Nicholas ARTHURS, (GENERAL)
NAME: General Nicholas ARTHURS SOURCES: 1. 974.46/81 Boston Marriages H2b p. 418 2. 818,086 Boston Marriages 3. 974.3" B2V Proceedings of Vermont Vol. 9 Historical Society March 1941 4. 1997 Ordinance Index 5. Main Archives - nil 6. Patron Archives - nil 7. International Genealogical Index NOTES: General Nicholas ARTHURS ran a fleet of English merchant ships and then became a General at the beginning of the war of 1760? hauling supplies on merchant ships. During that time he decided to settle in America. When Joseph ARTHURS was just a child Nicholas came to America and opened up a trading post with the Indians in New York.
SOURCES: l. 1850 census of Cinn., Oh Film #58134 pt. 24,P 92 2. Marriage records of Cinn, Oh Film #44262 pt.14 1851 - 1873 3. Records in poss. of Florence G. Kurtz Jan 1992 4. Ancestral File 5. Main Archives - nil 6. 1997 Ordinance Index NOTES: Joseph was the first rope manufacturer in Cincinnati.
He married Charlotte Welch Gray 1810 at Boston, Suffolk, Ohio . Charlotte Welch Gray was born at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 18 Dec 1781 daughter of Benjamin Edwards Gray and Sarah Edmund .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Mary Arthur
born 22 May 1811.
Nicholas Taylor Arthur
born 12 Aug 1812.
Joseph Grafton Arthurs
born 20 Mar 1816.
Benjamin Arthur
born 1 Mar 1820.
Nicholas Arthurs, (General) died Abt 1847 at Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio .
Charlotte Welch Gray died 20 Sep 1821 at Cumminsville, Hamilton, Ohio .