Joseph Armstrong1

b. 22 April 1764, d. 1845
Joseph Armstrong|b. 22 Apr 1764\nd. 1845|p1869.htm|John Armstrong|b. b 1731\nd. 1810|p1867.htm|Anne (—?—) (Armstrong)|b. c 1739\nd. 6 Feb 1823|p1868.htm|Joseph Armstrong|b. 20 Jul 1711\nd. Jan 1761|p1882.htm|Jennet (—?—) (Armstrong)||p1883.htm|||||||

Great-granduncle of Louise Underwood.
3rd great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     Joseph Armstrong was born on 22 April 1764 in Orange County, North Carolina.2 He was the son of John Armstrong and Anne (—?—) (Armstrong).1 On 15 May 1786, Joseph Armstrong took out a marriage bond from the clerk of the court in Orange County, North Carolina, as surety that there was no legal obstacle to the proposed marriage between he and Frances Tinnen.3 He married Frances Tinnen on 18 May 1786.2 He died in 1845 in Orange County, North Carolina.1 His will was proved in February 1846 in Orange County.4
     
Additional Data
Joseph Armstrong was mentioned in his father John Armstrong's will dated 8 September 1806 in Orange County, North Carolina.5

Joseph Armstrong of Orange County, North Carolina was named in his uncle Joseph Armstrong's will dated 2 August 1811 in Hamilton township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.6

Joseph Armstrong made his will on 14 June 1839 in Orange County, North Carolina. Mentioned in the will were his wife Frances, sons John Armstrong and Thomas D. Armstrong, daughters Frances Clendennin, Jinney Walker, Elizabeth Tate, Henrietta Tate and Parthena Faucett, grandchildren Joseph McAdams, Mary Rippy, Peggy McAdams, and Catherine McAdams, and his "Little grandson Joseph Tate, Betsy Tate's son" ... "my shotgun." Executors were sons-in-law John Tate and John Faucett.4

Children of Joseph Armstrong and Frances Tinnen

Citations

  1. [S302] Ken Cates, "Olde Orange County Families of North Carolina," online <http://www.bitwisegifts.com/orangenc/surnames.htm>, downloaded 2003, citing Shields, Ruth H., "Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1752 - 1850", 1997, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, D-267, father; F-271, self.
  2. [S304] John T. Armstrong Jr., North Carolina Armstrong families of Orange County in "Joseph Armstrong/Francis Tinnin NC 1786", listserve message to GenForum, 7 November 2000. Printout dated 24 August 2003, citing Family Bible in possession of Elizabeth Long Nelson, Graham, NC.
  3. [S302] Ken Cates, 2003, citing Ingmire, Frances T., "Orange County North Carolina Marriage Records 1782 - 1868", Iberian Publishing Co., 1993, vol 1, pg 6.
  4. [S308] Ruth Herndon Shields, comp., Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 : and (202 Marriages Not Shown in the Orange County Marriage Bonds) and Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850, Two volumes in one (Baltimore: Clearfield Company, 1957, 1966; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), F 271.
  5. [S308] Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800...1800-1850, D-267.
  6. [S315] Joseph Armstrong will (1811), Franklin County Will Book C: 19, County Clerk's Office, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.