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Jean Armstrong 1718 – 1800 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1718

Birth Location: Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1800

Death Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA

Father: Robert Armstrong

Mother: Elizabeth Ruthledge

Spouse(s): James Shields, John Blakely

Children(s): Patrick Shields, William Shields, John Shields

Jean Armstrong was born in Virginia, USA in 1718, to Robert Armstrong and Elizabeth Ruthledge. Later in life, Jean Armstrong married James "the Cordwainer" Shields and John Blakely; among their children were Patrick Shields, William Shields and John Shields. Jean Armstrong died in Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA, 1800.

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Parents

Robert Armstrong
1671 –
Birth Location: Ireland
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Elizabeth Ruthledge
1680 –
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

James Shields
1694 –
Birth Location: –
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John Blakely
1755 –
Birth Location: VA
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Children(s)

Patrick Shields
1719 – 1770
Birth Location: Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
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William Shields
1735 –
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
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John Shields
1740 – 1802
Birth Location: Rockingham , Augusta County , Virginia, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 Jan 1696
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1718
    Event Place: Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1800
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1800
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
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