 William and Christian Arnold had four children , all born in Ilchester , Somerset . The oldest child was Elizabeth ( 1611 – after 7 September 1685 ) who married William Carpenter ( c . 1610 – 1685 ) , the son of Richard Carpenter of Amesbury , Wiltshire , England ; the couple had eight children . William and Elizabeth Carpenter settled in Providence , and then followed her parents to the settlement of Pawtuxet , where they lived the remainder of their lives , except for a short time during King Philip 's War , when they were forced to flee to Long Island . 
