 At the age of 19 , Arnold accompanied his parents and siblings aboard a ship destined for New England . With his parents , siblings , and other relatives and associates , the Arnolds gathered their baggage and supplies in the spring of 1635 and made the trip from Ilchester to Dartmouth on the coast of Devon . In a family record begun by his father , he wrote " Memorandom my father and his family Sett Sayle from Dartmouth in Old England , the first of May , friday & c . Arrived in New England June 24o Ano 1635 . " The name of the ship on which he sailed was not recorded , nor has it been identified since . It is possible that Stukeley Westcott of Yeovil , five miles south of Ilchester , was also on the same ship , bringing his family including his daughter Damaris , aged 15 , the future wife of Arnold . 
