John Armistead born before 1730 and christened in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent was the son of John Armistead and Elizabeth Gill. According to the William and Virginia Quarterly, John Armistead was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia (DAR Record does not support this) and was first state Senator from Charles City and New Kent, Virginia. He married first Agnes ___ and secondly Mary Burbage. Per the Virginia Gazette, the death date of John Armistead, Esquire is corrected to 8 May 1779.
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Categories: Patriotic Service, Virginia, American Revolution
The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul., 1903), pp. 25-28 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture DOI: 10.2307/1914739 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914739
(Died May 8, 1779)