Francisco Arnau III (1719)

Born 1719 in San Felipe, Minorca

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Biography

• First Name: Francisco ^[1][2]
• Last Name: ARNAU ^[1][2]
• Suffix: III ^[1]
• Birth Date: 1719 ^[1][2]
• Birth Place: San Felipe, Minorca ^[1]
• Father: Francisco ARNAU II ^[1][2]
• Mother: Juana Montoyo HERNANDEZ ^[2]
• Marriage: to Antona PLANELLS (ARNAU)^[2]
• Marriage Date: ?
• Marriage Place: ?
• Children: 6^[2][1][3]
  1. Son, Francisco Planells ARNAU IV, b: 1 JAN 1748 in San Felipe, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. d: 1811
  2. Son, Ramon ARNAU, b: 23 May 1750 in San Felipe, Minorca
  3. Daughter, Juana ARNAU, b: 10 Ap 1754, San Felipe, Minorca
  4. Daughter, Juana ARNAU, b: 22 Feb 1759, San Felipe, Minorca
  5. Son, Estevan ARNAU, b: 4 Sept 1761, San Felipe, Minorca
  6. Daughter, Teresa ARNAU, b: 1764, San Felipe, Minorca
  7. Daughter, Antonia Teresa Planells ARNAU, b: 4 June 1768, at sea
• 1784: Francisco (age 65) and wife Antonia Planells Arnau sailed from Mahon, Minorca with their six children in 1768, as indentured farmers to help found the new Florida colony at "Los Mosquitos" , which Turnbull named New Smyrna*. During the long three month voyage to New Smyrna, their seventh child was born, a daughter, Antonia. Of the 1403 indentured colonists who departed Minorca for New Smyrna, 148 (11%) died during the stormy three month voyage.
  The ships' names and numbers of passengers were:
  Charming Betsy: 232
  Henry & Caroline: 142
  Elizabeth: 190
  Friendship: 198
  New Fortune: 226
  The Hope: 150
  American Soldier: 145
  The Betsy: 120
  TOTAL: 1403
  All were Britishships. The ships were separated during storms and arrival times varied by weeks. Turnbull's wife was from Smyrna,Turkey, now known as Izmir." ^[3][4] The children were aged from 20 to 4. (Son, Francisco Planells ARNAU IV was age 20.)
• Death Date: ?
• Death Place: ?
• Burial Place: ?

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Arnau de Corassa Tree http://manucy.com/html/trees/main_tree/arnau/index.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/antonia-planells_54390923
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} rootsweb/Bud Norris http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gentree8&id=I10353
4. ↑ rootsweb/Arnau http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2525781&id=I40