William Arms II (1692 - 1774)

Born 26 Oct 1692 in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebekah (Nash) Arms — married 28 Oct 1720 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1774 at age 81 in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Descendant of William Arms, Founder of the Arms family in America (1654-1731).

Second child named William in this family. Married Rebecca Nash on October 28, 1720, who was burned to death in his house, on May 12, 1768. Lived on the south-east corner of the main street, Deerfield.

Epitaph: In Memory of Mr. WILLIAM ARMS Who Died Sept 27 1774. In the 82 Year of his Age.

Excerpted from Boltwood's Genealogies of Hadley Families, page 8:

William Arms removed from Hatfield to Sunderland and then to Deerfield. He died 1731. He married, on November 21, 1677, Joanna Hawks. Their children were:

1. William, born February 14, 1678; died at Deerfield in 1690.
2. John, born December 25, 1679; resided in Deerfield.
3. Sarah, born November 21, 1681; married Zebediah Williams.
4. Margaret, born October 6, 1683; married William Belding.
5. Hannah, born 1685; married about 1704, Joseph Clesson.
6. Daniel, born September 11, 1687; resided in Deerfield in 1729.
7. Ebenezer, born August 28, 1689, died September 25, 1690.
8. William, born October 26, 1692.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 21948914
• Burial: Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Plot: 141
• Photo: Has a photo of gravestone on gravesite

• "FamilySearch.org Pedigree LJ15-2WP: [1]

• Boltwood, Lucius Manlius. Genealogies of Hadley Families (Metcalf & Co., Northampton, Mass., 1862). [2]
• Arms, Edward. A Genealogical Record of the Arms Family in this Country (Troy, NY, 1877)., page 6: [3]
• Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts (E.A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1895) Vol 1,2,&3 [4][5][6]
• Source: S-1899744719 Ancestry Family Trees online publication - Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. [7] Repository: R-1899764835 http://www.Ancestry.com.

Acknowledgements

This person was created on 28 February 2011 through the import of Bates, Robert N.GED.