Ancestry of
Benedict Arnold

Traitor of the American Revolution

Benedict Arnold

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Benedict Arnold 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Waterman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Jan 1740/1741 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 11 Jan 1740/1741 
  • Christening Location:
  • First Church, Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 14 Jun 1801 
  • Death Location:
  • London, England 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • St. Mary's Churchyard, Battersea, London, England 
  • Notes: 

  • American General during the Revolutionary War who became a traitor to the American cause.

    Benedict's birth record lists his date as 03 JAN 1740/1. This is due to the calendar change from Julian to Gregorian in 1742 in which the calendar was adjusted by 11 days.

• Marriages for Benedict Arnold

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Mansfield
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Feb 1767

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret "Peggy" Shippen
  • Marriage Date:
  • Apr 1779

• Sources for Benedict Arnold

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/30/2013).
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1880, Vol. 34, p. 196.
  • ³ Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol. 1, p. 153, Birth record for Benedick Arnold.
  • ⁴ Bassett, John Spencer, ed., The Writings of "Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia Esqr.", New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. (1901), 448.
  • ⁵ Hill, George Canning, Benedict Arnold: A Biography, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Company (1865).
  • ⁶ Jacobus, Donald Lines, The Waterman Family: Vol. I, Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut: Edgar F. Waterman (1939), 124.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Benedict Arnold", (accessed 03/30/2013).