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Edmund Armstrong (abt. 1616 - 1671)

Edmund Armstrong
Born about in Stonestown, County Kildare, Irelandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 55 in Tissaron, , Ulster, Irelandmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Armstrong Name Study.

Edmund Armstrong, who settled at Stonestown (Kildare), was the eldest son of Andrew Armstrong's second marriage. [1]

He was probably born about 1618, and was thus of the generation which was most closely involved in the fighting of the Civil War, being himself taken prisoner at the second Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Many of his eight sons grew up against the backdrop of war and it is hardly surprising therefore that most of them became soldiers in turn, three reaching the rank of Colonel.

One, Lt-Col. Charles Armstrong (c.1646-c.1731) bought an estate in Kildare and built Mount Armstrong there in the early 18th century;

another, Capt. Thomas Armstrong (1661-1748), bought a house at Ampthill (Beds) after he retired from the army, and married into the Thompson family who were closely connected with the Alston family and Annesley, Earls of Anglesey.

Edmund's property at Stonestown passed, however, to his eldest son, William Armstrong (c.1638-1717/18), who married into the ancient Irish family of Coghlan. It would appear that through his marriage he acquired the Gallen estate in Offaly, which had been vested in the Coghlans since the dissolution of the monasteries.

Sources

  1. http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2015/08/180-armstrong-of-county-offaly-and.html

See also:

  • BLG of Ireland






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