William Finch Arnold
(1794-c. 1846)
BIRTH
June 25, 1794
PLACE
DEATH
November 7, 1846
PLACE
FAMILY
MOTHER
Peggy Shippen Arnold
(1760-1804)
CHILDREN
Benedict Arnold
(1741-1801)
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RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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William Finch Arnold, also called William Fitch Arnold, was a son of Benedict Arnold and Margaret “Peggy” Shippen, born in 1794. Accounts identify him as a captain in Britain’s 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers. A family compilation names his wife Elizabeth Ruddach and son Edward Gladwin Arnold. The same compilation gives his death as 1867, while other biographies use 1846. His military and family identity can be outlined, but the name spelling and death chronology remain unresolved.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of William Finch Arnold’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for William Finch Arnold is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Accounts identify him as a captain in Britain’s 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers. A family compilation names his wife Elizabeth Ruddach and son Edward Gladwin Arnold. William Finch Arnold's death is placed at c. Nov 17, 1846, but the chronology remains approximate or disputed. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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