~ ARNWINE CONNECTION~

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KATHY OSTER has been researching her ARNWINE line for several years. Be sure to visit her "Arwines in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey" at Kathy's Arnwine Tree on Rootsweb. Kathy is working on her Yates County, New York ARWINE connection. She recently found this obituary:

Vital Records Extracted from the Yates County Chronicle 14 December 1871
Daniel Arwine of Barrington, an aged citizen, formerly resident at Milo Center, committed suicide last week by taking strychnine. He was a hard-working, honest man, but afflicted occasionally with depression of spirits, in one of which moods he committed the fatal act. He was the parent of three children all of whom are married. His wife also survives him.

 

Janice (Arnwine) Bryant's ARNWINE HISTORY   (July 2000)

Janice (Arnwine) Bryant has quite a bit of knowledge of her ancestor, Albartis, including his Will. Janice says, "It is written in 1855. He tried to free all of his slaves and have his property divided among them, but his relatives contested his will in court and it was never settled because of the Civil War. His slaves were divided up among Albartis' friends and relatives. In Albartis's will he actually put a dollar amount on each of his slaves. I also have the court documents."

"Albartis' slave, Grace, was also his mistress and he had 8, or 9, children by her. As far as we know, they are the only children that Albartis ever had. I also a copy of the bill of sale, of Grace, when he purchase her and her daughter in the 1830s."

"It is said that Albartis' neighbors were upset because he had a lot of children by his slave Gracie. As far as we know, Albartis never married. He had a male slave hold a dummy up in his door. The dummmy was shot at. Albartis shoved his slave and the dummy aside and started blasting away with a shot gun. When the dust had cleared, he had killed a man. According to oral history, Gracie convinced Albartis to buy her two sisters and their children, before they moved to Texas."

"I am a descendant of Winnie and her son Edward, both of them Albartis brought to Texas. Edward was just 5 years old when Albartis died."

I also have a copy of a slave narrative of Sterling Arnwine, a descendent of Albartis Arnwine and Gracie. Back in the 1930s, the Federal government hired a lot of writers to go around the country and interview people of different nationalities, to preserve American history. Sterling happened to be one of the people they interviewed."

 

DAVID RIDDEL'S LINE   (July 2000)

Descendants of John Arnwine

Generation No. 1

1. John1 ARNWINE was born Abt. 1734 in Hunterdon Co, NJ. He married Elizabeth OPDYCKE, daughter of John OPDYCKE and Margaret GREEN. She was born 1738, and died 1836.
Children of John ARNWINE and Elizabeth OPDYCKE are:

    2. i. John2 ARWINE/ARNWINE/ERWINE, b. Abt. 1751.
    ii. Samuel ARNWINE, b. Abt. 1753.
    iii. George ARNWINE, b. Abt. 1755.
    iv. Jacob ARNWINE, b. Abt. 1757.
    v. Mary ARNWINE, b. Abt. 1759.
    vi. Margaret ARNWINE, b. 1761, Hunterdon Co, NJ; d. 1808, Hunterdon Co, NJ.
    vii. Elizabeth ARNWINE, b. Abt. 1763.

Generation No. 2

2. John2 ARWINE/ARNWINE/ERWINE (John1 ARNWINE) was born Abt. 1751.John Arnwine, Sr. lived near Rutledge (in Puncheon Camp) in 1796. He had a son born in 1786 (Albartus Arnwine and a brother John Arnwine, Jr.) John Senior fought in the Revolutionary War, Captain, and he was also a minister of the gospel an or justice of the peace.
Child of John ARWINE/ARNWINE/ERWINE is:
    3. i. John Jr3 ARWINE, b. VA.

Generation No. 3

3. John Jr3 ARWINE (JOHN2 ARWINE/ARNWINE/ERWINE, John1 ARNWINE) was born in VA. He married Eva GOODEN 1798 in Reading, Berks Co, PA.
Children of John ARWINE and Eva GOODEN are:

    4. i. James4 ARWINE, b. September 23, 1799, Reading, Berks Co, PA; d. 1879, Tarrant Co, TX.
    ii. Sarah ARWINE, b. August 27, 1808, in TN; d. September 06, 1896, in IN; m. Enoch SEXTON, in TN; b. October 03, 1813, in VA; d. August 07, 1890, Tarrant Co, Tarrant Co, TX. Sarah is buried in Maumee, Jackson Co, IN. Enoch is buried in Hurst, Tarrant Co, TX

Generation No. 4

4. James4 ARWINE (John Jr3, John2 ARWINE/ARNWINE/ERWINE), John1 ARNWINE) was born September 23, 1799 in Reading, Berks Co, PA, and died 1879 in Tarrant Co, TX. He married Mary MARTIN Bef. 1824 in Anderson Co, Anderson Co, TN. She was born Abt. 1803 in TN, and died 1886 in TX.
James grew into manhood in East Tennessee. He met and married Miss Mary Martin, of Scoth and German decent. They reside in West Tennnesse until the autumn of 1833, when they moved to Indiana and settled in Lawrence County. John was engaged in farming and the pork trade, but was broken up in the panic of 1841. In 1843, he bought a farm in Brown County, near the corner of Monroe County, where he resided until 1869, when he moved to Tarrant County, Texas. He and his wife and their son, Daniel, died and were buried there.(from Personal Sketches of Dr. John S. Arwine written in Columbus, Indiana about Feb. 1903) James and Mary were living in Anderson County, TN by 1823, Lawrence Co, IN, around 1833 and Johnson Township, Brown Co, IN by 1842. James was a Justice of the Peace in 1842. In 1846, James and his oldest son, John S., volunteered for the War with Mexico in Captain Taggart's Company, 3rd Reg, Indiana Volunteers. Poll tax records in Brown Co. indicate he paid his poll taxes in 1848. During the Civil War, James served as a sergeant in the 82nd Regiment of Indiana, Volunteer Infantry from August 9, 1862 at Nashville, IN, until November 12, 1864, when he was discharged at Bowling Green, KY, because of disability. James had six sons serve in the Civil War. His son Isaac was killed in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. In 1869, James and his wife moved to Tarrant County, TX, where his son, Daniel, had moved in 1865. James was first buried in Irving, TX, and then was moved to Arwine Cemetery which was established by his son, Daniel.
CHILDREN OF JAMES ARWINE and MARY MARTIN are:

    i. Elizabeth5 ARWINE, d. 1855; m. Neal EAST.
    ii. Dr. John S ARWINE, b. January 04, 1824, Anderson Co, TN; d. Aft. 1903, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN; m. Harriet Amanda MANVILLE, May 30, 1854, Brown Co, IN; b. Abt. 1836, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY; d. November 12, 1899. Occupation: Physician.
    John S. Arwine moved from Tennessee with his family about 1833 to Lawrence Co, IN, and then to Brown Co, IN in 1842. In 1844 he suffered from severe rheumatism and could scarcely walk for two years. He was a County Commissioner in 1846 and 1849. In January of 1846, at the insistance of his physician, Dr. M.H. Fee of Heltonsville, IN, he began the study of medicine. His study was interupted in 1846 by serving as a volunteer in the Mexican War in Captain Taggart's Company, 3rd Regiment. In July 1847 he returned to his medical studies at the medical college of Ohio. In 1850 he began his practice of medicine in Nashville, IN. In 1856 with Sylvanus Manville as the fi rm of Manville & Arwine published a newspaper for about a year. He practiced medicine in Nashville, IN, for 18 years. In April, 1868, he moved to Columbus, Indiana to practice where his office was Room #1 Story Block and he resided at 813 Washington Street.
    iii. William H ARWINE, b. Sept 27, 1827, Anderson Co, TN; m. Sarah DRAPER, Aug 21, 1856, Brown Co, IN; b. Abt. 1826, in IN.
    iv. Daniel ARWINE, b. Feb 14, 1830, Grainger Co, TN; d. Nov 03, 1887, Tarrant Co, TX; m. Julia Ann BARROW, Apr 03, 1851, Monroe Co, IN; b. Jul 04, 1832, Monroe Co, IN; d. Mar 29, 1913, Tarrant Co, Tarrant Co, TX.
    Daniel Arwine arrived in Texas in 1865. He settled with his family in the Hurst, Tarrant Co area where he was an extensive landholder. Since there was no Church, School, or Cemetery in the area, Daniel Arwine, on June 23, 1879, deeded six acres for a School (Red Sulphur Spring), a Church (Arwine), and a cemetery (Arwine). The cemetery site was selected by his young daughter, Kathy Arwine. She had picked the site because she thought the area was so beautiful and Kathy said when she died she wanted to be buried there. A few months later, Kathy became ill and died becoming the first to be buried in Arwine Cemetery. Daniel Arwine's home was a double log house located in the present vicinity of Brown Trail on the west and Pipe Line Road on the north in Hurst, Texas. Besides farming, he was also a U.S. Marshall. His sons John and Dave were deputies along with Whit Collins. Prisoners were kept in Daniel's home overnight and were then transported to Fort Worth by horseback. He is buried in Hurst, Tarrant Co, TX. Julia Ann was the twin sister of Andrew. It appears that their mother Elizabeth died after their births, probably from complications of delivery. The 1850 census shows Julia Ann being 15 and living with her father's household. This appears to be incorrect since she was 18 in 1850. The 1850 census also shows her living in the household of George Butcher, who was the husband of her sister, Mahala. This appears to be correct since the census shows this Julia Ann as being 18.
    v. Isaac ARWINE, b. 1833, in TN.
    vi. Catherine ARWINE, b. Abt. 1836, in IN; m. Hugh JAMES, Feb 19, 1857, Brown Co, IN; b. Abt. 1826.
    vii. Jesse ARWINE, b. Abt. 1838, in IN; m. Elizabeth ELKINS, Jan 06, 1860, Brown Co, IN; b. Abt. 1843.
    viii. Dr. Enoch S ARWINE, b. Abt. 1840, in IN; d. 1899; m. Adelaide PROSSER, May 17, 1863, Brown Co, IN; b. Abt. 1848, in IN.
    ix. James Nicholas ARWINE, b. Feb 13, 1842, in IN; d. Dec 28, 1921, Johnson Township, Brown Co, IN; m. Elizabeth Jane ROBERTSON, May 13, 1866, Brown Co, IN; b. Aug 24, 1847; d. Jun 13, 1899.
    x. David L ARWINE, b. Abt. 1845, Brown Co, IN; m. Randy ELKINS.
    xi. Thomas A ARWINE, b. Abt. 1848, Brown Co, IN; d. 1878, Bedford, IN; m. Jane.

 

Dale Arnwine wrote:   (July 2001)

I recently stumbled across your web site and due to one piece of info, it has piqued my curiosity. In the late 50's to early 60's, before it was cool to trace one's heritage, my Grandfathered started researching his ancestry. I, like him, am an Arnwine. My Granddad was born on 12/25/1888 in McMimm County, Tennessee near the present day town of Niota. He was the son of Samuel, born 12/13/1864, and Julia Thompson, born in 05/1869. My Granddad, working with one of his cousins, traced the Arnwine's to a John Arnwine who was born in 1781 and his brother Daniel born in 1794. Per his records, they were sons of a John Arnwine from Germany. This was based on gravestones, memory of my Granddad and other family members and courthouse records from McMimm County. I have the results of his research, but some of it is quite sketchy. Granddad's family left Tennessee when he was 6 years old. His dad moved to Texas to be a farmer. Samuel was the only one of the 10 siblings to leave. Grandad left Texas when my dad was 3 months old and moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana.

It's curious to me that your records also lead to a John Arnwine born in 1775 and from Holland. I would love to be able to really determine a more precise date of birth, as well as national origin of the John Arnwine in my family tree. In a nutshell, starting with my Grandad, the tree looks like this:

Alford B Arnwine, b. 12/25/1888 d. 11/14/1976 son of
Samuel Alexander Arnwine, b. 12/13/1864 d. 7/25/1956 son of
Marshall Arnwine, b. 1/24/1824 d. 11/27/1888
son of John Arnwine, b. 5/11/1781, d. 5/24/1859
son of John Arnwine, b. approx 1745

Again, I'm curious as to whether your John and mine are the same person.
Dale Arnwine darnwine@avaya.com

 
Will of Elizabeth (Opdycke) Arnwine

In the name of God Amen, I Elizabeth Arnwine widow of John Arnwine Sr. Deceased of the Township of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon and the State of New Jersey being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this for my last Will and Testament. First I do order that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid by my executor herein after named. I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved grandson John A. Carroll who lives in the house with me (after paying my debts and expenses and the legaries herein after mentioned)all my Estate be it where it may and situated in what manor soever I give and bequeath the same to him the said John A. Carroll to be his with it as he sees fit after paying the following legaries, I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Nancy daughter of my beloved son Samuel Arnwine the sum of five dollars, I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Margaret wife of Samuel Buchannan five dollars, I give and bequeath to my beloved grand daughter Mary Ann Warford (daughter of my beloved daughter Mary the former wife of Elisha Warford) the sum of five dollars, I give to my beloved son George Arnwine the sum of five dollars, I give and devise to my beloved daughter Elizabeth wife of Elisha Warford the sum of five dollars, I give and devise to my beloved son Jacob Arnwine five dollars, the before mentioned legaries to be paid by my grandson John A. Carroll within sixty days after my decease to the aforesaid legaties or their legal representatives, and lastly I do make ordain constitute and appoint my beloved grandson John A. Carroll sole executor of this my testament and last will and I do hereby disannul and disallow all Wills or Wills by one heretofore made and do publish this for my testament and last Will in witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this tweloth day of June, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.....1832 Elizabeth Arnwine.

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth Arnwine to be her testament and last Will in the presence of us. John Gordon, John Conover, Richard Shepp??? Source: Kathy Oster

 
Thoughts from Joyce Erway   (June 27, 2002)

I see some people are saying the family came from ENGLAND. If you had contact with them... you might want them to look at the Foreign Protestants... German Lutherns etc...coming to America. They started in the early 1700's maybe before and the family came from GERMANY.... maybe some DUTCH... but believe they came from GERMANY.

The ships were from the Rhine River ports. Later Rotterdam but before Williamstad (have not time to look up the spelling WIlliamstad is close).... All headed to ENGLAND, and sailed from ENGLAND. The GERMANS were encouraged to come the the English helped them sending boats to break up the Catholics in ENGLAND, IRELAND, NOVA SCOTIA. The rest came direct with the help of William Penn who recruited people. But due to the New Jersey group believe they might have come up from NEW YORK.

I had tracked the ERWAY/ERWINE bunch, maybe coming over WITH the Dutch Governor to New York when it was run by the DUTCH. Which gives the DUTCH some credit. As Erwine seems not to be Lutherans... Do not have time to look here but maybe they can research to give them a direction but were not ENGLISH.

I am researching this group for my COLE/KOHL. Later 1700's the English recruited GERMANS to fight in AMERICA. Darn if my KOHL might have been KOHLEPP/KOHLHEPP who defected in Va from the English. Still working on that. But I always believed the ERWINE's came early 1700's and might have come from the wars of Germany they divided the country making catholic areas that were Lutheran and they had to get out. Also due to many weather problems, they had to look for a place to survive.

That is all I know for now...Will get back to you when I get a chance. Lots of Ship List under Palantines but nothing really close to ERWINE spellilngs. But god only knows how the Dutch/German spelling might be when they left. But I keep looking.

(June 28, 2002)
Hi... Sure use my material any way you want. Hope you get a chance to look also at early GERMANS.... Know that I have no proof yet on where the family came from, but I have enough information on how the Germans got here. Making reference to the "Palantines" maybe some people will have searched and can connect this family. Early ships form German to England to USA are on line and I have searched but not for all the spellings. (Was looking for my family lately might have missed the other family). Lots of ERB showing, but cannot see how the name got so short. But you can see that NEW JERSEY got a lot of early Dutch settlers and followed by the GERMANS who came in at Philadelphia and made it up the Deleware Gap and New Jersey.

First we have to connect ERWINE/ARWINE and all the rest and rule out the ones that it cannot be part of the family. Hope you get lots of input!!! If you need some details I will get back to my ERWINE for their religion, and churches etc.,(Believe my CONRAD ERWINE circa 1750 and maybe that JACOB could be his father as a JACOB ERWINE was in the area at the time of the birth of CONRAD (if in NEW JERSEY)? and I have to reread my source material..... We need to get all the sites and people searching together. That is why I circulated my material so we could all get information together.
Joyce

 

Barbara Bond writes   (Dec. 2005)

I had written to you some time ago....re a Stewart-Arnwine connection. I have since been digging and digging, finding many court cases in early Hunterdon County, NJ, in which James Stewart was involved with the John Arnwine family. But very little genealogical data as such. However, in an indictment of John Arnwine in 1777 in which he was accused of trying to recruit the sons of two women into the Army of the British King, John mentions that James Stewart (my ancestor) is his brother-in-law. Now I made certain assumptions which may well be incorrect. I found a John Stewart who married an Elizabeth Arvin on Nov. 5, 1753 in NJ. Please see below:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/statewide/vitals/marriages/marrindx02.txt
Index to Marriage Bonds and Marriage Records in the Office of the Secretary of State at Trenton; NJ

FEMALES - A
Arvin, Elizabeth, Middlesex, and John Stewart, Somerset 1753 Nov. 5

Both the names and the area provide some circumstantial evidence. However, the Big Question is: what is the exact definition of brother-in-law? In other words, if John Arnwine is the brother-in-law of James Stewart, does that mean that James married a sister of John? Or can it mean that a brother of James married a sister of John Arnwine?

Sorry to bother you on this one but I did note many, many court cases between the years 1764 and 1769 in which James Stewart was involved with the Arnwines. I noted the names Rebecca Arnwine (who was she?) for whom James Stewart provided surety and Jacob Arnwine. Unfortunately, no genealogical data was provided. The next time I am in Trenton at the NJ State Archives, I'll try more digging.
Barbara Bond

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