Benjamin Armstrong (1648 - 1717)

Born 1648 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1717 at about age 69 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Benjamin Armstrong has Scottish Ancestors.

This profile is part of the Armstrong Name Study.

His antecedents have not been proven as yet, although it is speculated that he may have been a son of Jonathan Armstrong of Misquamicut (now Westerly), Rhode Island, who was granted one hundred acres of land near the bounds of Norwich by the Connecticut Legislature on October 18, 1677. Jonathan Armstrong sold his land in Norwich in 1693 and subsequently removed to Roxbury, Massachusetts. A Nathaniel Armstrong who was a grantee of Norwich in 1679 may have been a brother or other relation of Benjamin Armstrong.

Benjamin Armstrong had settled in Norwich by the year 1670, when he was recorded as a landowner there in the Connecticut Census dated May 1, 1670.

Benjamin was a grantee of Norwich in the year 1682. On May 23, 1695, he purchased from John Read two parcels of land in Norwich comprising seven acres.

Four children were recorded to Benjamin and his wife, Rachel, at Norwich):

1. Benjamin, b. November 30, 1874 (m. Sarah Raymond)
2. John, b. December 5, 1678 (m. Ann Worth)
3. Joseph, b. December 10, 1684 (m. Lydia Worth)
4. Stephen, b. March 31, 1686 (m. Hannah ----).

The death of Benjamin Armstrong on January 10, 1717 was included in the family record at Norwich.^[1] Benjamin left a will dated November 15, 1717, in which he mentioned his three elder sons. There is no account of the death of Mrs. Rachel Armstrong.

Sources

1. ↑ "Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848: Part 1" Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut - Publisher. p.29, a Google e-book. Norwich

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for this profile (PID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M2ZF-TFH); contributed by various users.
• Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of Norwich, Connecticut: from its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866; Hartford, Connecticut: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard; 1878; p. 223.
• Wyman, Mary Elizabeth (Tisdel). 1994. The genealogy of the descendants of Lawrence and Mary Antisell of Norwich and Willington, Conn.: including some records of Christopher Antisell of Sraduff, Birr (Kings Co.) Ireland. P. 18. [Salem, Mass.]: [Higginson Book Co.]. Library Search (copy is attached to his profile on familysearch.org)
• Jordan, John W. 1996. Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. P. 198-9. Salem, Mass. (148 Washington St., P.O. Box 778, Salem, Mass. 01970): Higginson Book Co. Library Search (copy is attached to his profile on familysearch.org)

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Armstrong-994 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.