Hugh Armstrong

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, page 128A records Hugh (70 - Ireland), Jane Ann (64 - PA), Isabella (23 - PA), Gorden (19 - PA), Hugh (15 - PA). Hugh is a Farmer with real estate valued at $200.

The 1860 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, Bethesda P. O., page 501A records Joseph Armstrong (46), Hugh Armstrong (81), Jane Ann Armstrong (70), Hugh Armstrong (24), Margaret J. [Armstrong] Eckman (25) [wife of Mahlon Eckman], Daniel Armstrong (8), and Thomas J. Armstrong (4). Next door is the Eckman family: Mahlon Eckman (28 - PA) and his son Hugh H. Eckman (1). Also in the household are family members Susan Eckman (68), Susan Eckman (31), Eliza E. Groff (38), Cyrus Groff (13), and Maria Groff (12). Mahlon is a Laborer while Jospeh is a farmer with real estate valued at $10,000 and a personal estate at $1,000.


History of Martic Township from
History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
with Biographical Sketches of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Men.
by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans.
Philadelphia: Everts & Peck 1883
Chapter LXVI Martic Township
The Armstrong family are also men of note in this community. Hugh Armstrong, the progenitor of the present family of that name in this township, came from Ireland to Edward Brien's landing at Martic Forge, about the year 1800. After coming to this country, he married Jane Shoff, a relative of the present family of Shoffs, of Martic. From the union of these two persons sprang the present family of Armstrongs. There are nine children [currently living as of 1883], descendants of Hugh Armstrong, - John, Joseph, William, Gordon, Hugh, Nancy (married to Edward Galen), Elizabeth (married to Isaac Null), Bell (married to Hugh O'Nail), Jane (married to Mahlon P. Eckman). All of the male members of this family have become distinguished citizens of the township. John, the oldest member of the family, was elected to the office of county commissioner in 1869, holding that position until 1872. Anterior to this time he had held nearly every office within the gift of the people of the township. He is a man of large means, noted for his generous disposition, kindness of heart, and abundant hospitality. Joseph is an intelligent farmer, and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. William is also a farmer, residing near Mount Nebo, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a man of liberal views and kindly disposition. Thomas deceased, left a family of five boys, as follows: B. F. Armstrong, member of the school board of Martic; Thomas Jefferson, until recently assessor of Providence township; Christian, Daniel and George. Gordon Armstrong is at present (1883) supervisor of the public roads of Martic. Hugh, another member, was for many years a school-teacher in the township, a man of no mean abilities in scholastic attainments, and at present (1883) holds the position of justice of the peace in Martic. He is at present a surveyor and scrivener by profession, and has been for a number of years connected in church fellowship with the Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church. Hugh Armstrong, son of John Armstrong, is at present (1883) a member of the board of auditors of Martic township. Among the descendants of the Armstrongs is one who deserves notice; we refer to James Galen, residing at present with his mother upon the property of Milton Wike, of Columbia borough. He has the largest numismatic cabinet in the county, some of his coins antedating the birth of Christ.

From Cemetery Records of Martic Township compiled by Jenne Renkin in Dec 1978
Mt. Nebo Presbyterian Church Cemetery [Clark Family Burying Ground]
Row 10
Armstrong, Hannah, mother, 2/11/1835 - 4/8/1910
Armstrong, Hugh, father, GAR, 2/22/1835 - 9/26/1895
Armstrong, Joseph, uncle, 3/2/1814 - 1/17/1892, 77y10m5d
Armstrong, Fanny, w/o John, 6/11/1809 - 3/11/1891, 81y9m
Armstrong, John A., 5/7/1811 - 8/11/1889, 77y9m4d
Armstrong, Jane Ann, w/o Hugh, d 5/1/1876. 88y
Armstrong, Hugh, 2/?/1779 - 4/27/1867, 88y2m [? must thus be 27]
Fulton, Ann [Armstrong], d/o John & Fanny Armstrong, 7/13/1838 - 8/28/1865, 27y1m8d
Armstrong, Henry, s/o John & Fanny, Co. E 1st Reg. Pa. Rev., Gettysburg, 6/14/1836 - 7/3/1863, 27y19d

Hugh married Jane Ann Shoff. (Jane Ann Shoff was born circa 1788 in Pennsylvania, died on 1 May 1876 in Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA and was buried in Mt. Nebo Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA ... aka Clarks Family Burying Ground.)