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     George Eldridge Armstrong was born in 1908.¹ He was the son of George Franklin Armstrong and Martha Ann Merrill.² George Eldridge Armstrong married Martha Rosamund Wood, daughter of Ross Garfield Wood and Grace LuAnn Davis, on 16 June 1939 in West Lebanon, New Hampshire.² George Eldridge Armstrong died in 1979.¹

     George Franklin Armstrong married Martha Ann Merrill.¹

     Georgia Jean Armstrong was born in 1940.¹ She was the daughter of George Eldridge Armstrong and Martha Rosamund Wood.¹ Georgia Jean Armstrong died in 1963.¹

     John Armstrong was born in 1725 in Ireland.¹ He settled in Pennsylvania, and distinguished himself as a soldier in the French and Indian war, while leading a company against Kittaning Indians. He was appointed a brigadier-general in the Continental army in 1776; took part in the defense of Fort Moultrie and commanded a brigade at Brandywine and Germantown. He left the army in 1777, disagreeing on a question of rank, and was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778, and 1787.¹ He died on 9 March 1795 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.¹

     General John Armstrong was born on 24 November 1758 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He was the son of John Armstrong.² He attended the College of New Jersey, and in 1775 enlisted in Colonel Potter's Pennsylvania regiment. He served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Hugh Mercer in the battle of Princeton, and afterward to General Gates until the close of the campaign against Burgoyne. He was promoted major on the staff of General Gates and in 1783, while stationed at Newburg, wrote the celebrated "Newburg Letters," which were circulated anonymously among the officers of Gates's command, their object being "to do justice to an ill-used soldiery." He served as secretary and also as adjutant-general of Pennsylvania after the war. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1787, and after his marriage he moved to Dutchess county. He was elected to the U.S. senate, 1799-1801, and 1803-'4. He was U.S. minister to France, 1804-'10, and also to Spain, 1806-'10.

On July 6, 1812, he was made brigadier-general, and was placed in command of New York City and its defences. At the beginning of Madison's second term, in 1813, he was appointed to his cabinet as secretary of war. Henry Adams said of him, "Whatever were Armstrong's faults, he was the strongest secretary of war the government has yet seen." It has been said that the energy he infused into the regular army lasted for half a century. In 1813 the Canadian expedition failed, and three months later the British fired and sacked Washington City. These two disasters were laid at the door of the Secretary of War, and he was censured, chiefly through the instigation of Monroe, who influenced the President to demand Armstrong's resignation, and Monroe succeeded him, taking his portfolio Sept. 27, 1814. Armstrong went to Frederick, Md., and later to his farm at Red Hook, N.Y., where he spent his remaining years in literary work. His publications include: Letters of Verus, addressed to the Native American (1797); A Biographical Sketch of the Late Robert R. Livingston (1820); Notices of the War of 1812 (2 vols., 1836), and several reviews and treatises. He also contributed to Jared Sparks's American Biography the lives of Anthony Wayne and Richard Montgomery, and had completed a military history of the Revolutionary war, the manuscripts of which were destroyed by fire.²

General John Armstrong married Alida Livingston, daughter of Judge Robert Robert Livingston and Margaret Beekman, on 19 January 1785 (1789 per Dangerfield) one daughter.^1,3 General John Armstrong died on 1 April 1843 in Red Hook, New York, at the age of 84.^1,2

     Sarah Armstrong married Moses Gerrish Wood, son of Henry Gerrish Wood and Betsy Gerrish.¹ Sarah Armstrong died in 1913.¹

     Casper Arnesen married Johanne Jørgensdatter.¹

     Florence J. Arnold married Oswald W. Labdon.

     Jane H. Arnold was born in 1831.² She married Joseph Henry Sewall, son of John Sewall and Cynthia A. Fickett, on 13 August 1851 in Bangor, Maine.^3,1 Jane H. Arnold died in November 1853 in Bangor, Maine.²

     Capt. John Arnold Jr. married Ruth Barrell, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Barrell and Sarah/Sally Sayward, on 7 March 1804 in Hallowell, Maine.¹

     Susan Lizette Arnold was born on 2 September 1845 in Massachusetts.^2,3 She was the daughter of Willard Arnold and Luzette Felton. Susan Lizette Arnold married Frederick W. Sewall, son of James Crosby Sewall and Martha Titcomb, in October 1869.⁴ Susan Lizette Arnold and Frederick W. Sewall appear on the census of 1880 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frederick is a jeweler.⁵ Susan Lizette Arnold appears on the census of 1900 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is living with her daughter Martha and her husband and children. Martha is her sole surviving child, another is deceased.² She died on 21 February 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 72³ and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.³

     Willard Arnold married Luzette Felton.

     Blanche of Artois was the daughter of Robert I Artois Count of Artois.¹ Blanche of Artois married Edmund Earl of Lancaster, called Crouchback, son of Henry Plantagenet, Henry III, King of England and Eleanor Berenger, in 1275.¹

     Blanche of Artois married Henry III of Champagne, (le Gros), son of Theobald IV of Champagne, and Margaret de Foix, in 1269.

     Robert I Artois Count of Artois was the son of Louis of France, (The Lion) Louis VIII, King of France and Blanche of Castile.¹

     Alice de Arundel was born in 1352.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel and Surrey and Eleanor of Lancaster.¹ Alice de Arundel married Thomas de Holand Earl of Kent, son of Thomas de Holand Earl of Kent and Joan Countess of Kent.² Alice de Arundel died in 1416.²

     Eleanor Arundel was the daughter of Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth and Joan Moyne.¹ Eleanor Arundel married firstly Sir Thomas Browne of Betchworth, son of Sir Richard Browne, circa 1431.² Eleanor Arundel married secondly Thomas Vaughan in 1461.²

     Elizabeth de Arundel was the daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Aundel and Elizabeth de Bohun.¹ Elizabeth de Arundel married thirdly Sir Robert Goushill before 19 August 1401.^1,2 Elizabeth de Arundel died in 1425.¹

     John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers was born in 1365. He was the son of Sir John de Arundel and Eleanor Maltravers. John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers married Elizabeth le Despencer, daughter of Sir Edward Despencer, Lord Le Despencer and Elizabeth Burghersh. John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers died in 1391.¹

     Sir John de Arundel was born circa 1347. He was the son of Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel and Surrey and Eleanor of Lancaster. Sir John de Arundel married Eleanor Maltravers. Sir John de Arundel was appointed in 1377, Marshall of England. He died in 1379.

     Thomas Arundel was the son of Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel and Surrey and Eleanor of Lancaster.¹ Archbishop of Canterbury.¹

     Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth was the son of John de Arundel, Lord Maltravers and Elizabeth le Despencer. Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth. Steward of the Household to Henry VI.¹ He married Joan Moyne, daughter of Henry Moyne.¹ Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth died circa 1431.¹

     William Arundel was the son of Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth and Joan Moyne.¹

     Anne Arundell was the daughter of Sir Thomas Arundell, Lord Arundell of Wardour and Anne Phillipson.¹ Anne Arundell married Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, son of George Calvert First Baron Baltimore, (settlement) 20 March 1627/28.² Anne Arundell died on 23 July 1649 and is buried at Tisbury, Wiltshire.²

     Sir Thomas Arundell, Lord Arundell of Wardour married Anne Phillipson, daughter of Miles Phillipson.

     Georgina M.J. Ash was born circa 1867 in Mentone, France.^1,2 She was the daughter of Selby Attree Horne Ash and Mary Louisa A. Webber.¹

     The marriage of Selby Attree Horne Ash and Mary Louisa A. Webber was registered in the quarter ending September 1865 in the Isle of Wight registration district.¹ Selby's death was registered in the quarter ending September 1870 in the Elham, Kent registration district.¹

     Lillian Mabel Ashby was born on 4 March 1884 in Murphysboro, Illinois.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas W. Ashby and Hannah Hessick.² Lillian Mabel Ashby married James Nelson (Jaynel) Sewall, son of Robert Henry Fenwick Sewall and Rachel C.F. Nelson, on 9 August 1918 in Fresno, California.² Lillian Mabel Ashby died on 30 January 1943 in San Francisco, California, at the age of 58.³

     Thomas W. Ashby married Hannah Hessick.¹

     Camilla Loyall Ashe was born on 9 May 1870 in San Francisco, California.² She was the daughter of Richard Porter Ashe and Carolina Joyce Loyall.¹ Camilla Loyall Ashe married Harold Marsh Sewall, son of Hon. Arthur Sewall and Emma Duncan Crooker, on 14 September 1893 in San Francisco, California.^1,3 Camilla Loyall Ashe died on 7 September 1931 in the American Embassy, Paris, at the age of 61 at 10.30 p.m. of a heart attack having earlier been taken ill at Le Touquet. The funeral of Camilla Loyall Ashe took place on 10 September 1931 at American Cathedral, Paris, at which the entire diplomatic corps was represented. Seven officials of the French foreign office represented Aristide Briand, the French foreign minister who was absent in Geneva.⁴ The funeral of Camilla Loyall Ashe took place on 17 September 1931 at Grace Episcopal Church, Bath, Maine, she was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.^5,6