Isaac Arnold (abt. 1640 - 1706)

Born about 1640 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sara M. (Cornell) Arnold — married 30 Oct 1691 in New York City, New York County, New York

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1706 at about age 66 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Isaac Arnold was most likely born in Amsterdam. His father was English, his mother was Dutch. His father’s family moved to The Netherlands soon after his father was born, probably for religious reasons, as many religious groups were being poorly treated in England. It is assumed that he emigrated to Massachusetts by 1670, after his parents died. He first is found in Salem, Massachusetts, then Rhode Island by 1675. (needs citation)

Isaac Arnold was an esteemed citizen of Southold, Long Island,. well educated. Often he sprinkled Latin phrases into his writings. He was attorney to prominent men including, Bartholommy Hooper of Plymouth, England, shipwright.

In 1680 He was the first named trustee of the estate of Nathaniel Sylvester of Shelter Island, mentioned also in connection with Shelter Island in 1687. ^[1]

A 130 ton ketch carrying 1000 pounds of cargo bound for Virginia belonging to Isaac Arnold was taken by pirates in 1682 . ^[2]

Isaac Arnold appears on the 1686 Southold census with 1 male, 4 females, and 6 slaves - 3 males, 3 females. , ^[3]

His household census of 1698. [2]

• Col. Isaac Arnold
• Sarah Arnold
• Rachel Arnold
• Sarah Arnold, Junjr
• Susannah Arnold
• Susannah Washbourn
• John Washbourn

Other children included Nathaniel, Isaac and possibly John. ^[4]

A daughter Mary from a first marriage was born in 1675, possibly in Rhode Island. A birth record has not been found. Mary Arnold Gilliam Horton was possibly the daughter of Mary Young, Isaac’s first wife who was possibly born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1640.^[5] Sources differ on this.

Col. Isaac Arnold married Sarah Cornell as his second wife in October of 1691 in New York City. [3]

Rachel Arnold, born in 1691, married Thomas Hunt of West Farms, Westchester in 1707.^[6] Other children included Nathaniel born 1699, Isaac born 1701 and possibly John.

Nathanel and Constant Sylvester owned sugar plantations and shipping operations between the colonies and the Carribean Islands. On Feb 8, 1687, Joshua Sylvester deeded to Isaac Arnold all his visible estate on Shelter Island plus all monies due him, Arnold to give him 30 pounds per year for maintenance. [4] (See photo)

Captain Nathaniel Sylvester did by his last will bequeath to his 2nd son Nathaniel the parcel of land on Shelter Island containing 1000 acres "commonly called by the name of Hog Neck situated on the South side of the island." 5 March 1689. Was attorney for for William Brinley V. Thomas Moore In Southampton, called the east Riding of Yorkshire, about a debt.

1693. Isaac Arnold Esq. listed as Judge of Comon Pleas, Suffolk County. ^[7]

5 Feb 1705 Isaac Arnold of Southold Esquire sold to Cartaret Gillam, his son in law, of the Town of Seaybrook, County of New London, Conn. 3 acres in Hog Neck. Southold.^[8] At that time Hog Neck was on Shelter Island and Isaac had inheirited land there from Joshua Sylvester.

Col. isaac Arnold died Nov. 7, 1706. His oldest daughter Mary inherited the family home.

Research Notes

• 1672. March. Thomas More and John Budd sold 1/8 share of the Ketch Thomas & John, "gone for the Island of Barbados." ^[9]
• 1683, 8 June or 12 June. Deed of John Budd to Joseph Horton; confirmed by John Budd (formerly Jr.) and John Tuthill Senr. and Isaac Arnold, executors to John Budd of Southold, deceased. Rye, Westchester County, N.Y.^[10]
• 1685, 13 Oct. A deed is acknowledged before Isa Arnold, Justice of the Peace, Sowthhold.^[11]
• 1686. Called Capt. Isaac Arnold in census of Southold.^[12]

• 1688. Isaac Arnold witnessed a deed transferring land at Setauket from Katharine More to William Smith. ^[9]
• 1691, 30 Oct. Marriage license to Isaac Arnold and Sarah Washbourne. New York. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ [[1]]
2. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Public_Records_of_the_Colony_of_Conn/EhgWAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Isaac+Arnold.+1650..1660&pg=PR7&printsec=frontcover
3. ↑ Hoff, Henry B., Long Island Source Records From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, reprinted by the Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, Maryland. 2001. Includes the Salmon Records.p. 153, 1686 census
4. ↑ Southold town records by Southold (Long Island, N.Y.); Case, J. Wickham (Joseph Wickham). 4n; Riverhead (N.Y.) Publication date 1882 v. 2, p.536-p. 537; V.1, p. 262
5. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research.
6. ↑ New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s Marriage ID2220299846. microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Source The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1918, selected extracts publisher New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Publication Place New York, NYPage. 64.
7. ↑ Long Island Source Records From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, by Henry Hoff, reprinted by the Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, Maryland. 2001. Includes the Salmon Records.p. 153, p.186
8. ↑ Southold Town Records v. 2, p.537; V.1, p. 262
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Moore, Charles B. "The Moore Family of Southold, L.I." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB437/i/12832/67/24606041 Vol. 15 (1884), pages 67-68.
10. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB437/i/13794/397/245978037 Vol. 54 (1923), page 397.
11. ↑ "Sarah (Risley) (Crooke) Payne of Conn. and L.I." The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/13130/165/234369340 Vol. 70 (1995), page 165.
12. ↑ The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
13. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic ISBN 0815624573, 9780815624578Genealogical Society, 2011.) Vol. 4 (1873), page 31. Citing Vol. 4, Records of Wills, Surrogate's Office, N.Y.

• Long Island Historical Society, The Journal oF Long Island History, p.29. Mentions Isa: Arnold and Brothers.
• . See 3 source photos
• The Andros Papers, 1674-1676: Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York During the Administration of Sir Edmund Andros 1674-1680, New York Historical Manuscripts, p. 409
• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research.
• Southold Town Records, copied and explanatory notes added by J. Wickham Case, printed by Order of the Towns of Southold and Riverhead, 1884, Published 1989 by Heritage Books, Inc.,Bowie, Maryland. In Two Volumes. (Index not complete ) v. 2, p.537; V. 1, p. 262
• Southold town records by Southold (Long Island, N.Y.); Case, J. Wickham (Joseph Wickham). 4n; Riverhead (N.Y.) Publication date 1882
• Long Island Source Records From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, by Henry Hoff, reprinted by the Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, Maryland. 2001. Includes the Salmon Records.p. 153, p.186. Page 153 has 1686 Southold census with slaves
• Cornell, Rev. John, Genealogy of the Cornell Family, New York, 1902, p. 150.
• Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 21, the marriage date from Haight, Ada C., The Richard Washburn Family Genealogy, Ossining, NY, 1937, p. 11; Latting, J.J., Esq.,
• “New York Marriage Licenses from Vol. IV. of Records of Wills, Surrogate’s Office, N.Y.,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 4, [Jan. 1873], p. 31, the marriage license dated 30 Oct. 1691.
• Genealogy of the Cornell family : being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I.

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