1790 - 1820 Arnolds in Brunswick County

Most of the family trees we stumble across on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org that list a father for Sterling Arnold assign the name Owen Arnold.  I'm going to lay out what the early censuses have to say about Arnolds in Brunswick County


1790 Census has Elinor Arnold listed, with household
 1 M 0-16
 3 F   no info ages given

1800  Census has Owen Arnal listed, with household:
1 M 26-44
1 F   0 - 10
1 F  26-44

1810 Census has O. Arnold, with household:
1 M   0-10
1 M   45+
1 F    0-10
1 F   10-15
1 F    45+

No Arnolds appear on 1820 Census for Brunswick County

Owen Arnold is commonly listed as Sterling's father on user-generated family trees on both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org

We do have a marriage bond for a marriage between Owen Arnold and Mary Hewett, dated 24 July, 1823.

The marriage is consistent with Sterling being born in the range 1820-1825, and with the "Polly Arnold" on the 1830 census.

To make it work, it would have to be Owen's 2nd marriage, and given Polly Arnold's age, it would have to be a 2nd marriage for her as well.  This would be the source of the older kids living with Polly in 1830.

If Elinor is Owen's mother, then we would have to have another case of people not really knowing how old they are, as that's the only way we could have Owen being 45+ in 1810.  That's not out of the question, especially if Elinor is dead by 1810.

I want to take a look at the possibility of Frederick Arnold and Anthony Arnold being sons from Owen's earlier marriage, and Sterling's older brothers.


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