Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Armitage, John ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Patterson, Patricia Bastik & Susan Walters Dec 2009 Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887 Solebury Township JOHN ARMITAGE deceased, was born in Solebury township March 12, 1780, and is a son of James and Martha (Dennis) Armitage. His grandfather, Samuel Armitage, from Leeds, England, settled in Solebury prior to 1740. He was a weaver, also taught school, and about 1750 built the Armitage mills. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of James Hambleton, by whom he had two children, James and John. The former married Martha Dennis, and had nine children: Elizabeth, Hannah, John, Martha, Henry, Samuel, Letitia, Charles and Amos. Of these, John was a farmer, and married Alice, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Gilbert) Walton, of Buckingham township, and had eight children: Lydia, Hannah, James, Julia (Mrs. Amos Ellis), Martha, Charles, Harriet and Maria (Mrs. Tobias Helwig). Mr. Armitage died December 30, 1857, and his wife December 25, 1876, aged 93 years. They were members of the Society of Friends. Tobias Helwig, who married Maria Armitage, youngest daughter of John and Alice (Walton) Armitage, was born in Tinicum township, this county, July 21, 1819, and is a son of Daniel and Catherine (George) Helwig. His father, a mason by trade, settled in Tinicum township in 1805, and in 1834 in Solebury, where he resided until his death. His children were: Amos, Tobias, Lavina, Silas, Susan, Frederick and Edward. Mr. Helwig's grandfather was Adam Helwig, of German descent, whose ancestors were early settlers of Berks county. He was in the war of the revolution. His maternal grandfather was Frederick George, a farmer of Tinicum township.