An interpretive marker just before the crypt tells the story of "The Fighting Armstrongs." His father, Col. John Armstrong, was killed on the battlefield at the Battle of Long Island and his brother John was wounded as well, but Maj. Samuel Armstrong had a providential escape from the enemy's bullets while retreating. He was wounded, but continuing in the army until the Peace of 1783. He served as Adjutant and Paymaster in the Eighth Regt. Mass. Inf'y. also as Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Jackson, He was an original member of the Society of Cincinnati. He married Nancy, only daughter of Maj. Josiah Allen, who served under Col. Ethan Allen, at the conquest of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
The following from The Order of Cincinnati:
Samuel Armstrong. Adjutant, Col. Michael Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 9 mos. as Ensign, 8 mos., as Lieutenant, 19 mos. as Adjutant; also, Ensign; return dated Boston, April 27, 1778; also, return dated Boston, Nov. 20, 1778; also, Capt. John Burnam’s co., Col. Jackson’s Regt.; return dated April 9, 1779; also, Lieutenant; list of officers dated West Point, Nov. 8, 1779; also, Lieutenant and Paymaster, Col. Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780.
His Revolutionary War diary recounting his experience from Saratoga to Valley Forge is available for viewing at the New England Genealogical Society in Boston.
The following from The Order of Cincinnati:
Samuel Armstrong. Adjutant, Col. Michael Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 9 mos. as Ensign, 8 mos., as Lieutenant, 19 mos. as Adjutant; also, Ensign; return dated Boston, April 27, 1778; also, return dated Boston, Nov. 20, 1778; also, Capt. John Burnam’s co., Col. Jackson’s Regt.; return dated April 9, 1779; also, Lieutenant; list of officers dated West Point, Nov. 8, 1779; also, Lieutenant and Paymaster, Col. Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780.
His Revolutionary War diary recounting his experience from Saratoga to Valley Forge is available for viewing at the New England Genealogical Society in Boston.
An interpretive marker just before the crypt tells the story of "The Fighting Armstrongs." His father, Col. John Armstrong, was killed on the battlefield at the Battle of Long Island and his brother John was wounded as well, but Maj. Samuel Armstrong had a providential escape from the enemy's bullets while retreating. He was wounded, but continuing in the army until the Peace of 1783. He served as Adjutant and Paymaster in the Eighth Regt. Mass. Inf'y. also as Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Jackson, He was an original member of the Society of Cincinnati. He married Nancy, only daughter of Maj. Josiah Allen, who served under Col. Ethan Allen, at the conquest of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
The following from The Order of Cincinnati:
Samuel Armstrong. Adjutant, Col. Michael Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 9 mos. as Ensign, 8 mos., as Lieutenant, 19 mos. as Adjutant; also, Ensign; return dated Boston, April 27, 1778; also, return dated Boston, Nov. 20, 1778; also, Capt. John Burnam’s co., Col. Jackson’s Regt.; return dated April 9, 1779; also, Lieutenant; list of officers dated West Point, Nov. 8, 1779; also, Lieutenant and Paymaster, Col. Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780.
His Revolutionary War diary recounting his experience from Saratoga to Valley Forge is available for viewing at the New England Genealogical Society in Boston.
The following from The Order of Cincinnati:
Samuel Armstrong. Adjutant, Col. Michael Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 9 mos. as Ensign, 8 mos., as Lieutenant, 19 mos. as Adjutant; also, Ensign; return dated Boston, April 27, 1778; also, return dated Boston, Nov. 20, 1778; also, Capt. John Burnam’s co., Col. Jackson’s Regt.; return dated April 9, 1779; also, Lieutenant; list of officers dated West Point, Nov. 8, 1779; also, Lieutenant and Paymaster, Col. Jackson’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780.
His Revolutionary War diary recounting his experience from Saratoga to Valley Forge is available for viewing at the New England Genealogical Society in Boston.
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