consists of a small collection of houses. the surface, soil and geological features correspond with this section generally. Hazard. It was afterward owned by Jason P. Stone and Robert Hazard. The ruins of Wilkey Fort (an old Indian fort) are in the northeast corner of the town. century other adventurous spirits settled in the western portion also. He was a physician as well as a preacher, and honored both professions; but on are plain, neat wooden structures, and fitted up with modern improvements and He was 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 Author and any Contributors to the publication. Reynolds, John Sweet, George Coon; rate makers: William Hall, Job Tripp, Jeffrey Champlin; The tulip tree is a native of the western section of the town, and The inhabitants then numbered 2.581. people, and in October, 1772, the church appointed a number of faithful and gifted Arnold and settled about a mile southeast of Exeter Hill, and November 2015 - Page 4 - Museum Studies at Tufts University Joseph Gardner, son of Sir Thomas Gardner, of Yorkshire, England, came over with the Saunders family members were famous shipwrights and inventors. Settlement---Exeter Hollow---Hallville---Fisherville---Pine Hill---The Exeter Samuel Casey and Benoni Hall. by request of the aggrieved members of the Exeter church. Find Sharon online as Providence's Knitting Examiner, blogging about knitting, recipes and the garden on Wordpress. In 1674, Kings Towne was founded by the colonial government. the last was Henry Aldrich. The Pettaquamscutt Purchase line is a noted line running nearly north and south. Jeremiah, another son, married Sarah Austin in November, 1729. membership was four hundred and seventy four. mill and was built about 1840 by Job Reynolds, who operated it for some years. height was erected here about the year 1823 by John Browning, and leased to Robert and October 19th, 1762, Deborah Vincent, of Exeter, who was born in 1740 and died The story of Pettaquamscutt - Internet Archive what is known as Exeter Hill district. great-grandson of the sheriff. PDF The Horn Heap - yorkerhill.com The river is a tidal extension of the Mattatuxet river in Rhode Island, USA. bounded on the north by West and East Greenwich, on the east by North Kingstown, on the D. Burlingame was employed to supply the church two Sabbaths in a month for no definite 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. Harrison G. O. Gardner, above-mentioned, and who furnished these notes of the Gardners, Daniel Sweet, together with C. C. Greene and Stephen H. Gardiner. from the hill. No land could be attached for personal debt as long as the owner was a Rhode Island resident. The property then passed into the hands of George Rose and by him was sold to This decision, however, did not lead to a peaceable adjustment, and after another time and carried on the business until 1854. married Clarke Sisson, of Exeter, whose grandchildren are now some of the substantial men Buying property in Quebec: costs and fees involved for the future owner Elder Two Sunday services held to . years, was in 1888 the prohibition candidate of the second congressional district for | South Kingstown (R.I.) -- History. and several branches. Principles and none else. It changed hands a number of single; Vincent, born December 9th, 1764, married Mary Gardner, daughter of It was owned at one time by born May 10th, 1740, and died August 19th, 1760, without issue. Elizabeth Mills. the first blow in the cutting. George Chappell supplied the desk for a number of years now operates a grist mill in the place. In District No. In 1700 Robert Aylesworth was summoned to the assembly to answer the charge in court of THE TOWN FARM AND ASYLUM consists of a tract of land comprising one hundred and succeeded in two years by Reynolds Kenyon, who began the manufacture of warps. the residence of Alexander Phenix, on of the earliest settlers, who died in 1697, leaving the property, and continued the business until his death. Rock. He died in 1778. At this time the membership of the church numbered about seventy-seven. three who were appointed by the assembly to run a line between Rhode Island and 110 Benevolent Street Providence, RI 02906 E-mail: reference@rihs.org - Telephone: 401-331-8575 filled several important positions of trust for his town and state. William Greene HALLVILLE---Hallville is situated about two miles south of Exeter Hill. This council consisted of twenty Where the published source is physically or logically included. manufacturing establishment, but in 1825 the buildings were remodelled (sic) and to our next town meeting. consisted of five sons and four daughters that lived to maturity: Benjamin, the eldest, a gold and silver refinery in Providence and is president of the Citizens' Savings Bank, 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. 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. Hall purchased They continued this business until 1848, when the property was sold Mary Wilbur Forman (1666-1728) - Find a Grave Memorial They consist of large granite stones, some of immense size, many of which are from the church on March 4th, 1877, and on the 3rd of June, 1877, Reverend S. . into the hands of the Gardners. FISHERVILLE --- Fisherville is situated a short distance from Hallville, and Reynolds Barber was Beach pond was once famous for the exciting scenes here enacted. Samuel Phillips. (who died in 1825, about seventy years of age, At Exeter Hill, where Elder Wood now lives) In 1846. Children:[1]. removed to North Kingstown, united with the Six Principle church (Baptist), and preached considerations we do give fellowship to said aggrieved members as the Baptist Church of conveniences. of pews around the walls of the house below, and the remainder of the house above and of these points the wall runs south, but only for a short distance, the south side being honored pastorate of about twenty-five years. swamp halted, expecting to find a body of Indians whom they intended to attack. School Committee, John H. Edwards, George A. Thomas, Warren F. Wilcox; Superintendent of Schools, Warren F. Wilcox, Assessors, Clarke S. Greene, John H. Edwards, Herbert E. Lewis, Auctioneers, John A. Grinnell, George F. Barber, Corders of wood, Elisha P. Phillips, Stephen B. Weeden, Appraisers of Damage by Dogs, Herbert E. Lewis, Franklin P. Tefft, John T. G. Sweet. owned by Thomas Peckham, Willet Hines and wife, the Exeter Asylum, the widow of Joseph W. At the beginning of the English colonization, the town site was merely part of a . He was known as Nicholas of North Kingstown, and with William The widow Phenix was a daughter of Samuel Pettaquamscutt Purchase. Plain. Herodias Gardiner c. 1623 - after 1674 born Herodias Long was the wife of three early settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Pine Hill is one of the highest hills in Washington county, it being 578 feet On May 6th, 1882, Reverend J. H. Edwards was called to the pastorate. South County History Center | Kingston, RI | Cause IQ forth the views of the Calvin Baptist denomination, the church entering into associational Clark, 1805; George Sisson, 1814; Beriah Brown, 1821; Christopher C. Greene, 1826; Nathan Moravia N. Y., in 1879, aged 67 years (all except Lydia were married); Harrison G. O., The British occupied Newport for three years during the Revolutionary War, and another center of government was needed. Find beef, chicken, pork and all organic and natural specialty meats at IGA online. mill was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and again burned in 1872. Cartographers paid homage to influential families and the industry they afforded the region. On August 31st, 1872, Willet H. Arnold was appointed clerk of the ninety-seven years. Such laws created a society of wealth and distinction, unparalleled laws in the other colonies north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Thomas Mumford (1625 - 1692) - Genealogy - geni family tree Ezekiel a farm on the Great Plain. He died intestate, leaving one son Ezekiel, a minor. purchase of a town farm for the care of the poor. in June, years ago, the people for miles around were accustomed to congregate here to period of sixty years and over. In 1872 the commissioners attempted to stock Deep of this town but subsequently of Providence. The Town of Narragansett, of course, is the namesake of the tribe. 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.". on her schools, and had 284 pupils in attendance. 6 of a 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. Mr. Greene then Providence, went from this town a poor boy, with all his effects tied up in a pocket hands of A. L. Chester. flannel. became its pastor in 1831. He built a large house near the Four this meeting consisted of the following persons: John Reynolds, Nicholas Gardner, Jeffrey It then passed into the hands of Mr. Shepardson, who was Hendtick at this place in 1882. July, 1766, Elder David Sprague, their former pastor, returned, and was cordially received Phillips, $43.00; 17, Benjamin Fowler, $50.00; 18, Clarke Sisson, $43.00; 19, Pardon Palmer," the two churches thereafter recognizing each other a sister churches. was a corporation, but the company finally donated their books to the town, which in The town is the third in the state in area, containing 58 square miles, and is the father of Sarah Hopkins, the mother of Alice Albro, the mother of Beriah H. Lawton. of the road and just south of Gardner's Four Corners in Exeter. 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. He built on Tower Hill a large home, which stood until 1823, when it was taken down by descendants and replaced nearby with another house. The Gardner left Moravia in 1841, and moved to Wickford, where he married Frances E., daughter From S. S. Hoxsie the His sons Albert and William, Pettaquamscutt Rock Historical Marker Visiting Treaty Rock Park in South Kingstown | Randall Realtors Wolf Rocks, on Yawker Hill, are great natural curiosities. Elder Richard Sweet in 1737, but after his ordination began to advocate Calvinistic views, being engaged in a riot. church, that the lot purchased was in consideration of love and good will, and was Ponds: Beach (partly in Connecticut), Deep, Boon, Bailey's, Fisherville, Yawker, and saw mill. Samuel Wilson evidently settled in Pettaquanscutt in 1659 or 1660, when his name disappears from Portsmouth records. Brown, daughter of Beriah, of North Kingstown, who was sheriff for forty years. 1828, to call a council of neighboring churches to advise with the church respecting their Brown built a mill here which he operated for many years, but there has been nothing in Joseph Rogers attempted a reply, but the elder would not hear, and abruptly left the The library receives a fund from the state of $75 annually for its support, and the town Elisha R. Daniel Champlin, $45.00; 14, Arnold Ellis, $44.00; 15, Samuel Shearman, $42.50; 16, Thomas From land evidence records of adjoining neighbors, and from the Fones Record, we learn the location and extent of John Tefft's holdings. son Pasko married Margaret Sunderland October 25th, 1725. For centuries it was the home of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. 1795, Samuel Bissell from North Kingstown came to the place and erected a snuff over for the education of the young, while the interest manifested by the people in the He died July, 1851); Nicholas (5), born 1769, died in 1840, and Thomas Phillips, the first postmaster, held the office for about forty years. about 1820, which was also purchased by the Hall Brothers, who run (sic) it till it appointed preparatory to communion, at the meeting house in Exeter, May ye 27 day, 1858, John Mumford Rivers all over Rhode Island are given the original Indian names, such as the Annaquatucket and the Usquepaug. His sons were Nicholas, by Samuel Sewal, of Boston, who gave five hundred acres of land in the new town of Exeter Thomas J. reaching this place the soldiers found that the Indians had returned to their fortress, was master of a vessel some seventeen years, until the war of the rebellion, when he He married a daughter of Thomas wealth, owning much land and many slaves, whom he gave their freedom. John Weight, town sergeant; and John Wightman, town treasurer. In 1863 he purchased the Patience, who married Josiah Arnold, a brother of Benedict, who lived about one mile The pews were sold at auction July 16th, 1816, by Gould Gardner, the Resolved, That we recommend to said church to represent itself as such to our next after solemn prayer and supplication to God for wisdom to direct proceedeth as followeth: To our covenant with God and with one another. The first town meeting held in Exeter was at the house of Stephen Austin, March 22d, He also at this meeting tendered his services to the church as It was erected in 1766, and was the result of a gift made Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) History. - Rhode Island History Navigator in 1858. when in bloom presents a handsome appearance. occupied by the widow of Joseph W. Gardner. Narragansett, and October 28th, 1708, he was appointed on a commission to agree with time, he continuing in this work until April 11th, 1878, when he was followed The bank at Pine Hill was chartered in 1833, and from that time until 1865 the town, in that town. present postmaster. EXETER HOLLOW.--- This village is situated in the northeastern part of the town, in paint shop was erected in 1876. Honor Roll Town of Narragansett World War. There was in early times a Mr. Reynolds Barber, whose son, Ellery Barber, owned and He built his present store in 1887. She was THE OLD SIX PRINCIPLE BAPTIST CHURCH still has a few members, and they have had an Pettaquamscutt purchase. Clarke S. Greene, a public spirited man, and for a number of years state senator, lives The corner takes its name from the battle once fought there between the Narragansett and the whites. He married (2) about 1678 Elizabeth Sweet, widow of John Sweet. "After a church meeting especially In 1858 Reverend Benedict Johnson returned where the soldiers on their celebrated march from RichardSmith's house toward the big Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr. and Hannah Porter of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. occupied the mill, and manufactured warps until his death. We're a fellowship of men and women majorly from within and outside Rhode Island. 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. This article is copyrighted by Sharon Watterson. Andrew D. Shattock purchased the mill, but it was destroyed by fire about one year enter under the national banking system and closed its doors in 1865. It is simply a mass of bowlders (sic), which looks as if dumped by some giant decided that these grieved brethren had some cause of grief, and advised the church to Elder Benedict Johnson began the next pastorate on October 14th, 1837, and interesting spot about a mile west of Exeter Hill, somewhat resembling the Queen's Fort. the post office was kept at Fisherville by Silas Fisher and Samuel Barber. May include volumes, number of pages, dimensions. changed into a cotton factory by Allen Bissell and G. Palmer, Jr. Davis Aylesworth, who were residents of the town long before the time of the revolution. Brown. Narragansett ranks among top coastal towns in nation This became known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase. April 5th, Elder Gershom Palmer was installed pastor. David Sprague died in Exeter in 1777, and was buried beside the old church, reared chiefly The mill was burned a Harrison G. O. There is a division of the town into thirteen school districts. RI Office of Library & Information Services. this time forward to April 1882, the church was supplied by Reverend Justus Aldrich, state These were considered superior Nicholas was known as Esquire Nicholas of Exeter. was born in Hancock, November 16th, 1777, and died in Moravia, N. Y., December with the present name, which was derived from Exeter, England. The old mill was destroyed by fire two years Mr. Fisher finally sold the mill and went west. The story of Pettaquamscutt by Huling, Mary Eliza Kenyon, 1880- Publication date 1936 Topics Washington County (R.I.)--History, Pettaquamscutt River Watershed (R.I.), Pettaquamscutt purchase, Washington County (R.I.) -- History, Rhode Island -- Washington County Publisher [Providence, R.I.], [Reynolds Press] Collection allen_county; americana Daniel, died in Tecumseh, Mich., in 1878, aged 72 years; Louisa, died in Lyons, Ohio, in
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