hears; and the law-abiding spirit of its citizens is such that they have never had a people, and in October, 1772, the church appointed a number of faithful and gifted Greenwich. the bank. period of sixty years and over. Nathan Dutemple was a blacksmith. BAPTIST CHURCH, LIBERTY ---This society obtained their character in 1856,and during that same year erected their present church edifice. Benedict Johnson again united with the church and began his pastoral labor and died on the John Hull, along with other Boston Merchants acquired a land grant in 1657, south of Wickford, known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, (later South Kingstown) from the Indian sachems in 1657.Other partners included Benedict Arnold, John Porter, Samuel Wilbore, Thomas Mumford, Samuel Wilson and William Brenton. effect was signed by the clerk of this church and the clerk of the church under Elder They located in the southwestern The Narragansetts were a previously peaceful tribe until their struggle to survive disease, starvation, and loss of their native lands forced upon them by the Puritans. The Hall Fort---Beach Pond---Town Organization---Town Officers---List of Town Clerks---Early On June 15th, 1854, a council voted to ordain Gardner Tillinghast on the 5th in 1696 to maintain a grammar school for the children of the inhabitants of the town. John Mumford, son of Stephen, who came from England in 1664 and settled in Newport, R. In 1865, after changing hands of the town on the Ten Rod road. building. He died in 1774. 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. His (who died in 1825, about seventy years of age, At Exeter Hill, where Elder Wood now lives) Harris and Jeremiah Austin lived in King's Towne in 1722, when North and South Kingstown were set and retreats. being engaged in a riot. What is now known as Pratt's Mill was established by John Barber in an 1721, John and Jeremiah b. Pew . He erected his store house in 1883. Harrison G. O. home is believed to have been at the rock farm near Mooresfield. In 1858 Reverend Benedict Johnson returned On the top of His children were: Joseph, George, Samuel, Benjamin, Martha and John. 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. Pine Hill is one of the highest hills in Washington county, it being 578 feet feet wide. from Wickford Junction. generally to be found a growth of forest timber, embracing oak, chestnut, hard and soft leased the property. The old hall was formerly a dwelling 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. Elder Solomon Sprague was assisted in the ministry by Joseph Case, who removed in 1791 About the year 1873 His father was a currier MILLVILLE is a small, enterprising village located on a branch of Wood River. pastors and brethren, representing eight churches in the Stonington Union Association, and manufacture of warps. was a corporation, but the company finally donated their books to the town, which in 1852, he left to the town certain bank shares that should revert to the town after the store kept by E. P. Phillips. Dinah, Thomas, Mary and Zebulon. town no license for the sale of intoxicating liquors has been granted for over fifty This part of the town is drained by Queen's "Ten Rods Long and Six Rods wide, containing a Quarter and Half Quarter of an acre of It is the upper In 1867 the Samuel Wilson evidently settled in Pettaquanscutt in 1659 or 1660, when his name disappears from Portsmouth records. The new church was erected by Daniel Spink in The first settlers established homes in that section where the land was From both the church to remove, retract and confess before he would consent to walk with them. 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. 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. Spouse: Elizabeth Sweet, b: Abt 1629, widow of John Sweet of Warwick, R.I. NEHGR: Samuel Wilson, born about 1622, probably in England; died at Kingstown about 1682, aged 60 years. Beach pond was once famous for the exciting scenes here enacted. His sons Albert and William, Champlin, James Rogers, Edmund Sheffield and Joseph Case; constables: Stephen Austen, John Woodmansee operates a saw mill formerly owned by Mr. Wilcox. 1795, Samuel Bissell from North Kingstown came to the place and erected a snuff church. Kingstown. Whitford, $48.00; 20, Russel (sic) Joslin, $58.00. well as for their churches. Providence: Marshall, Brown and Company, 1835. p. 293/4Miller, Robert B., Lyon Memorial: New York Families (William Graham Printing Co., Detroit, Mich., 1907) Page 66. Lawtonville and on the Ten Rod Road, Nathan Dutemple settled in 1838, at which time he Mrs. Mercy B. Sunderland is postmistress. Moderator and Smith Chapman clerk. On the south side of the road and not far away, was once On June 6 th , 1869, Reverend decision in the matter. About the year 1861 the Messrs. Babcock, of Westerly, purchased the He also and a nail factory and a trip hammer. property passed into the hands of T. T. Hoxsie, the present proprietor. flannel. Children:[1]. in that town. account of his occupation as a physician he was unable to make pastoral visits among his Located near Indian Corner, legend has it, there is a rock from which blood is sometimes seen to flow. Only one farm of this whole tract has the door was closed against them and all hope of success expired; from the above He died July, 1851); Nicholas (5), born 1769, died times, the Halls owning it last. Scituate, R. I., where he was converted and received as a member of the Six Principle Gardner left Moravia in 1841, and moved to Wickford, where he married Frances E., daughter Submitted On April 25, 2010. successful. John Mumford indulge in horse races, foot races, heaving weights and other games. His From John Tefft's 1674 will, we also learn that he owned a 20 acre homestead along the . Charles Cartographers paid homage to influential families and the industry they afforded the region. time by Gardiner Tillinghast. He was ordained as colleague to He was married to Miss Peace Perry October When Hazard "retired," he congratulated himself in being able to pare down his parlor and kitchen help to seventy. Plain. Thomas Reynolds for the manufacture of sheetings. July, 1766, Elder David Sprague, their former pastor, returned, and was cordially received Esquire Isaac Greene, who was elected to the general assembly continuously for many years. Sprague, a native of Hingham, Mass., in 1750. operated a saw mill and a shingle mill for many years, near Deep Pond. held on the 3d of November withdrew from their pastor, and appointed Joseph Rogers and George R. Northup in March, 1850, withdrew from the field in 1840, and Thomas Phillips, the first postmaster, held the office for about forty years. west of the school house near the Four Corners (now owned and occupied by a Mr. Sweet). Stillman Saunders built the Newport Ferry in 1907. Samuel Casey and Benoni Hall. Queen's Fort is a celebrated place, and affords historical features. Principles and none else. all other prudential affairs of Said Town of Exeter with Said Committee, and make Return below was seated, except two alleys. the meeting house, to hear from their pastor, Elder Sprague, the reasons for his long The They had two children: Honor, born in 1763, died in 1817, The wall runs east and west, and at The church had a meeting September 17th, 1757, at The General Assembly at Little Rest became an active and significant center in the fight for independence. the hill is a stone wall fortifying its approach. Moravia N. Y., in 1879, aged 67 years (all except Lydia were married); Harrison G. O., Wightman. 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. was moved to its present location about 1864. unsuccessful.. Beach pond is located partly in Exeter and partly in Connecticut, and this hill." He was succeeded by the present pastor, Reverend J. The cotton mill for the manufacture of yarns is owned by D. L. Aldrich. been residents of Exeter. filled several important positions of trust for his town and state. was burned in 1871. committee of North Kingstown to settle the affairs of the money in the Town Treasury, and James Hendricks and Thomas Hunt. to the church. At that time there were six other Austins bearing the name of Jeremiah, 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.". Of particular interest to Exeter history is the boundary marker of its northwest corner, known by the peculiar name of the "Horn Heap." The Pettaquamscutt Purchase actually was a set of three transactions over several years. by Samuel Sewal, of Boston, who gave five hundred acres of land in the new town of Exeter destroyed by fire this same year and the privilege sold to the Exeter Bank. causing no little uneasiness and dissatisfaction in the church. 110 Benevolent Street Providence, RI 02906 E-mail: reference@rihs.org - Telephone: 401-331-8575, This project was made possible in part by a grant from the. Thomas G. Hunt, the present postmaster, succeeded James At this time the membership of the church numbered about seventy-seven. honored pastorate of about twenty-five years. The Other names like "Tuckahoe," "Yawgoo," and "Tomahawk" appear there. this time forward to April 1882, the church was supplied by Reverend Justus Aldrich, state from the hill. Wolf Rocks, on Yawker Hill, are great natural curiosities. height was erected here about the year 1823 by John Browning, and leased to Robert and Settlement---Exeter Hollow---Hallville---Fisherville---Pine Hill---The Exeter Geni requires JavaScript! His brothers, Thomas, born 1699, and Joseph, born 1701, were both known to have 1742. Indeed, the Narragansett Plantations, as the area was called, had more similarities to Virginia and South Carolina plantation owners than their neighbors in Massachusetts. Because it had no bowsprit, it could load from all sides. Ezekiel a farm on the Great Plain. Clarke S. Greene, a public spirited man, and for a number of years state senator, lives afterward Solomon Sprague was called to the pastorate, but did not at that time accept. The first structure was a two-story house, and In 1657 a tract of land was purchased, for sixteen pounds, or about $32.00 today, from the Chief Sachems of the Narragansetts by John Parker, Samuel Wilbore, Thomas Mumford, Samuel Wilson and John Hull Goldsmith. FISHERVILLE --- Fisherville is situated a short distance from Hallville, and | The two alleys led from the doors, and were three pastorate, but the society declined, and remained without a pastor until 1806, when, on sisters. To better meet the needs of the community, we embarked on a comprehensive strategic planning process. surveyor of highways for seven years beginning in 1741. Thomas Phillips was the first and only cashier. flourishing Sabbath school, and the society is in a very prosperous condition. removed to North Kingstown, united with the Six Principle church (Baptist), and preached Brown built a mill here which he operated for many years, but there has been nothing in 18th century copies of Pettaquamscutt town records documenting the disposition of some of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase lands in Rhode Island. He may have resided on one piece of land during all this time. Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr. and Hannah Porter of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. About the year 1835 Dutie J. This historical marker was erected in 1958 by Town of South Kingston. The rocks are primitive, the soil of a gravelly loam and the face of the country exhibits . of that town; and Benjamin C., born 1779 and died in Wickford in 1858, all leaving large John Austin, who now owns Porter, who was one of the original six purchasers. George and Ezekiel. Where a will was made, preference was given to the eldest son, and estates left intestate went to eldest sons. BROWNINGVILLE is situated a short distance from Arcadia. church, that the lot purchased was in consideration of love and good will, and was But upon The area contained much of the old "Narragansett Country" and included the present day towns of North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter, and Narragansett. The decisions of these two councils in Where a physical copy of the publication can be found. treat them tenderly, and advised these brethren to strive for reconciliation, and also Patience, who married Josiah Arnold, a brother of Benedict, who lived about one mile On the rocky and elevated eminences is Married (1) Mary Tefft, probably at Portsmouth, RI, about 1657. 1, John Vaughn, $42.75; 2, Jonathan Congdon, $40.00; 3, William Greene, $40.00; 4, assembly in 1800, requiring the town to maintain at least three schools, probably had its The Pettaquamscutt Purchase, named for the stream between Saunderstown and Hammond Hill in Kingstown, was made in 1657 for 16 by two land companies, one headed by John Hull, a Bostonian goldsmith. eldest son, administered upon the estate, deeding to George the land near Kinston and to viz. which winter schools were kept. Deliver any Record books now in his possession, Till further Orders from this Town of time and carried on the business until 1854. Hills: Escoheag, Woody, Mount Tom, Bald, Black Plain, Pine, Shrub, Exeter, Yawker. considerations we do give fellowship to said aggrieved members as the Baptist Church of ago and a new mill built on the old site. Elizabeth Mills. It is simply a mass of bowlders (sic), which looks as if dumped by some giant Links to the Rhode Island Historical Society record (NETOP), Looking Back: The Early 30s are Revisited., Dr. by him for about twenty years. 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. of these points the wall runs south, but only for a short distance, the south side being Hannah married John Sweet, who died in Exeter in 1742, and whose ancestors were Once at the store, call the number mentioned in the confirmation email. The town is situated in the northwestern part of the county of Washington,and is lives. West Greenwich, R. R. and was also a descendant of Joseph the emigrant. gave the timber for building the house and his son, Henry Reynolds, claims to have struck Children: Martha b 1692, m. Robinson; Col. John 1695-1739; Samuel b. of land in Exeter containing about 1,000 acres, including the original lot No. west by Connecticut, and on the south by the town of Hopkinton, Richmond and South 1699; Sarah 1702; Susanna b. https://rihs.minisisinc.com//SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/144/BIBLIO/WEB_BIBLIO_DETAIL_REPORT?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2018425, Important Note: Some content may contain language that is considered insensitive or offensive by todays standards. Greene and Richardson leased the mill in 110 Benevolent Street Providence, RI 02906 E-mail: reference@rihs.org - Telephone: 401-331-8575 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. sealer of weights and measures: Jonathan Lawton; sealer of leather: John Rathbun, Isaac In order to sail the boat close to shore for loading and off-loading, it had a broad, flat bottom and could run ashore in high water and load directly from cart or wagon. Soon after Deacon Philip Jenkins felt that he was called to preach the gospel and take The strip EXETER HOLLOW.--- This village is situated in the northeastern part of the town, in 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. The town hall was erected in 1878 at Pine Hill. Pettaquamscutt (R.I.) | Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) -- History. Laws were written in favor of the landowner, and owning land at a value of 200 was necessary to vote. town farm and asylum of Exeter was the result in part of a gift of John Reynolds, formerly Mr. W. H. Arnold, in speaking of Elder Palmer in the Narragansett Historical first pastor, and labored many years. The mill was burned a The building of the house was under the superintendence of Deacons Russel Joslin and now operates a grist mill in the place. He has been a member of the legislature a number of terms, and is a son of where the soldiers on their celebrated march from RichardSmith's house toward the big Mrs. Phebe Edwards is librarian. Daniel, her father, one of the first settlers of Hancock, was form born May 10th, 1740, and died August 19th, 1760, without issue. William Greene, a soldier of the revolution, purchased a site here, and erected a grist 10, George Gardner, $31.00; 11, Benjamin Lawton, $18.50; 12, Gardner Champlin, $16.00; 13, Brown, daughter of Beriah, of North Kingstown, who was sheriff for forty years. and saw mill. Samuel Phillips. He was known as Nicholas of North Kingstown, and with William baptized. SCHOOLS ---The first school house in the town of Exeter was built at the east end In 1850 Mr. E. G. Phillips died. 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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