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Captain Stephen Arnold

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America
Death: January 29, 1754 (64-72)
Warwick, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Israel Arnold and Mary Arnold
Husband of Sarah Arnold and Jane (Blunt) Arnold
Father of Stephen Arnold; Elizabeth Wells; Robert Arnold; Mary Eliza Harris; Peter Arnold and 6 others
Brother of Israel Arnold; Mary Low (Arnold); William Benedict Arnold; Major James Arnold; Sarah Carpenter and 4 others

Occupation: Maritime Trade
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About Captain Stephen Arnold

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L6XR-QK9/stephen-arnold-sr.-1680

Stephen Arnold Sr.
8 July 1680–Deceased
Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Stephen

When Stephen Arnold Sr. was born on 8 July 1680, in Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Israel Arnold, was 30 and his mother, Mary Barker, was 30. He married Sarah Ann Greene on 28 November 1706, in Warwick, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters.

Spouse

Stephen Arnold Sr.
Male
1680–Deceased

Male

Sarah Ann Greene
Female
1685–1724

Female

Marriage
28 November 1706
Warwick, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Children
(9)

Oliver Arnold
Male
1708–1760

Male

Stephen Arnold Jr.
Male
1709–1734

Male

Caleb Arnold
Male
1709–1720

Male

Elizabeth Arnold
Female
1710–1739

Female

Benedict Arnold lV
Male
1710–1761

Male

Sarah Arnold
Female
1713–1724

Female

Rebecca Arnold
Female
1717–1825

Female

Mary Eliza Arnold
Female
1719–Deceased

Female

Peter Arnold
Male
1724–1724

Male

Spouse

Stephen Arnold Sr.
Male
1680–Deceased

Male

Jane Blount
Female
1689–Deceased

Female

Marriage
28 December 1727
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Parents

Israel Arnold
Male
1649–1716

Male

Mary Barker
Female
1649–1723

Female

Siblings
(10)

Israel Arnold
Male
1678–1753

Male

Mary Arnold
Female
1680–1746

Female

Stephen Arnold Sr.
Male
1680–Deceased

Male

William Arnold
Male
1681–1759

Male

Sarah Hannah Arnold
Female
1682–1727

Female

Elisha Arnold
Male
1684–1748

Male

Maj. James Arnold
Male
1689–1777

Male

Joseph Arnold
Male
1696–1718

Male

Barbara Arnold
Female
1699–1737

Female

Capt. Josiah Arnold
Male
1700–Deceased

Male


Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arnold-1712

Stephen Arnold was born about 1685, likely at Pawtuxet (village of Warwick), Rhode Island, the son of Israel Arnold and Mary Baker. [1] [2]

Stephen received a bequest of 50 acres from his father Israel in his will dated March 23, 1717, and proved September 23 of that year. [2]

1720-24: Served a Lieutenant. [2]
1726: Served as Captain. [2]

He married first Sarah, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Arnold) Greene on Nov. 28, 1706. Sarah was born at Warwick on Oct. 27, 1685.[3] [2]

She died at Warwick on Dec. 5, 1724. [3]

He married second Jane Blount on Dec. 28, 1727. [3] [4] [2]

Children by Sarah

  1. Stephen born on May 30, 1709; died Feb. 12, 1734 on a ship coming from Asia; married Hannah Case, daughter of William and Elizabeth on Jan. 16, 1632. [3] [2]
  2. Elizabeth born on March 16, 1710/11; died Sept. 29, 1739; married Peter Wells on Feb. 1, 1736. [3] [2]
  3. Sarah born March 6, 1712/13. [3] [2]
  4. Mary born July 8, 1719. [3] [2]
  5. Peter born July 27, 1724. [3] [2]

GEDCOM Note

There are plenty of sources on this family elsewhere on the web. Family Search has oodles of birth, marriage and death records for the Arnolds and the Greenes. Somehow, Ancestry can't locate any of them.

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Captain Stephen Arnold's Timeline

1686
January 29, 1686
Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America
1708
1708
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1709
May 30, 1709
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1709
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1710
March 16, 1710
Warwick, Providence Plantation County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America
1717
1717
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1718
1718
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
1719
July 8, 1719
Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, United States
1720
1720