Does Benedict Arnold Have Any Descendants?

One of Gov. Benedict Arnold's descendants Benedict III married his cousin Mary Arnold (who was descended from the William George side of the family) and gained control of the family estate in Norwich. They named their first son Benedict IV, who died in infancy.

What happened to Benedict Arnold's family?

In 1795 Benedict, the eldest of his sons by his first wife, died in Jamaica of gangrene, after being wounded while fighting with the British. ... A month later Edward, their favorite son, left for India as an officer in the British engineers.

Does Benedict Arnold have any surviving descendants?

A descendant? Not exactly. But Peter Arnold is very much alive and well at the age of 83, living just east of London with his wife Kathryn.