Josiah was "of Jamestown, alias Conanicut," and Lydia was "of William, of Narragansett." They were married at the bride's home, and the minister was Lydia's brother-in-law.
Children
1. Abigail Arnold, b. 17 Dec 1725 d. 18 Dec 1726 (Age 1 year)
2. Josiah Arnold, b. 7 Jun 1726 d. 18 May 1776 (Age 49 years)
3. Sylvester Arnold, b. 20 Jan 1727/28 d. 10 Feb 1730/31 (Age 3 years)
[S012590] Birth date calculated from age at death.
[S013513] Early Records of the Arnold Family, (New England Historical and Genealogical Register).
[S012572] Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 9, #2, 99.
[S012551] Boyd Scott Remington, Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 13.
[S012712] transcribed by Barton B. Proger, Ed.D., Rhode Island Roots, Journal of the RI Genealogical Society, "The Annotations of Esther Amanda (Spencer) Briggs", (Vol. 29, No. 2), 91.