John Arnold (abt. 1754 - 1835)

Born about 24 Feb 1754 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1835 at about age 81 in Nashwaak Village, Saint Marys, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Biography

John Arnold 1754-Dec.15, 1835 ^[1], served as a corporal in the 2nd New Jersey Volunteers during the Revolutionary War. His regiment received land grants in the Parish of Kingsclear.^[2] Most of the large number of military grants to the Loyalist corps were escheated within a few years and regranted. John Arnold relocated to the Nashwaak,(Penniac), Saint Marys Parish, York County, then moved to Bristol, Kent Parish, Carleton County^[3] . John's wife Catherine, died on May 24th, 1821. They had 10 children. ^{[4][5] [6] [7] [8]}

John was christened February 24, 1754, at the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, in Morris county, New Jersey, a son of Samuel Arnold ^[9] and Phebe (Ford) Arnold. ^[10] During the American Revolutionary War, John was Loyal to the British Crown and in 1798, requested land in New Brunswick, where he moved his family:

The Petition of John Arnold

To The Honorable Petter Russell Esquire President of the Province of Upper Canada &c &c &c

"Most Humbely begs Leave to inform your Honour that I arived in this Province early in July Last and hath been Imployed at Goverment Mill on the Humbe by John WILLSON Esquire and being Desires to become a Settler in the province Most Humbely Prays your Honour in Councill to Grant Your Petitioner a portion of Land as in your Wisdom Shall be thought Proper under the New Regulations-- And your Petitioner as in Dutey bound Shall Ever Pray"

John ARNOLD, September 16th 1798 ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Source, Province of New Brunswick Archive, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital StatisticsObituaryObituary excerpt from New Brunswick Royal Gazette: "died son's house on Nashwaak, age 81, John Arnold, old soldier of the Revolutionary War and many years inhabitant of that town."
2. ↑ History of Central New Brunswick by L.M.B Maxwell page 66.
3. ↑ First Families of New Brunswick New Brunswick genealogical society https://nbgs.ca
4. ↑ PANB MC80/1214 Book: 1785-1885 NASHWAAK FAMILIES page 5; Ina MacLaggan [Dodds-1579], Faye Stewart , [Stewart-35392] ;Published by Nashwaak Bicentennial Association (1986) ISBN 10: 0969164726 ISBN 13: 9780969164722 submitted by Marilyn Stewart-Evans Stewart-35389
5. ↑ Loyalist Families by C.B. Barrett and Elizabeth Sewell. page 3
6. ↑ MC80/2457 Michael J. Corr’s The descendants of the Loyalist John Arnold
7. ↑ Saint Marys’ families Compilation of families who lived in the Parish of Saint Mary's York County, New Brunswick, Canada. New Brunswick Provincial Archives MC80/1728 Marilyn Evans’ Stewart-35389 Saint Marys’ families.
8. ↑ First Families of New Brunswick New Brunswick genealogical society [https://nbgs.ca/cpage.php?pt=169 First Family
9. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch : Birth, John Arnold, ; citing FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,MORRISTOWN,MORRIS,NEW JERSEY, reference ; FHL microfilm 0899807 V. I
10. ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:36VL-Z6D : accessed 8 July 2019), entry for John /Arnold/ 4, cites sources; "Browne-Johnson Family Tree 2017" file (2:2:2:MM63-6VK), submitted 23 July 2017 by RichardBrowne4
11. ↑ http://www.royalprovincial.com/genealogy/settle/lndcgd1.shtml

See Also:

• McNeil sourced Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree 11422786 by Marilyn Stewart-Evans Stewart-35389
• Information source: Faye Stewart and Ina Dodds-MacLaggan

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mckenzieice&id=I113