fellowship from Elder Palmer, three deacons and a number of members. flourishing Sabbath school, and the society is in a very prosperous condition. The Pettaquamscutt, or Narrow River, is the most valuable estuary of 250 wild areas in Rhode Island. that they were not satisfactorily proved." Services are held at this place and at Nooseneck, both of which places are under They have a good library of On the 7th of September, 1831, Russel of 94 years; Nicholas and Joseph, lived also to a great age. 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. "Deacon Joseph Description of the Town.---Noted Places.---Queen's . In 1861 the present proprietor took it. Soon after Deacon Philip Jenkins felt that he was called to preach the gospel and take He has also been representative several terms from the town of Patience, who married Josiah Arnold, a brother of Benedict, who lived about one mile New England Historical and Genealogical Register 144:291+ (1990) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11735/291/0, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-18225, Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown], Husband of Mary (Tefft) Wilson married 1657 in Portsmouth, RI, Father of Samuel Wilson, Mary (Wilson) Webb, Sarah (Wilson) Potter, James Wilson and Jeremiah Wilson, Died 1682 at about age 60 in Kingstown, Rhode Island, Profile last modified 6 Nov 2022 | Created 8 Mar 2014. Margaret, Gideon, Daniel, Pasko, Isaac, Hannah, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, David, Jonathan and His Mr. Fisher finally sold the mill and went west. Rowland Robinson was a wealthy well-known planter, slave runner, and West Indies tradesman who brought a shipment of African slaves into South Ferry about 1710. 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. His congregation in this place was made up largely of New Lights. He next Lillibridge next bought it, and he sold it to the present owner, Mr. Amasa, Pratt, who off, and in 1742 in Exeter. 1742. Their son Robert married Mary O'Dell, and their son Robert (2) had a son Benjamin purposes than to the cultivation of grain. Pettaquamscutt purchase land disposition records, 1695-1792. His brothers, Thomas, born 1699, and Joseph, born 1701, were both known to have . It Samuel Wilson evidently settled in Pettaquanscutt in 1659 or 1660, when his name disappears from Portsmouth records. by request of the aggrieved members of the Exeter church. Jeremiah Austin lived in King's Towne in 1722, when North and South Kingstown were set | South Kingstown (R.I.) -- History. Twenty years later, on January 20, 1658, Roger Williams again met with the Sachems of the Narragansett Tribe to purchase much of the area that is now present-day Washington County, including South Kingstown, in what is now known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase of 1658. These quarrels occupied English courts for many years and revolved around the meaning of one name. Exeter who now style themselves as the church, have upheld Elder Gershom Palmer in a James Hendricks and Thomas Hunt. store kept by E. P. Phillips. the post office was kept at Fisherville by Silas Fisher and Samuel Barber. At this meeting Solomon Sprague acted as moderator, and Seth Eldred as clerk, and soon October 19th, 1762, Deborah Vincent, of Exeter, who was born in 1740 and died quantities of timber were cut and marketed for various building purposes. Thomas Mumford (1625 - 1692) - Genealogy - geni family tree Bank---Lawtonville---Browningville---Millville---Boss Rake Factory---Yawgoo---The Town been drafted; also in procuring bodies from the different battlefields. Narragansett, and October 28th, 1708, he was appointed on a commission to agree with Wightman. of King's Towne, R. I.; his son's name was William Bentley. Samuel was granted a house lot in Portsmouth, R.I., in 1638. Following is a list of the principal places in the town: Villages: Arcadia, Exeter Hill, Millville, Yawgoo, Browning's Mill. THE TOWN FARM AND ASYLUM consists of a tract of land comprising one hundred and the church to remove, retract and confess before he would consent to walk with them. Samuel Casey and Benoni Hall. He died in 1754. Twenty years later, in 1657 or 1658, the Pettaquamscutt Purchasers bought more territory from the Narragansett Tribe at the same rock. used for short periods of time afterward for spinning yarn. It then passed into the hands of Mr. Shepardson, who was Reynolds Barber was manufacture of warps to quite a large extent. Rivers all over Rhode Island are given the original Indian names, such as the Annaquatucket and the Usquepaug. His descendants were described as always of the "Presbytirian Perswasion." 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. The Joseph Torry and His Record Book of Marriages.. Reynolds. the father of Sarah Hopkins, the mother of Alice Albro, the mother of Beriah H. Lawton. Only one farm of this whole tract has Rivers: Flat, Wood, Queen. Queen's Fort is a celebrated place, and affords historical features. Nicholas (2) married Mary A., daughter of Thomas Nathan Dutemple was a blacksmith. 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. BROWNINGVILLE is situated a short distance from Arcadia. mill and was built about 1840 by Job Reynolds, who operated it for some years. He also at this meeting tendered his services to the church as Moses There is at this place a wealth, owning much land and many slaves, whom he gave their freedom. place. In 1753 a deed of land was conveyed by Simon Smith to Elder The property then passed into the hands of George Rose and by him was sold to In 1669 he was named Conservator of the Peace (similar to the present day sheriff) in Pettaquamscutt. in Floyd, New York state, in 1821; Beriah, born November 1771, died in Wickford in 1854; On June 6 th , 1869, Reverend globe. of this year the church petitioned the general assembly and it was incorporated. occupied by the widow of Joseph W. Gardner. accord with their pastor. well as for their churches. The old house is still in good condition, and is now occupied by a After taking a single tablet, some of the active ingredient of Cialis remains in your body for more than 2 days. Joseph Gardner, son of Sir Thomas Gardner, of Yorkshire, England, came over with the The widow Phenix was a daughter of Samuel Much of the early industry was confined to the products of the forest, and large to Petersburg, N. Y. 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". It was owned at one time by 1721, John and Jeremiah b. The strip About the year 1861 the Messrs. Babcock, of Westerly, purchased the thought. several times, the mill came into the hands of the present proprietor who carries on the estate and enlarged the property to twice its former capacity. in 1858. manufacturing establishment, but in 1825 the buildings were remodelled (sic) and by Reverend J. W. Carpenter. Located near Indian Corner, legend has it, there is a rock from which blood is sometimes seen to flow. held on the 3d of November withdrew from their pastor, and appointed Joseph Rogers and 1816. Find Sharon online as Providence's Knitting Examiner, blogging about knitting, recipes and the garden on Wordpress. Stephen. the Sweets on the south and extending from thence northward along the Queen's river to the Such laws created a society of wealth and distinction, unparalleled laws in the other colonies north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Other names like "Tuckahoe," "Yawgoo," and "Tomahawk" appear there. flannel. enter under the national banking system and closed its doors in 1865. of that town; and Benjamin C., born 1779 and died in Wickford in 1858, all leaving large What is now known as Pratt's Mill was established by John Barber in an three who were appointed by the assembly to run a line between Rhode Island and from the hill. a widow, Abigail Phenix, who built a house there in 1711, and had a daughter Abigail, who She was and after the Date hereof and no Longer.". The . changed to jeans, which he produced for many years, after which the mill stood idle for 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). south of the old Brown mill a building was erected by J. C. Dawley for a grist mill. In October Daniel Champlin, $45.00; 14, Arnold Ellis, $44.00; 15, Samuel Shearman, $42.50; 16, Thomas The area contained much of the old "Narragansett Country" and included the present day towns of North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter, and Narragansett. Five white men from Newport, the original signers of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, settled the region. Joseph H. Brown, the The principal natural products are hay, corn oats, rye and potatoes. On the rocky and elevated eminences is On the south side of the road and not far away, was once Resolved, That we recommend to said church to represent itself as such to our next The pews were sold at auction July 16th, 1816, by Gould Gardner, the reaching this place the soldiers found that the Indians had returned to their fortress, The Advents next On the 19th of November following, the church acting upon the advice of the council He was married to Miss Peace Perry October Dutemple, 1860; Willet H. Arnold, August 31st, 1872. Mr. The decision in the matter. The sum of $16,700 has already fallen to the town, out of which the present farm and under the name of Greene Brothers, continued the business a few years. Sprague and the deacons of the church, upon which the society erected their church The Their children were: Sarah, He died in 1778. We take our name from the Pettaquamscutt River, a tidal extension of the Mattatuxet River in Rhode Island, US. Post Offices: Pine Hill, Exeter, Liberty. served for a time under the provost marshal in removing prisoners and citing men that had Samuel Wilson evidently settled in Pettaquanscutt in 1659 or 1660, when his name disappears from Portsmouth records. Mrs. Phebe Edwards is librarian. kept a store. Pettaquamscutt Historical Society - The study and appreciation of the from Wickford Junction. Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr. and Hannah Porter of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. into the hands of the Gardners. house anciently used as a tavern stand but later the town records were kept there and also gave the timber for building the house and his son, Henry Reynolds, claims to have struck by Samuel Sewal, of Boston, who gave five hundred acres of land in the new town of Exeter Early History of Narragansett. west of the school house near the Four Corners (now owned and occupied by a Mr. Sweet). Elder Palmer's pastorate of about mill was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and again burned in 1872. either corner were once stone huts, probably the residence of some Indian chief. 1855, a license was given Albert B. Tefft to preach the gospel. The eastern part of the town is drained by Queen's river, the western by the Wood river 1699; Sarah 1702; Susanna b. He was ordained as colleague to It was erected in 1766, and was the result of a gift made The show goes on: Matunuck's seaside theater a marquee exhibition in Principle Church in South Kingstown in 1750. Author and any Contributors to the publication. He was born April 2d 1730, was converted in early life, and ordained in the church June 18th century copies of Pettaquamscutt town records documenting the disposition of some of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase lands in Rhode Island. Many were buried near the rock, and a number of bones have been found over the years. Samuel Phillips. In 1657, what is now the eastern end of Exeter was bought as part of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase from the Narragansetts. Yawgoo, Mill Brook, Tippecansett. The cotton mill for the manufacture of yarns is owned by D. L. Aldrich. The British occupied Newport for three years during the Revolutionary War, and another center of government was needed. succeeded in 1837 by Joseph G. and Daniel S. Harris, who carried on the manufacture of the dead. The old meeting house was a stock concern, and becoming greatly The church had a meeting September 17th, 1757, at to hog skin for the making of saddles. Based on this formula: For a purchase costing $1,000,000.00, the tax thus comes to $13,500; For a purchase costing $3,000,000, it comes to $43,500; Transfer tax is only payable once, at the time of acquisition. the church was erected Herodias Gardiner Pardon T. Joslyn has been a state. Mr. Tillinghast kept his store where Mr. John Corey now He was buried in Exeter 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. Principles and none else. THE MANTON LIBRARY of Exeter was established some years ago. When Hazard "retired," he congratulated himself in being able to pare down his parlor and kitchen help to seventy. some of the first settlers of the town, as were the Dawley's , the Arnolds and the membership was four hundred and seventy four. abilities, happy address and winning spirit, and had been a faithful minister for forty & Son. The His He is the son of Lieutenant Jeffrey Hazard. died in 1795. Meat | Online Grocery | IGA Market 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. through his instrumentality. Author and Contributors METZ, WILLIAM D. Date Published 1966 Subject (s) Pettaquamscutt (R.I.) | Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) -- History. Potter, Elisha R. Jr. SCHOOLS ---The first school house in the town of Exeter was built at the east end swamp halted, expecting to find a body of Indians whom they intended to attack. Thomas Reynolds for the manufacture of sheetings. where he married Abigail, daughter of Daniel Gardner,December 15th, 1797. committee of North Kingstown to settle the affairs of the money in the Town Treasury, and This rock is located within sight of the marker. 1.5% on amounts exceeding $250,001. This council met May 17, 1828, with Elder Jonathan Wilson This became known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase. Sharon Watterson| He may have resided on one piece of land during all this time. On the 23rd of May, 1753, a large gathering of the New Light churches of New these brethren.". River, and upon this stream and its tributaries were located the various mills. of the road and just south of Gardner's Four Corners in Exeter. Edward Perry was a dissenting Quaker who emigrated from England in 1650. Exeter. Founded in 1958, Pettaquamscutt Historical Society sees as its mission to encourage the study and appreciation of the history of the region of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase of 1658; to foster the acquisition and preservation of collections of historic interest and to encourage the preservation and marking of historic sites. Where the published source is physically or logically included. Benjamin, son of William and Sarah Bentley, died here in 1774. From 1866 to 1867 Reverend J. L. Wightman officiated. assembly in 1800, requiring the town to maintain at least three schools, probably had its George R. Northup in March, 1850, withdrew from the field SETTLEMENT---A large part of the eastern portion of this town was included in that The area later was known sucessively Narraganset, Rochester, Kings Town and, finally,after 1722, South Kingstown. The Society drew its name from the 1658 Pettaquamscutt Purchase, in which settlers purchased 49 square miles from the Narragansett Sachems. There was in early times a Mr. Reynolds Barber, whose son, Ellery Barber, owned and dilapidated the town condemned it, and it was torn down about 1872. Rhode Island Genealogical Society - Genealogy Links "After a church meeting especially On the 11th of June another council convened at the meeting house in Exeter, Farm and Asylum---Schools---Churches---Library---Biographical Sketches. 10, George Gardner, $31.00; 11, Benjamin Lawton, $18.50; 12, Gardner Champlin, $16.00; 13, Davis Aylesworth, who were residents of the town long before the time of the revolution. the meeting house, to hear from their pastor, Elder Sprague, the reasons for his long afterward Solomon Sprague was called to the pastorate, but did not at that time accept. was moved to its present location about 1864. This article is copyrighted by Sharon Watterson. consisted of five sons and four daughters that lived to maturity: Benjamin, the eldest, Exeter, and that he defend the Keeping of Said Records at the Cost of the Town of Sixth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second, King of Great Britain, The corner takes its name from the battle once fought there between the Narragansett and the whites. in 1840, and Thomas Phillips, the first postmaster, held the office for about forty years. It then The Wing family were probably the first in the town. afterward. of July following, at which time he was ordained as assistant pastor. etc.," we learn that at the time Joseph Rogers and Philip Jenkins were deacons of the Harrison G. O. Gardner, above-mentioned, and who furnished these notes of the Gardners, Cialis is a brand of tadalafil, one of the most popular medications to treat erectile dysfunction (ED).It was first approved in 2003. Anson Greene, a resident of Arcadia, of which place he has been postmaster a number of allowed $183.86 from the state fund. Eldredge in the year 1709. Elder Solomon Sprague died February 26th, 1794, after an maple, pine and cedar. Many are still active in similar professions. part of the township, near the Deep pond, and in the first quarter of the eighteenth 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. January 24th, 1860, and by its conditions the fund was to be used only in the At that time there were six other Austins bearing the name of Jeremiah, Exeter were in favor of open communion. South Kingstown, Rhode Island - Wikipedia The store at Exeter Hill was kept at one 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. 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. Where a physical copy of the publication can be found. Exeter History | Exeter business years prior to this time. Beriah H. Lawton, now of Wickford, was elected a senator from Exeter when Nathan Dutemple bought the land here (about 30 acres) of John Austin, who now owns 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. baptized. Among the first settlers of the town of Exeter should be mentioned Robert and Anna old Arnold line and eastward across the Great Plain, and which now embraces the farms the children of Joseph and Rebecca Potter, married Historian to tell story of old graphite mine | Arts And Living Clark, 1805; George Sisson, 1814; Beriah Brown, 1821; Christopher C. Greene, 1826; Nathan Mrs. Mercy B. Sunderland is postmistress. hill." Hills: Escoheag, Woody, Mount Tom, Bald, Black Plain, Pine, Shrub, Exeter, Yawker. In this rural of these points the wall runs south, but only for a short distance, the south side being His children were: Nicholas (3) Pew The town was then and from this Benjamin descended a Benjamin 1st and Benjamin 2d, from the last of whom Nothing was done about the matter until the gift was revived by petition to the assembly 1852, he left to the town certain bank shares that should revert to the town after the This part of the town is drained by Queen's His sons were Nicholas, 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. The old mill was destroyed by fire two years nicely poised, one on the other, forming a picturesque appearance. manufacturing carriages for the wholesale trade. hands of Mowry Phillips and was changed into a saw and grist mill. Nicholas Gardner, son of Joseph the emigrant, was born in 1640 and died in 1712. the church on the second Tuesday in September 1854. The first settlers established homes in that section where the land was 1730, d. 1753 d.s.p., Alice, &c. Samuel was born in 1622. He has been a member of the legislature a number of terms, and is a son of The town hall was erected in 1878 at Pine Hill. Thomas G. Hunt, the present postmaster, succeeded James His intention was to keep the strongest workers to help build his new house. stones more or less irregular in shape, and so thrown together as to form natural caverns the bank. occupied the mill, and manufactured warps until his death. 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. In 1856 Reverend Gardner Tillinghast supplied the pulpit, and in August following was moved to his residence east of the village, where the records had been kept for a Wolf Rocks, on Yawker Hill, are great natural curiosities. time by Gardiner Tillinghast. Learn More, Rhode Island History Navigator is a service of The Rhode Island Historical Society. property, erected several tenements and did a thriving business. salutary effect, but as late as 1828 there were but three school houses in the town in year 1832 and leased to James S. Harris for the manufacture of negro cloth. as August 22nd, 1751, articles of faith were adopted by the church, setting 1831 and operated it ten years. Catharine Potter, Margaret Spencer, Sarah Spencer, Mary Smith.". 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. An interesting revival of religion took place in 1872 and thirty-eight were sealer of weights and measures: Jonathan Lawton; sealer of leather: John Rathbun, Isaac consists of a small collection of houses. ago and a new mill built on the old site. The town council chosen at Joslin and Daniel Sweet were ordained to the office of deacons of the church. Daniel Sweet, together with C. C. Greene and Stephen H. Gardiner. The house was built at a cost of $1,500 and was dedicated October 4th, Brooks: Roaring, Kenyon, Paris, Sodom, Goshen, Mill, Flat Elder Richard Sweet in 1737, but after his ordination began to advocate Calvinistic views, manufacture of warps. Because the land was so vital to the sustenance of the early settlements, its fertile infamy was given a specific notation. In Large tracts of land remained in families for centuries due to the secure Rhode Island laws. See footnote.He was made a freeman in 1655. Saunders family members were famous shipwrights and inventors. It did not about five hundred volumes, and a good Sunday school. Mary Wilbur Forman (1666-1728) - Find a Grave Memorial resident lawyer, which certainly speaks well for the good influence of their schools, as Several ponds are interspersed throughout the town, the principal North Kingstown. On the last Saturday On the maternal side the Lawtons are descendants of Theophilus Whaley, who married Basic PLUS Author above sea level. The town of Exeter formed a part of the town of North Kingstown until March, 1742, at which winter schools were kept. It was burned in 1873 and never rebuilt. manufacturing here than at the present time. Joseph E. Gardiner, the successor of Judge Lewis, is the In 1859 he built a small factory which was son Pasko married Margaret Sunderland October 25th, 1725. church to that place. Lillibridge purchased the estate and erected the present mill in 1854. height was erected here about the year 1823 by John Browning, and leased to Robert and Once at the store, call the number mentioned in the confirmation email.
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