Richard Arnold, Captain

1642 - 1710  (68 years)

• Name	Richard Arnold
  Title	Captain
  Birth	22 Mar 1642	Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LLHH-TNQ
  Burial	Apr 1710	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  Death	22 Apr 1710	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
  Person ID	I384	footsteps | DonCampbell
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Arnold,   b. Bef 1608, England d. Sep 1674, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age > 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Phebe Parkhurst,   b. Nov 1612, Suffolkshire, England d. Abt 10 Aug 1688, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1629
  Family ID	F284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Angell,   b. 22 Mar 1645, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1695, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1667
  Children	+ 1. Mary Arnold,   b. 9 Sep 1668, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 20 Jan 1725 (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Richard was very involved in local governance and was a Captain of the militia when he served in King William's War in 1697. He was in the Upper House as Governor's Assistant for several years, and served as Deputy to Rhode Island General Assembly in 1671,1676, 1679-1681, 1696, 1698, 1700-02, 1805, and 1807-08. He served as Speaker of the House of Deputies in 1707-08, and Member of the Providence Town Council in 1700-01. He built a sawmill in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1680 and, in 1700 built one in Providence on the Woonasquatucket River, five miles above the salt water harbor. On 24 Oct 1666 Richard and Mary fined 40s each for fornication by the General Court of Trials in Newport. [RICR 11:51