Edward ARMSTRONG, Sr b. Jan 1833 South Monaghan Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Dec 1893 Durham County, Ontario, Canada: Singing Our Family Song

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Name	Edward ARMSTRONG
Suffix	Sr
Birth	Jan 1833	South Monaghan Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada
Gender	Male
_UID	813D708559224B0785E02F7B93330C208139
Death	17 Dec 1893	Durham County, Ontario, Canada
Burial	Nestleton Cemetery, Nestleton, Ontario, Canada
Person ID	I4284	My Genealogy
Last Modified	28 Nov 2021

Father	John ARMSTRONG, b. 1803, County Tyrone, Ireland d. 8 Sep 1855, Blackstock, Durham, Ontario, Canada (Age 52 years)
Mother	Elizabeth PARKER, b. 13 Jun 1813, North Newbald, East Yorkshire, England d. 1 Apr 1894, Cartwright Township, Northumberland and Durham Co., ON (Age 80 years)
Marriage	18 Apr 1829	South Monaghan Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada
Family ID	F1349	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah Jane EVANS, b. 2 Apr 1838, Magheraculmony, Fermanagh, Ireland d. 26 Oct 1929, Port Perry, Reach Township, Ontario County South, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years)

Marriage 21 Feb 1862 Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada

Children

	1. Christiana ARMSTRONG, b. 11 Nov 1862, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Sep 1928, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)
	2. John ARMSTRONG, b. 11 Nov 1862, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Jul 1947, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
	3. Eliza Ellen ARMSTRONG, b. 18 Oct 1865, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Apr 1944, Port Perry, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
	4. Susannah ARMSTRONG, b. 25 Sep 1866, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Oct 1936, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
	5. Edward ARMSTRONG, Jr., b. 7 Oct 1868, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Jul 1963, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years)
	6. Elizabeth ARMSTRONG, b. 19 Sep 1870, Tay Twp., Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, d. 5 Jul 1953, Cartwright Township, Northumberland and Durham Co., ON (Age 82 years)
	7. Sarah Jane (Jennie) ARMSTRONG, b. 17 Sep 1873, Tay Twp., Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, d. 24 Sep 1934, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)
	8. Rose Anna ARMSTRONG, b. 22 Mar 1875, Cartwright Twp., Durham County, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Jun 1941, Hampton, Darlington Township, Durham County West, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
	9. William Francis Ezekiel ARMSTRONG, b. 10 Oct 1878, Cartwright Township, Northumberland and Durham Co., ON d. 21 May 1977, Cartwright Township, Northumberland and Durham Co., ON (Age 98 years)

Family ID F1347 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 13 Mar 2015

Photos		Edward and Sarah (Evans) Armstrong c1880 in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada Picture from collection of Colleen L Andrews
Photos		Edward Armstrong Sr Picture from Ancestry - John Jeffrey originally shared this on 16 jul 2018

Notes

Edward married Sarah Evans in 1862 in Cartwright Township, County of Durham. Edward Armstrong was a farmer. He lived in Nestleton, for most of his life. In 1871 he was living in Tay Township, Simcoe County.
Edward and Sarah and most of their children are buried in Cartwright United Church in Nestleton, Ontario. One of Ed`s great-great granddaughters` husband is the superintendent of the cemetery.
WILL of Edward Armstrong - died 1893:
I Edward Armstrong of the township of Cartwright in the county of Durham and province of Ontario, farmer, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and declare this, my last will and testament in manner following.

1. My will is that all my just debts, funeral expenses and the expenses attending the administration of this my will be paid by me executors hereinafter named all of which debts and expenses I make a charge on my personal estate.

2. I give and devise to my son, Edward Armstrong, that part of my real estate consisting of the north half of lot number eighteen in the ninth concession of the township of Cartwright containing 100 acres more or less, I give and devise also to my son Edward Armstrong fifteen acres of land being composed of part of the south half of lot number seventeen in the tenth concession of the township of Cartwright subject to the payment of certain legacies and bequests herein-after mentioned.

3. I give and devise to my son William Ezekiel Armstrong that part of my real estate being composed [of] the south half of lot number eighty-one in the first concession of the township of Tay in the county of Simcoe, and containing one hundred acres more or less, to come into his possession when he shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, the rents, issues and profits thereof during the minority of the said William Ezekiel Armstrong to be applied to the payment of legacies and bequests hereinafter mentioned.

4. I give and bequeath to my son John Armstrong the sum of five dollars, my said son John Armstrong having received and due and proportionate share of my estate.

5. I give and bequeath to my daughter Christiana Lywood the sum of twenty dollars.
6. I give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza Ellen Bartlett the sum of five dollars.
7. I give and bequeath to my daughter Susannah Elford the sum of five dollars.
8. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Jane McGiven the sum of twenty-five dollars.
9. I give and bequeath to my daughter Betsy Armstrong the sum of two hundred dollars.

10. I give and bequeath to my daughter Rose Anna Armstrong the sum of two hundred dollars to be paid to her when she shall have attained the age of twenty-one years.

11. I give and bequeath to my wife Sarah Armstrong the sum of one hundred dollars per year during her life, or so long as she remains my widow, the first of such annual payments to be made to my wife Sarah Armstrong in one year after my decease, which said sum of one hundred dollars per year is to be received and accepted by her in lieu of dower, and which said annual payments I make a charge on my real estate hereby devised to my son Edward Armstrong.

12. I give and bequeath to my son Edward Armstrong all the chattel property, livestock and farming implements of which I may be possessed at the time of my decease, and I make it a condition of this my will that my son Edward Armstrong shall give and deliver to my son William Ezekiel Armstrong when he shall come into possession of the real estate hereby devised to him the said William Ezekiel Armstrong, one good span of horses, two good cows and such farming implements as are in ordinary use on a farm of such dimensions.

13. I appoint Joseph Campbell of the township of Cartwright, farmer, and Richard H. Suggitt of the same place, farmer the executors of this my last will and testament.

Witness my hand and seal this seventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

Edward Armstrong
In presence of John Lane of Cartwright, farmer
William Lucas of Cartwright, township clerk