Margaret Armstrong

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Armstrong was born on 2 July 1786, in Frankford Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Major Thomas Armstrong, was 35 and her mother, Martha Brittin, was 27. She married Theophilus Hunt Sr. on 7 February 1811, in Sussex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Stillwater, Stillwater Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States in 1850. She died on 2 July 1857, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Theophilus Hunt Sr.
1766–1846
Margaret Armstrong
1786–1857
Marriage: 7 February 1811
Martha Elizabeth Hunt
1812–1880
Thomas A. Hunt
1814–1832
Sarah Ann Hunt
1815–1894
Dorinda B. Hunt
1818–1879
Horace P Hunt
1822–1843
Ralph B. Hunt
1823–1836
Theophilus Hunt Jr.
1825–1894
Margaret Hunt
1829–

Sources (8)

  • Margaret Hunt in household of Theophilus Hunt, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Margaret Armstrong, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • Unknown in entry for Dorinda B. Turner, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"

World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1797

Historical Boundaries: 1797: Frankford Township, Sussex, New Jersey, United States of America

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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