Jennet (—?—) (Armstrong)1
3rd great-grandmother of Louise Underwood.
5th great-grandmother of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Louise Underwood
Jennet married Joseph Armstrong, son of Joseph Armstrong and Susanna (—?—) (Armstrong).1
Some researchers say she was a Stewart, but the writer has found no proof. It is interesting that she had a granddaughter named for her whose middle name was Douglas. Without more information, it is impossible to rule out either surname.
Some researchers say she was a Stewart, but the writer has found no proof. It is interesting that she had a granddaughter named for her whose middle name was Douglas. Without more information, it is impossible to rule out either surname.
Additional Data
Jennet Armstrong was mentioned in her husband Joseph Armstrong's will dated 3 September 1760 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,: to Jennet, "my dear and well beloved wife, one equal third of all my movables or personal estate with other dowrie."2,3
Children of Jennet (—?—) (Armstrong) and Joseph Armstrong
- John Armstrong+ 1 b. b 1731, d. 1810
- Mary Catharine Armstrong2 b. 1732, d. 1779
- Thomas Armstrong2 b. 1734, d. 26 Sep 1776
- Joseph Armstrong2 b. 1739, d. 29 Aug 1811
- James Armstrong2 b. c 1741
- William Armstrong+2 b. 1745, d. 14 Nov 1814
- Margaret Armstrong2 b. c 1747
Citations
- [S307] Dr. James Lewis Armstrong, ed., Chronicles of the Armstrongs (New York: The Marion Press, 1902), 378.
- [S312] Joseph Armstrong will (1760), Cumberland County Will Book A: 79, County Clerk's Office, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
- [S318] Virginia Shannon Fendrick, comp., American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Historical Works Committee of the Franklin County Chapter DAR, 1944), 19, citing Pennsylvania Archives 5th Series, vol. 1, p. 37, 62, 70, 336.