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