Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Joseph Armstrong
1684 - 1749 (64 years)1. Joseph Armstrong was born on 10 Dec 1684 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 21 Mar 1749 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Joseph married Lydia Worth on 15 Nov 1712 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Lydia (daughter of James Worth and Elizabeth) was born on 4 Apr 1695 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 7 Apr 1695 in Old South Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Abner Armstrong
was born on 21 Aug 1714 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- 2. Abner Armstrong
Generation: 2
2. Abner Armstrong (1.Joseph1) was born on 21 Aug 1714 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Notes:
Shown in Norwich town records as son of "Jofeph Armstrong & Lydea Worth".
Abner married Abiel Gross on 8 Oct 1741 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Abiel (daughter of Isaac Gross and Mary) was born on 16 Jun 1715 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Asahel Armstrong was born on 24 Jun 1742 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 3 Apr 1825 in Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York.
- 3. Asahel Armstrong
Generation: 3
3. Asahel Armstrong (2.Abner2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 24 Jun 1742 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 3 Apr 1825 in Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York. Notes:
"According to the Curtiss genealogy, Asahel and Elizabeth Armstrong lived at Poughkeepsie, and Newburg, New York, followed by the City of New York." [Port Byron History]
Asahel married Elizabeth Nelson in 1765. Elizabeth (daughter of John Nelson and Elizabeth Davenport) was born in Jan 1747 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York; died on 2 Oct 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Mary Anner Armstrong was born on 22 Sep 1784 in Dutchess, New York; died on 7 Mar 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
- 4. Mary Anner Armstrong
Generation: 4
4. 
Mary Anner Armstrong (3.Asahel3, 2.Abner2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 22 Sep 1784 in Dutchess, New York; died on 7 Mar 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Notes:
Mary Anner Armstrong is currently the earliest-born direct ancestor of TNH for whom we have a photograph, albeit an obviously-retouched one.
Family records say she was born in "Philipstown, New York." Which is currently adjacent to Dutchess county, but in Putnam county. Was it in Dutchess county in 1784?
The metadata attached to her portrait in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers database at the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU says: "Mary Ann Armstrong Thorn was born 22 Sept 1785 at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York. She married Richard Thorn 6 Sept 1806 at Clinton, Dutchess, New York and was the mother of ten children. They came to Utah 9 Sept 1853 with the Captain John Bigler Company. She died 7 Mar 1856 at Salt Lake City, Utah."Mary married Richard Thorn on 6 Sep 1806 in Clinton, Dutchess, New York. Richard (son of Philip Thorn and Elizabeth Cheeseman) was born on 23 Feb 1786 in Flushing, Queens, New York; died on 20 Jun 1883 in Santa Barbara, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Ashal Enoch Thorne was born on 6 Sep 1808 in Clinton, Dutchess, New York; died on 10 Feb 1897 in Three Mile Creek, Box Elder, Utah.
- 5. Ashal Enoch Thorne