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Hannah Arnold (Waterman)

Also Known As: "Hannah (Waterman) King Arnold", "Hannah Lathrop Waterman", "Hannah Arnold"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Death: August 15, 1759 (50)
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Place of Burial: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, British America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Waterman and Elizabeth Waterman
Wife of Benedict Arnold, lV and Absalom King
Mother of Fenner Arnold; Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold, V and Hannah King
Sister of Elizabeth Avery; Eleazer Waterman; John Waterman and William Waterman
Half sister of Samuel Waterman; David Bassett Waterman and Elizabeth Backus

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About Hannah Arnold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arnold

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Waterman-84

Plaque Inscription

Once upon a time in Norwich .. an 18 year old Benedict Arnold stood on this sport and watched as they lowered his long-suffering mother into her grave. Benedict himself was an apprentice, bound by indentured servitude to his mother's cousins, the Lathrop Brothers. His father was suffering from alcohol-induced dementia, believed caused by his sadness over losing four children: Absolom, Elizabeth, Mary, and an earlier son named Benedict, who died an infant in 1739. The children are all buried here. ...

... Local citizens, outraged at the treasonous act [by Benedict Arnold], descended as a mob on this cemetery and removed the gravestones of the father, Benedict, and the infant son, Benedict.

The only epitaph that remains is to Hannah King Arnold:

IN MEMORY oF Hannah ye well beloved Wife of Capt Benedict Arnold & Daughter of Mr John & Elizabeth Watermen, (She was a Pattern of Piety Patience and Virtue) who died Augst 15th 1759 AEtatis Suae 52

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Hannah Arnold's Timeline

1708
September 28, 1708
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
November 7, 1708
1738
July 17, 1738
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1741
January 14, 1741
Norwich, Colony of Connecticut, British America
1759
August 15, 1759
Age 50
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
August 17, 1759
Age 50
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, British America
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