When Younger Arnold was born on 11 May 1785, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States, his father, Sgt. John Arnold, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Hitt, was 25. He married Jane Weakley on 11 November 1811, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 8 October 1833, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 48.
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English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .
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