Peter ARNOLD
Estate Record of Peter Arnold
New FamilySearch, November 2012
NAME: Peter ARNOLD or ARNOLT NOTES: 1. Peter arrived in the Port of Philadelphia aboard the ship "Lydia", which sailed from Rotterdam on 9 Oct 1747. 2. Listed next to Peter on the passenger list were Wilhelm and Johannes Arnolt. 3. On the same page is recorded Heinrich Koch. 4. All passengers on this ship had come from Wurtemburg, Dourslach, Zweysbrecht and the Palatinate. DEATH: Will Probate: 15 Feb 1765.
NAME: Nicholas ARNOLD or ERHMOLD OCCUPATION: Blacksmith DEATH: 1. Will Date: 8 Jan 1781; Will Probate: 10 Mar 1781, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 2. Death date listed as 3 Oct 1781, Greenwich Twp., Berks County, Pennsylvania on NewFamilySearch. RESEARCH NOTES: 1. Nicholas arrived in America in 1754. This is according to a notice he placed in Sower's Newspaper 16 June 1756 seeking word of his brother, Philip, who arrived at the same time. This notice also states that he, Nicholas, was indentured for three years. 2. Another Nicholas Arnold arrived in Philadelphia from Germany aboard the ship "Chance" on 23 Sep 1766.
DEATH: Will Date: 27 Apr 1790; Will Probate: 16 Nov 1797.
He married Mrs. Anna Maria Arnold Abt 1730 at of Germany . Mrs. Anna Maria Arnold was born at of Germany Abt 1710 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Nicholas Arnold
born Abt 1732.
Philip Arnold
born Abt 1737.
Maria Elizabeth Arnold
born Abt 1740.
Anna Margaretha Arnold
born Abt 1744.
Henry Arnold
born Abt 1748.
John Arnold
born Abt 1751.
Peter Arnold died 25 Oct 1763 at Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania .