Individual Details
Richard Arnold
(10 Apr 1702 - Bef 1743)
Richard's father, Richard Arnold, deeded 60 acres to Richard, 11 May 1731.
5 Jun 1733, Richard sold his home on the east of Woonsocket Hill to his brother Joseph and the next day he left his family. It is said he went to Philadelphia. Richard's father's will dated 6 Sep 1735 left 40 £ to Richard's wife Ruth. On 13 Nov 1740, Joseph sold the land back to Richard's wife Ruth.
Ruth & Richard had the following children:
Ruth, b. 1724, married Gideon Comstock
Jane
Richard. Ruth deeded her homestead to Richard & his brother Stephen in 1743. On 4 Apr 1754, John Aldrich of Smithfield sold Stephen Arnold 40 acres that had been deeded to him by his mother Ruth Arnold.
Stephen, b. Smithfield 23 Apr 1728
Samuel, b. about 1730; probaby died before 1743 since he received no share of his mother's farm.
1 Jun 1743, Ruth as Ruth Arnold of Smithfield, widow, deeded her 80-acre homestead to her minor sons, Richard & Stephen. On the 4th of Jun she married Thomas Mann at Smithfield.
10 Dec 1744, the Smithfield town council noted that Richard Arnold had left the colony on 6 Jun 1733 and not been heard from for many years and was assumed dead. Son-in-law Gideon Comstock, was appointed administrator of the state. As administrator he brought charges in Jun of 1745 against Thomas Man late of Smithfield for taking away personal estate of Richard Arnold. Man was tried and the Court award 275 £ to the estate plus costs. Thomas Man apparently did not pay and was a prisoner in His Majesty's Gaol in Providence, 13 Jan 1746/7. He claimed he was married to Ruth Arnold, the reputed widow; he petitioned to obtain a portion of the estate, but the petition was dismissed.
12 Apr 1749, Gideon Comstock filed an inventory of Richard Arnold's estate showing as asset as the 296 £ judgment, not yet paid.
Thomas Man died at Smithfield 24 Oct 1754.
Events
| Birth | 10 Apr 1702 |  | |||
| Marriage | 19 Jul 1722 | Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island - Ruth Aldrich | | ||
| Death | Bef 1743 |
Families
| Spouse | Ruth Aldrich (1691 - ) |
| Child | Ruth Arnold (1723 - 1748) |
| Child | Steven Arnold (1728 - 1796) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Richard Arnold (1666 - 1745) |
| Mother | Mary Woodward ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Arnold (1700 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Thomas Arnold (1705 - 1765) |
| Sibling | Woodward Arnold (1707 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Arnold (1712 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Edmund Arnold (1714 - 1781) |
Endnotes
1. 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.
2. John Adams Comstock of Del Mar, California, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, (Los Angeles, CA: The Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1949), Family 77 Gideon Comstock.