Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Armitage, John
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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.