Phebe
Ann
Arnold
aka Greene, Potter
Born in Pawtuxet, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Arnold Jr
and Mary (Sheldon) Arnold
Sister of
Phillip Arnold, Mary (Arnold) Rhodes, Sarah Arnold, Penelope (Arnold) Sheldon, Lorana Arnold, Edward Everett Arnold and Stephen Arnold III [half]
Wife of
Benjamin Greene
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
John Potter
— married
23 Dec 1717 in Providence, Providence Plantations
Descendants 
Mother of
Phebe Greene, John Potter Jr., Joseph Potter, Mary Potter, Rhobe (Potter) Russell, Caleb Potter, Stephen Potter, Naomi (Potter) Holden, Ruth Potter, William Potter Sr, Thomas Potter and Sarah Potter
Died about
at about age 44
in Cranston, Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Biography
Phebe Arnold was born 5 March 1695 to Stephen Arnold and Mary Sheldon in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island.[1][2]
Phebe was first married to Benjamin Greene. Their child together:[1][2]
- Phebe Greene, b. 1714
Phebe married, second, John Potter on 23 December 1717 ("Dec. 13, 1717" O.S.), recorded in Providence.[3][4] They had a number of children together :[1][5]
- John Potter, b. 1718
- Joseph Potter, b. 1720
- Mary Potter, b. 1722
- Robey (Rhobe, Rhoda) Potter, b. 1723
- Caleb Potter, b. 1725
- Stephen Potter, b. 1727
- Naomi Potter, b. 1729
- Ruth Potter, b. 1731
- William Potter, b. 1733
- Thomas Potter, b. 1735
- Sarah Potter, b. 1737
Phebe supposedly died in 1740.[1]
Note that John Potter [Potter-4412] descends from the Quaker line of Robert Potter. Note also that the John Potter and Phebe Greene who married in 1718 were listed as Quaker preachers who lived 1 mile from the Quaker meeting house in Cranston, RI.[6] Note also that John Potter, son of John Potter and Phebe Greene, was married by a [Quaker] Friends ceremony in 1739[7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Elisha S. Arnold and Fred A. Arnold, The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587-1675, and a Genealogy of His Descendants, (Rutland, Vt: The Tuttle Pub. Co, 1935) 96; Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=6zcxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA96#v=onepage&q&f=false : accessed 14 September 2015).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 George S. Greene, The Greenes of Rhode Island: With Historical Records of English Ancestry, 1534-1902, (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1903) 139-140; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/greenesofrhodeis00gree#page/138/mode/2up : accessed 14 September 2015).
- ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Providence--Marriages, p. 150 (Providence, R.I: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co, 1891) 239 ; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924098822103#page/n205/mode/2up : accessed 14 September 2015).
- ↑ George S. Greene, The Greenes of Rhode Island: With Historical Records of English Ancestry, 1534-1902, (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1903) 140; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/greenesofrhodeis00gree#page/140/mode/2up : accessed 14 September 2015). In 1763, John Potter sued to recover property he had deeded to his step-grandsons (their grandfather being Phebe's first husband Benjamin) for the course of their natural lives. In that suit, he testified that "Benjamin Greene was grandson to my wife Phebe Potter and son of Phebe Greene, first wife of Nathaniel Greene...".
- ↑ Charles E. Potter, Genealogies of the Potter Families and Their Descendants in America: To the Present Generation, with Historical and Biographical Sketches (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1888) part 10, p. 6; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843731#page/n353/mode/2up : accessed 13 September 2015).
- ↑ A genealogy of the Potter family originating in Rhode Island. Author: Jeremiah Potter
- ↑ Rhode Island Vital Records, Volume 2, page 150. Author: James N. Arnold
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I understand that Phoebe is the traditional spelling. However, is there a source that suggests she spelled her name that way? And there are a substantial number of sources cited here.
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