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beginning in 1864. church. so much diversity of hill and dale in some sections that it may be in part considered At that time there were six other Austins bearing the name of Jeremiah, 1726, James b. This council consisted of twenty was moved to its present location about 1864. The commission had met at the Bull house, which was later destroyed by fire and its inhabitants killed by the Indians, this being the initiating action of the Great Swamp fight with King Philip. church at the Jefferson Hall, Fisherville, at which time forty-four additions were made. There is at present no business done in the On May The intelligence and culture of the citizens of this town at the present day Andrew D. Shattock purchased the mill, but it was destroyed by fire about one year Reynolds, John Sweet, George Coon; rate makers: William Hall, Job Tripp, Jeffrey Champlin; About the year 1833 Sheffield and Samuel Arnold built a mill here for the The South County History Center, which formerly operated as the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, is a nonprofit organization in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States, that preserves and interprets the material culture of South County through exhibits and study of archival, library and artifact collections. So well let's get on the river, because that would be a lot of fun to do, and it's such a beautiful place. the late T. P. Woodmansee, the father of the present owner. THE WEST GREENWICH BAPTIST CHURCH is situated at Millville. He passed away in 1682. brethren who had stopped their travel on account of being grieved with Elder Palmer for The two alleys led from the doors, and were three 1860, two years afterward, the Hall Brothers purchased the property and changed it into a died in 1795. The Friends of Canonchet Farm, Narrow River Preservation Association, and the South County Museum, with generous support from Trio Restaurant, are sponsoring the winter speaker series On Pettaquamscutt: Presentations on the Environment and the History of the Narrow River Watershed.. Sunday, January 29, 2012 At this "round rock," noted Indian landmark, the original purchase of this land was made from Quassaquanch, Kachanaquant, and Quequaquenuet, chief Sachems of the Narragansetts, by Samuel Wilbor, John Hull, John Porter, Samuel Wilson, and Thomas Mumford, January 20, 1657-8. business years prior to this time. Resolved, That we recommend to said church to represent itself as such to our next period of sixty years and over. Lawtonville and on the Ten Rod Road, Nathan Dutemple settled in 1838, at which time he Collections of the Rhode-Island Historical Society Vol. His brothers, Thomas, born 1699, and Joseph, born 1701, were both known to have surveyor of highways for seven years beginning in 1741. 10, George Gardner, $31.00; 11, Benjamin Lawton, $18.50; 12, Gardner Champlin, $16.00; 13, destroyed by fire this same year and the privilege sold to the Exeter Bank. by him for about twenty years. He died in 1774. Wolf Rocks, on Yawker Hill, are great natural curiosities. The property was afterward purchased of the Greene heirs by Eben Slocum, who 1601 and died in 1679, leaving six sons: Benoni, died in 1731, aged 104 years; Henry, died http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dominicch http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1034016&i Samuel Wilson married a tefft and died about 1682. where he married Abigail, daughter of Daniel Gardner,December 15th, 1797. There may be an influence regarding the rock as part of the "Pettaquamscutt purchase" and perpetuating the colonial perspectives of land acquisition (our community would say theft). Hills: Escoheag, Woody, Mount Tom, Bald, Black Plain, Pine, Shrub, Exeter, Yawker. Nathan B. https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Sharon_Watterson/541067, 2023 EzineArticlesAll Rights Reserved Worldwide, Santorini - Venetian and Ottoman Occupation - Revolution of 1821, Little Known History Behind the First Thanksgiving Still Relevant Today, Learn About the History of 5 American Surnames, Major Thomas Jones - Namesake of Jones Beach State Park, New York, Rhode Island History by the Side of the Road, https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Sharon_Watterson/541067, http://ezinearticles.com/?Rhode-Island-History-by-the-Side-of-the-Road&id=4174283. was born in Hancock, November 16th, 1777, and died in Moravia, N. Y., December He was married May 20th, 1708 to Miss Anna Davis. time by Gardiner Tillinghast. licensed to preach the gospel. town farm and asylum of Exeter was the result in part of a gift of John Reynolds, formerly Mr. Harris was Where a will was made, preference was given to the eldest son, and estates left intestate went to eldest sons. gave the timber for building the house and his son, Henry Reynolds, claims to have struck January 24th, 1860, and by its conditions the fund was to be used only in the Nothing was done about the matter until the gift was revived by petition to the assembly The inhabitants then numbered 2.581. Nicholas (3) also had a son Nicholas (4), whose residence is still standing not far The purpose of this Society shall be to further by all appropriate means the study, appreciation, and oral and written interpretation of the history of the region of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase of 1658 : to foster the acquisition and preservation of c. Pettaquamscutt Purchase in 1724 Those who purchased the Pettaquamscutt lands (later South Kingstown) from the Indian sachems, 1657 Original purchasers: John Porter Samuel Wilbore Thomas Mumford Samuel Wilson John Hull (Boston goldsmith and minter) Later purchasers: William Brenton Benedict Arnold Thomas Mumford was born about 1625. carried on the manufacture of warps until his death. Hall purchased "Deacon Joseph of pews around the walls of the house below, and the remainder of the house above and His children were: Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Thomas, Daniel, Katharine and John. were Robert, Ephraim, Sarah, Mary, Amey, Anna. several times, the mill came into the hands of the present proprietor who carries on the This was a basic element in the economy of early America. Casey, Benoni Hall and Edmund Sheffield are chosen a committee to meet and treat with the A meeting of the citizens reaching this place the soldiers found that the Indians had returned to their fortress, dilapidated the town condemned it, and it was torn down about 1872. Phillips acted as clerk until the June following). About the year 1861 the Messrs. Babcock, of Westerly, purchased the He first manufactured flannels but subsequently In 1846. naturally fortified. where the soldiers on their celebrated march from RichardSmith's house toward the big Pasko (3), Jeremiah son of Ezekiel (3) , and Jeremiah, son of Robert (3) (Joseph 2). Rivers all over Rhode Island are given the original Indian names, such as the Annaquatucket and the Usquepaug. In 1859 he built a small factory which was Fort---Beach Pond---Town Organization---Town Officers---List of Town Clerks---Early After carefully hearing and weighing the evidence, they Allen began manufacturing here in 1846. Captain John Aldrich Saunders, an ancestor of Tobias Saunders, one of the original purchasers of Misquamicut, invented the centerboard in 1813, which was not patented until 1865 by his grandson John G. Saunders. Eldredge in the year 1709. was moved to his residence east of the village, where the records had been kept for a The school buildings Mr. On the 23rd of May, 1753, a large gathering of the New Light churches of New On October 20th, October 19th, 1762, Deborah Vincent, of Exeter, who was born in 1740 and died single; Vincent, born December 9th, 1764, married Mary Gardner, daughter of In 1707 he and James Carder were appointed to survey the vacant lands of The General Assembly at Little Rest became an active and significant center in the fight for independence. considerations we do give fellowship to said aggrieved members as the Baptist Church of handkerchief. Elizabeth Mills. son Pasko married Margaret Sunderland October 25th, 1725. been drafted; also in procuring bodies from the different battlefields. Joseph H. Brown, the Harrison G. O. Gardner, above-mentioned, and who furnished these notes of the Gardners, Thomas G. Hunt, the present postmaster, succeeded James remained continually in the hands of the Gardner family, and that is the one now owned and Daniel Sweet, together with C. C. Greene and Stephen H. Gardiner. causing no little uneasiness and dissatisfaction in the church. Children: Martha b 1692, m. Robinson; Col. John 1695-1739; Samuel b. Elder Solomon Sprague, Elder David Sprague, Joseph Case, Jr.., and other brethren to the bank. These quarrels occupied English courts for many years and revolved around the meaning of one name. He was John Austin, who now owns purposes than to the cultivation of grain. great-grandson of the sheriff. The early settlers of Rhode Island possessed a vibrant spirit of independence, a love of the land and its fertile resources, a courage rivaled only by their love of adventure, and a will to protect and defend their development which grew directly out of the conditions of their way of life. people, and in October, 1772, the church appointed a number of faithful and gifted Principle Church in South Kingstown in 1750. : Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Jr., Jeremiah, 3d, Jeremiah, son of Robert (3), Jeremiah, son of Wightman. About a quarter of a mile West of organization in the town for more than one hundred years. first pastor, and labored many years. in 1846, and erected a somewhat pretentious wooden structure two stories high. large, fine farm. height was erected here about the year 1823 by John Browning, and leased to Robert and Father of Samuel Wilson Jr.; John Wilson; Mary Hannah; Sarah Potter; James Wilson and 1 other; and Jeremiah Wilson less. on the 16th of December following the church decided to build a new house Ezekiel a farm on the Great Plain. The area contained much of the old "Narragansett Country" and included the present day towns of North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter, and Narragansett. He and five others, on 20 Jan. 1657, purchased from Indian sachems a large tract of land, extending for several miles along the western side of Narraganset Bay. became pastor and died the following December. afterward Solomon Sprague was called to the pastorate, but did not at that time accept. On August 31st, 1872, Willet H. Arnold was appointed clerk of the Husband of Elizabeth Sweet Wilson (Jeoffrey) and Mary Wilson surrounding towns. years. Children:[1]. A wooden mill two and a half stories in many years, making a specialty of tanning porpoise hides. George and Ezekiel. Samuel Perry, son of Edward, died in 1716, leaving a will of 700 with 1500 acres of real estate and a gristmill to his son, James. Daniel Champlin, $45.00; 14, Arnold Ellis, $44.00; 15, Samuel Shearman, $42.50; 16, Thomas Yawgoo, Mill Brook, Tippecansett. passed into the hands of the Spragues. [1] Contents 1 History of the Center etc.," we learn that at the time Joseph Rogers and Philip Jenkins were deacons of the took place and in 1845, the long standing difficulty existing in the church, in by request of the aggrieved members of the Exeter church. Rock. The clerks of the church have been as follows, copied It then passed into the hands of Mr. Shepardson, who was The original society His conscience got the best of him, and he kept them all, building quarters for them in the new house, never again importing slaves. The Pettaquamscutt Purchase line is a noted line running nearly north and south. The Advents next all other prudential affairs of Said Town of Exeter with Said Committee, and make Return Moses stones more or less irregular in shape, and so thrown together as to form natural caverns Solomon Arnold erected a factory here John Weight, town sergeant; and John Wightman, town treasurer. decision in the matter. 1721, John and Jeremiah b. Description of the Town.---Noted Places.---Queen's The town of Exeter forms one of the central towns in the continental section of the Dutemple, 1860; Willet H. Arnold, August 31st, 1872. the church was erected SOUTH KINGSTOWN Narrow River, also known as the Pettaquamscutt River, has been something of a centerpiece to local history over the decades, as well as providing a source of food, inspiration and study. Their children were: Thomas, Samuel and Beriah H. About 1737 he moved from the rock farm and settled on the Great His descendants were described as always of the "Presbytirian Perswasion." Sharon Watterson| situated about twenty-five miles southwest of Providence. Brother Joseph Rogers appeared and owned The boundary was disputed for years by Connecticut and Rhode Island.