Thomas Armstrong1 
b. 1734, d. 26 September 1776
Thomas Armstrong|b. 1734\nd. 26 Sep 1776|p1884.htm|Joseph Armstrong|b. 20 Jul 1711\nd. Jan 1761|p1882.htm|Jennet (—?—) (Armstrong)||p1883.htm|Joseph Armstrong||p1892.htm|Susanna (—?—) (Armstrong)||p1893.htm|||||||
2nd great-granduncle of Louise Underwood.
4th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Thomas Armstrong was born in 1734 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.1,2 He was the son of Joseph Armstrong and Jennet (—?—) (Armstrong).1 He died on 26 September 1776 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Funeral services were conducted by the Reverend John Craighead at Rocky Spring Church.2,3
Additional Data
Thomas Armstrong and John Armstrong were privates in their father's company that was raised in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1755 to protect the frontier against incursions by the Indians.4 On 8 September 1756, brothers John, Thomas and Joseph Armstrong were with their father at the destruction of Kittanning.5
Thomas, John and Joseph Armstrong were co-executors of their father Joseph Armstrong's will dated 3 September 1760 in Hamilton township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Thomas inherited from his father land between Robert Elliot's and Wilm. Rankin's.1
Thomas Armstrong lived in 1764 in Hamilton township on the land he inherited from his father.2 The Fort or Block House for the disposition of troops for the winter season of 1764 was at Thomas Armstrong's. There were 15 soldiers there in 1764.5
Thomas, John and Joseph Armstrong were co-executors of their father Joseph Armstrong's will dated 3 September 1760 in Hamilton township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Thomas inherited from his father land between Robert Elliot's and Wilm. Rankin's.1
Thomas Armstrong lived in 1764 in Hamilton township on the land he inherited from his father.2 The Fort or Block House for the disposition of troops for the winter season of 1764 was at Thomas Armstrong's. There were 15 soldiers there in 1764.5
Citations
- [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.
- [S317] Harry E. Foreman, North Mountain Shadows and Loudon Road History (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: n.pub., 1952), 7, 8.
- [S311] George Overcash Seilhamer, "From Braddock to Bouquet", The Kittochtinny Magazine 1 (October 1905): 384, 385.
- [S317] Harry E. Foreman, North Mountain Shadows and Loudon Road History, 7.
