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Matthew Armstrong 1640 – 1709 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1640

Birth Location: Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Death Date: 21 September 1709

Death Location: United States, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Matthew Armstrong

Mother: Hannah Sunderland

Spouse(s): Margaret Spencer

Children(s): Mary Armstrong

Matthew Armstrong was born in 1640 in Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland, the child of Matthew Edmund Armstrong and Hannah Sunderland. Matthew Armstrong married Margaret Spencer, and had children including Mary Ann Armstrong. Matthew Armstrong passed away in 1709 in United States, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Matthew Armstrong was born in 1640 in Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland, the child of Matthew Edmund Armstrong and Hannah Sunderland.
  • Matthew Armstrong married Margaret Spencer, and had children including Mary Ann Armstrong.
  • Matthew Armstrong passed away in 1709 in United States, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Matthew Armstrong's Ancestors

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Matthew Armstrong
1640 – 1709
Birth Place: Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Parents
Matthew Edmund Armstrong
1616 – 1671
Stonestown, Ulster, Ireland
Hannah Sunderland
1644 – 1724
Boston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Andrew Armstrong
1576 – 1671
Mangerton Castle, Carlisle, Scotland
Elizabeth Johnston
1580 – 1639
Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Christopher Armstrong
1563 – 1604
Ada Graham
1546 – 1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christopher Armstrong
1526 – 1606
Lady Gorthe
1530 – 1575

Matthew Armstrong's Descendants

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Matthew Armstrong (1640 – 21 September 1709) m. Margaret Spencer (1645 – ABT 6 APR 1675)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Armstrong (1655 – 1702) m. John (Richard) Brandon (Mar 1662 – 30 June 1716)
    1. 1. William (B) Brandon (1688 – 23 January 1753) m. Isabella Means (1692 – 1760)
      1. 1. Capt (James) Brandon (1714 – 12 May 1758) m. Mary (Annie) Lawson (1714 – abt 1775)
        1. 1. Francis (B) Brandon (1730 – 26 Jan 1789) m. Eleanor Richmond (1730 – 1801)
    2. 2. John (Richard) Brandon (1693 – 23 Jan 1753) m. Elizabeth Cathey (1691 – Abt 1733)
      1. 1. Thomas (James) Brandon (1714 – 27 Apr 1775) m. Winifred (Anne) Holloway (1704 – 5 Dec 1758)
        1. 1. Sarah (Anne) Brandon (1739 – 1815) m. Joseph Pulliam (9 August 1759 – 9 February 1844)

Matthew Armstrong's Timeline

6 Records

1640
1640
Birth of Matthew Armstrong in Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland
1645
29 May 1645
Age 5
Birth of Matthew Armstrong in Fermanaugh, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Fermanaugh, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
1645
1645
Age 5
Birth of Matthew Armstrong
None
1666
1666
Age 26
Birth of Matthew Armstrong
None
1709
21 September 1709
Age 69
Death of Matthew Armstrong in Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland
1709
21 September 1709
Age 69
Death of Matthew Armstrong in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 May 1645
    Event Place: Fermanaugh, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1645
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1666
    Record Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 September 1709
    Event Place: Carmoney, Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 September 1709
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Place: United States, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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