Individual Details
Capt. Richard Arnold
(22 Mar 1642/43 - 22 Apr 1710)
Richard the son of Thomas & Phebe Arnold borne 22 (1) 1642
Watertown, MA, Birth Records
24 Oct 1666, Richard and Mary Arnold were fined 40 shillings for fornication. Convictions happened if a child's birth was too soon after a marriage.
Richard was a Deputy and Assistant for town of Providence RI for many years.
Inventory of Richard Arnold, deceased exhibeted on 19 May 1710. Names widow Sarah; sons Richard, John, Thomas. Joseph Jenckes Junr and Samuel Comstock made inventory and appraisal. There was a copy of a will dated 8 Jun 1708 signed by Richard Arnold & sealed but there were no witnesses. The Court declared it as good directions but not a valid will. Sarah offered Administration but refused; granted to the sons. Daughter Mary Steere, and husband Thomas Steere named. Referred to as Capt Richard Arnold throughout court proceedings. Inventory of his estate was worth #134.5.10.
The Steere Genealogy states that Capt. Richard had devised one half of his mills at Nissatasket to his son-in-law Thomas Steere in 1710.
26 Mar 1712 Richard, John & Thomas Arnold [for a valuable sum] deeded one half of a tract of land in Providence, both sides of the Wanasquatucket River, at or near the corn mill and saw mill which formerly belonged to their father, Richard Arnold. Apparently this deed gave Thomas Steere full possession of the mills.
Events
| Birth | 22 Mar 1642/43 | Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1666 | Mary Angell | | ||
| Death | 22 Apr 1710 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island | | ||
| Marriage | Sarah Whipple | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Angell ( - 1687) |
| Child | Richard Arnold (1666 - 1745) |
| Child | Mary Arnold (1668 - 1725) |
| Child | John Arnold (1670 - 1756) |
| Child | Thomas Arnold (1675 - 1726) |
| Spouse | Sarah Whipple ( - 1712) |
| Father | THOMAS ARNOLD ( - 1674) |
| Mother | PHEBE PARKHURST ( - 1688) |
| Sibling | Ichabod Arnold (1640 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Arnold (1646 - 1721) |
| Sibling | John Arnold (1647 - 1722) |
| Sibling | Eleazar Arnold (1651 - 1722) |
| Sibling | ELIZABETH ARNOLD (1654 - 1747) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.135.
2. E. Richardson, History of Woonsocket (Rhode Island) (Woonsocket: S. S. Foss, Printer; Patriot Building, Main Street. c. 1876), p.188 Gives wife as "Sarah Angell".
3. Internet Home Page: Arnold/Van Deuson.
4. Dowell, Janice Arnold & Allen, Jacquiline Arnold, Internet Home Page: Arnold Family (http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/o/w/Janice--Dowell/index.html).
5. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families 1600s-1800s, Vol II (Family Tree Maker CD ROM #180), Mr. Somerby's Genealogy of the Arnold Family; p.10.
6. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.. Birth, Marriages & Deaths (3 Volumes) (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co c1892), Vol.2 Providence - Deaths p.261.
7. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. Dutchess County, New York An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent. [Have copies in my files. This book thoroughly documented and sourced.] (Pleasant Valley, NY 12569 c1993), "The Arnold Family" p.218-219.