Thomas E. Armstrong Sr.
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Thomas Armstrong Sr. was born Unknown, and died Unknown, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, at age Unknown. He is the son Unknown Armstrong, and Unknown Unknown.
Unknown Unknown was born Unknown, in Unknown, and died Unknown, in Unknown, at age Unknown. She is the daughter of Unknown.
Thomas Armstrong Sr. and Unknown Unknown were married Unknown, in Unknown.
Thomas Armstrong Sr. and Unknown (Unknown) Armstrong had several children:
- Margaretha "Margaret" Armstrong: Born 1774, in the United States; Died Died after 1861, in Caradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada. Married about 1793, in Ontario, Canada, to William Welch: Born about 1762, in England; Died after 1819, in Unknown.
- Jane Armstrong: Born 1781, in Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada; Died May 9, 1846, in Lisbon, St. Lawrence Co., Canada West (about age 65). Married Andrew O'Neil of Edwardsburgh.
- Thomas E. Armstrong Jr.: Born about 1780, in the United States; Died Unknown in Ontario, Canada. Married to Margaret Unknown: Born about 1795, in Ireland; Died Unknown.
- Henry Armstrong: Born 1782, in the United States; Died Unknown. Resided in Edwardsburgh.
- John Armstrong: Born about 1784, in Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada; Died Unknown. Resided in Mountain.
- Sarah Armstrong: Born before 1799, in Unknown; Died Unknown. Married Richard Boulton of Edwardsburgh.
- Elizabeth Armstrong: Born 1787, in Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada; Died June 7, 1874, in Leeds and Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada (about age 87). Buried in North Channel Cemetery, Cardinal, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada. Married Thomas Marlatt: Born 1783, in the Province of New York; Died 1853, in Leeds and Grenville Co., Canada West (about age 70). Buried in North Channel Cemetery, between Johnstown and Cardinal, Leeds and Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada. His mother is Nancy Bolton.
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General Burgoyne campaign map, 1777.
Loyalists desiring to settle, 1784.
Thomas Armstrong died May 6, 1872, in Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at age 64 years, 6 months, and 4 days. Buried in Inkerman Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery, Inkerman, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada. Thanks to Find-A-Grave for making this image available.
From Shirley Hackett in Ontario, Canada:
Subject: Re: 1842 census John Armstrong Escott
Hope I recorded it OK. The only married male was over age 60. The only married female was somewhere between age 14 and age 44, in Feb 1842. It does confirm a good age gap between the husband & wife in this household.
As an impartial (but nosey) observer, I am leaning to Team Edward.
One note: the transcribers often list the place where the petition originated as "so and so of ...." , which is not necessarily where the person lived, or where a grant was made. In the very early years, many of the people who settled in Yonge, Leeds made their petition from Matilda Township {Dundas], or from Augusta [Grenville county] because that was their first point of temporary housing and where the officials were located.
In the 1816 petition of John Armstrong, son of Thomas, he states he had lived at lot 17 of the first concession in Mountain Twp [Dundas County] for some time, and had already made improvements, and had a large family to support. This does not sound like your John, who was resident of Yonge Township when he married Polly Wood in 1815.
There was a Thomas Armstrong at Lot 17 Concession 1, Matilda, in 1851. He and Henry (his brother ?) inherited it in 1822 when John Armstrong died. So, looks like John son of Thomas is not your guy!
While my home town is Athens, about 12 miles north of Mallorytown in Yonge, I now live about 90 miles from Mallorytown, but just north of Dundas County. Lot 17 of the 1st concession in Mountain Township is just north of the Matilda/Mountain boundary. It is not far from the village of Inkerman. I live about 17 miles from Inkerman, and was there just 2 weeks ago.
I believe this is the memorial of Thomas Armstrong son of
John of Mountain Township: https://www.
All of this suggests a connection between Edward father of John, and Thomas father of John of Mountain township, Dundas County. Perhaps brothers ? Maybe Thomas Armstrong who was a witness at the marriage of your John and Polly was a cousin of your John Armstrong.
Another maybe hint: in the 1810 petition of John Armstrong : the person who made oath that John was who he said he was was a William Andrews (who signed his mark). That name often shows up near John Armstrong in the old records in Leeds County. One challenge for the Andress family of Yonge and Escott in Leeds is that in early records 3rd parties insisted on spelling it as the more common Andrews. Too bad William's residence is not mentioned in the petition, but I wonder if he is William Andress, father in law of Polly's sister Hannah Wood. This William Andress was also the brother in law of Lemuel Mallory, who sold the property to John Armstrong in Escott in 1819. In the collection "Early Ontario Settlers" on ancestry, Augusta, the name William Andrews immediately follows Edward Armstrong, also on the return of Loyalist settlers in Augusta (1784).
I'm not too familiar with pre 1851 records of Dundas County, but the fact that John Armstrong son of Thomas Sr. died in or shortly before 1822, is good proof he is not your John Armstrong. If I should come across anything that suggests a connection between Edward Armstrong Sr and Thomas Armstrong Sr, I'll pass it on.
General Burgoyne campaign map, 1777.
Part of "Ontario People: 1796 - 1803. All entries are for Edwardsburg.
From freepages.rootsweb.com: Armstrong, Thomas.... East District, Edwardsburgh, Served under General Burgoyne, son Thomas..
Collection Search (bac-lac.gc.ca)
Loyalist Thesis by Sophie Heather Jones, 2018.
A map by Claude Joseph Sauthier and Matthäus Albrecht Lotter, of the Provinces of New-York and NewYersey, with a part of Pennsylvania and Canada or the Province of Quebec. Augsburg, 1777. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Historic map of Albany and Schenectady Counties, NY. Maps courtesy of Kay Koslan.
The Old Albany Jail, or in Dutch, "Stadt Haus."
During the Revolutionary era, the city hall housed the Albany Committee of Correspondence - an extra-legal body that served as the civilian arm of the crusade for American liberties and also governed the city between 1775 and 1778. For a time, prisoners of war and Tories joined common criminals in the basement of the Albany jail. Beginning in 1780 - and intermittently until 1797, the New York State government also held sessions in the Court Street.
https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/loc/cityhall.html#sh
In 1741 the city fathers thought it was time for new digs and a new building was constructed on the same location, surrounded by greenery and trees. It was much larger 3 story building of brick, but simple and plain. It had a steep roof and a belfry. It too had a jail. It was on the steps of this building that the Declaration of Independence was first read to the city in July, 1776 and where Ben Franklin first proposed the Albany Plan of Union – a confederation of the British colonies in 1754, 20 years before the Continental Congress was formed.
Thomas Armstrong Sr. was born before 1773 in British America.
Unknown Unknown was born about 1750, in Unknown.
Thomas Armstrong Sr. and Unknown Unknown were married about 1765, in Unknown.
The 1801 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on April 2, 1801, shows Thomas Armstrong, with 1 Male Man, 0 Female Woman, 1 Male Child, and 1 Female child.
The 1801 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on April 2, 1801, shows John Armstrong, with 1 Male Man, 0 Female Woman, 0 Male Child, and 0 Female child.
The 1802 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on May 12, 1802, shows Thomas Armstrong Sr., with 1 Male Man, 0 Female Woman, 1 Male Child, and 1 Female child.
The 1802 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on May 12, 1802, shows Thomas Armstrong Jr., with 1 Male Man, 0 Female Woman, 0 Male Child, and 0 Female child.
The 1802 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on May 12, 1802, shows John Armstrong, with 1 Male Man, 0 Female Woman, 0 Male Child, and 0 Female child.
The 1803 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on August 12, 1803, shows Thomas Armstrong Sr., Henry Armstrong, John Armstrong, Sally Armstrong, and Thomas Armstrong Jr. (1 female child).
The 1804 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on August 3, 1804, shows Thomas Armstrong Jr. (age 23: b. about 1781), wife, Sally Armstrong (age 20 born about 1784), 2 female Armstrong children, ages 1 and 2, and Robert Thomson (age 18), living with them. There are, no other Armstrongs in Edwardsburg Twp. Note: Only 2 pages of this census survived, so data for many families was lost.
The 1809 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken on1809, shows Thomas Armstrong, with 4 Males and 5 Females.
The 1809 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken in 1809, shows Henry Armstrong, with 1 Male and 3 Females.
The 1817 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken in 1817, shows Thomas Armstrong, with 1 Male age 16 to 60, 4 Males under 16, 7 Females, and 1 Male over 60.
The 1819 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken in 1819, shows Thomas Armstrong, with 1 Male age 16 to 60, 4 Males under 16, 0 Male over 60, and 6 Females.
The 1820 Census for Edwardsburg Twp., Grenville Co., Johnstown District, Province of Upper Canada, taken in 1820, shows Thomas Armstrong, with 1 Male age 16 to 60, 7 Males under 16, 1 Male over 60, and 7 Females.
On January 16, 1816, John Armstrong is requesting land that his father, Thomas Armstrong Sr., being on the U. E. List, never received. He has cleared a large quantity of ground, and erected barns and a house. Lot No. 17 in the 1st Concession of Mountain.
On January 16, 1816, Thomas Armstrong of the Twp. of Edwardsburg, Grenville Co., District of Johnstown, is requesting land. He pledges that he would erect and keep in repair a substantial grist mill for the benefit of settling the township, and will obligate to build and keep said Mill in repair barns and a house. Lot No. 15 in the 4th Concession of Manchester Twp., a Crown Reserve. The rejected in Council February 13, 1816. On August 3, 1816, John Armstrong pleads the case for Thomas Armstrong Jr. to have his name inserted in the list of Privileged Persons. On July 6, 1816, the said Lot No. 13 in the 1st Concession of the Township of Mountain had been appropriated July 8, 1797, for 200 acres of land. Affidavits were signed by several commanders that Thomas Armstrong Jr. was never a deserter, and belonged only to serve as an Ensign of Militia. It was found that he took the Oath of Allegiance as prescribed by law on July 2, 1812. On September 2, 1818, if he is the son of a U. E. Loyalist, the claim will be granted.