Col. Andrew Armstrong

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Col. Andrew Armstrong

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Birthplace: Stonestown, County Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
Death: January 19, 1722 (80-81)
Immediate Family:

Son of Matthew Edmund Armstrong, Sr and Mary Armstrong
Brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Armstrong; William Armstrong, of Stonestown; Hugh Armstrong; Matthew Edmund Armstrong; Charles Armstrong and 5 others

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About Col. Andrew Armstrong

Colonel, of Co. Kildare, wounded at the Battle of Hackstet, died in 1722 aged 80 - 'Pedigree of Armstrong of Mangerton in Scotland' (National Library of Ireland GO Ms. 171).

Born Stonestown; Lieutenant 13th Regiment of Foot 1685; Captain 1697; Major 1700; Lieutenant-Colonel; retired 1709/10 on being refused a regiment; bought Morristown Co. Kildare; Justice of the Peace; died 1722 aged 79 - John Armstrong, 'The Pedigree of the Family of Armstrongs' (National Library of Ireland Ms. 5216). "He married Lady Westhaw of the noble family of Sandilands in Scotland but by her who died many years before him he had no issue, so he left his estate to Edmund the eldest son of his brother William" - John Armstrong, 'The Pedigree of the Family of Armstrongs', continued by the Rev. W. A. Armstrong, 1813), p. 10.

"Twin with Hugh, served with credit under the Duke of Marlborough, and attained the rank of col. He m. Lady Westray, of the noble family of Sandilands, in Scotland, but had no issue. Colonel Armstrong d. in 1722, aged 80, leaving his estate at Morristown, co. Kildare, to Edmund, the eldest son of his brother William" - http://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhera00inburk#page/38/mode/2up

A death date of 1721 was previously given: possibly this is Old Style.

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Col. Andrew Armstrong's Timeline

1641
1641
Stonestown, County Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
1722
January 19, 1722
Age 81