Nicholas ARNOLD
Estate Papers of Nicholas Arnold
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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.
He married Eva Koch Abt 1760 at of Lehigh, Pennsylvania . Eva Koch was born at of Lehigh, Pennsylvania Abt 1740 daughter of Heinrich Koch and Mrs. Cathrina Koch .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Eva Catharine Arnold
born 1 Jan 1761.
Maria Elizabeth Arnold
born 24 Oct 1762.
Susanna Arnold
born Abt 1764.
Peter Arnold
born 4 Oct 1767.
John Nicholas Arnold
born 4 Oct 1768.
Nicholas Arnold died 8 Jan 1781 at (wd), Berks, Pennsylvania .
Eva Koch died Bef 1781 .