Arnold family

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The Arnold family is a prominent colonial American lineage best known for producing Benedict Arnold, the infamous Revolutionary War general who defected to the British.

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Arnold family canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial American family
family
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War
associatedWithPoliticalAlignment mixed Patriot and Loyalist sympathies
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
earliestKnownInAmerica 17th century
ethnicOrigin English
hasAncestralRegion Connecticut Colony
New England
Rhode Island
hasHistoricalSignificance illustrates divided loyalties in the American Revolution
hasLegacy remembered primarily through Benedict Arnold’s treason
hasNotableReputation prominent in colonial New England society
hasPatrilinealSurname Arnold
historicalContext British colonies in North America
knownFor association with the American Revolutionary War
loyalist defection of Benedict Arnold to the British side
producing Benedict Arnold, a general in the American Revolutionary War
languageOfFamily English
notableMember Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold I
Benedict Arnold III
surface form: Benedict Arnold II

Benedict Arnold III
Benedict Arnold V
relatedFieldOfStudy American colonial history
Revolutionary War studies
genealogy of New England families
religiousBackground Protestant
likely Puritan or Congregationalist in early generations
socialStatus landowning family in colonial New England
timePeriod colonial America

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benedict Arnold III memberOf Arnold family
Shippen household Arnold family
subject surface form: Peggy Shippen
Sophia Matilda Arnold notableFamily Arnold family
James Robertson Arnold notableFamily Arnold family
Richard Arnold partOf Arnold family
Edward Shippen Arnold partOf Arnold family