William Arnold
1587 - 1675 (87 years)-
Name William Arnold Born 24 Jun 1587 Ilchester, Somerset, England 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 1675 Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI Person ID I04658 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Thomas Arnold Mother Alce Gully, b. Abt 29 Sep 1553 Family ID F07856 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Christian Peak, b. Abt 15 Feb 1583/84, Somerset, England , d. 1659, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI (Age ~ 74 years) Married Abt 1610 England Children 1. Elizabeth Arnold, b. 23 Nov 1611 2. Benedict Arnold, b. 21 Dec 1615, Ilchester, Somerset, England , d. 19 Jun 1678, Newport, RI (Age 62 years)3. Joanna Arnold, b. 27 Feb 1617/18, d. 1693 (Age 74 years) 4. Stephen Arnold, Sr., b. 22 Dec 1622, Ilchester, Somerset, England , d. 15 Nov 1699 (Age 76 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01757 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - "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.
- "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."
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