Well, Charlie! That's exactly what I have!! Do you happen to know if she married Thomas Hopkins? Or is her ONLY hubby William Carpenter??? Or does someone have their data mixed up? Jannie -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Carpenter <nktown17@cox.net> To: rigenweb@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 7:55 pm Subject: Re: [RI] Arnold entanglement Jan According to Daniel H. Carpenters book on William Carpenter of Providence,(R.I.) line. William Carpenter,son of Richard of Amesbury,Wiltshire,England had as a wife Elizabeth Arnold b 11-23-1611. She was the daughter of William and Christiana (Peak) Arnold. William and Elizabeth Carpenter were married before sailing to America. Charlie C. ----- Original Message ----- From: <janrobison2@aim.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Thomas ARNOLD > > I have found conflicting information in my notes on Elizabeth Arnold.? My > notes say that she is the daughter, and sister, etc., as stated below, but > that she married William Carpenter in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England 1 Nov > 1634. > > What a mess!!!? Can anyone untangle this? > > Jan Robison > Sanford, Florida > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brooks1934@aol.com > To: RIGENWEB@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 8:11 pm > Subject: [RI] Thomas ARNOLD > > > > > > > > > > > Thomas Arnold was my 9th great grand-uncle. Found this in my notes: > Thomas Hopkins, the immigrant ancestor of many of the numerous families > bearing the name of Hopkins, especially in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, > was > the progenitor of Frederick Ferdinand Hopkins, of Worcester. He was the > son of > William and Joanna (Arnold) Hopkins, and was born in England, April 7, > 1616, > died in Providence in 1684. > His mother was a daughter of Thomas and Alice (Gully) Arnold. Joanna > Arnold > was baptized November 30, 1577; her brother, William Arnold, was born > June > 24, 1587, the father of Bendict Arnold, not the traitor but the first > governor > of Rhode Island under the royal charter of 1643 and ancestor of the > Arnolds > of Warwick. Her half-brother, Thomas Arnold, is progenitor of the Arnold > families of northern Rhode Island. The wife of Thomas Hopkins is > Elizabeth > Arnold, > daughter of William Arnold, and sister to Governor Benedict Arnold, a > cousin. > His name first appears on New England Colonial records in Providence, > Providence County, Rhode Island, where on July 27, 1640, he was one of > the 39 > signers of the agreement for a form of government. His name appears once > in > public > records when on Sept. 2, 1650, he was taxed 13s. 4d. In 1652 he was > chosen > for the office of Commisioner, indicating that he was a man of > considerable > prominence in the community. He also filled this office in 1659 and 1660. > In > 1655 he was made a freeman and on July 19, 1665, he obtained Lot 93 in a > division of public lands. In 1665,66,67&72 he was the deputy from > Providence to > the > Rhode Island General Assembly in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1667 and 1672 > he > was a member of the Town Council of Providence, Providence County, Rhode > Island. > At the outbreak of King Phillips War, or shortly before, when war with > the > Indians became imminent, he removed to a settlement called Littleworth, > in the > town of Oyster Bay on Long Island, NY. He went there with a son who > predeceased him. Thomas Hopkins died at the house of Richard Kirby in > Oyster > Bay in > 1684. The inventory of his estate was ordered taken by the Oyster Bay > authorities on Sept. 17, 1684. > A deed given by Maj. William Hopkins, son of Thomas, bearing the last > named > date, is recorded in Providence Book of Deeds, No. 4, page 11, wherein > certain lands are represented as having formerly belonged to William's > honored > father, Thomas Hopkins, deceased, and as this is a gift deed from > William, the > elder, to his younger brother, Thomas, prompted probably by a sense of > the > injustice of the law of primogeniture which gave the property of the > parent to > the eldest son, it is presumable that the conveyance soon followed the > decease > of the parent, thus showing the approximate time of his decease as > stated. > Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, gives the year of his decease as > 1699. > An error without doubt resulting from the fact of a Thomas Hopkins' will > being probated Feb. 25 of that year. The details of the will referred to > show > conclusively that it was one of some other person bearing the same name. > Sources: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol1 P. > 823, > Ellery Bicknell Crane, Call Number: F72.W9C8vol.1 Genealogy of One Line > of > the Hopkins Family, J.A.&R.A. Reid Printers, Providence, Providence > County, > Rhode Island 1881 Pp. 7-8. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, > 1975-79, > Page 33. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. 2, p. 116. One > Hundred > > and Sixty Allied Families, Page 59. The American Genealogist, Vol. 20, p. > 224. The History of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations by Thomas > William > Bicknell, Pare 412. Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Page 266. > Topographical Dictionary of New England, Emigrants from England to New > England, > Page > 143. The First Settlers of New England, Page 149. Ancestral Heads of New > England > Families, Page 123. Genealogies of R. I. Families, Volume I, Mr. > Somerby's > Genealogy of the Arnold Family, Page 11. The Home Lots of the Early > Settlers > of the Providence Plantations. > Sources Title: Susan Cary > Author: _Scary@infowest.com_ (mailto:Scary@infowest.com) > >>From Judy Brooks Truchon >