I THINK the American Legion in New Berlin is named after him. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Walch" <jwalch@aiusa.com> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:44 PM Subject: [NYCHENAN] Caleb Arnold, Patriot > In response to Tim's post regarding a pamphlet on EBay, titled Caleb > Arnold, > Patriot: Caleb Arnold, Sr. (Rev. War) lived near Providence, RI (see > article > below that I put together from various sources to put with my genealogy > files). > > Two of his sons (also Rev. War vets) moved to Chenango County after the > Revolution along with many of their neighbors from Rhode Island. Jabez > Arnold and his wife, Rachel Phettyplace, lived about 1/4 mile west of New > Berlin. Caleb Arnold, Jr., the fife Major, also lived in Chenango County. > Several members of Rachel Phettyplace's family also moved to Chenango > County > about the same time. > > Happy New Year! > Jill > > > Caleb Arnold, the Patriot > > "The Arnolds were all Quakers, who usually are conscientious objectors to > taking part in war. But the Fighting Quakers of the Revolution were noted > for their warring ability, and the family of Caleb Arnold has a record > probably unmatched in history. [There were] eight sons and three > sons-in-law of Caleb Arnold who served in the War of the Revolution.* > > "Caleb the Patriot was fifty-one years old when the call to arms came for > men of sixteen to fifty years of age. But he served his county as Deputy > from 1773 to 1778 and as War Commissioner in 1780 from Gloucester, Rhode > Island, making an even dozen from this one family in the war. Patience > Brown, wife of Caleb the Patriot, and her three daughters, Achsa, Patience > and Lucy, attended to the farms while their men were at war, in the > meantime > caring for the wounded and dying soldiers. A Rhode Island account of this > remarkable family of patriots says, 'The hardships encountered by the > mother > and daughters are said to have been almost beyond endurance and fired > their > husband's hearts to the conflict with unbounded enthusiasm. They were > near > neighbors to General Putnam.' (Palen, pg 44, 45) > > *(From J.O. Arnold) Arnold family members who served in the War of the > Revolution were: William, Othniel, Jabez, and Edward, who served in > Captain > Stephen Kimball's company, Colonel Dan Hitchcock's Regiment, General > Nathaniel Greene's Brigade. William served as sergeant in Captain > Kimball's > company and then as Lieutenant under Colonel Elliot. Nehemiah and Ezekiel > served in Massachusetts and Oliver in Company A, Colonel John Topham's > Regiment. Oliver later moved to the Chenango County and then to Olean, > New > York. Caleb, the Fife Major was in Captain Kimball's company and later > served under Colonel Elliot. > > Achsah married Jonathan Brown, and Patience married Ephraim Williams who > both served in Col. Topham's Regt. and marched to Quebec. Lucy married > William Coldwell, who is thought to have served in the war, but his > service > is, so far, not validated." [JO Arnold] > > Sources: "Caleb Arnold, the Patriot" by James Oliver Arnold; North > Guilford > Pioneers, by Ida Palen, 1906, [no Pension Application found for Caleb > Arnold, Sr. JDW, 2005] The Narragansett Historical Register, James N. > Arnold, Ed., Online, Rootsweb.org. January 2006 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >