John Armstrong married Sarah Allen Query

[castlebob]

Just modified my last post, highlighting some likely LDS additions! Fortunately, we have a number of Y-DNA testees to prove links much farther back, but paper trail evidence is always a bonus.

[LizzieL]

The Kempston one has father William, no mother recorded
The Bedford one has father Thomas, again no mother recorded

[maddys52]

Thanks Lizzie.

Bob, do your DNA links give a clue as to Sarah's parents?

[castlebob]

No, but we have a number of Armstrongs who have Y-DNA tested, and we all share William (b1701) of Riseley as an ancestor. This was useful as it backed the paper trail research. Our Y-DNA haplogroup is part of the mainstream descent cluster. Virtually all our haplogroup share ancestry with Scottish & Northern Irish testees, some in the mid-16th C (+/-).
 

[LizzieL]

Is it possible John Armstrong (father of William 1701) married Sarah a long way from Riseley, in Scotland or en route from Scotland perhaps

[castlebob]

We've fully researched the Armstrongs who went from the Scottish Border to Fermanagh, then down to Co Offaly. There were links to Beds around circa 1700 so, given the Y-DNA, it is very possible.