Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Armistead was born about 1718, in Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Robert Armistead, was 45 and his mother, Katherine Nutting, was 57. He married Catherine Gwathmey on 24 September 1743, in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 9 October 1797, in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80.
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in Richmond Virginia.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Armistead, a farmstead in Giggleswick, Yorkshire, named with Middle English ermite ‘hermit’ + stede ‘place’, or a topographic name from some other minor place similarly named.
History: William Armistead (born 1610, died before 1660) brought the name from Yorkshire, England, to VA in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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