Arnold. A notable descendant of Joseph and Mary Sheffield, through their grandson, Joseph Arnold, was Stephen Arnold Douglas who debated Abraham Lincoln in 1858 before a senate race and later lost to him in the 1860 presidential election. See also List of early settlers of Rhode Island Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations For his ancestry, see Joseph Arnold References Bibliography External links Rhode Island History from the State of Rhode Island General Assembly website. See Chapter 2, Colonial Era. 1661 births 1706 deaths American people of English descent People from Portsmouth, Rhode Island Rhode Island Attorneys General People of colonial Rhode Island