Person:John Arnold (98)

John Arnold
b.Bef 1603
d.Bet 22 Aug 1664 and 26 Dec 1664 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
m. Bef 1628
  1. Joseph ArnoldEst 1634 - 1691
  2. Mary ArnoldEst 1636 - Bef 1664
  3. Josiah Arnold
Facts and Events
Name John Arnold
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1603 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1628 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Susanna Unknown
Emigration[1] 1634
Residence[1] 1634 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesReceived land 4 Aug 1634 and 20 Aug 1635. In 10 Oct 1635 Camb. land inventory and 8 Feb 1635/6 list of (Camb.) houses.
Other[1] 6 May 1635 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesAdmitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay as "John Arnoll."
Residence[1] Bef Feb 1639/40 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesIn Hartford land inventory of Feb 1639/40.
Will[1][2] 22 Aug 1664 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1] Bet 22 Aug 1664 and 26 Dec 1664 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesBetween date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1][2] 26 Dec 1664 £106 2s. (against which were debts of £7, of which £55 was real estate. Manwaring says £105-10-00.
Probate[1] 2 Mar 1664/65 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 John Arnold, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    1:81-83.

    "ORIGIN: unknown"
    "CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 6 May 1635 implied by greemanship.
    FREEMAN: 6 May 1635 (as 'John Arnoll,' third in a sequence of eight Cambridge men) [MBCR 1:370]."
    "BIRTH: By about 1603 based on estimated date of marriage.
    DEATH: Hartford between 22 August 1664 (date of will) and 26 Dec 1664 (date of inventory)"

  2. 2.0 2.1 Arnold, John, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:173-74.

    "Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 10.

    Arnold, John, Hartford. Invt. £105-10-00. Taken 26 December, 1664, by Thomas Bull & Edward Stebbing. Will dated 22 August, 1664.

    I John Arnold of Hartford, uppon the river of Conecticut, being very aged & weak in body & in a dayle expectation of my change from henc, Doe make and Ordain this my last will and testament in manner and fforme as ffolloweth: Imprimis. I give unto my Dear and loveing wife Susana Arnold the sole & ffull use of my now Dwelling hows and howse lott, the barne & all Appurtenances belonging to the aforesaid premises, during the ffull term off her naturall life; alsoe my two kowes. Item. I give my wif to be for her use & at her own dispose all my wearing cloathes, my beds & bedding, with all other my houshold goods, my said wife paying or causeing to be paid such Legacies as I shall heere bequeath unto my Dear and Loving children, viz: I give unto my son Josiah Arnold one cowe and my two acres of Land in the clayboard swamp, after the death of my wife, & my other upland lott neer the townes End. If my son Joseph Arnold [Joseph one of the founders of Haddam, 1662, and living there in 1664] Returne to Dwell again in Hartford within two yeares after the date heeroff, I give the one halfe of the said Lott to him and his heirs forever; the other part of it I give to my son Daniell & his heirs forever. Item. I give unto my son Daniell, after the decease off my fore said wife, my now dwelling house, houselott & Barne, with all Appurtenances there unto belonging. My will is that if my son Daniell shall live and be marred & have a child or children, that the fore said premises shall be to him and his heirs for ever; But if he shall mary and dye without issue my will is that his wife shall Enjoy the foresaid premises during her naturall lif, and after her Discease my will is that all those premises I have heerin given to my son Daniell Shall be the estate of my son Joseph Arnold & his heirs for ever. Item. I give unto my dear, loving gr. child Mary Buck ffourty shillings, to be paid at her adge of eighteen yeares or within one full yeare after the decease of my fore said wif. That this my last will & Testament be truly performed, I entreat my loveing brethren Edward Stebbing and Leiftenant Bull to be Overseers hereunto. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this two & twentieth day off August, 1664.

    JOHN ARNOLD.

    Witness hereunto: James Ensign, Thomas Bull.

    Court Record, Page 26—2 March, 1664-5: Will approved."