When William Abel Armstrong was born in 1783, in Doe Hill, Highland, Virginia, United States, his father, John Morgan Armstrong, was 24 and his mother, Agnes Nancy Erwin, was 20. He married Mary Parrett on 4 January 1805, in Pendleton, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1807, in Jeffersonville, Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States, at the age of 24.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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