History:P3. Entry # 17 in book "Portraits in Tennessee Before 1866."
Notes:Generation 1. HONORABLE JOSEPH4 ARRINGTON (ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, WILLIAM1) was born March 27, 1762, and died 1836. He married MOURNING RICKS October 27, 1785, daughter of JAMES RICKS and MARY CRUDUP. She was born March 10, 1766. Notes for HONORABLE JOSEPH ARRINGTON: Joseph Arrington ws a member of the House of Representatives from Nash County in 1791-1792. Children of JOSEPH ARRINGTON and MOURNING RICKS are: Generation 2. i. RICKS5 ARRINGTON. ii. ANTHONY ARRINGTON iii. TEMPERANCE ARRINGTON, m. NATHANIEL MASON. iv. MOURNING ARRINGTON, m. DR. WOOD TUCKER. v. MARY ARRINGTON, m. PRESLY PERSON. Generation 3. vi. RHODA ARRINGTON, b. Nash County, NC; d. 1853. vii. DR. JOSEPH ARRINGTON, d. July 24, 1827; m. ELIZABETH BARKER TUNSTALL, December 31, 1822; d. April 01, 1827. Generation 4. viii. THOMAS ARRINGTON, b. 1793; d. 1828. from: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ARRINGTON/2002-07/1027397958 and gives no date of birth for Dr. Arrington. http://www.reocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8563/nash1.htm gives him a birthdate of 1797 'http://www.scribd.com/doc/31681253/Williams gives him a birthdate of 1785. Ann Arrington (ca. 1805-1825) married Dr. Peyton Randolph Tunstall (ca.1795-1847). See the Tunstall Section, # 1, a, (4). His sister, Elizabeth Barker Tunstall (1787-1827) of Nash County married (2) Dr. Joseph Arrington, Jr. (ca.1785-1827) on 31 December 1822 in Nash County. He was a nephew of General William Arrington.
