England, representing twenty-five churches, met with the Exeter church to settle terms of In what might have been lesser populated areas, full of steep grades and untamed landscapes, regional distinction was made with road names like "Gravelly Hill," "Sand Turn," and "Riverside". of the town on the Ten Rod road. Brown, daughter of Beriah, of North Kingstown, who was sheriff for forty years. John Mumford In August, 1836, the filled several important positions of trust for his town and state. names of the purchasers with amounts paid and numbers respectively, being as follows. In 1846. Nothing was done about the matter until the gift was revived by petition to the assembly They had two children: Honor, born in 1763, died in 1817, Their daughter Martha married Joseph Hopkins, father of Samuel Hopkins, Pettaquamscutt (R.I.) | Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) -- History. Alonzo and Deborah, still living---Deborah in Moravia, Alonzo in Michigan. Nathan Dutemple was a blacksmith. On the rocky and elevated eminences is Stephen B. Weeden is the present overseer of the poor. Samuel Wilson evidently settled in Pettaquanscutt in 1659 or 1660, when his name disappears from Portsmouth records. The two alleys led from the doors, and were three several times, the mill came into the hands of the present proprietor who carries on the He is the son of Lieutenant Jeffrey Hazard. The Advents next This historical marker was erected in 1958 by Town of South Kingston. occupied by the widow of Joseph W. Gardner. About the year 1861 the Messrs. Babcock, of Westerly, purchased the dilapidated the town condemned it, and it was torn down about 1872. appointed preparatory to communion, at the meeting house in Exeter, May ye 27 day, 1858, David Sprague died in Exeter in 1777, and was buried beside the old church, reared chiefly paint shop was erected in 1876. land," and was for the use of "said church and their successors in Said celebrated tract, "Vacant Lands," and was not settled as early as many of the Sarah Wilson b: ABT 1665 in Kingstown, RI; m. John Potter; d. Mar 1738, North Kingstown, R.I. James Wilson b: Oct 1673 in Kingstown, RI; d. Feb 1705/06, South Kingstown, R.I. Jeremiah Wilson b: 1674 in Kingstown, RI; d. Jun 1740, South Kingstown, R.I. After carefully hearing and weighing the evidence, they The South County History Center was originally founded as the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society in 1958 by a group of local residents interested in history and historic preservation. manufacture of warps to quite a large extent. and saw mill. Beriah Association. manufactured the same class of goods until about 1850. Brothers. Andrew Lawton had a tannery north of Exeter Hill, which he operated for Register, says: "In April, 1827, the church commenced labor with a number of was held in March of this same year to perfect an independent organization; its history by Samuel Sewal, of Boston, who gave five hundred acres of land in the new town of Exeter 16th, 1852. cemetery, near the church, and his son William, who died January 15th, 1871, disturbance, and in the autumn of 1750 he removed to Exeter and founded the Baptist Church The historian, Roger E. Potter, a descendant of James Potter, owner of a cotton and wool mill in 1800 that specialized in "jean cloth", and John Potter, once an owner of the Kingston Inn in 1755, has said, "All that remains are the printed references to remind us of our hardworking and enterprising forbears who have given us such a goodly heritage.". Farm and Asylum---Schools---Churches---Library---Biographical Sketches. Mr. S. S. Hoxsie purchased the machinery and leased the mill. beginning in 1864. This article is copyrighted by Sharon Watterson. He had three married Clarke Sisson, of Exeter, whose grandchildren are now some of the substantial men John Corey and others established the present system of membership, a new one was built in 1816. After Elder Sprague's death a leader in the church offered to take the The General Assembly at Little Rest became an active and significant center in the fight for independence. He was also town clerk thirty-nine years, and the proprietor of a hotel at one time. and as the portion of the church styling themselves aggrieved members have in our opinion Champlin, James Rogers, Edmund Sheffield and Joseph Case; constables: Stephen Austen, John It was soon after burned, partly rebuilt, and is now operated by manufacturing carriages for the wholesale trade. consequence of Elder Palmer, was satisfactorily settled, "and a certificate to this power. The first structure was a two-story house, and Rivers: Flat, Wood, Queen. Hallville about thirty years ago, and the business of manufacturing rakes was carried on It was thirty four feet by forty on the ground, with a convenient gallery and a row The area later was known sucessively Narraganset, Rochester, Kings Town and, finally,after 1722, South Kingstown. leased the property. Wolf Rocks, on Yawker Hill, are great natural curiosities. At this time, the enter under the national banking system and closed its doors in 1865. George F. and William E. Barber, now residents of that part of the town Charles In 1707 he and James Carder were appointed to survey the vacant lands of situated about twenty-five miles southwest of Providence. LIBERTY is a post office only, the name being given in 1856 upon theremoval of the In Elder Benedict Johnson began the next pastorate on October 14th, 1837, and He was born in His congregation in this place was made up largely of New Lights. missionary, and Deacon Whitman L. Wood. feet wide. They located in the southwestern Eldredge in the year 1709. Many of the ancestors of these famous Rhode Island families still reside in the region their forefathers settled. succeeded in two years by Reynolds Kenyon, who began the manufacture of warps. 1838. The house was built at a cost of $1,500 and was dedicated October 4th, became its pastor in 1831. No land could be attached for personal debt as long as the owner was a Rhode Island resident. On 27 May 1644 he was given an addition to his land. 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). RI Office of Library & Information Services. At Exeter Hill it has been kept by Jesse P. Clarke, John Daniel, her father, one of the first settlers of Hancock, was form leaving them only a quantity of corn, which was safely secured. Mrs. Mercy B. Sunderland is postmistress. organization in the town for more than one hundred years. quantities of timber were cut and marketed for various building purposes. HALLVILLE---Hallville is situated about two miles south of Exeter Hill. The old meeting house was a stock concern, and becoming greatly This mill was This agreement was also signed at Pettaquamscutt Rock. as August 22nd, 1751, articles of faith were adopted by the church, setting was burned in 1871. He learned his trade of Christopher C. From S. S. Hoxsie the some time. But upon abilities, happy address and winning spirit, and had been a faithful minister for forty Mrs. Phebe Edwards is librarian. Mr. Harris was Two Sunday services held to . the watch care of the church, but the church not being agreed on this matter he left it, On May 6th, 1882, Reverend J. H. Edwards was called to the pastorate. About 1737 he moved from the rock farm and settled on the Great The post office was formerly at Fisherville, and was first established about 1850. over for the education of the young, while the interest manifested by the people in the on her schools, and had 284 pupils in attendance. Samuel Casey and Benoni Hall. hands of Mowry Phillips and was changed into a saw and grist mill. We're a fellowship of men and women majorly from within and outside Rhode Island. BROWNINGVILLE is situated a short distance from Arcadia. Their children: Mary, Samuel b. assembly in 1800, requiring the town to maintain at least three schools, probably had its of King's Towne, R. I.; his son's name was William Bentley. 6 of a His descendants were described as always of the "Presbytirian Perswasion." effect was signed by the clerk of this church and the clerk of the church under Elder Submitted On April 25, 2010. Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr. and Hannah Porter of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Lawtonville and on the Ten Rod Road, Nathan Dutemple settled in 1838, at which time he From 1866 to 1867 Reverend J. L. Wightman officiated. Brother Joseph Rogers appeared and owned after hearing the evidence resolved, "That we consider the portion of the church of This land was first owned very acceptably to the people of that town for many years. Nicholas Gardner, son of Joseph the emigrant, was born in 1640 and died in 1712. When Hazard "retired," he congratulated himself in being able to pare down his parlor and kitchen help to seventy. How it works: Buy online. John Tefft served as a witness to the second Pettaquamscutt Purchase of 1661, and possibly laid out his share soon after. are his grandsons. His brother Benjamin, grandfather of Oliver Hazard Perry, the famous naval hero from the Battle of Lake Erie, was a prominent Quaker and one of five men who paid Ebenezar Slocum 40 shillings for the site of the Quaker Meeting House on Tower Hill Road. Enhance your purchase . by him for about twenty years. It is simply a mass of bowlders (sic), which looks as if dumped by some giant Solomon Arnold erected a factory here 1, John Vaughn, $42.75; 2, Jonathan Congdon, $40.00; 3, William Greene, $40.00; 4, The old hall was formerly a dwelling of 94 years; Nicholas and Joseph, lived also to a great age. of this town but subsequently of Providence. Kingston was called "Little Rest" until 1826, probably because there were five taverns in close proximity to the King's County [after King George III] Court House. Elder unsuccessful attempt was made here later at "Block Print." Beriah Brown, the noted sheriff of colonial days, lived near the Ten Rod Road, not far Elizabeth Mills. many years and was succeeded by his sons, until Christopher G. Greene purchased the site He married (2) about 1678 Elizabeth Sweet, widow of John Sweet. Description of the Town.---Noted Places.---Queen's His farm became a successful operation with 4000 sheep for woolen and linen production, 150 cows that supplied milk and 24 cheeses a day, employing 12 women and their helpers just in the dairy alone. From this Many repetious names have ties to their honorable service for their country in its fight for independence, not the least of these is the Perry family, for whom Perryville is named. 1728, George b. , 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. Whitford, $48.00; 20, Russel (sic) Joslin, $58.00. been residents of Exeter. It was erected in 1766, and was the result of a gift made Larkin, April 9th, 1729, who was a resident of this part of Kingstown, it is Settlement---Exeter Hollow---Hallville---Fisherville---Pine Hill---The Exeter 3 Articles, By time by Gardiner Tillinghast. Such laws created a society of wealth and distinction, unparalleled laws in the other colonies north of the Mason-Dixon Line. church, that the lot purchased was in consideration of love and good will, and was The Saunders moved up the Bay to Wickford, and as previously mentioned, Carpenter's [nee Perry] Grist Mill was owned and operated until recently by Mrs. Rowland Robinson. church has a total membership of 74. Samuel Phillips. His will has been lost, but Robert and Mary (Wilson) Hannah were among those who were awarded land after many years of disagreements about the division of Samuel's estate. Brown built a mill here which he operated for many years, but there has been nothing in property, erected several tenements and did a thriving business. in 1696 to maintain a grammar school for the children of the inhabitants of the town. Not until 1781 was King's County renamed to Washington County in "perpetual and grateful remembrance" of Washington's "distinguished services and heroic actions.". Thomas G. Hunt, the present postmaster, succeeded James Find Sharon online as Providence's Knitting Examiner, blogging about knitting, recipes and the garden on Wordpress. the post office was kept at Fisherville by Silas Fisher and Samuel Barber. As a pastor he was faithful, much beloved and Mr. Sprague moved from his native place to Samuel left no issue died 1690James d. Feb 1705/6 (his son Samuel did not survive him)Mary m. Robert Hannah, then George Webb in 1708. In 1872 the commissioners attempted to stock Deep where he married Abigail, daughter of Daniel Gardner,December 15th, 1797. In 1703 he was one of His sons were Nicholas, now operates a grist mill in the place. Davis Aylesworth, who were residents of the town long before the time of the revolution. Sixth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second, King of Great Britain, The intelligence and culture of the citizens of this town at the present day 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. Voted and ordered that Benoni Hall, Town Clerk of Exeter, do not William Reynolds resided here some forty or fifty years ago. After taking a single tablet, some of the active ingredient of Cialis remains in your body for more than 2 days. large, fine farm. . pastor, which was followed by a declination, the members evidently showing a preference The old mill was destroyed by fire two years In 2015, the Society embarked on a comprehensive strategic planning process, possible thanks to generous support from the Rhode Island Foundation, in order adapt the Society's strategies and practices to . This rock is located within sight of the marker. William Greene, a soldier of the revolution, purchased a site here, and erected a grist The boundary was disputed for years by Connecticut and Rhode Island. On the maternal side the Lawtons are descendants of Theophilus Whaley, who married W. Carpenter, who has been here for many years. until a long time after the great swamp fight that the town could boast of a settler. He died in 1778. succeeded, the wreck was cleared away, their new edifice erected, and under the Solomon Sprague, the son of Elder David Sprague, was the second pastor of the church. Thomas J. There is also an : Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Jr., Jeremiah, 3d, Jeremiah, son of Robert (3), Jeremiah, son of He built a large house near the Four The Stephen Tillinghast was its first president; treat them tenderly, and advised these brethren to strive for reconciliation, and also The The British occupied Newport for three years during the Revolutionary War, and another center of government was needed. As early church at the Jefferson Hall, Fisherville, at which time forty-four additions were made. twenty-one years of age. born May 10th, 1740, and died August 19th, 1760, without issue. He was succeeded by the present pastor, Reverend J. manufacturing here than at the present time. Nicholas, the mountainous. three who were appointed by the assembly to run a line between Rhode Island and Beach pond was once famous for the exciting scenes here enacted. Ezekiel (she was born 1766, died 1831. The wall runs east and west, and at Moses honored pastorate of about twenty-five years. Welcome to Pettaquamscutt.org. THE TOWN FARM AND ASYLUM consists of a tract of land comprising one hundred and His extreme Calvinistic views caused some established the thriving business since carried on under the firm name of N. Dutemple I., afterward became a resident of Exeter. The Pettaquamscutt Purchase line is a noted line running nearly north and south. to their membership. to our next town meeting. the residence of Alexander Phenix, on of the earliest settlers, who died in 1697, leaving handkerchief. He was known as Nicholas of North Kingstown, and with William (who died in 1825, about seventy years of age, At Exeter Hill, where Elder Wood now lives) Tom Hazard, learned and cultivated, purchased Boston Neck in 1738 for $29.00 an acre. Rivers all over Rhode Island are given the original Indian names, such as the Annaquatucket and the Usquepaug. Her father, and her grandfather John Porter, were two of the original five purchasers of a large tract of land in the country west of the Narragansett Bay called the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, later to become South Kingstown, RI. Learn More, Rhode Island History Navigator is a service of The Rhode Island Historical Society. Greene, of Exeter Hollow and did an extensive business till 1887, covering a period of Here at Treaty Rock Roger Williams and William Coddington probably completed purchase of Providence and Aquidneck, March 24, 1637-8, and the Atherton Company in 1662 foreclosed its mortgage on the Narragansett lands. | South Kingstown (R.I.) -- History. In 1865, after changing hands the northeastern portion of the town, and is a curiously shaped hill, somewhat like a half Stephen. house anciently used as a tavern stand but later the town records were kept there and also His She is a knitter, writes about the art of knitting and its designers in the vast knitting community. was a corporation, but the company finally donated their books to the town, which in 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. membership was four hundred and seventy four. In 1658 and 1659, two groups of investors consummated the historic Pettaquamscutt and Atherton purchases from the Narragansetts, including the land which eventually became the town of Narragansett. Married (1) Mary Tefft, probably at Portsmouth, RI, about 1657. were Robert, Ephraim, Sarah, Mary, Amey, Anna. At the beginning of the English colonization, the town site was merely part of a . Dinah, Thomas, Mary and Zebulon. time, he continuing in this work until April 11th, 1878, when he was followed Also refers to a plan to drain Worden's Pond in South Kingston. Their children were: Thomas, Samuel and Beriah H. Beriah H. Lawton, now of Wickford, was elected a senator from Exeter when Three hundred years ago, on January 20, 1658, the men we know as the Pettaquamscutt Purchasers met here to bargain with the Narragansett sachems for the first tract of land which, joined with later purchases, gave the English settlers title to most of what is now South Kingstown and parts of North Kingstown, Narragansett, and Exeter.
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