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'Lost Tribes of Israel'
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Origin: Scottish
Coat of Arms: Silver with three blue pallets.
Crest: A bent red arm from the shoulder.
Motto: Invictus maneo.
Motto Translated: I remain unvanquished.
Origin: Scottish 
Spelling variations include: Armstrong, Armstrang, Armestrang, Harmestrang, Armystrang and many more.
First found in Cumberland where they were seated from early times.
Some
of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Avis
Armstrong, who was on record in Connecticut in 1660; Edward Armstrong,
who recieved a land patent in Maryland in 1666; Addam Armstrong, who
came to Virginia in 1691.
- English (common in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): Middle English nickname for someone who was strong in the arm.
- Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O’Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’, both from Ulster.
ARMSTRONG CLAN SOCIETY
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Sample Coat of Arms - Full
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