James Armstrong

James Armstrong Jr. was born about 1790, in Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Province of Upper Canada , and died 1867, in Grantham, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada, at about age 77. He is the son of Edward Armstrong Sr, of Unknown, and Catherine Unknown, of Unknown .

Catherine Hainer was born 1799, in Unknown, and died Unknown, at age Unknown. She is the daughter of Zachariah Hainer of Livingstone Manor, Rhinebeck, Province of New York, and Sophia Braun/Brown of Unknown.

James Armstrong Jr. and Catherine Hainer were married March 1, 1822, in Township of Grantham, Lincoln Co., District of Niagara, Upper Canada .

James Armstrong Jr. and Catherine ( Hainer ) Armstrong had no children.

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All of the children of Edward Armstrong Sr., and most of the children of Thomas Armstrong, Sr., U. E. Loyalists, were eligible to receive a land grant based upon their fathers' loyalty to the King of England. Thomas Armstrong Jr. was Expunged from the U. E. Loyalist List in 1804 - 1805.

       

When James Armstrong Jr., died, the land he claimed in July 13, 1839, since he was childless, was transferred to his oldest brother, Adolphus Armstrong.

Article about UE Loyalist, Zachariah Hainer, the father of Catherine ( Hainer ) Armstrong.

   

The Province of Upper Canada as it existed about 1800.

Prefix Rank        

Given & Middle Name(s)              Zachariah

Surname              Hainer

Suffix   

UELAC Status     Proven

Where Resettled             

Proof of Loyalty

Notes on Status

Regiment           

Enlistment Date

Date Place of Birth           22 July 1761 in Rhinebeck, New York

Settled Before War         

Date Place of Death        02 February 1813

Place Of Burial   His burial place is unknown. His wife is buried at Limehouse Church Cemetery in Esquesing Township. His name is on her stone.

Spouse On 19 March 1797 married Sophia Brown (Braun), b. 1775, d. 1845, widow of Jacob Lutz in Niagara-on-the-Lake, daughter of John (Johannes) Braun UEL (1740-1804) and Magdalena Zeh (1749-1816).

Children

� Eve Hainer, b. 1797.

� Catherine Hainer, b. 1799.

� John Brown Hainer, b. 1802, d. 1884.

� James Hainer, b. 1806, d. 1870.

� Mary Ann Hainer, b. 1810, d. 1877.

Biography            Son of Johannes Hainer (1724-1804) and Eva Van Etten (d. 1770).

Zachariah was a sergeant in Butler's Rangers; he served in Captain Hare's Company.

 Zachariah received a grant of 300 acres in Wainfleet Township, north part Lots 6 and 7 and Part Lots 6 and 7 Concession 6. He sold the land and settled in Thorold/St. Catharines, and later his family moved to Esquesing Township, Halton. Orders in Council 12 May 1797.

Proven Descendants      Col. John Butler 2011.07.11; Col. John Butler 2011.08.29.

Military Info       Zachariah was a sergeant in Butler's Rangers (source: E. Cruikshank, Butler's Rangers, the Revolutionary Period, published by the Lundy's Lane Historical Society). He served in Captain Hare's Company.

Zachariah enlisted in the 1st Lincoln Regiment of the Militia but was declared unfit for service on 24 October 1812. He is on the Pension List, died of disease (Niagara historical museum).

Loyalist Genealogy         

Family History   

Family Genealogy           

Sources and Contributors             Information contributed by Janet Hodgkins.

Created on          October 5, 2021, 12:00 am

Last Revised Date             May 15, 2022, 12:00 am

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The May 15, 1802 , Census for Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., District of Johnstown, Province of Upper Canada, shows Edward Armstrong is living by himself. John Fletcher and Margaret "Maggie" (Armstrong) (Allen) Fletcher, Theodosius Allen and Parmelia Fletcher are living in Family No. 114, Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Province of Upper Canada. Fletcher children, Allen Fletcher, Archibald Fletcher, and Jane Fletcher are living in Family No. 114. The Oliver Graham Family, consisting of Mary Graham, Oliver Graham Jr., Martin Graham, Mary Graham, Hannah Graham, John Graham, Sarah Graham, William Graham.

           

The 1803 Census for Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Province of Upper Canada , shows Catherine "Caty" (Adams??? ) Armstrong is living alone in Family No.158 . John Fletcher, his wife, Margaret "Maggie" (Armstrong) (Allen) Fletcher, Adolphus Armstrong, James Armstrong, Theodora Allen, Weston Allen, Susannah Allen, and Parmelia Fletcher, are living in Family No. 205. West Allen, Hannah Allen, and Abel Allen, are living in Family No. 106. Edward Armstrong Jr. and Phebe Armstrong are living in Family No. 97.

   

The 1804 Census for Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Province of Upper Canada, shows John Fletcher, his wife, Margaret "Maggie" (Armstrong) (Allen) Fletcher, Margaret's mother, Catherine "Caty" (Adams??? ) Armstrong (misnamed Fletcher), Matthew Allen (misnamed Fletcher), Susannah Armstrong "Sally/Anne" Allen (misnamed Fletcher), and Matthew Allen (misnamed Fletcher), are living in Family No. 205.

       

Catherine (Heiner) Armstrong Land Grant Request, April 12, 1810, as the daughter of her late father, U. E. Loyalist Zachariah Heiner.

On January 13, 1819, James Armstrong Jr. of the Township of Grantham, Lincoln Co., District of Niagara, Upper Canada, requests a Land Grant of 200 acres of Waste Land, as the son of Edward Armstrong, a U. E. Loyalist of the Township of Augusta, Leeds Co., Upper Canada.

 

James Armstrong Lang Grant Requests, 1819.

James Armstrong Jr. was born about 1790, in Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Province of Upper Canada.

Catherine Hainer was born 1799, in Unknown.

James Armstrong Jr., and Catherine Hainer were married March 1, 1822, in the Province of Upper Canada.

Edward Armstrong of Elizabeth Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada, was an U. E. Loyalist, and was imprisoned by the Rebels in Albany, in 1777, on account of his loyalty, and remained a prisoner there until the Treaty of Separation in 1783, when he was liberated. Edward Armstrong came to Canada in 1784, and chose his residence in Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada. He died in Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Upper Canada, in 1795, which was before the formation of the U. E. List. On June 26, 1807, at York, Ontario, Upper Canada, Edward Armstrong Jr., requested that his father, Edward Armstrong, be placed on the List of U. E. Loyalists.  

   

On September 24, 1784, Edward Armstrong, his wife, and three children were entitled, through a drawing, to three hundred acres of land, in Lot No. 17, 2nd Concession, North.

In the 1803 Elizabethtown Census, Caty Armstrong is living alone, while her young sons, Adolphus Armstrong and and James Armstrong, are living with their sister, Margaret and her family with John Fletcher.

           

The Edward Armstrong Jr. Land Patent request.

On July 2, 1829, John Armstrong of Elizabethtown, a yeoman, was granted a Land Patent for 100 acres in R. G. 1, Yonge Twp., Leeds Co., District of Johnstown, Upper Canada. The North East half of Lot No. 10, in the 4th Concession, of which  14-2/7 acres is allotted for a Protestant Clergy.

                  

John H. Armstrong Land Patent records.

James Armstrong Jr. Land Grant Request, June 22, 1840. Thanks to Kay Koslan for locating this record.

James Armstrong Jr. died 1867, in Grantham, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada, at about age 77.