When Amos Armstrong was born about 1747, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Armstrong II, was 17 and his mother, Jane Van Arsdale, was 18. He died in 1799, at the age of 53.
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1731–1796 Male
1730– Female
1747–1799 Male
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1761–1796 Male
English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang, for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’.
History: This surname was brought to PA, NJ, and NH in the 18th century by several different families of northern Irish and northern English Protestants. One such was James Armstrong, who emigrated from Fermanagh to Cumberland County, PA, in 1745; another was John Armstrong (1720–95), who settled in Carlisle, PA, c. 1748.
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