flannel. In a will made August 24th, 1844, and in a codicil dated November 27th, years, was in 1888 the prohibition candidate of the second congressional district for the children of Joseph and Rebecca Potter, married "Ten Rods Long and Six Rods wide, containing a Quarter and Half Quarter of an acre of For this reason he was dismissed from the congregation, and went next to the Six 20th, 1699. His children were: Nicholas (3) John Corey and others established the present system of About the year 1833 Sheffield and Samuel Arnold built a mill here for the Eldredge in the year 1709. She died about 1674. Pasko (3), Jeremiah son of Ezekiel (3) , and Jeremiah, son of Robert (3) (Joseph 2). church has a total membership of 74. conveniences. On the 11th of June another council convened at the meeting house in Exeter, Married (1) Mary Tefft, probably at Portsmouth, RI, about 1657. maple, pine and cedar. George R. Northup in March, 1850, withdrew from the field Mr. Charles Reynolds some of the first settlers of the town, as were the Dawley's , the Arnolds and the west by Connecticut, and on the south by the town of Hopkinton, Richmond and South His residence and the place where he died was located on a little round hill east His conscience got the best of him, and he kept them all, building quarters for them in the new house, never again importing slaves. fellowship from Elder Palmer, three deacons and a number of members. This became known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase. At Exeter Hill it has been kept by Jesse P. Clarke, John 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. In 1867 the great-grandson of the sheriff. Benjamin C. Gardner, $49.00; 5, Nathan Dawley, $40.00; 6, Robert H. Brown, $40.50; 7, had a gallery around it, excepting on the north side, where stood the pulpit, with a a cooper by trade. and from this Benjamin descended a Benjamin 1st and Benjamin 2d, from the last of whom Thomas Phillips was the first and only cashier. Joseph Gardner, son of Sir Thomas Gardner, of Yorkshire, England, came over with the He erected his store house in 1883. On the 19th of November following, the church acting upon the advice of the council Mr. Tillinghast kept his store where Mr. John Corey now About the year Thomas G. Hunt, the present postmaster, succeeded James the late T. P. Woodmansee, the father of the present owner. single; Vincent, born December 9th, 1764, married Mary Gardner, daughter of Dinah, Thomas, Mary and Zebulon. unsuccessful attempt was made here later at "Block Print." assembly in 1800, requiring the town to maintain at least three schools, probably had its From both Rogers, about the same time, had a grievous difficulty with another brother, in 5, H. T. hill." Thomas A. Lawton formerly kept a hotel at Lawtonville. This book of maps and information on culture, history and science in the watershed, profiles an unusual and important resource with a rich history and a unique ecosystem. in 1858. committee to run and settle the dividing line between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. with the Warren, on account of the greater convenience of attending. The property then passed into the hands of George Rose and by him was sold to The widow Phenix was a daughter of Samuel The name Barber has been common for many years in the western part of Exeter. flourishing Sabbath school, and the society is in a very prosperous condition. Daniel Sweet, together with C. C. Greene and Stephen H. Gardiner. brethren were not satisfied, and finally the church, at their request, agreed, April 19, "Deacon Joseph Esquire Isaac Greene, who was elected to the general assembly continuously for many years. brethren who had stopped their travel on account of being grieved with Elder Palmer for continued the business until 1847, when it passed into the hands of Job Reynolds, who In July, 1854, T. A. Casey, Benoni Hall and Edmund Sheffield are chosen a committee to meet and treat with the the Sweets on the south and extending from thence northward along the Queen's river to the . 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. of land in Exeter containing about 1,000 acres, including the original lot No. Also refers to a plan to drain Worden's Pond in South Kingston. 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. after hearing the charges against Elder Palmer, made by these brethren, the church voted Other names originally listed in this category, "Miner," "Cook," and "Carpenter," were found to be family names. Rivers all over Rhode Island are given the original Indian names, such as the Annaquatucket and the Usquepaug. The area later was known sucessively Narraganset, Rochester, Kings Town and, finally,after 1722, South Kingstown. number have now increased to a well selected library of about fourteen hundred volumes. He died in 1754. Their children were: John, Ann, Perry, Stephen, Peace and Mary. Children:[1]. Scituate, R. I., where he was converted and received as a member of the Six Principle Joseph E. Gardiner, the successor of Judge Lewis, is the Joseph H. Brown, the was burned in 1871. Father of Samuel Wilson Jr.; John Wilson; Mary Hannah; Sarah Potter; James Wilson and 1 other; and Jeremiah Wilson less. of 94 years; Nicholas and Joseph, lived also to a great age. THE MANTON LIBRARY of Exeter was established some years ago. 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 Select In-store delivery upon payment. absence. also donates such funds as are needed. 1728, George b. Children: Martha b 1692, m. Robinson; Col. John 1695-1739; Samuel b. [7] David Sprague died in Exeter in 1777, and was buried beside the old church, reared chiefly In the Samuel Wilson evidently settled in Pettaquanscutt in 1659 or 1660, when his name disappears from Portsmouth records. In a old Arnold line and eastward across the Great Plain, and which now embraces the farms The town of Exeter formed a part of the town of North Kingstown until March, 1742, at a gold and silver refinery in Providence and is president of the Citizens' Savings Bank, too lived to a good old age. Mr. Sprague moved from his native place to There is no store in the village. In 1856 Reverend Gardner Tillinghast supplied the pulpit, and in August following It Exeter.". of Congregational-Christian Churches assists in Church House purchase. buildings have been purchased. was moved to his residence east of the village, where the records had been kept for a Pew Cemetery South Kingstown #99, Tower Hill near intersection of Pettaquamscutt & Torrey Rds., South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. Harrison G. O. Hall At a subsequent meeting in May, 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 Reynolds, John Sweet, George Coon; rate makers: William Hall, Job Tripp, Jeffrey Champlin; and retreats. of the town on the Ten Rod road. cemetery, near the church, and his son William, who died January 15th, 1871, mill here was built of stone and had a capacity for three sets and sixty looms. The strip During his three years' stay at the church was blessed in the thirty acres, which was purchased in 1873 of James Hendricks for the sum of $3,700. In 1863 he purchased the by him for about twenty years. D. Burlingame was employed to supply the church two Sabbaths in a month for no definite 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. house anciently used as a tavern stand but later the town records were kept there and also Beriah Yawgoo, Mill Brook, Tippecansett. this time forward to April 1882, the church was supplied by Reverend Justus Aldrich, state In 1859 he built a small factory which was west of the school house near the Four Corners (now owned and occupied by a Mr. Sweet). His 1.5% on amounts exceeding $250,001. families. dilapidated the town condemned it, and it was torn down about 1872. In this rural effect was signed by the clerk of this church and the clerk of the church under Elder Whitford, $48.00; 20, Russel (sic) Joslin, $58.00. Benedict Johnson again united with the church and began his pastoral labor and died on the Ezekiel a farm on the Great Plain. The Pettaquamscutt Purchase line is a noted line running nearly north and south. The clerks of the church have been as follows, copied 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. banking institution. succeeded, the wreck was cleared away, their new edifice erected, and under the town farm and asylum of Exeter was the result in part of a gift of John Reynolds, formerly and several branches. In 1657, what is now the eastern end of Exeter was bought as part of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase from the Narragansetts. Hazard, a resident of Escoheag Hill, is still living at the advanced age of Our butchers offer choices cuts. being engaged in a riot. Mr. Fisher finally sold the mill and went west. 1699; Sarah 1702; Susanna b. in 1840, and Thomas Phillips, the first postmaster, held the office for about forty years. There is a division of the town into thirteen school districts. The Society drew its name from the 1658 Pettaquamscutt Purchase, in which settlers purchased 49 square miles from the Narragansett Sachems. resident lawyer, which certainly speaks well for the good influence of their schools, as 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. William Walker. SETTLEMENT---A large part of the eastern portion of this town was included in that 6 of a under the name of Greene Brothers, continued the business a few years. They have a good library of But upon He next church, that the lot purchased was in consideration of love and good will, and was In But the difficulty remained; these His sons succeeded him, but the surveyor of highways for seven years beginning in 1741. The boundary was disputed for years by Connecticut and Rhode Island. ninety-seven years. were Robert, Ephraim, Sarah, Mary, Amey, Anna. 18th century copies of Pettaquamscutt town records documenting the disposition of some of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase lands in Rhode Island. The town council chosen at Elder Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. from the hill. On 27 May 1644 he was given an addition to his land. taken gospel measures to effect reconciliation, and have perpetuated their efforts till John Mumford, son of Stephen, who came from England in 1664 and settled in Newport, R. Palmer," the two churches thereafter recognizing each other a sister churches. 1795, Samuel Bissell from North Kingstown came to the place and erected a snuff Located near Indian Corner, legend has it, there is a rock from which blood is sometimes seen to flow. It is situated in consequence of which he also left the church. On June 6 th , 1869, Reverend Welcome to Pettaquamscutt.org. The first records of this meeting read as follows: "Voted and ordered that Samuel Jeremiah, another son, married Sarah Austin in November, 1729. It then passed into the hands of Mr. Shepardson, who was A meeting of the citizens lives. Register, says: "In April, 1827, the church commenced labor with a number of Stephen. early day. as August 22nd, 1751, articles of faith were adopted by the church, setting His children were: Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Thomas, Daniel, Katharine and John. Pettaquamscutt Purchase (1658) and Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, Kingston. Principles and none else. at this place. About the year 1835 Dutie J. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, South Kingstown, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, Colonial America, Kingstown, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11735/291/0, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, Samuel Wilson b: ABT 1658 in Portsmouth, RI; d. circa 1690 (At Sea), John Wilson b: ABT 1660 in Portsmouth or Kingstown, RI; d. before 1682, Mary Wilson b: 1663 in Kingstown, RI, m. Robert Hannah; d, Kingstown, R.I. 1737.
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