Sarah Arnold

Sarah was the daughter of Edward Smith of Providence,RI and Rehoboth,MA.

Family

Her husband was Stephen Arnold.

Their Children:

• Esther Arnold Dexter Andrews Hawkins,
• Israel Arnold,
• Stephen Arnold Jr,
• Elizabeth Arnold Greene,
• Elisha Arnold,
• Sarah Arnold Carpenter, and
• Phebe Arnold Smith.

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-5464

Sarah Smith was born in 1629, daughter of Edward Smith of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. [1] [2] [3] [4][5]

Sarah married Stephen Arnold at Providence, Rhode Island on November 24, 1646. [1] Stephen Arnold, son of William and Christian (Peake) Arnold, was born on December 22, 1622, baptized at Ilchester, Somerset, England on December 6 of that year. [6] He accompanied his parents to New England in 1635, when he was in his 13th year. They arrived at Hingham, Massachusetts but settled in Providence, Rhode, Island by 1636. [2] [3] [5]

They resided at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, where Stephen was one of the wealthiest and most prominent proprietors in Rhode Island at the time. . [3] [5]

Stephen died November 15, 1699. [1][5] [4] His final burial place is in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island, being moved from from Stephen Arnold Lot. [7]

Widow Sarah died on March 15, 1713. [15: 4: 1713] [4] Her final resting place is Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, where there graves were moved. Her inscription reads: Here lies intered the body of Sarah Arnold Aged 84 years Decesed April 15, 1713 [8]

Sarah's will was written on April 26, 1708 and in it she names: [9]

• grandson James Dexter
• Isabel Dexter
• grand daughter Esther Hawkins
• eldest son Israel
• son Stephen
• youngest son Elisha
• daughter Elizabeth Greene, Peter Greene
• daughter Sarah Carpenter
• grand daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah and Phebe Smith
• my son Stephen's four daughters - Phebe, Mary, Sarah and Penelope Arnold
• grand daughter Sarah Carpenter, daughter of my daughter Sarah Carpenter daughter Phebe Smith, wife of Benjamin

References

• Sarah Smith Arnold Find A Grave Memorial# 24291412
• Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 2: Providence County, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892
• Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. William Arnold in: Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999 p. 88-91 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
• Americana, American Historical Magazine, Volume 12, The American Historical Society, New York, 1918 p. 238-9
• Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, Salem, Massachusetts, 1893: Reprint: Genealogical Publishing, Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 2002
• Hart, Samuel. Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical-Memorial; Representative Citizens, Volume 4, American Historical Society, Incorporated, 1917 p. 19-20
• Hubbard, Edward. Early Records of the Arnold Family. In: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 33. NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1879 p. 428 : p.437
• RI Cemetery Database: Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries database, Rhode Island Historical Commission http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=42064
• RI Cemetery Database: Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries database, Rhode Island Historical Commission http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=42063
• Arnold, Elisha Stephen, compiler. The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587-1675, Tuttle Publishing Company, 1935, Rutland, Vermont, p. 58-70