Ambrose Armstrong’s wife was mentioned but not named in the 28 February 1768 will of her husband Ambrose Armstrong. She was to receive the “Bed and furniture I now am on” and a young mare, in addition to a share of the estate. She was named an executor. On 21 November 1768 the “widow” renounced the right of the will in favor of Archibald Ritchie. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 12, pages 321–322.]