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
  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?]".