Richard Arnold

Bef 1642 - 1710  (> 68 years)

• Name	Richard Arnold
  Birth	Bef 22 Mar 1642  [1]
  Baptism	22 Mar 1642	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Apr 1710	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I19144	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Arnold,   b. Abt 1604   d. Sep 1674, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Phebe Parkhurst,   b. Bef 29 Nov 1612   d. Bef Aug 1688 (Age < 75 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1 Mar 1640  [6]
  Family ID	F11847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Angell,   b. Abt 1646   d. Between 23 May 1685 and 21 Oct 1694 (Age ~ 39 years)
  Marriage	Aft 24 Oct 1666  [1, 5]
  Notes	The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 says that they were married "probably shortly after 24 October 1666 (when as 'Richard Arnold and Marie Angell' they were charged with fornication)".
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Arnold,   b. 24 Mar 1675, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 3 Feb 1727, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F11846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He served many terms as a deputy to the Rhode Island general assembly and as an assistant governor. On 6 May 1685 he was on a committee to draw up an address of congratulation to James II on his peaceable succession to the throne. On 22 Dec 1686 he was appointed a member of the council of Governor Andros (of the short-lived Dominion of New England). He was on the Providence town council 1700-01, and in 1707-08 was a speaker of the house of deputies.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024., says "22 March 1642[/3?]". [S648] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation ed. William Richard Cutter. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913., date only. [S399] The Settlers of the Beekman Patent by Frank J. Doherty. Ongoing multivolume series begun in 1990. [S1807] The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell 1844-1910 by Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024., says "by 1 March 1640[/1?]".