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Like his father and grandfather, as well as an older brother who died in infancy, he was named after his great-grandfather Benedict Arnold, an early governor of the Colony of Rhode Island. Only Benedict and his sister Hannah survived to adulthood; his other siblings succumbed to yellow fever in childhood.
Benedict Arnold was born a British subject, the second of six children of his father Benedict Arnold III (1683–1761) and Hannah Waterman King in Norwich, Connecticut Colony, on January 14, 1741.
26 Μαρ 2021 · Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary War general best known for his defection from the Continental Army to the British side of the conflict in 1780.
27 Οκτ 2009 · Benedict Arnold, an American colonist, was a Revolutionary War hero who later became a despised traitor when he schemed to turn West Point over to the British.
Childhood & Early Life. Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741, in Norwich, Colony of Connecticut, British America. His father was also called Benedict Arnold and his mother’s name was Hannah Waterman King. He was the second of the couple’s six children.
21 Οκτ 2020 · Early Life, Education, and Family. Benedict Arnold was born in Norwich, Connecticut on January 14, 1741, to a successful family until bad business deals, alcoholism, and deaths in the family created financial problems. Arnold’s father and grandfather were also named Benedict Arnold.
13 Ιουν 2024 · Only two of these children would live to adulthood: a son, the fourth Benedict, and a daughter, Hannah (b. 1742). Benedict Arnold (the future general) was born on 14 January 1741 in Norwich. The success of his father's business meant that Arnold's childhood was comfortable.
