JACOB ARNDT, eldest son of Ensign Henry Arndt by his second wife, was born in Chestnut Hill Township, now Carbon County, about I793, and died near Shoenersville, Lehigh County, prior to i868. He was a soldier in the War of 18I2-I4, and rendered active service as a private in the Company of Captain John Dornblazer, in a "Detachment of Northampton, Lehigh, and Pike County Militia," commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Christian J. Hutter. In July, 1868, his widow applied for and was granted a pension, her application reciting the above service. He married Catherine Weaver.