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Unknown and Juliana Arrants had at least one child:

1. Johannes Arrants was born about 1717 or 1718.
   

Sources:

• Information from Arrants family history, compiled largely by Walter Zane Collings of Delaware, sent to me by Richard M. Arrants of Idaho.

Notes:

• Juliana was an indentured servant to Mr. Francis Mauldin, servitude to last 8 years. She and Johannes, her son, arrived in Cecil Co., Maryland, on 12 Nov 1722.

2. Johannes ARRANTS I was born about 1717 or 1718.
- He married first Sarah PHILLIPS, on 25 Nov 1745, in Cecil Co., MD.
- He married second Elizabeth Veazey, on 21 March 1751, at St. Maryannes Parish, Cecil Co., MD. (Elizabeth was born 8 Oct 1823. She died after 1768.)
- He died before 28 Nov 1766.

Johannes and Sarah Arrants had at least three children:

1. Harmon Arrants was born 5 April 1746, in Cecil Co., MD.
   - He married Francina Price, in MD.
   - He died 9 Dec 1815, in Sullivan Co., TN.
   
2. Nathan Arrants was born 23 Aug 1748, in North Elk Neck, Cecil Co., MD.
   
3. William Arrants was born 22 Aug 1750.
   - He died 21 Aug 1752.
   

Johannes and Elizabeth Arrants had at least seven children:

1. Mary Ann Arrants was born 29 March 1752.
   - She married Stephen Hyland.
   - She died before 1816.
   
2. Julia Arrants was born 15 Aug 1753.
   - She married Edward Hyland before 1777.
   - She died after 1816.
   
3. Sarah Arrants was born 17 June 1756.
   - She married first George Simpers, on 3 May 1778. (George died before 13 Dec 1794.)
   - She married second Ephraim Price, on 13 Dec 1794.
   - She died after 1816.
   
4. William Arrants was born 19 Feb 1758.
   - He married Susanna Latham, on 26 Feb 1781.
   - He died after 1820.
   
5. John Arrants was born 29 Oct 1760.
   
6. James Arrants was born 24 Sept 1762.
   - He died about 1812, in Cecil Co., MD.
   
7. Er Arrants was born 10 Dec 1764.
   

Sources:

• Information from Arrants family history.
• Marriage locations (both marriages) from www.ancestry.com.

Notes:

3. Nathan ARRANTS Sr. was born 23 Aug 1748, in North Elk Neck, Cecil Co., MD.
- He married Ann ?, about 1769. (Ann had a previous marriage to William Baird, and a later marriage to Richard Lewis.)
- He died before 3 March 1777, in Cecil Co., MD.

Nathan and Ann Arrants had at least four children:

1. Johannes Arrants II was born 19 Feb 1770, in Cecil Co., MD.
   
2. Harmon Arrants was born about 1772, in Cecil Co., MD.
   - He married Elizabeth Brown, in Kershaw Co., SC.
   - He died 26 Oct 1804, in Kershaw Co., SC.
   
3. Nathan Arrants, Jr., was born about 1774.
   - He died before 10 Oct 1804, in Kershaw Co., SC.
   
4. Robert Arrants was born about 1777.
   - He died before 10 Oct 1804, in Kershaw Co., SC.
   

Sources:

• Information from Arrants family history.

Notes:

• Nathan Arrants died between 23 May 1776 and 3 Mar 1777. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, but it is suspected that he drowned in the Chesapeake Bay or Potomac River.
• Ann's maiden name may have been Crouch, Kankey, Taylor, or Houston. Different sources (reported in Arrants family history) give different surnames for her.

4. Johannes ARRANTS II was born 19 Feb 1770, in Cecil Co., MD.
- He married Anne ALLOWAY, about 1795, in MD.
- He died 12 June 1846, in Kershaw Co., SC.

Johannes and Anne Arrants had at least eight children:

1. William Arrants was born 19 Oct 1795, in Queen Anne's Co., MD.
   - He married Charity Blyther, before 1825. (Charity died after 27 Oct 1826.)
   - He died 14 Feb 1860, in Sumter Dist., SC.
   
2. Nathan Broom Arrants was born 26 March 1798, in Talbot Co., MD.
   - He married Mary Dodd Rodgers.
   - He died 23 Dec 1850, in SC.
   
3. Elizabeth Arrants was born 27 June 1802, in Sumter Co., SC.
   
4. Johannes Arrants III was born 11 Nov 1804, in Sumter Co., SC.
   - He married Gatsby Davis before 1834. (Gatsby was born 17 Jan 1809.)
   - He died 17 Sept 1862, in Sharpsburg, MD.
   
5. Robert Houston Arrants was born 28 Sept 1807, in Sumter Co., SC.
   
6. Sarah Arrants was born 18 April 1812, in Sumter Co., SC.
   - She married Rev. James Erwin Rodgers, on 3 March 1842. (James was born 23 April 1820. He died 24 Aug 1884. He was buried at Antioch Baptist Church, in Kershaw Co., SC.)
   
7. Harmon Arrants was born 11 Nov 1815, in Sumter Co., SC.
   - He married Martha Gaskins Rodgers. (Martha died 2 Jan 1877.)
   - He died 17 Dec 1873.
   - He was buried at Antioch Baptist Church, in Kershaw Co., SC.
   
8. Unnamed (son) Arrants was born between 1820 and 1825.
   

Sources:

• Information from Arrants family history.

Notes:

5. Robert Houston ARRANTS was born 28 Sept 1807, in Sumter Co., SC.
- He married first Eliza Weldon, about 1833, in Sumter Co., SC. (Eliza was born in 1817, in SC. She died between 1851 and 1853, in Sumter Co., SC.)
- He married second Mary A. E. SHEDD, about 1854, in Sumter Co., SC. (Mary was born 15 Oct 1834, in Sumter Co., SC. She died 6 July 1900, in Sumter Co., SC. She was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.)
- He died 15 March 1886, in Sumter Co., SC.
- He was buried at St. John's Methodist Cemetery, in Spring Hill, Lee Co., SC.

Robert and Eliza Arrants had at least nine children:

1. Elsie Ann Arrants was born 24 Jan 1834, in SC.
   - She married William Blyther. (William was born 3 April 1829, in SC. He died 2 July 1901. He was buried at Antioch Baptist Church, Kershaw Co., SC.)
   - She died 23 May 1917.
   - She was buried at Antioch Baptist Church, Kershaw Co., SC.
   
2. W. Johannes Arrants was born about 1836, in SC.
   - He died between 1861 and 1865.
   
3. Robert Benjamin Arrants was born about 1838, in SC.
   - He died 20 Sept 1863, in Chicamauga, GA.
   
4. Sarah A. Arrants was born about 1840, in SC.
   
5. Harmon Arrants was born about 1842, in SC.
   - He died between 1861 and 1865.
   
6. Eliza Arrants was born about 1844, in SC.
   - She married J. A. Brown on 23 Oct 1860.
   
7. Emma Arrants was born about 1846, in SC.
   
8. Mary Arrants was born 26 Oct 1849, in SC.
   - She married Stephen Madison Boykin.
   - She died 7 June 1885.
   - She was buried at Boykin Cemetery, in SC.
   
9. Lavina Arrants was born about 1851, in SC.
   

Robert and Mary Arrants had at least ten children:

1. John S. Arrants was born 14 Sept 1855, in SC.
   - He married Margaret Jane Rodgers. (Margaret was born in 1858.)
   - He died 18 Nov 1931.
   - He was buried at Antioch Baptist Church, Kershaw Co., SC.
   
2. Henrietta Jane Arrants was born in Aug 1858, in SC.
   - She married H. L. Smith on 4 Feb 1880. (H.L. was born 30 Nov. 1856. He died 11 Oct 1920. He was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.)
   - She died 12 April 1931.
   - She was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.
   
3. Nancy or Margaret Arrants was born in Jan 1861, in Sumter Co., SC.
   
4. Norman Elaxander Arrants was born 19 March 1863, in Sumter Co., SC.
   
5. Elizabeth Arrants was born 1 Dec 1864, in Sumter Co., SC.
   - She married Drue Kelly. (Drue was born 8 May 1857. He died 16 April 1906. He was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.)
   - She died 11 Sept 1948.
   - She was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.
   
6. Joann Arrants was born in Jan 1866, in Sumter Co., SC.
   
7. Charles Houston McDuffie Arrants was born 12 April 1869, in Sumter Co., SC.
   
8. Elanora Arrants was born 24 Jan 1871, in Sumter Co., SC.
   
9. Ida Arrants was born about 1874, in SC.
   
10. William Robert Arrants was born in Jan 1875, in Sumter Co., SC.
    

Sources:

• Information from Arrants family history; some information from 1850-1880 Census.
• Birth date, marriage locations, death date, and death location from Rootsweb (Bill Weldon: database 2055331).
• Mary's maiden name from Faye Parks (E-mail) and Anna S. Arrants (Sumter, SC).
• Mary's birth date, birth location, death date, death location, and burial location from Rootsweb (Bill Weldon: database 2055331).
• Children's names and information from Arrants family history; some information from 1850-1880 Census; Rootsweb (Bill Weldon: database 2055331) leaves out Jonas W.C. and Joseph from first marriage; leaves out Buddy, W.A., and Edward J. from second marriage.
• Listed in 1850 Census, Sumter div., Sumter Co., SC, p. 380B.
• Listed in 1860 Census, Bishopville PO, Sumter Co., SC, p. 141A.
• Listed in 1870 Census, Mechanicsville PO, Carters Crossing, Sumter Co., SC, p. 42B.
• Listed in 1880 Census, Carter's Crossing, Sumter Co., SC, p. 35A.
• Listed in 1900 (Arrants) Census, Carter's Crossing, Sumter Co., SC, p. 21B (ed. 105). Mary as head of household.

Notes:

• Robert and Eliza may have had two other children: Jonas W. C. Arrants, born about 1852, in SC. Jonas married Mary D. Myers. (Mary was born in 1855.); and Joseph Arrants, born in June 1853, in SC. Joseph married Margaret ? (Margaret was born in Aug 1846.) These two children do not appear on the census for the family at any point.
• Robert and Mary may have had three other children: Buddy Arrants (no information); W. A. Arrants, born in March 1863, in SC. W.A. married Mattie ? (Mattie was born in 1861.); Edward J. Arrants, born in May 1869, in SC. Edward married Mattie ? (Mattie was born in Dec 1877.). These three children do not appear on the census for the family at any point.

6. Charles Houston McDuffie ARRANTS was born 12 April 1869, in Sumter Co., SC.
- He married Frances "Fannie" Estelle KNOTTS in 1889.
- He died 10 June 1948, in Lee Co., SC.
- He was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.

Charles and Fannie Arrants had at least eleven children:

1. Twins Arrants were born 28 April 1890.
   - They died 28 April 1890.
   
2. Methuselah Matthew Arrants was born 15 Aug 1891.
   - He died 16 Aug 1892.
   - He was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.
   
3. Mary Gertrude Arrants was born 20 July 1893, in Sumter (now Lee) Co., SC.
   
4. Robert Houston Arrants was born 25 April 1897, in SC.
   - He married Sarah Elizabeth Parnell. (Sarah was born 22 Jan 1902. She died 7 April 1974. She was buried at Lynchburg Presbyterian, in Lee Co., SC.)
   - He died 18 Feb 1977, in SC.
   - He was buried at Lynchburg Presbyterian, in Lee Co., SC.
   
5. Frances Estelle Arrants was born 29 Sept 1899, in SC.
   - She married Newton B. Brown.
   - She died 15 June 1979.
   
6. Charles Adville Arrants was born in 1904, in SC.
   - He married Marie Outlaw, on 26 Dec 1923, in Lee Co., SC. (Marie was born about 1905.)
   - He died 20 June 1972.
   
7. Judge McDuffie Arrants was born 3 Sept 1906, in SC.
   - He married Isalee Stokes. (Isalee was born 15 Nov 1911. She died 4 May 1936. She was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.)
   - He died 30 May 1936.
   - He was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.
   
8. Joel Hyman Arrants was born 31 Dec 1909, in SC.
   - He married Mabel Smith, about 1928. (Mabel was born about 1911, in SC.
   - He died 24 Oct 1954, at Lee Co. Memorial Hospital, Lee Co., SC.
   - He was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.
   
9. Pearl Helen Arrants was born 20 Oct 1911.
   - She married first ? Lane.
   - She married second ? Skinner.
   - She married third J. Blackwell.
   - She died 6 July 1977.
   
10. Norman Alexander Arrants was born 24 Jan 1914.
    - He married Leona Arrants. (Leona was born in 1918. She died 9 March 1998, in Matthews, NC. She was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.)
    - He died 24 Oct 1995.
    

Sources:

• Information from Arrants family history.
• Some information on children from Faye Parks (E-mail) and Anna S. Arrants (Sumter, SC).
• Listed in 1870 Census, Mechanicsville PO, Carters Crossing, Sumter Co., SC, p. 42B.
• Listed in 1880 Census, Carter's Crossing, Sumter Co., SC, p. 35A.
• Listed in 1910 Census, Bishopville Tshp., Lee Co., SC, p. 12B.
• Listed in 1920 Census, Bishopville Tshp., Lee Co., SC, p. 9B (ed. 12).
• Listed in 1930 Census, Bishopville Tshp., Lee Co., SC, p. 14B (ed. 3).

Notes:

• This family has not been found in the 1900 census yet.

7. Mary Gertrude ARRANTS was born 20 July 1893, in Sumter (now Lee) Co., SC.
- She married Joseph Britton DORITY, before 1912.
- She died 30 April 1977, in Lee Co., SC.
- She was buried at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, in Lee Co., SC.

Sources:

• Birth and death dates verified by SSDI.
• Listed in 1910 (Arrants) Census, Bishopville Tshp., Lee Co., SC, p.12B.
• Listed in 1920 (Dority) Census, Bishopville Tshp., Lee Co., SC.
• Listed in 1930 (Dority) Census, Bishopville Tshp., Lee Co., SC, sh. 9A-9B (ed. 3).

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