 Arnold held several parcels of land in and around Newport , one of which he called his " Lemmington Farm , " which was named after the village of Limington in his native Somerset , England . In 1657 he was one of about a hundred individuals who purchased Conanicut Island , the second largest island in the Narragansett Bay where the town of Jamestown is currently located . He also , with John Greene acquired Goat Island and Coaster 's Harbor Island , which later became the property of the town of Newport . 
