Note: No burial record has been found for Thomas, but he was likely buried on his own land, or perhaps that of one of his children, in Providence, Rhode Island, as there were no public cemeteries in 17th century Rhode Island, west of the Narragansett Bay. His birth year is an approximation based on being called underage in his father's 1616 will, and having a child born in 1629. His death date comes from the settlement of his estate among heirs in 1685.
Thomas Arnold was an early settler of Watertown, Mass. and Providence, Rhode Island and was likely a son of William Arnold of Hollesley, Suffolk, England, who named Thomas Arnold, his underaged son, in his will dated 22 Nov 1616 (and proved 24 Feb following). A nephew of William, Richard Arnold, goldsmith, of London, left a legacy in his 8 Nov 1644 will to several of his kinfolks "except for Thomas Arnold who is now supposed to be in New England or some other part beyond the seas."
The subject is NOT the Thomas Arnold of Ilchester, Somerset, England who was a half-brother of another early Providence settler, William Arnold. William's half-brother Thomas never left England. Also, there is no evidence that this is the Thomas Arnold, aged 30, who sailed to Virginia aboard the ship Plain Joan in 1635.
Thomas m. (1) in England c. 1628 a wife whose name has not been learned. He m. (2) probably in Watertown, Mass. c. 1639 Phebe (PARKHURST) Cane, bapt. Ipswich, Suffolk, England 29 Nov 1612, the daughter of George Parkhurst, and presumed widow of Daniel Cane who she married in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England on 23 March 1635. Phebe was living on 1 Sep 1687 when she was taxed in Providence, but presumed dead in 1688 when she does not appear on the tax list.
Thomas is first of record in Watertown, Mass. on 25 July 1636 when he was granted 30 acres of land by the town; he became a freeman in Watertown on 13 May 1640. On 20 Dec 1648 he bought 30 acres of land there from his brother-in-law, George Parkhurst. From 1651 to 1655 he was fined on multiple occasions for not attending public worship in Watertown. Apparently getting fed up with this, he left the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and on 6 April 1655 he was called of Providence, in the Rhode Island Colony, buying land from William Burrows of Providence. Between 1666 and 1672 he served as a Providence Deputy for three years, and in 1672 served on the Town Council. He died in Sep 1674, but it wasn't until 29 June 1685 that an agreement of his heirs was registered. The agreement names his widow Phebe and his daughter and four surviving sons from his second marriage. His daughter from his first marriage, Susanna, is not named. Children of Thomas:
With unknown first wife:
* Susanna, b. Sep 1629, d. Boston, Mass. 26 April 1717, aged 87y 7m, m. Boston 7 April 1654 John FARNUM, b. 2 Feb 1631/2, d. Boston 20 Jan 1701/2, aged 69y 11m 18d, son of John and Elizabeth Farnum. Susanna is known to be a daughter of Thomas Arnold from her Boston marriage record which specifically calls her the daughter of Thomas Arnold of Watertown. John's father was a joiner, and became a freeman in Dorchester on 13 May 1640. This is about the time that he bought a shop and land in Boston. Administration of the estate of John, Jr. was granted to widow Susan on 11 March 1701/2 in Boston. They had five known children born from 1655 to 1670. Susanna and John have extant gravestones in the Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston.
With second wife, Phebe, all but last born in Watertown, Mass.:
* Ichabod, b. 1:1m:1640 (1 March 1639/40), likely died young as he has been found in no subsequent record.
* Richard, b. 22:1m:1642 (22 March 1641/2), d. 22 April 1710, m. (1) say 1665 Mary ANGELL, b. c. 1644, living on 23 May 1685 when named in her father's will, but likely dead by 21 Oct 1694 when not named in her mother's will, daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton of Providence; m. (2) Sarah _______, who d. 1712. Richard had four children with his first wife, born c. 1668 to 1675, but none with the second.
* Thomas, b. c. 1645, living in 1693. Because his birth was not recorded in Watertown with four of his siblings, it is possible he was born of his father's first wife, and therefore born, say, 1631. The difficulty with this is that there are no records for him until he became a Providence freeman in 1672, and 40 is an unusually late age to be granted freemanship, when it is usually bestowed upon men in their mid-to-late 20s if they have not just moved into the town. More information would be welcomed. Thomas stayed in Providence "and went not away" during King Phillips War (1675-1676) and for that reason was entitled to a share of the Indian captives. He served on the Providence Town Council for several years from 1676 to 1685, and was a Providence Deputy for several years from 1678 to 1691. On 5 Jan 1693 he sold five acres of land and mansion house to William Turpin for 61 pounds. No wife or children are known.
* John, b. 19:12m:1647 (19 Feb 1647/8), d. 5 Jan 1722/3, in his 75th year, m. Hannah ________ who survived him. John has an extant gravestone in the North Burial Ground, Providence.
* Eleazer, b. 17:4m:1651 (17 June 1651), d. 29 Aug 1722, m. c. 1672 Eleanor SMITH, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith.
* Elizabeth, b. perhaps Providence c. 1656, d. 20 Oct 1747, m. 22 Nov 1678 Samuel COMSTOCK, b. 1654, d. 27 May 1727, son of Samuel and Ann Comstock. They had eight known children born 1679 to 1699.
NOTE: Find-a-grave contributor Donna Schauss has offered the following:
"Found Marriage of appar. 1st wife on ancestry: Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Text Thomas Arnold & Katherine Lingood 12 Feb 1632, Book Marriages at Withersdale, 1660 to 1837, Collection Suffolk: - Registers of Marriages (Various Parishes), 1539-1837"
Here is my commentary on this arrangement: The parish of Withersdale, where the above marriage was recorded, is a bit more than 30 miles (by road) from the parish of Hollesley, where the father of Thomas Arnold lived, so it is not unreasonable for Thomas Arnold to be found in both places. The problem with the above 1632 marriage date is that it does not fit with the fact that Thomas's oldest daughter, Susannah, was born in 1629. We KNOW that Susannah was Thomas's daughter based on her marriage record, and we KNOW that Susannah's gravestone clearly says that she died in April 1717, aged 87 years and 7 months, making her birth date about Sep 1629. It is possible that the age given for Susannah is exaggerated, which is often the case as people get very old. However, if we accept this possibility, then we are delving into speculation just to make another record fit. While it is possible that the marriage record above does pertain to the Thomas Arnold of Watertown and Providence, the wife in the marriage record, Katherine Lingood, would not be the mother of Thomas's oldest daughter based on available records.--Stan Arnold, 5 Feb 2018
Thomas Arnold was an early settler of Watertown, Mass. and Providence, Rhode Island and was likely a son of William Arnold of Hollesley, Suffolk, England, who named Thomas Arnold, his underaged son, in his will dated 22 Nov 1616 (and proved 24 Feb following). A nephew of William, Richard Arnold, goldsmith, of London, left a legacy in his 8 Nov 1644 will to several of his kinfolks "except for Thomas Arnold who is now supposed to be in New England or some other part beyond the seas."
The subject is NOT the Thomas Arnold of Ilchester, Somerset, England who was a half-brother of another early Providence settler, William Arnold. William's half-brother Thomas never left England. Also, there is no evidence that this is the Thomas Arnold, aged 30, who sailed to Virginia aboard the ship Plain Joan in 1635.
Thomas m. (1) in England c. 1628 a wife whose name has not been learned. He m. (2) probably in Watertown, Mass. c. 1639 Phebe (PARKHURST) Cane, bapt. Ipswich, Suffolk, England 29 Nov 1612, the daughter of George Parkhurst, and presumed widow of Daniel Cane who she married in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England on 23 March 1635. Phebe was living on 1 Sep 1687 when she was taxed in Providence, but presumed dead in 1688 when she does not appear on the tax list.
Thomas is first of record in Watertown, Mass. on 25 July 1636 when he was granted 30 acres of land by the town; he became a freeman in Watertown on 13 May 1640. On 20 Dec 1648 he bought 30 acres of land there from his brother-in-law, George Parkhurst. From 1651 to 1655 he was fined on multiple occasions for not attending public worship in Watertown. Apparently getting fed up with this, he left the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and on 6 April 1655 he was called of Providence, in the Rhode Island Colony, buying land from William Burrows of Providence. Between 1666 and 1672 he served as a Providence Deputy for three years, and in 1672 served on the Town Council. He died in Sep 1674, but it wasn't until 29 June 1685 that an agreement of his heirs was registered. The agreement names his widow Phebe and his daughter and four surviving sons from his second marriage. His daughter from his first marriage, Susanna, is not named. Children of Thomas:
With unknown first wife:
* Susanna, b. Sep 1629, d. Boston, Mass. 26 April 1717, aged 87y 7m, m. Boston 7 April 1654 John FARNUM, b. 2 Feb 1631/2, d. Boston 20 Jan 1701/2, aged 69y 11m 18d, son of John and Elizabeth Farnum. Susanna is known to be a daughter of Thomas Arnold from her Boston marriage record which specifically calls her the daughter of Thomas Arnold of Watertown. John's father was a joiner, and became a freeman in Dorchester on 13 May 1640. This is about the time that he bought a shop and land in Boston. Administration of the estate of John, Jr. was granted to widow Susan on 11 March 1701/2 in Boston. They had five known children born from 1655 to 1670. Susanna and John have extant gravestones in the Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston.
With second wife, Phebe, all but last born in Watertown, Mass.:
* Ichabod, b. 1:1m:1640 (1 March 1639/40), likely died young as he has been found in no subsequent record.
* Richard, b. 22:1m:1642 (22 March 1641/2), d. 22 April 1710, m. (1) say 1665 Mary ANGELL, b. c. 1644, living on 23 May 1685 when named in her father's will, but likely dead by 21 Oct 1694 when not named in her mother's will, daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton of Providence; m. (2) Sarah _______, who d. 1712. Richard had four children with his first wife, born c. 1668 to 1675, but none with the second.
* Thomas, b. c. 1645, living in 1693. Because his birth was not recorded in Watertown with four of his siblings, it is possible he was born of his father's first wife, and therefore born, say, 1631. The difficulty with this is that there are no records for him until he became a Providence freeman in 1672, and 40 is an unusually late age to be granted freemanship, when it is usually bestowed upon men in their mid-to-late 20s if they have not just moved into the town. More information would be welcomed. Thomas stayed in Providence "and went not away" during King Phillips War (1675-1676) and for that reason was entitled to a share of the Indian captives. He served on the Providence Town Council for several years from 1676 to 1685, and was a Providence Deputy for several years from 1678 to 1691. On 5 Jan 1693 he sold five acres of land and mansion house to William Turpin for 61 pounds. No wife or children are known.
* John, b. 19:12m:1647 (19 Feb 1647/8), d. 5 Jan 1722/3, in his 75th year, m. Hannah ________ who survived him. John has an extant gravestone in the North Burial Ground, Providence.
* Eleazer, b. 17:4m:1651 (17 June 1651), d. 29 Aug 1722, m. c. 1672 Eleanor SMITH, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith.
* Elizabeth, b. perhaps Providence c. 1656, d. 20 Oct 1747, m. 22 Nov 1678 Samuel COMSTOCK, b. 1654, d. 27 May 1727, son of Samuel and Ann Comstock. They had eight known children born 1679 to 1699.
NOTE: Find-a-grave contributor Donna Schauss has offered the following:
"Found Marriage of appar. 1st wife on ancestry: Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Text Thomas Arnold & Katherine Lingood 12 Feb 1632, Book Marriages at Withersdale, 1660 to 1837, Collection Suffolk: - Registers of Marriages (Various Parishes), 1539-1837"
Here is my commentary on this arrangement: The parish of Withersdale, where the above marriage was recorded, is a bit more than 30 miles (by road) from the parish of Hollesley, where the father of Thomas Arnold lived, so it is not unreasonable for Thomas Arnold to be found in both places. The problem with the above 1632 marriage date is that it does not fit with the fact that Thomas's oldest daughter, Susannah, was born in 1629. We KNOW that Susannah was Thomas's daughter based on her marriage record, and we KNOW that Susannah's gravestone clearly says that she died in April 1717, aged 87 years and 7 months, making her birth date about Sep 1629. It is possible that the age given for Susannah is exaggerated, which is often the case as people get very old. However, if we accept this possibility, then we are delving into speculation just to make another record fit. While it is possible that the marriage record above does pertain to the Thomas Arnold of Watertown and Providence, the wife in the marriage record, Katherine Lingood, would not be the mother of Thomas's oldest daughter based on available records.--Stan Arnold, 5 Feb 2018
Note: No burial record has been found for Thomas, but he was likely buried on his own land, or perhaps that of one of his children, in Providence, Rhode Island, as there were no public cemeteries in 17th century Rhode Island, west of the Narragansett Bay. His birth year is an approximation based on being called underage in his father's 1616 will, and having a child born in 1629. His death date comes from the settlement of his estate among heirs in 1685.
Thomas Arnold was an early settler of Watertown, Mass. and Providence, Rhode Island and was likely a son of William Arnold of Hollesley, Suffolk, England, who named Thomas Arnold, his underaged son, in his will dated 22 Nov 1616 (and proved 24 Feb following). A nephew of William, Richard Arnold, goldsmith, of London, left a legacy in his 8 Nov 1644 will to several of his kinfolks "except for Thomas Arnold who is now supposed to be in New England or some other part beyond the seas."
The subject is NOT the Thomas Arnold of Ilchester, Somerset, England who was a half-brother of another early Providence settler, William Arnold. William's half-brother Thomas never left England. Also, there is no evidence that this is the Thomas Arnold, aged 30, who sailed to Virginia aboard the ship Plain Joan in 1635.
Thomas m. (1) in England c. 1628 a wife whose name has not been learned. He m. (2) probably in Watertown, Mass. c. 1639 Phebe (PARKHURST) Cane, bapt. Ipswich, Suffolk, England 29 Nov 1612, the daughter of George Parkhurst, and presumed widow of Daniel Cane who she married in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England on 23 March 1635. Phebe was living on 1 Sep 1687 when she was taxed in Providence, but presumed dead in 1688 when she does not appear on the tax list.
Thomas is first of record in Watertown, Mass. on 25 July 1636 when he was granted 30 acres of land by the town; he became a freeman in Watertown on 13 May 1640. On 20 Dec 1648 he bought 30 acres of land there from his brother-in-law, George Parkhurst. From 1651 to 1655 he was fined on multiple occasions for not attending public worship in Watertown. Apparently getting fed up with this, he left the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and on 6 April 1655 he was called of Providence, in the Rhode Island Colony, buying land from William Burrows of Providence. Between 1666 and 1672 he served as a Providence Deputy for three years, and in 1672 served on the Town Council. He died in Sep 1674, but it wasn't until 29 June 1685 that an agreement of his heirs was registered. The agreement names his widow Phebe and his daughter and four surviving sons from his second marriage. His daughter from his first marriage, Susanna, is not named. Children of Thomas:
With unknown first wife:
* Susanna, b. Sep 1629, d. Boston, Mass. 26 April 1717, aged 87y 7m, m. Boston 7 April 1654 John FARNUM, b. 2 Feb 1631/2, d. Boston 20 Jan 1701/2, aged 69y 11m 18d, son of John and Elizabeth Farnum. Susanna is known to be a daughter of Thomas Arnold from her Boston marriage record which specifically calls her the daughter of Thomas Arnold of Watertown. John's father was a joiner, and became a freeman in Dorchester on 13 May 1640. This is about the time that he bought a shop and land in Boston. Administration of the estate of John, Jr. was granted to widow Susan on 11 March 1701/2 in Boston. They had five known children born from 1655 to 1670. Susanna and John have extant gravestones in the Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston.
With second wife, Phebe, all but last born in Watertown, Mass.:
* Ichabod, b. 1:1m:1640 (1 March 1639/40), likely died young as he has been found in no subsequent record.
* Richard, b. 22:1m:1642 (22 March 1641/2), d. 22 April 1710, m. (1) say 1665 Mary ANGELL, b. c. 1644, living on 23 May 1685 when named in her father's will, but likely dead by 21 Oct 1694 when not named in her mother's will, daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton of Providence; m. (2) Sarah _______, who d. 1712. Richard had four children with his first wife, born c. 1668 to 1675, but none with the second.
* Thomas, b. c. 1645, living in 1693. Because his birth was not recorded in Watertown with four of his siblings, it is possible he was born of his father's first wife, and therefore born, say, 1631. The difficulty with this is that there are no records for him until he became a Providence freeman in 1672, and 40 is an unusually late age to be granted freemanship, when it is usually bestowed upon men in their mid-to-late 20s if they have not just moved into the town. More information would be welcomed. Thomas stayed in Providence "and went not away" during King Phillips War (1675-1676) and for that reason was entitled to a share of the Indian captives. He served on the Providence Town Council for several years from 1676 to 1685, and was a Providence Deputy for several years from 1678 to 1691. On 5 Jan 1693 he sold five acres of land and mansion house to William Turpin for 61 pounds. No wife or children are known.
* John, b. 19:12m:1647 (19 Feb 1647/8), d. 5 Jan 1722/3, in his 75th year, m. Hannah ________ who survived him. John has an extant gravestone in the North Burial Ground, Providence.
* Eleazer, b. 17:4m:1651 (17 June 1651), d. 29 Aug 1722, m. c. 1672 Eleanor SMITH, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith.
* Elizabeth, b. perhaps Providence c. 1656, d. 20 Oct 1747, m. 22 Nov 1678 Samuel COMSTOCK, b. 1654, d. 27 May 1727, son of Samuel and Ann Comstock. They had eight known children born 1679 to 1699.
NOTE: Find-a-grave contributor Donna Schauss has offered the following:
"Found Marriage of appar. 1st wife on ancestry: Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Text Thomas Arnold & Katherine Lingood 12 Feb 1632, Book Marriages at Withersdale, 1660 to 1837, Collection Suffolk: - Registers of Marriages (Various Parishes), 1539-1837"
Here is my commentary on this arrangement: The parish of Withersdale, where the above marriage was recorded, is a bit more than 30 miles (by road) from the parish of Hollesley, where the father of Thomas Arnold lived, so it is not unreasonable for Thomas Arnold to be found in both places. The problem with the above 1632 marriage date is that it does not fit with the fact that Thomas's oldest daughter, Susannah, was born in 1629. We KNOW that Susannah was Thomas's daughter based on her marriage record, and we KNOW that Susannah's gravestone clearly says that she died in April 1717, aged 87 years and 7 months, making her birth date about Sep 1629. It is possible that the age given for Susannah is exaggerated, which is often the case as people get very old. However, if we accept this possibility, then we are delving into speculation just to make another record fit. While it is possible that the marriage record above does pertain to the Thomas Arnold of Watertown and Providence, the wife in the marriage record, Katherine Lingood, would not be the mother of Thomas's oldest daughter based on available records.--Stan Arnold, 5 Feb 2018
Thomas Arnold was an early settler of Watertown, Mass. and Providence, Rhode Island and was likely a son of William Arnold of Hollesley, Suffolk, England, who named Thomas Arnold, his underaged son, in his will dated 22 Nov 1616 (and proved 24 Feb following). A nephew of William, Richard Arnold, goldsmith, of London, left a legacy in his 8 Nov 1644 will to several of his kinfolks "except for Thomas Arnold who is now supposed to be in New England or some other part beyond the seas."
The subject is NOT the Thomas Arnold of Ilchester, Somerset, England who was a half-brother of another early Providence settler, William Arnold. William's half-brother Thomas never left England. Also, there is no evidence that this is the Thomas Arnold, aged 30, who sailed to Virginia aboard the ship Plain Joan in 1635.
Thomas m. (1) in England c. 1628 a wife whose name has not been learned. He m. (2) probably in Watertown, Mass. c. 1639 Phebe (PARKHURST) Cane, bapt. Ipswich, Suffolk, England 29 Nov 1612, the daughter of George Parkhurst, and presumed widow of Daniel Cane who she married in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England on 23 March 1635. Phebe was living on 1 Sep 1687 when she was taxed in Providence, but presumed dead in 1688 when she does not appear on the tax list.
Thomas is first of record in Watertown, Mass. on 25 July 1636 when he was granted 30 acres of land by the town; he became a freeman in Watertown on 13 May 1640. On 20 Dec 1648 he bought 30 acres of land there from his brother-in-law, George Parkhurst. From 1651 to 1655 he was fined on multiple occasions for not attending public worship in Watertown. Apparently getting fed up with this, he left the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and on 6 April 1655 he was called of Providence, in the Rhode Island Colony, buying land from William Burrows of Providence. Between 1666 and 1672 he served as a Providence Deputy for three years, and in 1672 served on the Town Council. He died in Sep 1674, but it wasn't until 29 June 1685 that an agreement of his heirs was registered. The agreement names his widow Phebe and his daughter and four surviving sons from his second marriage. His daughter from his first marriage, Susanna, is not named. Children of Thomas:
With unknown first wife:
* Susanna, b. Sep 1629, d. Boston, Mass. 26 April 1717, aged 87y 7m, m. Boston 7 April 1654 John FARNUM, b. 2 Feb 1631/2, d. Boston 20 Jan 1701/2, aged 69y 11m 18d, son of John and Elizabeth Farnum. Susanna is known to be a daughter of Thomas Arnold from her Boston marriage record which specifically calls her the daughter of Thomas Arnold of Watertown. John's father was a joiner, and became a freeman in Dorchester on 13 May 1640. This is about the time that he bought a shop and land in Boston. Administration of the estate of John, Jr. was granted to widow Susan on 11 March 1701/2 in Boston. They had five known children born from 1655 to 1670. Susanna and John have extant gravestones in the Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston.
With second wife, Phebe, all but last born in Watertown, Mass.:
* Ichabod, b. 1:1m:1640 (1 March 1639/40), likely died young as he has been found in no subsequent record.
* Richard, b. 22:1m:1642 (22 March 1641/2), d. 22 April 1710, m. (1) say 1665 Mary ANGELL, b. c. 1644, living on 23 May 1685 when named in her father's will, but likely dead by 21 Oct 1694 when not named in her mother's will, daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton of Providence; m. (2) Sarah _______, who d. 1712. Richard had four children with his first wife, born c. 1668 to 1675, but none with the second.
* Thomas, b. c. 1645, living in 1693. Because his birth was not recorded in Watertown with four of his siblings, it is possible he was born of his father's first wife, and therefore born, say, 1631. The difficulty with this is that there are no records for him until he became a Providence freeman in 1672, and 40 is an unusually late age to be granted freemanship, when it is usually bestowed upon men in their mid-to-late 20s if they have not just moved into the town. More information would be welcomed. Thomas stayed in Providence "and went not away" during King Phillips War (1675-1676) and for that reason was entitled to a share of the Indian captives. He served on the Providence Town Council for several years from 1676 to 1685, and was a Providence Deputy for several years from 1678 to 1691. On 5 Jan 1693 he sold five acres of land and mansion house to William Turpin for 61 pounds. No wife or children are known.
* John, b. 19:12m:1647 (19 Feb 1647/8), d. 5 Jan 1722/3, in his 75th year, m. Hannah ________ who survived him. John has an extant gravestone in the North Burial Ground, Providence.
* Eleazer, b. 17:4m:1651 (17 June 1651), d. 29 Aug 1722, m. c. 1672 Eleanor SMITH, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith.
* Elizabeth, b. perhaps Providence c. 1656, d. 20 Oct 1747, m. 22 Nov 1678 Samuel COMSTOCK, b. 1654, d. 27 May 1727, son of Samuel and Ann Comstock. They had eight known children born 1679 to 1699.
NOTE: Find-a-grave contributor Donna Schauss has offered the following:
"Found Marriage of appar. 1st wife on ancestry: Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Text Thomas Arnold & Katherine Lingood 12 Feb 1632, Book Marriages at Withersdale, 1660 to 1837, Collection Suffolk: - Registers of Marriages (Various Parishes), 1539-1837"
Here is my commentary on this arrangement: The parish of Withersdale, where the above marriage was recorded, is a bit more than 30 miles (by road) from the parish of Hollesley, where the father of Thomas Arnold lived, so it is not unreasonable for Thomas Arnold to be found in both places. The problem with the above 1632 marriage date is that it does not fit with the fact that Thomas's oldest daughter, Susannah, was born in 1629. We KNOW that Susannah was Thomas's daughter based on her marriage record, and we KNOW that Susannah's gravestone clearly says that she died in April 1717, aged 87 years and 7 months, making her birth date about Sep 1629. It is possible that the age given for Susannah is exaggerated, which is often the case as people get very old. However, if we accept this possibility, then we are delving into speculation just to make another record fit. While it is possible that the marriage record above does pertain to the Thomas Arnold of Watertown and Providence, the wife in the marriage record, Katherine Lingood, would not be the mother of Thomas's oldest daughter based on available records.--Stan Arnold, 5 Feb 2018
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