Gen. John Armstrong and Rebecca Lyon

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Husband Gen. John Armstrong ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Col. John Armstrong 3 4
           Born: 1720 - the north of Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Mar 1795 1 3
         Buried:  - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] Armstrong (      -      )
         Mother: 

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• Biographical Sketch: Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 75.
To read a brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

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Wife Rebecca Lyon ⁵

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         Father: William Lyon (      -      ) 4 6
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Dr. James Armstrong ^{3 7}

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           Born: 1749 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1828 3 9
         Buried:  - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Stevenson (      -      ) 10
           Marr: Abt 1789

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2 M Gen. John Armstrong, Jr. ^{3 11}

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           Born: 27 Nov 1758 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Apr 1843 - Red Bank, Monmouth Co, NJ 9
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         Spouse: Alida Livingston (1761-1822)
           Marr: 1789 12

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3 F Alice Armstrong ^{13 14 15}

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         Spouse: William Lyon (1729-1809) 1 6 15 16 17 18 19
           Marr: 1756 14

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. John Armstrong

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Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

He was a prominent and patriotic Pennsylvanian of provincial and revolutionary times.

With two brothers, he came to America in 1748. His son, John Armstrong, served in the Revolution, was United States Senator from New York, minister to France and Secretary of War under Madison.

With two brothers and a sister he emigrated from the north of Ireland, and settled at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, about 1748.
Once deputy surveyor of Cumberland County and the leader of the expedition against Kittanning. His land was on Aughwick, below Fort Shirley [Huntington County].

He was the central figure in every early movement of a general nature in Cumberland County. In civil, judicial, educational and religious affairs, he was always the leader. His judgment was remarkably good, and not only the County and State officers, but the United States government, and General Washington in particular, were accustomed to ask and rely upon his opinions on all public matters within his observation. His style, as shown in his numerous letters through all the Colonial Records and Archives, was very peculiar but forcible and original, his views were independent and comprehensive, his Christian faith sincere and Scriptural, and his social intercourse a little stern, but on the whole refined and delicate. In 1778 he was elected by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania a member of Congress for 1779 and 1780. He was again elected for the same office for 1787-8, when his public career closed. His death, however, did not take place until March 9th, 1795, at Carlisle. His remains lie entombed in the old Cemetery, in Carlisle, as yet [1879] without a suitable monument. A sketch of his life may be found in Nevins' "Men of Mark in Cumberland Valley," and in the Pa. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. I., pp 183 7. [HCC 1879, 91]

1 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 760.

2 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 75.

3 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 19.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 12.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 383.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 869.

7 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 99, 160, 185.

8 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 185.

9 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 186.

10 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 160, 185.

11 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 99, 186.

12 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 99.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 385.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 79.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 900.

16 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 922.

17 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

18 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 78.

19 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 18.