Nicholas Arnold (abt. 1737 - aft. 1808)

Born about 1737 in Culpeper County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Willis) Arnold — married 1753 in Culpeper County, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Sara (Champ) Arnold — married 23 May 1793 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died after 1808 after about age 71 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Nicholas Arnold was a Virginia colonist.

Nicholas Arnold performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Nicholas Arnold is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A003296.

Nicholas Arnold is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-104756
Rank: Private

Nicholas was born in the mid 1730's in Virginia.

In 1753 he married Margaret Willis in Culpeper County, Virginia.^[1] They were the parents of John, James, Lewis, Nimrod, Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Thomas, and Elisha.

He married Sarah Champ in 1793 in Bourbon County, Kentucky..^[2] Their children were Gensey, Suppish (m), Sina and Robert.^[3]

He relinquished his interest in the estate of his wife's father to her brother in 1808. ^[4] He also wrote a Will in 1808,^{[citation needed]} but a Nicholas Arnold still appears in 1810 on the Bourbon County census.^[5]

Notes

A timeline supplied on Nicholas' profile on Family Search is attributed to LPD Press and Rio Grande Books, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/9FM9-J45. We know there was an early gift deed left by Isaac Arnold to his son, Thomas and his wife Mary in 1737, saying the land was to go to their oldest son, Humphrey after their passing. Thomas dies in 1743 and Mary in 1753. According to this timeline, Nicholas marries Margaret Willis in 1753 in Culpepper County, Virginia and Humphrey Arnold puts up the marriage bond, inferring a close relationship between the two and the supplying the likelihood that they are brothers. This same timeline gives his mother's name as Elizabeth Mary Jennings Hitt without supplying a source for her name. Names of children are being taken from this timeline with verification still needed. Timeline contains several bits of conflicting info, so primary sources are needed.

Mentioned in daughter's pension records.

The Arnold y-DNA Project has placed a tester that is a descendant of Nicholas in group 07, which belongs to testers believed to be descendants of Thomas Arnold (abt.1649-bef.1726). The Arnold Project groupings are available here: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/arnold?iframe=yresults

Linked to Gedmatch kit M642143

Sources

1. ↑ Culpeper County, Virginia Bond by Humphrey Arnold, consent for bride by Nicholas Arnold, Wit by Robert Hamilton and David McNelly. She was listed as Peggy Willis. (Better citation needed for Book and page)
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZH-8YC : 17 May 2018), Nicholas Arnold and Sary Champ, 24 May 1793; citing Marriage, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,145.
3. ↑ 22 Jun 1799, Book F, p. 420, Bourbon County, Kentucky: Nicholas Arnold of Bourbon County to Ginsey Arnold, Suppish Arnold, Sina Arnold, and Robert Champ Arnold, his near and dear children. He gave them slaves, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, geese, furniture, farm implements and even his rifle. "also all the lands that I have equally divided between them and everything else that I have"
4. ↑ Bourbon County Court Book F pg 452: Nicholas Arnold and Sarah his wife, late Sarah Champ, daughter of Thomas Champ deceased of Bourbon, to Robert Champ, her brother. All interest in Thomas Champ estate. made 1 November 1808. Acknowledged by Nicholas and wife, 7 November 1808
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1TF3-YF9 : accessed 23 July 2022), Household of Nicholas Arnold, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 143, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5; FHL microfilm 181,350.

• Deed Book B pg 46 Bourbon County Kentucky: Nicholas and Margaret Arnold of Woodford County Kentucky to John Hopper of Bourbon County - Townsend Waters, South Fork of Licking 50 acres. Part of Nicholas Arnold survey for 400 acres as assignee of William Pannell. Received by County Court, 15 June 1790
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I061210&tree=Tree1

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Oct 2020), "Record of Nicholas Arnold", Ancestor # A003296.
• Revolutionary Pension Records p. 18 https://www.fold3.com/image/19920577