P_10433_2173 – George Arnold
Born: 1692
Died: 1751
Co-owner of a single slaving voyage, of the Betty to Charleston in 1737. A London Alderman and linen-draper according to his will and probate. John Sargent II (q.v.), his cousin (once removed) was apprenticed to him.
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First name: George
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Last name: Arnold
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Social background: Trade
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Internal migrant: No
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: No
Creditor to slave trade voyages: No
Philanthropy: No
Plantation owner: No
Sources: PROB 11/788/454 which includes a legacy to Thomas Truman, a co-investor in the voyage of George Arnold. Hancock, Citizens of the World pp. 70, 73, 183
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Crossings (1)
76708 - Betty (1737 - 1738)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1692
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Death
Date: 1751
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Occupation: Linen Draper (Retail)
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Was slave trading profitable: No
Will
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Occupation: Linen Draper
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Courts: PCC
Will of George Arnold, 'Linnen Draper', made in 1739. He made his 'cousin' John Sargent the younger his executor. He left 100 mourning rings of one guinea each, 50 of which were to be distributed in Bristol. He left: £100 to his aunt Mary Arnold and £3000 to her daughter, the testator's cousin, Elizabeth Arnold; a further £3000 in trust for his aunt Mary for life and then to her daughter Mary, and £6000 to his executor; £1000 each to three cousins named Short, to who he also forgave the interest in lands in the West Country he had acquired through debt owed to him by their father William Short; £1000 to his cousin Anna Venner, and £200 to each of her four children; £1000 to his cousin Gertrude Richards widow and £200 to each of her three children; £100 to each of his godchildren George Heron 'now my apprentice' and Elizabeth Day, daughter of Captain James Day of Bristol; and 50 guineas to Thomas Truman, among other monetary legacies to friends and servants, including his partner Theodore Cork and former partner Thos Birch. His residuary legatee was John Sargent the younger.
Legacies
Philanthropy
Type: Social
Town/City: London (Surrey)
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Year: 1751
Value: £500
Bequest to the Governors of St Thomas Hospital in Southwark for the use of the poor harboured and entertained there.
Philanthropy
Type: Cultural
Town/City: London (Surrey)
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Year: 1751
Value: £200
Bequest to the Governors of the Bedlam Hospital to be by them applied for the use of the patients commonly called incurable.
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