John Arnold (1670 - 1756)

Born 1 Nov 1670 in Providence County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Mowry) Arnold — married about 1695 in Providence Co., Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1756 at age 85 in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Arnold, son of Richard and Mary (Angell) Arnold was born on November 1, 1670. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He married first, about 1695 ^[1], Mary Mowry, the daughter of Nathaniel Mowry and Johannah Inman who was born in 1675. She died January 27, 1742, aged 67. ^{[4] [3] [5]}

He married second, October 31, 1742, Hannah Howard. ^{[6] [2] [3]}

He was a miller and lived in that part of Providence that became Smithfield, Rhode Island; was a member of the town council in Smithfield in 1731-32.

• He was one of the organizers of the Society of Friends in Northern Rhode Island.
• Built their first meeting house at this place.
• One of the committee who run our northern boundary line in 1718.
• He was the first President of the Council when Smithfield became a town in 1731 . ^[3]

He died October 27, 1756 in the eighty sixth year of his age. ^[2] He was buried in the burial ground on the Vose farm at the Globe Village. ^[3] His inscription reads: Here lies ye body of John Arnold Who Died October the :27 :1756 : in ye 86 year of his age. ^{[7] [8]}

His will was written May 5, 1753, and proved on 1 November 1756 in Smithfield, Rhode Island.^[9] His date of death is recorded in the heading of his inventory which was taken on the 12, 13 and 17 of November 1756.

In it, he left bequests to:

• wife Hannah
• son William
• three sons Daniel, Anthony, and Israel L5 each
• three daughters Mary Lapham, Abagail Bartlett and Susanna Malavory L100 each
• grandson Moses Arnold L5
• grandson Noah Arnold L40
• grandson David Arnold L 10
• grandson Arnold Paine
• grandson Nicholas Lapham
• son Seth ^[3]

Children

by wife Mary

1. William, born October 9, 1695 ^[1]; died August 2, 1766 ^{[4] [3]}; married first Hannah Whipple on December 27, 1717 ^[10]; married second Margaret Capron ^[3] on May 5, 1729. ^[6]
2. John, born July 27, 1697 ^[1]; died March 12, 1727 ^{[10] [4] [3]}; married Martha Jenckes ^[3] in August, 1717. ^[10]
3. Israel born___ ^[4][3]; married Waite Mowry, daughter of Joseph. ^[3]
4. Mercy, born December 22, 1701 ^[1]; married Nicholas Lapham and removed to Dartmouth. ^[4][3]
5. Daniel born May 1, 1699 ^[1]; died July 30, 1773 ^{[4] [3]}; married Bathsheba Ballou, October 16, 1720. ^{[10] [11]}
6. Anthony, born March 1, 1705 ^[1]; married Sarah Fish, at Dartmouth, Massachusetts on ^[12] and removed to the State of New York. ^{[4] [3]}
7. Seth, born September 26, 1706 ^[1]; died about November 27, 1801; ^[4] married first Hannah Aldrich; and second Mary Cargill Arnold. ^[2][3]
8. Anna ^[4]: born 1710 at Providence, died at Smithfield in 1734; married Benjamin Paine, on December 24, 1731. ^{[6] [3]}
9. Susannah born ___ ^[4]; married John Malvery/Melavroy on December 26, 1736. ^{[6] [13] [3]}
10. Abigail,^[4] born between 1705 -1711; died about January 9, 1811 at the age of 104; married Abner Bartlett on April 30, 1734 ^[6] and lived at Glocester. ^{[3] [2] [14]}

Research notes

Narragansett Friends Births

Arnold, John of Providence, 1d 9m 1670. [November 9, 1670]. (p. 143)

Arnold, William of John and Mary, 9d 6m 1695. [October 9. 1695. (p. 143)

Arnold, John of John and Mary, 27d 5m 1697. [July 27, 1697.] (p. 143)

Arnold, Daniel of John and Mary, 1d 3m 1699. [May 1, 1699] (p. 143)

Arnold, Mercy of John and Mary, 22d 10m 1701. [December 22, 1701] (p. 143)

Arnold, Anthony of John and Mary, 12d 1m 1704. [March 1, 1705] (p. 143)

Arnold, Seth of John and Mary, 26d 7m 1706. [September 26. 1706]. (p. 143) ^[1]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Sunday, September 8, 2013.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 7: Narragansett Friends and Ministers, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, p. 143
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts: containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families, By J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1912, p. 1336
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18} Richardson, Erastus. History of Woonsocket, S.S. Foss, printer, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1876, p. 46
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} William A. The Descendants of Nathaniel Mowry of Rhode Island, Sidney Rider, publisher, Providence, Rhode Island, 1878
5. ↑ Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries database, Rhode Island Historical Commission, WO010 http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=333122
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Volume 3: Providence County: Smithfield, Marriages, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, p. 10-1: 41
7. ↑ Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries database, Rhode Island Historical Commission, WO010 http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=333123
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 19476431
9. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649167_00344). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 344-347. Council and Probate Records, Vol 2, 1749-1768, Page 213-219. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 3: Providence County: Providence, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, p. 7; 101: 261
11. ↑ Ballou, Adin, editor. An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America, Press of E. L. Freeman & son, 1888
12. ↑ Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volume 2: Marriages NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930, p. 41
13. ↑ Austin, Jojn Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation, Albany, New York 1887. Reprint: Genealogical Publishing Co.
14. ↑ Genealogy of that Branch of the Russell Family which Comprised the Descendants of John Russell, of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1640-1878, by John Russell Bartlett, Providence Press, 1879

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Chris Hoyt for creating Arnold-3421 on 8 Sep 13.