Born in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin (Millard) Miller
and Mehitable Thayer
Wife of
William Arnold
— married
18 Dec 1747 in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Died after
after age 70
in Rhode Island [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Charity was born in 1729 at Swasea in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Benjamin Millard and Mehitable Thayer.[1]
Charity married William Arnold in 1747 at Warren, Rhode Island.[2] Children:[3]
- (possibly) Sarah b. ca. 1749 m. Edward Mason[4]
- Mary b. 10 August 1750
- William b. 26 September 1752
- Benjamin b. 12 December 1754
- Ruth b. 20 March 1757
- Peleg b. 12 February 1759
- James b. 20 March 1761
- Pamelia b. 4 April 1763[5]
- Charity b. 4 March 1765
- Benedick b. 4 June 1770
- Hannah b. 20 June 1772
Charity was named "Charity Arnold" in the will of her father dated 1760. She appeared as head-of-household at Warren in the 1800 U.S. census.[6]
Charity was born in 1729. [7]"Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ6B-HMPZ : 9 November 2020), Charity Milar, 1729.
Sources
- ↑ Rounds: Page 48 -- "Charity the Daughter of Benjamin Milar and Mehitable his wife was born November the :7:1719"
- ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Marriages, Page 6
- ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Births, Page 44
- ↑ Mason, Page 161
- ↑ Arnold transcribes her name as "Iramillice". But Cherry Fletcher Bamberg writes in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 164 (2010) Page 211 "that James and Ruth Bowen joined Frederick Luther Jr., Pamilia Luther, and Hannah Arnold in selling their rights in the land owned by their honored father William Arnold."
- ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5R-MZJ : accessed 9 July 2020), Charity Arnold, Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. 15, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 45; FHL microfilm 218,680.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QJ-WY2 : 17 December 2019), Charity in entry for William Arnold, 1752. Source will be added by John Gibson Crossman by 16 Jan 2022.
- Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)
- Mason, Alverdo Hayward. Genealogy of the Sampson Mason Family (A.H. Mason, East Braintree, Mass., 1902)
- Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992)
"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8M1-J9F : 4 November 2020), Charity in entry for Ruth Arnold, 20 Mar 1757; citing Birth, Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 947,767. "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ6B-HMPZ : 9 November 2020), Charity Milar, 1729.
See also:
- "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch ([1] : 9 November 2020), Charity Milar, 1729.
- Charity Milar
- Birth Date 7 Nov 1729
- Birthplace Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
- Father's Name Benjamin Milar
- Mother's Name Mehitable
- "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch ([2] : accessed 26 March 2022), Charity Miller in entry for William Arnold, 18 Dec 1747; citing Marriage, Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, Rhode Island State Archive, Providence City Archives, city and town clerk offices; FHL microfilm 947,767.
- William Arnold
- Spouse's Name Charity Miller
- Marriage Date 18 Dec 1747
- Marriage Place Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island
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