When Thomas Armstrong was born about 1460, in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Armstrong, was 31 and his mother, Lady Margaret Richard, was 26. He married Martha Eldred in 1485, in Lincolnshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1510, in his hometown, at the age of 51.
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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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