Arabella (Goode) Cunningham (1740 - 1798)

Born 1740 in Ulster, Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1798 at about age 58 in Jefferson County, Tennessee

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Biography

Arabella Goode Cunningham (daughter of James Hill Good and Sarah Swain) was born in Ireland about 1740. She married James Cunningham around 1760-62 and their first four children were born in Ulster, North Ireland. The family emigrated to Colonial America through Philadelphia in 1769 and their last two children were born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

"About the year 1786 a number of families emigrated from Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, to a section of the French Broad River afterwards known as Taylor's Bend and Pine Chapel neighborhoods. Taylor's Bend is a few miles above Dandridge, and Pine Chapel was erected on the south side of the river some seven or eight miles east of Dandridge. (see map) Among them were the families of Mrs. Arabella Cunnyngham. Mrs. Cunnyngham was the widow of James Cunnyngham, who emigrated from Ulster, landed in Philadelphia in 1769, and located in Virginia.

"James died in Virginia just before his family moved to what is now Jefferson County. James was a devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, both in Ireland and America. Arabella was a different spirit from himself, and kept her spinning wheel whirring while her pious husband was engaged in family devotions. She was in hearty sympathy with her neighbors, whose moral training allowed them to take the Sacrament on Sunday, and fiddle, dance and indulge in all forms of worldly pleasure during the week." —From Holston Methodism, by R.N. Price, [1908].

In 1784 their first daughter, Arabella Cunningham, married John Winton. This was a year or so before James Cunningham died (1785-86) in Shenandoah County, Virginia. John Winton and Arabella had two children between 1785 and 1787 in Virginia, and between 1789 and 1807 they had eleven more children in Tennessee, with the last eight children born in Roane County, Tennessee.

"Mrs. Cunnyngham found a home in the wilderness of East Tennessee, and about the year 1790 she found peace in believing, in a revival conducted by John McGee. James Cunnyngham and wife, Arabella, had six children." —(from Holston Methodism); Arabella Goode Cunningham died August 26, 1798 in Jefferson County, Tenn.

Sources

• MyHeritage <a href='http://www.wikitree.com' target='wikitree'>www.wikitree.com</a> Media: 10109 Collection https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10109/wikitree?s=187016922&itemId=26309698&action=showRecord&indId=individual-187016922-1500464 https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10109/wikitree?s=187016922&itemId=26309698&action=showRecord&indId=individual-187016922-1500464

  Arabella Cunningham (born Goode)
  Gender: Female
  Birth: Circa 1740 - Ulster, Ireland
  Marriage: Circa 1760
  Marriage: Circa 1786
  Death: Aug 26 1798 - Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Father: James Hill Good
  Mother: Sarah Good (born Swain)
  Spouses: James Cunningham, IJohn Winston
  Children: Arabella CunnynghamWilliam Henry CunninghamGeorge CunninghamJames Cunningham, IIJohn CunninghamCharlotte Turnley (born Cunnyngham)Jonathon CunninghamLucy CunnynghamWilliam CunninghamMagdolen Cunningham
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  Certainty: 4
• Leslie Stapp Stapp Web Site

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  Family site: Stapp Web Site

  Family tree: 63181291-1 Media: 63181291-1 Discovery Arabella Cunnyngham (born Goode) Arabella Cunnyngham (born Goode) 22 FEB 2016 Added via a Smart Match Certainty: 3
• Peggie Seale Family site (Family Tree Legends)

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  Family tree: 175484021-1 Media: 175484021-1 Smart Matching Arabella Cunnyngham (born Goode) Arabella Cunnyngham (born Goode) 17 MAR 2016 Added by confirming a Smart Match Certainty: 3
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48080925/arabella-cunningham: accessed 04 August 2023), memorial page for Arabella Goode Cunningham (1741–26 Jan 1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48080925, citing Pine Chapel Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Johnnie Lee Lewis (contributor 47051875).