The Isaac and Hannah Arnett Family
First Generation
........1. James Arnett b. bef 1675, England, m. unknown Whitehead. James died after 1726, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Children:
2. i James Arnett b. aprox 1695.
ii Isaac Arnett b. unknown, Elizabeth, New Jersey,
d. unknown, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Second Generation
..........2. James Arnett b. aprox 1695, Elizabeth, New Jersey, m. abt 1714, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth Blanchard, b. abt 1698. James died 1778 poss, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Children (not arranged in birth order):
3. i Isaac Arnett b. 30 May 1726
[Cook, Cole, Reichel documents list]
4. ii James Arnett b. 1714
[Cook, Reichel documents list]
iii Susannah Arnett b. 1720
[Cook, Reichel documents list]
5. iv Mehitabel Arnett b. 1733
[Cook, Cole, Reichel documents list]
v Jane Arnett b. after 1730,
m. unnamed McHay.
[Cole document only]
vi Sarah Arnett b. after 1730,
m. Mathias Ward.
[Cole document only]
6. vii Abigail Arnett b. 1723
[Cook, Reichel documents]
viii probably John b. 1728
[Cook document only]
ix David Arnett bc. 1716
David was the "gaol-keeper" of
Elizabethtown, NJ July 1752.
and served as a "bookie" for
local horse races in NJ.
[Cook document only]
x Auger b. 1718
[Cook document and others,
not in Cole or Reichel, though]
Third Generation
...........3. Isaac Arnett b. 30 May 1726, m. bef 1748, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Hannah White, b. 15 Jan 1733, Bridgehampton, L.I., d. 10 Jan 1823, Elizabeth, NJ. Isaac died 19Nov1801, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Hannah White was the daughter of Silas White and Sarah Howell. She is said to have been a descendant of one of the Mayflower passengers.
Children:
i unnamed of Isaac & Hannah Arnett.
7. ii Silas White Arnett b. aft 1748.
8. iii Susannah Arnett b. 30 Sept 1755.
iv Elizabeth Ann Arnett b. __Jan 1758,
d. __Apr 1758.
9. v Sarah Howell Arnett b. 1759.
vi Shelly Arnett b. 1763.
Shelly left N.J. and went to North Carolina
where he engaged in the printing business
between 1787-1795. When his father, Isaac,
made out his will in 1801 Shelly had not returned.
In N.C. he was likely associated with
Silas White Arnett, his older brother,
and Andrew Blanchard, his bro-in-law.
vii Abigail Arnett b. __Jan 1766,
d. __Dec 1766.
10. viii Abigail (2nd) Arnett b. 1768.
ix John Arnett b. 6 Sept 1770, d. 6 Sept 1770.
x Isaac Arnett b. 1771. Isaac Arnett, his father,
mentioned in his will of 1797 that 75 pounds
would be due to Isaac, his son, if he returned home
in ten years. A similar con- dition had been made
regarding Isaac's brother, Shelly.
11. xi William Arnett b. 1774.
12. xii Hannah b. 1778.
.........4. James Arnett b. 1714, Elizabeth, New Jersey, m. 1742, Jemima Ogden Pierson, b. 22Dec 1717, d. 1804.
Children:
i Mary Arnett b. 1744,
m. Caleb Crane.
ii Elizabeth Arnett b. 1745,
m. Ezekiel Woodruff.
Elizabeth died 1779.
13. iii James Arnett b. 1746.
iv Agar Arnett b. 1756,
m. first wife.
Agar died 1757.
v Agar (2nd) Arnett
m. unknown.
Agar died 1783.
vi David Arnett Jr b. 1757,
d. 26 Aug 1757, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
vii John Arnett
m. Harriett (Hannah) Miller.
.........5. Mehitabel Arnett b. 1733, Elizabeth, New Jersey, m. Andrew Blanchard.
Children:
i Mary Ann Blanchard b. 14 May 1764,
m. John Carley Howe.
14. ii Jane Blanchard.
iii Sarah Blanchard.
iv Isaac Blanchard
d. 11 Jan 1794, New Bern, N.C.
15. v Elizabeth Blanchard b. 1773.
.........6. Abagail Arnett, b. 1723, m. Abe Woodruff.
Children:
i Abram Woodruff.
ii David Woodruff.
iii William Watts Woodruff.
iv Abagail Woodruff.
Fourth Generation
.........7. Silas White Arnett b. aft 1748, Elizabeth, New Jersey, m. (1) Susan Davis, m. (2) Elizabeth Lechman.
Children by Susan Davis:
i William Davis Arnett.
.........8. Susannah Arnett b. 30Sept 1755, Elizabeth, New Jersey, m. 1777, Shepard Kollock, jr., b. Sep 1750, Lewes, Del, d. 28 Jun 1839, Philadelphia, Pa. Susannah died 13 Apr 1846.
Children:
i Henry Clinton Kollock. Rev. Henry Kollock, D.D.,
professor and pastor at Princeton, Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth, N.J., Pastor of
the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah, Ga.
He is remembered as one of the most eloquent
preachers of his day, called the "Whitfield of America."
ii Mary Goddard Kollock b. 1780.
iii Sally Kollock
m. (1) Judge King, d. New Berne, N.C.,
m. (2) Judge Harris, d. New Berne, N.C.
Judge: "brother to the late
Vice-President of the U.S.
iv Isaac Kollock.
v Henrietta Kollock b. 22 Oct 1786,
m. John McDowell.
John: Rev. John McDowell, D.D., was 28yrs
the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Chruch of
Elizabethtown, then as Pastor of Central,
then the Spring Garden Presbyterian Churches
of Philadelphia. Director and Trustee of
Princeton Theological Seminary
from 1812 till this death.
16. vi Jane Kollock.
17. vii Susan Davis Kollock.
viii Shepard Kosciuszko Kollock.
Rev. Shepard Kosciuszko Kollock, D.D.,
settled as a pastor at Norfolk, Va.
He was born while Gen. Kosciuszko was a guest
in his father's home. The comte was his godfather
and took from his breast his order of St. Stanizlas
and placed it about the infant's neck.
18. ix Lydia Kollock.
.........9. Sarah Howell Arnett b. 1759, m. Benjamin B. Stockton.
Children:
i Rebecca (Arnett) Stockton
b. 30 Jun 1783, Trenton, New Jersey,
m. Thomas Williams, b. 1782.
Rebecca died 14 Apr 1867, Clinton, New York.
19. ii Hannah Stockton.
iii Isaac Arnett Stockton.
iv Mary Stockton
m. Rev. Wm Jenkins
moved to Richmond Hill, Ontario
(descendant: Bill Jenkins, gggrandson)
.........10. Abigail (2nd) Arnett b. 1768, m. unnamed Brown.
Children:
i Isaac Arnett Brown.
.........11. William Arnett b. 1774, Elizabeth, New Jersey, m. 1800, Mary Hedges. William died 1821.
Children:
20. i Silas Arnett b. 1801.
ii Mary Arnett b. 1803, d. 1880.
iii William Arnett b. 1807,
m. 1830, Cor Chapman.
William died 1881.
iv Isaac Arnett b. 1816, d. 1886.
.........12. Hannah b. 1778, m. 14 Feb 1797, Robert Hett Chapman, b. 2 Mar 1771, Orange, N.J., d. 18 Jun 1833, Winchester, Va.
Robert: grad college of NJ; lic to preach in 1793; 1794-5 visited Southern States on mission tour; pastor of presby ch in Rahway 1797-1799; served as President of Unniversity of North Carolina; degree of D.D. from Williams College 1815; died on a journey in Winchester, Va 1833
Children:
i unnamed b. May 1798,
d. 1798.
ii-xii There were eleven other children
born to Robert and Hannah (Arnett) Chapman.
.........13. James (nj4) Arnett b. 1746, m. bef 1787, Mary Bond, b. 14Nov 1751, d. 1Oct 1845, Newark, New Jersey. James died 1770-72.
Child:
21. i Elizabeth Arnett b. 24Apr 1769.
........14. Jane Blanchard m. James Carney, b. 1759, d. 24 Mar 1807.
Children:
i James B. Carney.
ii Thomas Carney.
.........15. Elizabeth Blanchard b. 1773, m. (1) Feb 1793, in New Bern, N.C., Isaac Cole, b. 21 Nov 1762, d. 3 Jul 1806, m. (2) William Vines. Elizabeth died 9 Oct 1811, New Bern, N.C.
Children by Isaac Cole:
i James Cole b. 1795.
ii Mary Ann Blanchard Cole b. 1798,
d. Sep 1809.
iii Isaac Cole.
Fifth Generation
........16. Jane Kollock m. William A. McDowell.
Rev. Wm.A. McDowell, D.D., first Pastor of Presby Ch at Bound Brook, N.J. From 1814-1823, pastor of First Church at Morristown, N.J. From 1823-1833, pastor of 3rd Pres Ch at Charlestown, S.C. Sec. of Board of Home Missions for 17yrs. Died at childhood home, "The Retreat," in Somerset Co., N.J. Spent large part of active life as Trustee of Princeton College. Grandson was active in the SAR.
Children:
22. i Augusta McDowell.
.........17. Susan Davis Kollock m. John Knox Witherspoon.
Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D., was son of Mary Whiting (Jones) Nash, (widow of Gov. Abner Nash), and her second husband, David Witherspoon, son of Dr. John, "the Signer," and his wife Elizabeth Montgomery. Bea Beck of Claremont, CA is a descendant and e-mail correspondent. She states his middle name was Knox.
Children:
23. i Mary Nash Witherspoon.
.........18. Lydia Kollock m. Joseph Holdich.
Rev. Joseph Holdich, D.D., was Secretary of the American Bible Society.
Children:
i Henrietta Howard Holdich. Henrietta wrote
the narrative about Hannah White Arnett
which appeared in various publications in the 1890's
and served as an inspiration for the formation
of the DAR.
.........19. Hannah Stockton m. unnamed Patty.
Children:
24. i Susan Patty.
.........20. Silas Arnett b. 1801, m. Mary Wilson. Silas died 1877.
Children:
25. i Silas Horner Arnett.
.........21. Elizabeth Arnett b. 24Apr 1769, m. __May 1787, Moses Lyon. Elizabeth died 22 Sept 1822, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Children:
26. i Robert Lyon.
ii-xii eleven other children.
Sixth Generation
.........22. Augusta McDowell m. unknown.
Children:
i William O. McDowell.
.........23. Mary Nash Witherspoon m. William Green Bowers.
Children:
27. i Martha Susan Bowers.
.........24. Susan Patty m. unnamed McLaren.
Children:
i Margaret McLaren.
.........25. Silas Horner Arnett m. Hannah Bastin Haines.
Children:
28. i Mary Louise Arnett.
.........26. Robert Lyon m. unnamed.
Children:
i Clarissa Lyon m. G.F. Wade.
"Maj. Gen G.F. Wade raised 'Old Glory'
over Moro Castle in 1899" [?war]
Seventh Generation
.........27. Martha Susan Bowers m. William Hardy Thomas.
Children:
29. i Beatrice Reamer Thomas.
.........28. Mary Louise Arnett m. George Valentine Reichel.
Rev. George Reichel corresponded with C.C. Chapman at the N.J. Historical Society in Newark and send type written copies of the notes in the Isaac and Hannah Arnett Bible which was printed in 1708; other notes by Reichel about Shelly and other family members are in the Chapman MSS collection in the NJHS.
Children:
i Mary Reichel.
ii Haines Reichel.
iii Paul Reichel.
iv Christobel Reichel.
v Victoria Reichel.
Eighth Generation
.........29. Beatrice Reamer Thomas m. Absolom Lornzo Anderson.
Children:
30. i Anita Susan Anderson.
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