James Lewis Armstrong (1664 - 1760)

Born 1664 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Husband of Catherine Jane Campbell — married 1693 in Enniskillen, Fermanaugh County, Ireland

Died 11 May 1760 at about age 96 in Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Biography

James was born in 1664. He passed away in 1760.

Sources

• Source-Enniskillen Parish Marriage Records Fermanaugh Co., Ireland

James & wife Janey left Ireland and arriving in America in 1734, withFather & Mother & family in 1734, first settling in Augusta Co., Va. Compiled by W.L.A.(Az.)

Source-Enniskillen Parish Records, Fermanaugh Co., Ireland James, wife Janey & son John (not Willain twice) & daughter Jenny, son James & wife & son William left for America, arriving in 1734 andsettling in Augusta Co., Va. for several years. Source-Rutledge Files & William Lyons Armstrong book compiled & writtenand added after the history was written in 1901.

William arrived in America in 1734 with wife Jane Gaffney , Brother James & wife Janey, Niece Jenny, Nephew William , and son William age 22 & his wife Mary Caldwell age 19. Source-Citations include WLA Book, added after the history was written in 1901. Source-Chron-368, Margaret Armstrong of Mason Texas; NSS A R 93, Price. Source-From the Rutledge Files. The family settled in Augusta Co., Va. and resided there a few years, then William moved with his wife, to South Carolina and resided in Hone a Path, Anderson Co., S.C. until his death in 1775. Source-DeWolfe Miller manuscript states that Jany/Jenny is sister to Willia m. Compiled by W.L.A.(Az.)

James Armstrong & wife Janey left Ireland and arriving in America in 1734, with Father & Mother & family in 1734, first settling in Augusta Co., Va. Father may have been James Armstrong and Jane Beatty. http://www.joelrobinson.com/robinson/origin/augusta.html

Immigration 1694 North Carolina, British Colonial America

James Armstrong, in January 1759, along with his wife Jane, sold 229 acres on Beaver Dam Creek and Catawba River. February 5, 1760 he sold 62 acres on Dutchman's Creek, granted by patent to Robert Leeper, 31 March 1750, to George Rutlege and Francis Beaty, signed by James Armstrong. His spouse Jean O. did not sign.

James Armstrong's will, 11 May 1760 probate: William Armstrong, one bay mare, John Armstrong, one reged cow, Martin Armstrong, one gray mare and colt, James Armstrong, One black mare, To James and Joseph, 2 tracts of land, 450 acres adjacent to my plantation to be equally divided up between them, To Benjamin and Matthew, two youngest sons, tract of land on which i now live, 370 acres. To Mary Armstrong, forty pounds , horse and cows. All balance of estate to James, Joseph, Benjamin and Matthew, ex. James and Mary Armstrong.