George Duffield, Presbyterian Minister in Carlisle, as his second wife. Edward, a son of Archibald and Ann, died in battle at Fort Granville, in modem Mifflin County, 31 July 1756."¹

     Dr. James Armstrong was born on 29 August 1748 at Adams Co. (now), Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Mary Stevenson, daughter of George Stevenson and Mary Thompson, on 18 June 1789 at Pennsylvania, USA.¹

Dr. James Armstrong died on 6 May 1828 at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 79.^1,2
Dr. James Armstrong was buried after 6 May 1828 at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
From Find a Grave: James Armstrong
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Per Bell [1991:51]: "John and Rebecca had two sons. The elder was Dr. James, who was born on 29 August 1748 in Adams County before his parents moved to Cumberland County. He enrolled in 1756 in the Philadelphia Academy and later in the College of Philadelphia which granted him a Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1769.[17] After serving as an army surgeon during the War of the Revolution, he continued his studies in London. In 1787 he moved to the 1,015 acre tract in Mifflin County which his father had received as pay for his services as a Surveyor. On 18 June 1789 he married Maty Stevenson, daughter of the patriot George Stevenson.[18] He was elected to Congress and served for one term, 1793-1795. After his
father's death James moved to Carlisle, where he continued to practice medicine and served as President of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College from 1808 until 1824. He died 6 May 1828."
Bell cites:
[17] Information supplied by Mark Frazier Lloyd, Archivist, University of Pennsylvania.
[18] Roland M. Baumann, George Stevenson (1718-1783), Conservative as Revolutionary (Carlisle: 1978), 2.¹

     Mary Stevenson was born in 1766.² She married Dr. James Armstrong, son of John Armstrong Sr. and Rebecca Armstrong, on 18 June 1789 at Pennsylvania, USA.¹

Mary Stevenson died on 27 May 1813 at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
Mary Stevenson was buried after 27 May 1813 at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
From Find a Grave: Mary Stevenson Armstrong
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Per Bell [1991:51]: "John and Rebecca had two sons. The elder was Dr. James, who was born on 29 August 1748 in Adams County before his parents moved to Cumberland County. He enrolled in 1756 in the Philadelphia Academy and later in the College of Philadelphia which granted him a Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1769.[17] After serving as an army surgeon during the War of the Revolution, he continued his studies in London. In 1787 he moved to the 1,015 acre tract in Mifflin County which his father had received as pay for his services as a Surveyor. On 18 June 1789 he married Maty Stevenson, daughter of the patriot George Stevenson.[18] He was elected to Congress and served for one term, 1793-1795. After his
father's death James moved to Carlisle, where he continued to practice medicine and served as President of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College from 1808 until 1824. He died 6 May 1828."
Bell cites:
[17] Information supplied by Mark Frazier Lloyd, Archivist, University of Pennsylvania.
[18] Roland M. Baumann, George Stevenson (1718-1783), Conservative as Revolutionary (Carlisle: 1978), 2.¹