Further notes on Ebenezer Arnold and family:
Ebenezer Arnold b. Warwick, RI, 16 Nov., 1765, son of Simon & Hannah (Chapman) Arnold
Rhoba Gorton, b. Cranston, RI, 27 Aug., 1764, dau. of William Jr. & Submit (Briggs) Gorton of Warwick, RI.
They were married in Chester, 12 Sept., 1784
CHILDREN:
1. Hannah, b. 30 March, 1785, m. 10 Dec., 1804, Jonathan Graham
2. Lemuel, b. 27 May, 1786 ....... d. 20 May, 1787
3. Lucy, b. 8 Feb., 1788, m. 1 Dec., 1813, Henry Kirk
4. Amos, b. 30 Jan., 1790. He m. 4 Dec, 1812, Eliza Edson [they had 14 children, Vol. C., pg 179]
5. Phebe, b. 12 Jan., 1791, m. 12 Jan., 1814, Benoni Lockwood of Springfield
6. Zerviah, b. 4 March, 1794 ....... d. 21 July, 1813
7. Polly, b. 1 Jan., 1796. She m. 1st, 23 March, 1814, Stephen Marsh of Chester [see]
8. William Gorton, b. 7 May, 1797, m. 32 Dec., 1818, Mary Brooks. He d. Brimfield, Ill. 22 April, 1844.
9. Ebenezer, b. 30 April, 1799. He m. Amelia Kenny (b. 10 Jan., 1802)
10. Earle G., b. 16 April, 1801
11. Rhoba Ruby, b. 23 Jan., 1803. She m. Elijah Pease (b. 8 Dec., 1796, son of Elijah & Polly (Allen) Pease.
12. Sally, b. 9 June, 1805
13. Joanna, b. 19 June, 1806, m. 28 Nov., 1824, Ethan Gile / Gill. She d. Claremont, NH, 1 Nov., 1849.
14. Freelove, b. 3 July, 1808. She m. 25 Oct., 1829, Amos Cook Jr.
15. James A., b. 3 July, 1810
Ebenezer Arnold d. 17 July, 1813 (departed this life)
Ebenezer lived in the Popple Dungeon section of Chester, members of the family are buried with fieldstone markers.
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