Mary Arnold

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Arnold was born on 13 May 1793, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, her father, George Arnold, was 38 and her mother, Mary Hopkins, was 32. She married Daniel Whitman in 1810, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 6 March 1841, in Venice, Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Genoa Rural Cemetery, Genoa, Cayuga, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Whitman
1789–1855
Mary Arnold
1793–1841
Marriage: 1810
Minerva Alzina Whitman
1816–1861
Anson Whitman
1817–
Mary Whitman
1820–
George Anson Whitman
1818–1887
Phebe M. Whitman
1820–
Franklin Arnold Whitman
1820–1861
Anson Whitman
1825–1875

Sources (2)

  • Family Bible Records
  • Arnold Memorial pgs. 152-3

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1804

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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