Individual Details

Eleazer Arnold

(June 17, 1651 - August 29, 1722)

Eleazer Arnold was a son of Thomas Arnold and Phebe Parkhurst born June 17 in 1651 Massachusetts. Eleazer married Eleanor Smith at age 21, they both lived into their 70s and both died in 1722. They lived in a Stone Ender home, a style unique to western England and brought to America in the 1600s. Eleazer and Elizabeth's stone neder home is still standing in 2019.

Events

BirthJune 17, 1651Watertown, British America
Marriage1672Eleanor Smith
Residence1693Eleazer Arnold House - 487 Great Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island, Providence, British America
DeathAugust 29, 1722Providence, British America
ProbateJanuary 4, 1723Providence, British America
Burial

Families

SpouseEleanor Smith (1655 - 1722)
ChildEleazer Arnold (1674 - 1712)
ChildElizabeth Arnold (1684 - 1758)
FatherThomas Arnold (1612 - 1674)
MotherPhebe Parkhurst (1612 - 1688)
SiblingRichard Arnold (1642 - 1710)

Notes

Marriage

Their marriage date is an estimate.

Residence

Eleazer Arnold's house at 487 Great Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island is still there and considered one of the best examples of a Rhode Island Stone Ender. even though "heavily restored". The house was built around 1693.

Probate

there is a sentence about Eleazer's death and a sentence about his estate being presented, then nothing. This volume 13 of Early records of Providence has several missing pages.

Endnotes

1. Bicknell, Thomas Williams. The History of the State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations. New York: The American Historical Society, 1920, Volume 5 page 54 Biographical.

2. (2008). || Volume 1 page 44.

3. FamilySearch.org. Rhode Island deaths and burials 1802-1950 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016, Indexing Project Batch B07198-8 System Origin Rhode Island-EASy FHL 915075 viewable at Family History Center.

4. (1892–1915). || Volume 12 page 40 the will of Eleazer Arnold is presented.

5. (1892–1915). || Volume 12 page 40 the will of Eleazer Arnold is presented.

6. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .