Here's what I have. Armington was born about 1773 or 1774, perhaps in the
United States, perhaps elsewhere, like Britain. He died in his 64th year
August 15, 1837 in St.Catharines, Ontario and was married to Clarissa (b
c1788, d June 28, 1848, Grantham Township, Lincoln County, Ontario - now
St.Catharines). Children are unknown.
The book, Industrial Archeology In Troy, Waterford, Cohoes, Green Island
And Watervliet, complied by John G. & Diana S. Waite, Hudson-Mohawk
Industrial Gateway, Troy, New York, 1973 and 1983, says this on page 28:
"Armington & Hawkings Shipyard, 113th Street & First Avenue [Troy North]
This site is a rare survival of 18th century industry in the
Hudson-Mohawk region. Russell Armington and Esek Hawkins established a
shipyard at what is now the foot of 113th Street in Lansingburgh in the
1790s. This concern built Hudson River sloops as well as large,
ocean-going ships destined for the West Indies. The site of the yard
itself as well as this building which was both Armington's house and
busines office still remain virtually intact. The construction of the
State dam in 1823 doomed Lansignburgh as a commercial port and
shipbuilding center."
This fits in with what Armington had to say in an 1829 ad in the
St.Catharines paper advertising his shipyard here, on the First Welland
Canal. He said that he had many years experience in the ship-wright
business in various parts of the United States and Canada.
Any information, including an update on the Lansingburgh/Troy shipyard
site, would be much appreciated.
Peter D.A. Warwick
St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Bike Through The Garden Of Canada
pwarwick@freenet.npiec.on.ca
writer/researcher