Benedict Arnold

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"Our 6th Child being a Son was borne July ye 18 1691 on a Saturday about Sunrise and we called his name after his Grandfather Bennedict Arnold."

Benedict married Phebe Cary 11 Jan 1722/23, Jamestown, RI. Phebe (daughter of John Cary and Damaris Arnold) was born 5 Mar 1700/01. [Group Sheet]

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"Our Third Sonne was borne Decem 22 1646 about midnight, he was our Third child, & we named him Josiah in Memory of that good Josiah which purged the house of Israel of Idolity &c."

Capt. Josias Arnold is mentioned in the will of his brother, Oliver.

Josiah's will mentions two deceased wives, Sarah & Mary.

Josiah married Sarah Mills 4 Sep 1683. Sarah was born Abt 1665; died 1 Sep 1704. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"My Dearly Beloved Loving Wife Sarah Arnold Departed this Life Septem the first following in the Evening 1704 -- being in ye 40th year of her age." (A daughter Freelove had been born 22 Aug 1704.)

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Benedict was Governor of Rhode Island 1663-66, 1669-72, and 1677-78.

From "Early Records of the Arnold Family" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: "We came from Providence with our family to Dwell at Newport in Rhode Island the 19th of November, Thursday in afternoon, & arrived ye same night. Ano. Domina 1651. . . my father and his family Sett Sayle from Dartmouth in Old England, the first of May, friday & Arrived In New England. June 24th Ano 1635. We came to Providence to Dwell the 20th of April, 1636. per me Bennedict Arnold."

So, Benedict was 19 1/2 years old when he came to America with his family.

Benedict married Damaris Westcott 17 Dec 1640. Damaris (daughter of Stukeley WESTCOTT and Juliana MARCHANTE) was born 1 Jan 1620/21, Yeovil, Somerset, England; died 1679; was buried , Gov. Benedict Arnold Graveyard, Pelham St., Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]

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"On June 24, 1635, there arrived in Massachusetts Bay a group of neighbors, nearly all related either by blood or marriage. They had sailed from Dartmouth in Devonshire May 1 of the same year, all but one of the party, William Carpenter, coming from Ilchester, in southern Somersetshire or within about five miles of that place. The leader of the party was William Arnold whose 48th birthday was the day of their arrival. His oldest son Benedict, one of the party, a lad 19 years of age at that time, has given us the only account that we have of their embarkation, in his own family record, written probably soon after his removal to Newport in 1651. They joined with Roger Williams in the settling of Providence, RI. In 1638 William moved about five miles south of Providence to the Pawtuxet River where he, with his two sons, his son-in-law, and his nephew, and others bought huge tracts of land from the Indians. With his sons Benedict and Stephen he owned nearly ten thousand acres of land and paid the highest tax in the colony. William Arnold's farm included a section of the most valuable part of the city of Newport, including the 'Old Stone Mill.' Benedict, son of William, was with his father when they went from Hingham to the Narragansett Bay in 1636. He moved to Newport in 1651 where he was very active in town affairs. In 1657, he succeeded Roger Williams as President of the colony until 1663 when he was named as the first governor which he was, with the exception of six years, until his death in 1678."
(The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet 1587-1675, compiled by Elisha Stephen Arnold 1935)

From "Early Records of the Arnold Family" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: "We came from Providence with our family to Dwell at Newport in Rhode Island the 19th of November, Thursday in afternoon, & arrived ye same night. Ano. Domina 1651. . . my father and his family Sett Sayle from Dartmouth in Old England, the first of May, friday & Arrived In New England. June 24th Ano 1635. We came to Providence to Dwell the 20th of April, 1636. per me Bennedict Arnold."

William Arnold was one of the four original founders of Pawtuxet in 1638, along with Zachariah Rhodes, William Carpenter, and William Harris.

William married Christian Peak Abt 1610, England. Christian (daughter of Thomas Peak) was born Abt 15 Feb 1583/84, Somerset, England; died 1659, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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An Arnold web site says she was born 15 Feb 1583, a daughter of Thomas Peake of Muchelney, Somerset, England.

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In 1635 Stukeley and his family accompanied the family of William Arnold to New England. Stukeley came from England to Salem, MA, where he was a freeman in 1636; his name is given in the records as "Stuky Wesket." He joined the Baptists and was banished from Massachusetts. He soon joined Roger Williams in Providence, RI, where he was one of the grantees in Roger Williams's deed of 8 Oct 1638. He signed the Providence agreement in 1640. He was also one of the founding members of the First Baptist Church in America. Stukeley later located with Samuell Gorton's group at Warwick, where records show he lived on 5 June 1648. He was Commissioner 1651-1653, and in 1655 and 1660. He was Assistant in 1653, and Deputy for Warwick in 1671. During King Philip's War he left Warwick and went to Portsmouth for safety. There he made his will on 12 Jan 1676/77, and died the same day.

Some information on Stukeley Westcott and his family can be found on Family Tree Maker CD#180, RI Genealogies.

Also, see informative article at Wikipedia.

Stukeley married Juliana MARCHANTE 5 Oct 1619, Ilminster, Somerset, England. Juliana (daughter of John MARCHANTE) was born Abt 1596. [Group Sheet]