John was born in England in 1594, and came to colonial Massachusetts sometime before or during 1634 with his ten year old son, Joseph.  We know that, on May 6, 1635, John was a Freeman in New Towne (now Cambridge), Massachusetts. His name shows up on a list of New Towne residents as residing there on August 4, 1634 and also May 6, 1635. He later (1636) helped to settle Hartford, Connecticut with Thomas Hooker's company and was granted 16 acres. Today his name can be seen on the Founders' Monument in Hartford. He died in 1664 and his son, Joseph, had gone on to become one of the founders of Haddam, Connecticut, 1662. Joseph's great grandson, Jonathan Arnold, born in East Haddam, Connecticut in 1754 became one of the early settlers of Meredith, Delaware County, New York. (ca 1800). He fought in the Revolutionary War and came to Delaware County a few years later. Jonathan's son, Aaron was one of the early (1815) settlers of Bergen, Genesee County, New York where this branch of the family remained until early in the 20th century.