[Ancestor] Armstrong

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Husband [Ancestor] Armstrong

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1 M Benjamin Armstrong ¹

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         Spouse: Rachel [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Armstrong

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The clan Armstrong was famed in Scotland for courage and patriotism. Scott, in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," makes the chief say, when about to assemble the clans for some daring enterprise:
Ye need not go to Liddisdale,
For when they see the blazing bale
Eliots and Armstrongs never fail.
The family tradition is that the name was originally bestowed upon a Highland chief for his great courage and physical powers. Another and better authenticated tradition is that the name Armstrong is derived from the following circumstances: "An ancient king of Scotland, having his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately remounted by Fairbairn, his armor bearer, who took the king by the thigh and placed him in the saddle, although heavily weighted by armor. For this timely assistance and feat of strength, the king amply rewarded him with lands on the border; gave him the name of Armstrong, and assigned him for crest an armed hand and arm; in the left hand a leg and foot in armor couped at the thigh all proper."

The Armstrongs were early settlers in Connecticut and New Hampshire, in the latter state settling in Londonderry, and coming from Londonderry, Ireland. Stephen Armstrong settled in Windham, Connecticut, in 1710, while an earlier settler was Gregory Armstrong, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, who died in 1650. ²

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 199.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 198.