Individual Details

The births of Ichabod, Richard, John, and Eleazar were recorded in the Watertown Town records. Thomas was not.

Thomas Arnold witnessed a deed on 8 Feb 1662, so was probably about 18 at that time. He was a constable in Providence in 1665, 1672 & 1680. He took the oath of allegiance to the king on 19 Jun 1665 and was a freeman in Providence in 1672.

When King Philip's War broke out not far from Providence in late 1675, Thomas was one of the twenty-seven men who "staid and went not away". Most of the residents moved to Portsmouth or Newport. As one of the 27, he was entitled to a share of the Native American captives, whose services were sold.

Thomas Arnold sold 30 acres of land to his brother-in-law Samuel Comstock on 29 Jun 1685. It was 2 1/4 miles north of the saltwater harbor of Providence. This appears to be the same date that the Arnolds divided up their father's property.

I do not know if the younger Thomas at some point lived in Watertown, or his father continued to hold property there, but this record is some years after his father had moved to Providence RI:
Watertown:
p.19 10 day 10 month 1679
Granted to Tho. Arnall a smalle patch of land neere his house abought six Rod; so as it prejudice not the high way: to be sett out by John Whetney Senr.

16 May 1720, Dep. Governor Joseph Jenks was asked to take the security of Josiah Thayer of Mendon for the maintenance of Mr. Thomas Arnold and to take security upon Arnold's farm at Woonsocket. On 12 Sep 1721, Thomas Arnold of Providence sold all of his estate in Providence with the dwelling house and lands for love and goodwill to his "nephew" Charles Sherlock. Sherlock was not his nephew, but the word did often indicate a cousin in this time period. Sherlock had married Josiah Thayer's daughter, Rebecca, at Mendon on 25 Feb 1719. Any kinship between Thayer and the Arnolds is unknown.

Birth	Abt 1646	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death	Aft 1721

Father	THOMAS ARNOLD ( - 1674)
Mother	PHEBE PARKHURST ( - 1688)
Sibling	Ichabod Arnold (1640 - )
Sibling	Capt. Richard Arnold (1642 - 1710)
Sibling	John Arnold (1647 - 1722)
Sibling	Eleazar Arnold (1651 - 1722)
Sibling	ELIZABETH ARNOLD (1654 - 1747)