Saturday, April 2, 2016
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Phoebe Ann Golden
And who is this? On the same large monument as Amos Arnold's parents and sisters. Need to do some research.
Amos Arnold's Sisters
Amos Arnold had 4 sisters. Mary, Samantha, Eunice, and Harriet. I believe only one married.
Eunice Abigail married Jehial B. White. I have tried to find obits for these 4 sisters, but no luck.
Mary was born November 5, 1832, and died in 1911.
Samantha was born June 27, 1835, and died in 1926.
Eunice was born May 8, 1838, not sure when she died.
Harriet was born November 17, 1840 and died in 1842. A child.
Mary, Samantha, and Harriet are buried in the New Schuyler Falls Cemetery, Schuyler Falls, Clinton County, New York.
Eunice Abigail married Jehial B. White. I have tried to find obits for these 4 sisters, but no luck.
Mary was born November 5, 1832, and died in 1911.
Samantha was born June 27, 1835, and died in 1926.
Eunice was born May 8, 1838, not sure when she died.
Harriet was born November 17, 1840 and died in 1842. A child.
Mary, Samantha, and Harriet are buried in the New Schuyler Falls Cemetery, Schuyler Falls, Clinton County, New York.
Back to Schuyler Falls
August 1996 in the New Schuyler Falls Cemetery, Schuyler Falls, Clinton County, New York.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Amos sells his property. On to Illinois.
Do you think this is the sale of his property in New York just prior to his setting out for Ford County, Illinois? 50 swarms of bees.
--Plattsburgh Republican. October 05, 1867. Page 2.
--Plattsburgh Republican. October 05, 1867. Page 2.
New York Historic Newspapers
A great site for my New York researching. See the link below.
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/newspapers/
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/newspapers/
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Golden Wedding of Stukely and Louvisa Lobdell Arnold
GOLDEN WEDDING !
Reminiscences of Early Settlers
About the commencement of the present century, three brothers bearing the name of Arnold, (direct descendants of one of the four brothers who landed at Plymouth Rock about 1620, coming over in the second vessel that brought colonists from England.) settled in what was then called the town of Plattsburgh, but now belonging to the town of Peru.
In a log house which stood on the farm now owned by Mr. Henry Arnold, destitute of chimney and floor, in the year 1801, a child was born; his parents gave him the name Stukely, and he has borne it with honor to his parentage as well as himself nearly four score years. Fifty years ago, on the 19th day of February 1829, he was united in marriage with Miss Louvisa Lobdell, of Schuyler Falls. The marriage ceremony was performed in the house where Albert Lobdell now resides. Changes have taken place in the repairs made upon the old dwelling, but yet it is monumental, because it marks the place where two lives mutually joined, and have since mingled in life's joys and sorrows as one.
Great changes have taken place in the light of these fifty years. The grand old primal forests, through whose solitudes the early settlers travels by bridal paths, have disappeared; cultivated fields and orchards have taken their place; the rude log houses have been exchanged for beautiful homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold celebrated with a golden wedding the anniversary of their marriage, February 14th, 1879. The are still enjoying very good health, although somewhat infirm form the weight of years and the toils of rural life. In their decline they are blessed with a beautiful home, as the merited reward of patient industry and toil. Their union was blessed with one son and three daughter. The son resides in the State of Illinois, and was not present. The youngest daughter is the wife of Mr. J. B. White, of Peru. The other daughters are unmarried, and reside in the home where they were born. Four generations were represented at the golden wedding: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White, and their daughter, who is the wife of Mr. H. E. Heyworth, of Peru, and their infant daughter; Mr. Henry Arnold is a brother and who was present with his wife and family two sons and one daughter; Mr. O. K. Arnold and wife; Mrs. Norman Lewis, sister of Mrs. Arnold, was present; Mrs. Lobdell, a brother’s widow; Mrs. Johnson, and several other invited guests.
Among the presents was a cane, the gift of Mr. Henry Arnold. This cane was made of live oak from one of the ribs of the “Royal Savage,” Benedict Arnold’s flag ship, after having lain in the water for a hundred years. It was mounted with a gold plate, with the inscription: “From Henry to Stukley, 1829-1879.” A chair made of black walnut, the gift of Mr. J. B. White. A card receiver, in a frame of chased silver work; a pair of vases and other presents were given as token of friendship and love. The occasion was not observed for the display of rich presents, but for the exhibition of friendships, richer and more enduring than silver or gold.
Some incidents of Mr. Arnold’s early life were revived and repeated. Distinctly he remembered the battle of Plattsburgh, being then fourteen years of age. On the night that the British evacuated the place he started from his home, leaving his mother in tears, and alone in the darkness and on foot he made his way to the scene of the battle. He saw soldiers wounded and bleeding; heard the groans of the dying, as they lay among the dead. He carried home a ball fired by the British, which passed through the wall of the Court House, lodging in the sill on the opposite side of the building. He has the ball now in safe keeping.
At the recital of general muster and training day incidents, the eye of the old man would glow with the military spirit and fire of other days.
The religious training of Mr. Arnold was that of the Quakers. His early life was moulded under their teaching, and the influence has been felt in all his life. Both himself and wife and daughters are members of the M. E. Church, and the pastor always meets with a cheerful welcome to this christian home.
Dinner was served, made up of the substantials and luxuries of life, after which and just before the company broke up to the tune of Hebron, the familiar words: “Thus far the Lord hath led me,” &c., were sung, and prayer was offered by Rev. S. D. Elkins, and the company left for their homes. May the light of an unsetting sun shine upon their path and gild the future with the splendors of an eternal day.
Pluribus
--From newspaper clipping
Reminiscences of Early Settlers
About the commencement of the present century, three brothers bearing the name of Arnold, (direct descendants of one of the four brothers who landed at Plymouth Rock about 1620, coming over in the second vessel that brought colonists from England.) settled in what was then called the town of Plattsburgh, but now belonging to the town of Peru.
In a log house which stood on the farm now owned by Mr. Henry Arnold, destitute of chimney and floor, in the year 1801, a child was born; his parents gave him the name Stukely, and he has borne it with honor to his parentage as well as himself nearly four score years. Fifty years ago, on the 19th day of February 1829, he was united in marriage with Miss Louvisa Lobdell, of Schuyler Falls. The marriage ceremony was performed in the house where Albert Lobdell now resides. Changes have taken place in the repairs made upon the old dwelling, but yet it is monumental, because it marks the place where two lives mutually joined, and have since mingled in life's joys and sorrows as one.
Great changes have taken place in the light of these fifty years. The grand old primal forests, through whose solitudes the early settlers travels by bridal paths, have disappeared; cultivated fields and orchards have taken their place; the rude log houses have been exchanged for beautiful homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold celebrated with a golden wedding the anniversary of their marriage, February 14th, 1879. The are still enjoying very good health, although somewhat infirm form the weight of years and the toils of rural life. In their decline they are blessed with a beautiful home, as the merited reward of patient industry and toil. Their union was blessed with one son and three daughter. The son resides in the State of Illinois, and was not present. The youngest daughter is the wife of Mr. J. B. White, of Peru. The other daughters are unmarried, and reside in the home where they were born. Four generations were represented at the golden wedding: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White, and their daughter, who is the wife of Mr. H. E. Heyworth, of Peru, and their infant daughter; Mr. Henry Arnold is a brother and who was present with his wife and family two sons and one daughter; Mr. O. K. Arnold and wife; Mrs. Norman Lewis, sister of Mrs. Arnold, was present; Mrs. Lobdell, a brother’s widow; Mrs. Johnson, and several other invited guests.
Among the presents was a cane, the gift of Mr. Henry Arnold. This cane was made of live oak from one of the ribs of the “Royal Savage,” Benedict Arnold’s flag ship, after having lain in the water for a hundred years. It was mounted with a gold plate, with the inscription: “From Henry to Stukley, 1829-1879.” A chair made of black walnut, the gift of Mr. J. B. White. A card receiver, in a frame of chased silver work; a pair of vases and other presents were given as token of friendship and love. The occasion was not observed for the display of rich presents, but for the exhibition of friendships, richer and more enduring than silver or gold.
Some incidents of Mr. Arnold’s early life were revived and repeated. Distinctly he remembered the battle of Plattsburgh, being then fourteen years of age. On the night that the British evacuated the place he started from his home, leaving his mother in tears, and alone in the darkness and on foot he made his way to the scene of the battle. He saw soldiers wounded and bleeding; heard the groans of the dying, as they lay among the dead. He carried home a ball fired by the British, which passed through the wall of the Court House, lodging in the sill on the opposite side of the building. He has the ball now in safe keeping.
At the recital of general muster and training day incidents, the eye of the old man would glow with the military spirit and fire of other days.
The religious training of Mr. Arnold was that of the Quakers. His early life was moulded under their teaching, and the influence has been felt in all his life. Both himself and wife and daughters are members of the M. E. Church, and the pastor always meets with a cheerful welcome to this christian home.
Dinner was served, made up of the substantials and luxuries of life, after which and just before the company broke up to the tune of Hebron, the familiar words: “Thus far the Lord hath led me,” &c., were sung, and prayer was offered by Rev. S. D. Elkins, and the company left for their homes. May the light of an unsetting sun shine upon their path and gild the future with the splendors of an eternal day.
Pluribus
--From newspaper clipping
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Interesting Stuff
I visited Plattsburgh, New York, in 1996 with my two sisters, Mother and Aunt. This Facebook page has some great old photos of the town. Use the link below the picture.
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| https://www.facebook.com/OldPlattsburgh/ |
Friday, February 26, 2016
Lineage
The first to arrive Thomas Arnold on the Plain Joan in 1635.
Michael Collins Dunn has some interesting information about the Plaine Joan with his genealogical research.
http://www.tamandmichael.com/COLHIST2.htm#The Two William Collinses on the Plaine Joan
But who were the passengers on the Plaine Joan? Let us take a look at them for a moment. Because the famous publication which first printed the list is usually known by the short title as Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality, I am sure many descendants of those Plaine Joan passengers have assumed their ancestors were "persons of quality". But Hotten's full title for his famous book, one known to all colonial genealogists, with all its subtitles was "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600-1700".(8)
Now a closer look at the passenger list of the Plaine Joan shows that there were certainly no "Maidens Pressed", because there were no women at all, and no children under 14. There were, in short, no families. All 84 passengers were males old enough to perform labor, those of 14 being considered old enough to be farmhands at the time. The oldest passenger aboard was Ralph Wray, 64; there were two men of 50, one of 40, and the other 80 men were all between 14 and 36. This is a list of able-bodied men coming to Virginia to work, without wives, without minor children, without the elderly.
This is important to keep in mind in the discussion to follow. Later Virginians created a myth that the colony was settled by "distressed cavaliers" who fled England during the English civil war, and created the planter aristocracy of the Chesapeake. Certainly there were some distressed cavaliers among the early Virginian settlers, particularly among the richest of the "first families of Virginia". But in 1635 the civil war was still in the future and the cavaliers were not yet "distressed". African slavery was slow to take root in Virginia, and a great deal of the labor in the early years (and even much later) was performed by non-landholding Englishmen, either for pay or under the system of indentured service.
To understand who the passengers on the Plaine Joan appear to have been, and what that means to our ancestry, one first has to understand the "headright" system under which the Chesapeake and southern colonies were settled. Then we will come back to look at those Plaine Joan passengers in greater detail.
http://www.tamandmichael.com/COLHIST2.htm#The Headrights System and Indentured Servents
http://www.tamandmichael.com/COLHIST2.htm#Headrights and the Plaine Joan
1. Thomas
2. Eleazer
3. Joseph
4. Stukely
5. Joseph
6. Stukely
7. Amos
8. Johnson
9. Ernest
10. Glen
11. Janice
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