 | John Burke - Genealogy - 1838 - 842 pages
...lands." Tradition affirms that the original surname was Fairbairn, and that it was changed to Armstrong on the following occasion : An ancient king of Scotland,...in battle, was immediately remounted by Fairbairn, his armour bearer, on his own horse. For this timely assistance, the king amply rewarded him with lands... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - Names, Personal - 1849 - 262 pages
...widely-spread Scottish family of ARMSTRONG derive their surname from the following circumstance : " An ancient king of Scotland having his horse killed...in battle was immediately remounted by Fairbairn, his armour-bearer. For this timely assistance the king amply rewarded him with lands on the borders,... | |
 | William Arthur - Names, Personal - 1857 - 326 pages
...which was changed to Armstrong on the following occasion : ATI ancient king of Scotland having had his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately re-mounted by Fairbairn, his armor-bearer, on his own horse. For this timely assistance he amply rewarded him with lands on... | |
 | Clifford Stanley Sims - 1862 - 150 pages
...a maker of armor. ARMSTRONG. The Armstrongs derive their surname from the following circumstance : an ancient king of Scotland having his horse killed...in battle, was immediately remounted by Fairbairn his armor-bearer. For this timely assistance the king amply rewarded him with lands on the borders,... | |
 | New England - 1902 - 672 pages
...and the tradition is that it was changed under the following conditions : — One of the early kings of Scotland, having his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately re-mounted by Fairbairn, his armor-bearer. The king, grateful for this timely service, amply rewarded his gallant subject with... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1885 - 416 pages
...devotion and bravery. Tin's view of the subject is sustained by the tradition that a Scottish king, having his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately remounted by Fairbairn, his armor-bearer, who took the king by the thigh and set him on his saddle. For this timely assistance... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1885 - 422 pages
...devotion and bravery. This view of the subject is sustained by the tradition that a Scottish king, having his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately remounted by Fairbairn, his armor-bearer, who took the king by the thigh and set him on his saddle. For this timely assistance... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - New England - 1900 - 782 pages
...and the tradition is that it was changed under the following conditions : — One of the early kings of Scotland, having his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately re-mounted by Fairbairn, his armor-bearer. The king, grateful for this timely service, amply rewarded his gallant subject with... | |
 | United States - 1908 - 796 pages
...Tradition states that the original name of Armstrong was Fairbairn, and that it was changed to Armstrong on the following occasion : An ancient king of Scotland,...in battle was immediately remounted by Fairbairn, his armour bearer, on his own horse. For this timely assistance the king amply rewarded him with lands... | |
 | Clayton Colman Hall - Baltimore (Md.) - 1912 - 752 pages
...England. Tradition states that the original surname was Fairbairn, and that it was changed to Armstrong on the following occasion : An ancient king of Scotland,...in battle, was immediately remounted by Fairbairn, his armor-bearer, on his own horse. For this timely assistance, the king amply rewarded him with lands... | |
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For this timely assistance, the king amply rewarded him with lands on the borders, and to perpetuate the memory of so important a service as well as the manner in which it was performed (for Fairbairn took the king by the thigh and set him on... 
