Margaret (Goffe) Arnold (abt. 1688 - abt. 1719)

Born about 1688 in Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac B Arnold Sr — married about 1707 in Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1719 at about age 31 in King George County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Goff Name Study.

Margaret (Goffe) Arnold was a Virginia colonist.

Margaret was born about 1688, based on her husband's age. She was the daughter of Thomas Goff.

By 1707, she was the wife of Isaac Arnold.^[1] They were the parents of Isaac, Thomas, Benjamin, William, Sarah, Isabell and James.

She is believed to have died around 1719 as she no longer appears in land transactions her husband made after this time.

Notes

Old Rappahannock had ceased to exist by 1692 leaving Essex and Richmond Counties in its place. In 1720, King George County formed out of Richmond.

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Goff and wife Margaret grant to daughter Margaret in consideration of a marriage already held to Isaac Arnold Jr., a tract of land patented by Thomas on March 19 1697. (Feb. 28, 1707, D. B. 4, p. 126, Richmond Co.)

• Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• [www.usgwarchives.net/special/afas/ Arnold Family Association of the South, newsletters]
• The Rucker family genealogy, with their ancestors, descendants and connections • Part III. Auxiliary lines; Chapter: Gough—Goffe; p. 430–31; Image; Quote:
  • The name first appears in York, then New Kent, King and Queen, King William, Rappahannock, Essex, King George, Richmond, and one branch moved to Orange, then to Amherst. The records of three of these counties have been destroyed; it is impossible to trace them. The spelling of the name varies often, twice in the same document.
  • John Goffe patented 400 acres of land on Aracio Swamp, adjoining another division of said Goffe's 5 Opr. 1664 (B. 5, p. 420, L. Gr.).
  • Margaret¹ married 1st, Gough or Goffe; 2nd, John Prosser who died in Rappa. Co., 1671, will mentioned "Sons-in-law, Robert and Thomas Goffe. She received 500 acres on the north side of the Rappa. by will of her husband, John Prosser (now in King George Co.). Issue: 1. Robert² Goffe. 2. Thomas² Goffe.
  • 2. Thomas² Goffe ( Margaret¹), died before 1726, m. Margaret ________. His step-father, John Prosser, left to him by will dated 1671, ½ interest in 200 acres of land on the south side of Rappahannock River (now Essex). The entire 200 acres Thomas sold. He bought 200 acres of land in Westmoreland Co., which later was sold by two of his sons, Thomas and John Goffe.
  • John Willis, of Richmond Co., patented land, beginning at the head of Mary Gunstocker, on Indian or the Rappahannock River, in the clive adjoining Thomas Goffe, to John Arnold's, 19 Mch. 1696/7 (Vol. 2, p. 264, N. N. L. Gr.). The same day Thomas Kendall patented 105 acres of land in Richmond Co. in the clive adjoining Thomas Goffe. The same day Thomas Goffe of Richmond county patented 105 acres, beginning at Thomas Kendall's, back of Mary Gunstocker in clive, to John Willis's, at the head of Warasque Creek (same book and page, B. 2, p. 266, N. N. L. Gr.).
  • Thomas Goffe of St. Mary's Parish, Richmond Co., deeded to his daughter, Margaret, wife of Isaac Arnold, land adjoining said Goffe and John Willis, Jr. Margaret, wife of Thomas Goffe, signed the deed, Feb. 28, 1707 (D. B. 4, p. 126, Rd. Co.).
  • Thomas Goffe and wife, Margaret, were administrators of Wm. Goffe, deceased, with Isaac Arnold security, 4 Apr. 1716 (B. 7, p. 114, Rd. Co.).
  • Thomas Goffe now appears in King George County, on 14 Jan. 1723 he sold to Joseph Trougher of Essex Co., 200 acres of land in St. Mary's Parish, Essex Co., which was bequeathed to said Thomas and Robert Goff by one John Prosser, dec'd. Margaret, wife of Thomas Goffe, signed the deed. Witness: Isaac Arnold, Jonathan Gibson, John Gibson, Peter Gibbon (D. B. 17, p. 207, Essex).
  • William Kendall of Stafford Co., sold to Jere Murdock of King George Co., merchant, for 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, the land where Wm. Kendall formerly lived, purchased by Thomas Goffe from Maj. Wright, 28 Sept. 1726 (D. B. 8, p. 179, King George Co.).
    1. Margaret³ Goffe, wife of Isaac Arnold.
    2. Thomas³ Goffe.
    3. John³ Goffe.
    4. Wm.³ Goffe.

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