Person:Arrold Dunnington (2)

THE CHARLESTOWN FAMILY OF RICE COLE.
RISE (or Ryce) COLE came from England in 1630, and settled at Charlestown. He was one of the few who did not remove from Charlestown to Boston. He and his wife, Arrold, were of those dismissed from the Boston Church, in October, 1632, to form the first Church of Charlestown, and their names appear on the covenant, signed November 14, 1632. (Reg. 23-190.) [...text about husband skipped...]

The will of his widow, Arrold Cole, made December 20, 1661, proved six days later, mentions three children and three grandchildren, of her daugher, Mrs. Lowden. They were all born in England. The children were:

2. i. John, b. _____ _____.
ii. _____, b. _____ _____, m. _____ Pierce. [This Pierce was probably Thomas Pierce, of Woburn, who lived first in Charlestown, and who had eleven children born in Woburn between 1644 and 1660.]
iii. Mary, b. _____, 1638, m. Richard Lowden. He was at Charlestown as early as 1618. Was admitted freeman May 18, 1642, and died there July 12, 1700, at eighty-seven. She died October 6, 1683, at sixty-five. Their children were:
(i.) John, b. May 16, 1641. (A freeman of Charlestown, 1668. Had seven children.)
(ii.) Jeremy, b. March 8, 1643, d. Feb., 1644
(iii.) Mary, b. Feb., 24, 1645.
(iv.) Samuel, b. 1650, d. Sept. 16, 1682.
(v.) Elizabeth, bapt. Sept. 23, 1656.
(vi.) Martha, b. April 6, 1659, m. John Cole, who was the son of John and Hannah (Kettell) Cole, b. Jan. 20, 1653. They joined the church March 6, 1687.

Name=Cole, Rice, d. 1646 m. Arrold (Phipps?), d. 1662: see M. will 1662
Literacy=yes, 1635 pet.
Occupation=husbandman
English Origin=
Church Member=1630
Freeman=1633
Offices=
Acres 1638=77
Residence in Charlestown=1630
Residences Other=

The Names of those who did enter into the Covenant first.
[includes] Rice, Arrold, Cole.
These were dismissed from Boston church the 14th of the eaight moneth 1632... [14 Oct 1632]

RICE COLE
MARRIAGE: By about 1616 (assuming she was the mother of all his children) Arrald _____; she died at Charlestown between 20 December 1661 (date of will) and 26 December 1661 (date of probate).

This website appears to be well researched and contains the following:
Citing The American Genealogist #311, Vol. 78, No. 3, published July 2003, page 183; says there is only one Dunnington family in the Great Bowden parish. Edward Dunington b. say 1554, m. at Great Bowden on 3 February 1579 to Margaret Cox, buried 26 April 1588. Margaret m. (2) 4 December 1589 to Myles Poole. Arrold Dunington ("Harrolwlde"), bp. 21 Sept. 1587.
[The cited article, "Colonists from Great Bowden, Leicestershire", by Leslie Mahler, does not provide transcripts of the parish registers, but the summaries presented appear to be based on information found there. Arrold is youngest of 5 children: Alice bp. 1580, Dorothy bp. 1582, Agnes bp. 1583, Eme bp. 1585, and Arrold. The first 3 children all died as infants.]