'Armstrong03'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Armstrong of Gallen, Armstrong of Giltknock, Armstrong of Stonestown
[This page was originally launched as Armstrong01. It was renamed when a review of the Armstrong family led to the identification of earlier generations which we wanted to show in a new Armstrong01. It was then reviewed & expanded using Commoners with part being moved to Armstrong05.]
| The first person named by Commoners was the undermentioned John but Commoners follows the line of his younger brother Christopher, both of whom we show as sons of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Armstrong | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Armstrong of Giltknock (d 1530) | ||||||||||||||
| Having described how the Armstongs were "a numerous and warlike clan", Commoners describes John as "The most famed leader of these bold and adventurous men". | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Christopher Armstrong of Giltknock (a 1530) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Christopher Armstrong of Mangerton | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Andrew Armstrong (b 1576, d 1671) the first mentioned by BP1934 | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners, supported by BP1934, reports that Andrew "migrated, in the commencement of the seventeenth century (from Scotland) to the north of Ireland, and established himself near his uncle in the county of Fermanagh." | |||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Alexander (of Scotland) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Andrew Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Armstrong (d 1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Armstong (dau of _ Armstrong of Forelock) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - John (had issue), Thomas (a 1737, d unm), "several daughters" | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Rebecca Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Johnston | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mary Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Robinson of Knockshegowna | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue including Andrew (Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| b. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Johnston | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Edward or Edmund Armstrong of Stonestown 'of Mauristown' - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hamilton (dau of William Hamilton of Liscloony) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Thomas Armstrong (b 1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grissel Beatty (dau of Captain Charles Beatty of co. Longford) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | William Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Armstrong had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cuthbert (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Turner | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Gordon | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Cooper | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Andrew (d unm), William (dsp, Fort Major of Duncannon Fort) | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Robert Armstrong (d 23.05.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1637) Lydia Howard (b c1650, d 25.12.1715, dau of Michael Howard or Harward of Ballyard) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | John Armstrong (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| h. | Margaret Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Charlton | |||||||||||||||
| i | Mary Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Cowley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Cuthbert | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (c1649) Jane (Mrs. Stephenson) | |||||||||||||||
| j. | Michael Armstrong of Banagher | ||||||||||||||
| k. | Archibald Armstrong of Ballylin (b 1658, d 18.04.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1681) Letitia Paysted (dau of Col. Edward Playsted) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | William Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners reports that William "left Scotland some years after the death of Queen Elizabeth, and seated himself in the county of Fermanagh where he became the founder of a numerous family, whose branches flourished in those parts." | |||||||||||||||
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| Edward or Edmund Armstrong of Stonestown 'of Mauristown' - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hamilton (dau of William Hamilton of Liscloony) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Armstrong of Stonestown (b c1627, d 1717/8, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Coghlan (dau of Francis Coghlan of Kilcolgan Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edmund Armstrong of Gallen, Sheriff of King's County then co. Kildare (d 15.04.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1722) Elizabeth Holmes (dau of George Holmes of Liscloony) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Andrew Armstrong of Gallen, Sheriff of King's County (b 02.05.1729/30, d before 12.04.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1752) Constantia Maria Pigot (dau of John Pigot of Brockley Park by Constantia Maria, dau of Sir Roger Burgoyne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edmund Armstrong of Gallen, Sheriff of King's County (b 14.12.1754, d 12.12.1827) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1783) Elizabeth Trench (d 1825, dau of Frederick Trench of Woodlawn, sister of 1st Lord Ashtown) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Andrew Armstrong, 1st Bart of Gallen, Sheriff of King's County (b 19.10.1785 (probably not 1786), d 27.01.1863) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1835) Frances Fullerton (d 19.03.1890, dau of George Alexander Downing, later Fullerton of Westwood & Ballintoy Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Armstrong (b 06.1791, d 16.06.1856, Dean of Kilferona, 4th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.07.1822) Ellen Willan (dau of Jacob Willan of Carrickhill) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mary Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Anthony Hardman of Bellevue Lodge | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Constantia Maria Armstrong (d 1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.10.1815) Rev. William Hervey | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Fanny Armstrong (d 29.09.1839) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1820) George Parkhouse of Eastfield Lodge | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue (d unm) - Edmund (b 20/25.09.1786, d 1811), Sir Frederick (b 25.01.1789, d 10.1821), William (b 1797, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Constantia Maria Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Armstrong of Ballycumber | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1782) Charles Robert Shervinton (or Sherrington) (captain) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Armstrong (d 1824) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1793) Andrew Armstrong | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Lucinda Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1795) Robert Mills of Malahide (son of Rev. Richard of Annaclone) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Fanny Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Barnes (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - John (b 29.08.1758, d unm), Andrew (b 13.07.1762, d young), William (b 14.09.1763, d young), Dennis (b 12/13.07.1766, d unm c1791), Philip (b 13.12.1767, d 1806, Major), Elizabeth, Fanny (d young), Belle (d unm), Alicia | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alice Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1750) Dennis Kelly of Castle Kelly | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Philip Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1747) Elizabeth Judge (dau of Peter Judge of Ballyshiel) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Despard of Coolrane (Desparo of Coolram) (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) John Cusack of Rathgar | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anne Cusack | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fitzgerald | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Barbara Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. William Smith of Oldcastle | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Andrew Armstrong of Morristown (dsp 1723, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners identifies Andrew's wife as "lady Westray, of the noble family of Sandilands in Scotland". BP1934 identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Hamilton (dau of James Hamilton of Westport, widow of Walter Sandilands) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Charles Armstrong of Mount Armstrong (Birchballagh), Sheriff of co. Kildare (d 1730/1, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners reports that Charles m1. _ Gostwick (dau of Sir Robert Gostwick of Wellingotin, Bart) m2. ?? (relict of Robert Constantine, alderman of Dublin) and dsp. BP1934 suggests that he had the following family. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Lawrence Armstrong, Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia (d 07.12.1739, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Thomas Armstrong of Ampthill (b 1661, d 07.01.1747-8, captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1705) Frances Thompson (dau of John Thompson, Lord Faversham, by Frances (Annesley), widow of Francis Wyndham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Charles Armstrong (b 1712, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1742) Elizabeth Collier (dau of Rev. _ Collier of Soly) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Thomas, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1747) Althania Priaulx (dau/heir of Matthew Priaulx of Bedford) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | 4 children (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Frances Mary Armstrong (dsp 1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1736) Rev. D. Reynolds( son of Bishop of Lincoln) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue (d unm) - John (b 1706), Martha (d young), Althania | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Edmund Armstrong (d 1744, rector of Kilcolgan) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Armstrong (d 11.1751, dau/coheir of Capt. Thomas Armstrong of Longfield) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Martin Armstrong (b c1696, d 1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Burke (dau of Ulick Burke) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Edmund (b 1736), Mary | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Andrew Armstrong (b 1717, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1756) _ Judge (dau of Peter Judge) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| John Ringrose of co. Clarem. | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Jane Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Wilson of co. Clare | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Elizabeth Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Miller | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Isabella Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Verro (rector of Kilcolgan) | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue (d unm) - Philip, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | John Armstrong of Usher's Quay, Dublin | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Handy (or Hand) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - Francis, Charles | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Elizabeth or Mary Armstrong named Elizabeth by BP1934 but Mary by Commoners | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Parkinson (minister of Ardee) | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Margaret Armstrong (b 1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1700) Milo Bagot of Ards (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| 9.+ | other issue (d unm) - Philip (b c1642, d 11.1711, Lt. Colonel), Hugh | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 4, 'Armstrong of Gallen', p337+) with support and a little input from BP1934 ('Armstrong of Gallen')
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