Jonathan Arnold

Notes

• There are other Arnold's named Jonathan living around the same time. Be careful not to conflate this Jonathan Arnold with another same named man. This Jonathan married once. He did not and could not have married Hannah Robinson or Sarah Jones given the information below.
  • This Jonathan married Elizabeth on 14 August 1699 in Haddam. None of the following sources provide Elizabeth's maiden name: 1. (FamilySearch); 2. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) @Ancestry.com; 3. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 @Ancestry.com.
  • Elizabeth was alive when Jonathan drafted his Last Will and Testament, wherein she is named in his will, with a probate date of 24 Dec 1728. Please see:—
  • ORIGINAL DOC: Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 @Ancestry.com.
  • TRANSCRIPTION: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford District, 1700-1792 @[[https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Digest_of_the_Early_Connecti... Google Books]:—
    • Recorded in Vol. XII, Page 162-3-4.
    • Arnold, Jonathan, Haddam. Invt. £551-03-00. Taken 22 January, 1728-9, by Joseph Arnold, Caleb Cone and Josiah Arnold. Will dated 24 December, 1728.
    • I, Jonathan Arnold of Haddam, cordwainer, do make this my last will and testament:
    • I give to Elizabeth my wife all my household goods, all except the two least featherbeds and their bedding, a chest of drawers, a table, four chairs, two plain chests, and a box; and also I give her two cows and my black pacing mare, to be at her own use and dispose forever, and the use of one-half of my dwelling house so long as she shall remain my widow.
    • I give to my son Jonathan Arnold 2 acres of land of the south end of my four-acre lott, which, with the expense of his education, I count a large double portion.
    • Item. To my well-beloved son Samuel Arnold I give my dwelling house and homestead, two small lotts in the meadow, the remainder of my four-acre lott, all my lands on Long Hill (both on the east and west side), and all my rights in the undivided land; and also I give him my barn, a yoke of oxen, a cow, a bay mare, and all my husbandry tackling and implements; all which I give him on condition that he provides suitably for his mother’s subsistence while she shall be my widow.
    • Item. To William Brainard, my well-beloved son- in-law, I give £5 and the charges of settleing my estate.
    • Item. The remainder of my household goods, chattells, personal estate and debts (after my debts are paid and the charges of my funeral are discharged).
    • I give to my five daughters, Elizabeth, Esther, Abigail, Mary and Huldah, to be equally divided between them.
    • And I hereby impower and authorize my executor to make sale of all the remainder of my lands not above disposed of, and my will is that the produce be divided in equal proportion to my five daughters above sd., excepting to Esther, who shall be accountable for £40 I have already given her.
    • I ordain my son-in-law William Brainard sole executor.
    • JONATHAN ARNOLD, LS.
    • Witness: Phineas Fiske, Joh: Fiske, Benjamin Smith, Jr.
    • Court Record, Page 37 (Vol. XI) 2 February, 1730-1: William Brainard, executor, exhibits an account, which this Court accepts, orders recorded and kept on file.
  • Records of their children are listed at this FamilySearch query:—
    • Jonathan, b. 11 January 1700 in Haddam
    • Elizabeth, b. 22 November 1704 in Haddam
    • Ester, b. 2 February 1706 in Haddam
    • Abigail, b. 26 December 1708 in Haddam
    • Samuel Arnold, b. 22 December 1710 in Haddam
    • Mary, b. 22 November 1712 in Haddam
    • Huldah, b. 31 March 1718 in Haddam
      • The above-named children are named in Jonathan's Will & Probate

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  • A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of ... by Royal Ralph Hinman, p. 58.
  • Son of Joseph – [ <— Which one? There were more than one Joseph Arnold living in Hartford County, Connecticut Colony around this time.]
    • Married Hannah Robinson Oct. 5,1709; had Jonathan July 11, 1710. Hannah died Sept. 18, 1714 at age 35.
    • Second wife Sarah Jones in 1715 and had Anna b. April 18, 1717. He died May 19, 1719 at age 39.