When Othniel Arnold was born in 1753, in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Caleb Smithfield Arnold, was 28 and his mother, Patience Brown, was 24. He died about 28 October 1776, in White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Arnold Lot, Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .
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