Vital Record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850; Vol 4, Part III, Middletown. James N. Arnold. Softcover, (1893), repr. 2006, 42 pp. This book is a reprint, originally published in 1893, of births, marriages, and deaths in Middletown, R.I., between the years of 1636 and 1850. Between 1891 and 1912, James N. Arnold compiled 21 volumes of Rhode Island research materials, the first six volumes of which are alphabetized extracts of vital events from town records. This book, Volume 4, Part III, addresses the town of Middletown, R.I. Approximately 600 marriages, or 1,200 persons, and approximately 1,300 births and deaths.