Isaac B Arnold Sr (abt. 1685 - 1758)

Born about 1685 in Rappahannock County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Goffe) Arnold — married about 1707 in Richmond County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 May 1758 at about age 73 in King George County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Isaac Arnold Sr was a Virginia colonist.

Isaac Arnold is estimated to have been born about 1685 in (old) Rappahannock County, Virginia. He is believed to be a son of Thomas and Grace Arnold of Gingoteague Creek.

His first wife was Margaret Goff. Their children were Isaac, Thomas, Benjamin, William, Sarah, Isabell and James.

He was then married to Mary and they were the parents of Diana, Elizabeth, Mary, Jemimah, Susanna and Mark.

By May of 1758, he had died in Hanover Parish, Virginia.

Notes

Isaac was married twice and had 13 (?) children. The exact timeline of birthdates for the offspring and the death of Margaret is fuzzy. Margaret is presumed to have died no later than 1719 after a 12 year marriage at most.

Isaac's Will names 10 children. Thomas who is known to have died before Isaac, is not mentioned. James who is on the list of children, is also not named. Do we know where he comes from? Jemimah was left off of Isaac's Will, but is named in Mary's.

Mark, whose birthdate of 1739 is stated in Isaac's Will. He is not mentioned in Mary's though she makes a blanket gift of one shilling to "all the rest of my children." Morton-7125 04:28, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

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

Will

King George County

Will Book 1, p 89 (Contributed by Mrs. F. Durfey) Will of ISAAC ARNOLD, Sr. (as transcribed in AFAS newsletter Vol. VII, p. 74, http://files.usgwarchives.net/special/afas/volume7/vol7.txt)

In the name of God Amen September the 15th, 1757, I ISAAC ARNOLD of the Parrish of Hanover in King George County being sick and weak at this time in body but of good and perfect memory do make this my last Will in the manner and form following. First I bequeath my soul and spirit into the hands of Almighty God by whom of his many and only grace through the death and merits of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the sole and only hope of my salvation. My body I commit to the earth to be buryed as my executor hereafter named shall see fit.

My will is that my eldest son ISAAC ARNOLD do immediately into possession of all that tract or parcel of land whereon I formerly did live and inhabit situate in the Parrish of Hanover and bounded with the land of Capt. Joseph Murdock and the land of Moses Pittman and others and was given to the said ISAAC ARNOLD my said son by Thomas Goff, grandfather to the said ISAAC ARNOLD and that the said ISAAC and his heirs hold and enjoy the said land forever.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my eldest son ISAAC ARNOLD one shilling sterling as all his part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my daughter DIANAH WHARTON and SAMUEL WHARTON her now husband all that piece or parcel of land whereon they now live during the whole term of the said DIANAH her life to live thereon and no further nor otherwise which land is bounded with the road which leads from Duff’s Ordinary to King George Court House beginning at a Red Oak standing in Capt. Joseph Shorther (Strother?)line on or near the said road thence with the said road westwardly dividing this land from some others of my land crossing a Branch to the line of the land of Mr. John Moore thence with the line of the said Moore to three Red Oaks comes to this land and in the line of the land of the said Shorthers (Strothers) line to the first station the said Samuel not to sell or waste timber from off the said land and that in case the said Samuel and DIANAH should remove from the said to any other place to live and inhabit before the death of the said DIANAH the said land immediately to return to my wife and her heirs and assigns forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son WILLIAM ARNOLD one shilling sterling as his part of my estate.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son BENJAMIN ARNOLD one shilling sterling as his part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my youngest son MARK ARNOLD one shilling sterling as part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my daughter SARAH MORAN one shilling sterling as her part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my daughter ISABELL ROGERS one shilling sterling as her part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my daughter ELIZABETH ARNOLD one shilling sterling as her part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my daughter MARY ARNOLD one shilling sterling as her part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my daughter SUSANNA ARNOLD one shilling sterling as her part of my estate.

Item: I do give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife MARY ARNOLD my now dwelling house and plantation together also with all the land I now have or lay any claim unto together also with that other place and parcel after my daughter DIANAH’s death which is only to the DIANAH for her life all which aforesaid land I do hereby give unto my wife and her heirs and assigns forever and I do so give the premises unto my said wife that she my said wife have full power and lawful authority to lease or sell any part or the whole of the aforesaid land in as full and ample manner and to make as good right there to as I might or could do were I alive to sell the same myself.

Item: I do also give unto my said wife all and every part of my personal estate beds and furniture housewhole goods of every kind together with all my whole stock of horses, mares, cattle, sheep, hogs with every other thing that belongs to me on this or about the said plantation.

Item: Any my will is that my youngest son MARK ARNOLD be set free from all services due to me who was eighteen years old the twenty-sixth day of July last.

Item: And I do make and appoint my living wife MARY my whole and sole Executrice of this my last Will, revoking and disanuling all former and other wills by me theretofore ratifying and declaring this and no other to be my last Will and Testament and in confirmation thereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my Seal this Thirtieth Day of September in the year of our Lord 1757. Sealed and Delivered in person in presence of --- I desire that my Estate may not be brought to an appraisement.

Signed: ISAAC ARNOLD

Testors: Bob Walker, Bob Walker Jr., Wm. Thendal

At a Court held for King George County the 4th day of May 1758, the within Last Will and Testament of ISAAC ARNOLD deceased was presented unto Court by MARY ARNOLD the Executrice therein named who made oath thereto according to law and the same being further proved by the oath of two of the witnesses thereto subscribe was ordered to be recorded and is truly recorded.

Teste: Rot. Armistead, Co. Cur.

Y-DNA

Paternal lineage confirmed via y-DNA testing with ftDNA. Bruce Arnold, a descendant of Joseph Arnold (abt.1765-abt.1849), matches to Elvin Arnold, a descendant of James Arnold (1770-aft.1830), at a genetic distance of four with 111 markers tested. They are 5C. James and Joseph are likely brothers, sons of William Arnold Sr. (abt.1714-aft.1774) who is a grandson of Thomas Arnold (abt.1649-bef.1726). FtDNA probability that they share a relationship within 6 generations is 53.6% and within the last 7 generation is 66.16%

Y-DNA tested descendants believed to belong to Thomas Arnold (abt.1649-bef.1726) of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, generally fall into group 07 in the Arnold Y-DNA project at familytreeDNA.com. The results are available for study here: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/arnold?iframe=yresults

Sources

See also:

• Marriage; Name: Isaac Arnold; Marriage Date: Abt 1707; Spouse Name: Margaret Goff; Marriage Location: Virginia, United States; Source Information; Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
• Genealogical charts of James Mason Grove.
• 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.