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Josiah Arnold

Male 1707 - 1789  (81 years)


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  • Name Josiah Arnold 
    Born 25 Aug 1707  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1789  [2] 
    Person ID I08715  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Josiah Arnold,   b. 22 Dec 1646,   d. Feb 1724/25  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary Sanford,   b. 27 Apr 1674,   d. 15 Jul 1721  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 12 Feb 1704/05  [3] 
    Family ID F03401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Gardiner,   b. 16 Feb 1707/08,   d. 22 Jan 1728/29  (Age 20 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1724  Narragansett, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Notes 
    • 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 years)
     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)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F03400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bridget Neidam 
    Married 3 May 1761  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Abigail Arnold,   b. 20 Apr 1762
     2. Lydia Arnold,   b. 19 Sep 1763,   d. 25 Feb 1765  (Age 1 years)
     3. William Benedict Arnold,   b. 19 Jul 1764
     4. Sanford Arnold,   b. 12 Sep 1767
     5. Mary Arnold,   b. 23 Jun 1773
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F07850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "My 5th Son & 14th Child being ye son of my Second Wife Mary was borne Aug 25 1707 on Monday Six Clock afternoon and we called his name Josiah In memory of his dearest [deceased?] brother Jos."

      Josiah was married the first time at age 17, but his wife died just over four years later, in Jan 1728/29. Then he remained single for 33 years until remarrying in 1761 at age 54. He had five children by this second marriage.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013513] Early Records of the Arnold Family, (New England Historical and Genealogical Register), 431.

    2. [S012551] Remington Lines from John of Newbury 1638, Boyd Scott Remington, (Ames Iowa, 1960), 13.

    3. [S013517] President John Sanford of Portsmouth, RI, and His Family, G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., L.L.B., F.A.S.G., F.S.A, (New England Historical and Genealogical Register), Vol 103 p 271.

    4. [S012712] Rhode Island Roots, Journal of the RI Genealogical Society, "The Annotations of Esther Amanda (Spencer) Briggs", transcribed by Barton B. Proger, Ed.D., (Vol. 29, No. 2), 91.

    5. [S013513] Early Records of the Arnold Family, (New England Historical and Genealogical Register).