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only official documentation I have seen that ties our oldest known ancestor - Martin Armstrong – to both
these locations.
51. “William Gilliland, Irish Schoolmaster and Pioneer of the Champlain Valley,” by Michael J. O’Brien of the
American Irish Historical Society, pages 231 – 237, volume 14, published 1914 – 1915. (Received from
Virginia Armstrong).
52. “Pioneer History of the Champlain Valley Being an Account of the Settlement of the Town of Willsborough,
by William Gilliland, Together With His Journal and Other Papers, and a Memoir and Historical and
Illustrative Notes” by Winslow C. Watson, Albany, NY; J. Mansell, 78 State Street; 1863 (Personal Library).
53. LDS Family Group Record received from Virginia Armstrong.
54. History of the Town of Shoreham, Vermont, 1761 to 1861; Rev. Josiah F. Goodhue; Published by the Town,
Middlebury; A. H. Copeland; 1861; Elliot and son Chauncey mentioned as town volunteers in the War of
1812, Chapter XX (20), pages 100-108 (Personal Library).
54a History of the Town of Shoreham Vermont, 1761 to 1861; Rev Josiah F Goodhue; pages 104, 107 and 108.
55. E-mail from Kaye Powell, 11 Nov. 1996; excerpts from "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental
Army, page 249, by Francis B. Heitman; concerning the military service of William Gilliland during the
Revolutionary War.
56. Essex County Historical Society, Adirondack History Center Museum Web Site -
http://www.adkhistorycenter.org/esco/timelines/government.html. References events highlighting the
instability of the area around Willsboro and Ticonderoga, NY during the early years of the American
Revolution.
57. National Archives, Military Service Record for Martin Armstrong. Shows Martin’s service with Hay’s
Regiment, NY Militia, Revolutionary War. No dates of service indicated. Received from Virginia Armstrong.
58. E-Mail from Kaye Powell, 29 Mar. 1997; excerpt from "Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in
Vermont" - Col. Udney Hay.
59. A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont; Susan H. McIntire and Sanford S.
Witherell, Volume 2; 1992; Academy Books, Rutland, Vermont.
60. History of Addison County, Vermont, Chapter 32 – History of the Town of Shoreham, Edited by H. P. Smith
D. Mason & Co., Publishers 1886.
61. 1850 Federal Census For Vermont – Family of Elliot Armstrong, 090
62. Genealogy Notes prepared by Virginia Armstrong; 7 Mar. 1996. Analysis of possible connection between
Martin Armstrong of Sutton, MA, and Martin Armstrong of Willsborough, NY.
63. Armstrong excerpts from "Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York - An Historical and
Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent;" by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley,
New York 12569, 1993.
64. The History of Dutchess County, NY, by Frank Hasbrouck, Published by S.A. Mattieuy, Poughkeepsic, NY,
pages 428 - 431.
65. Records of the First Baptist Church of Dover, Dutchess Co., NY.
66. Telephone conversations between Wilma DeCourcey and Dennis Armstrong on Jan. 4, 1995 and Mar. 16,
1996.
67. Virginia Armstrong undated note concerning Martin Armstrong of Havershill, Orange County, NY.
68. From the "Shoreham Book of Records." Provides the names of residents and year that they took the
Freeman’s Oath. This provides the earliest documented date of Martin’s residence in Shoreham – 1786.
Jewet (1790) and Eliot (1796) are also shown. (I believe this was provided by Wilma DeCourcey of Hemet,
CA.
69. First Census of the United States (1790); Addison County, VT. Shows both Martin & Just (Jewet). Martin’s
family shown as 2-0-1, probably including himself and his son Elliot, who would have been 17 or 18 at the
time, and likely his wife, Abigail (which means he remarried prior to 1790).

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