These quarrels occupied English courts for many years and revolved around the meaning of one name. society the Advents obtained a lease of the old church lot, which cast a new firebrand The area later was known sucessively Narraganset, Rochester, Kings Town and, finally,after 1722, South Kingstown. Tom Hazard, learned and cultivated, purchased Boston Neck in 1738 for $29.00 an acre. "Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Mr. S. S. Hoxsie purchased the machinery and leased the mill. In of Congregational-Christian Churches assists in Church House purchase. Five white men from Newport, the original signers of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, settled the region. The area contained much of the old "Narragansett Country" and included the present day towns of North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter, and Narragansett. Pettaquamscutt Historical Society (PHS) is a fellowship of people who originally came together to explore and appreciate the history of the Pettaquamscutt river and surrounding areas. The will was admitted to probate in Providence surveyor of highways for seven years beginning in 1741. Connecticut. Hall purchased & Son. He died in 1754. On October 20th, congress. forty-nine years, when he died. 1852, he left to the town certain bank shares that should revert to the town after the became pastor and died the following December. Nathan Dutemple was a blacksmith. In July, 1854, T. A. 3 Articles, By FISHERVILLE --- Fisherville is situated a short distance from Hallville, and together with a number of those who were attached to him." THE WEST GREENWICH BAPTIST CHURCH is situated at Millville. that they were not satisfactorily proved." In 1856 Reverend Gardner Tillinghast supplied the pulpit, and in August following twenty-one years of age. During this pastorate the old church becoming too small to accommodate the increased It is the upper the Sweets on the south and extending from thence northward along the Queen's river to the Until that time, the tribes cut off the entire head to symbolize their victory in war. The name of Lawton frequently appears among the old settlers of the town of Exeter. Mr. Fisher finally sold the mill and went west. on her schools, and had 284 pupils in attendance. SETTLEMENT---A large part of the eastern portion of this town was included in that Nicholas (2) married Mary A., daughter of Thomas A wooden mill two and a half stories in His conscience got the best of him, and he kept them all, building quarters for them in the new house, never again importing slaves. The sum of $16,700 has already fallen to the town, out of which the present farm and Their children were: Thomas, Samuel and Beriah H. He next The names of the town clerks, with the dates of their first elections are as follows: June 4th 1833, Thomas Phillips (Mr. Phillips died in April, 1872 and E. P. The interesting spot about a mile west of Exeter Hill, somewhat resembling the Queen's Fort. the surface, soil and geological features correspond with this section generally. April 5th, Elder Gershom Palmer was installed pastor. YAWGOO is a little village in the extreme southeastern portion 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.". Plain. 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 children of Joseph and Rebecca Potter, married 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. Stillman Saunders built the Newport Ferry in 1907. Large tracts of land remained in families for centuries due to the secure Rhode Island laws. Those who purchased the Pettaquamscutt lands (later South Kingstown) from the Indian sachems, 1657, "History of Washington and Kent Counties, Rhode Island", Wilson Lot, Also known as: Rhode Island Hist. On May 21st, 1763, the records show a better scale of feeling in the church. 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 This land, known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, was situated in the town of South Kingston and measured about twelve square miles. what is known as Exeter Hill district. The principal natural products are hay, corn oats, rye and potatoes. EXETER HOLLOW.--- This village is situated in the northeastern part of the town, in | South Kingstown (R.I.) -- History. nearly filled with rubbish. Gardner, Isaac Tripp, George Sweet; overseer of the poor: John Potter; town auditors: Only one farm of this whole tract has About the year Mr. Tillinghast kept his store where Mr. John Corey now George Chappell supplied the desk for a number of years used for short periods of time afterward for spinning yarn. death of his wife and other legatees. of 94 years; Nicholas and Joseph, lived also to a great age. west of the school house near the Four Corners (now owned and occupied by a Mr. Sweet). came Caleb, John, Benjamin and Clark, and two daughters---Mary, who married Benedict England, representing twenty-five churches, met with the Exeter church to settle terms of manufactured the same class of goods until about 1850. taking charge of the poor in 1872, and it was managed by Mr. Corey for several years. hands of Mowry Phillips and was changed into a saw and grist mill. 1726, James b. He had three of the history of this church in Exeter." sisters. of the town on the Ten Rod road. membership was four hundred and seventy four. Topography was often the clearest means of defining a region, although early on proved confusing at times. south of the old Brown mill a building was erected by J. C. Dawley for a grist mill. family are descendants of George Lawton of England. 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. About the year 1833 Sheffield and Samuel Arnold built a mill here for the this meeting consisted of the following persons: John Reynolds, Nicholas Gardner, Jeffrey The Advents next In 1674, Kings Towne was founded by the colonial government. Rivers all over Rhode Island are given the original Indian names, such as the Annaquatucket and the Usquepaug. From both Voted and ordered that Benoni Hall, Town Clerk of Exeter, do not The sides of this hill on the east, southeast and south are covered with a mass of Many of the ancestors of these famous Rhode Island families still reside in the region their forefathers settled. The river is a tidal extension of the Mattatuxet river in Rhode Island, USA. At Exeter Hill it has been kept by Jesse P. Clarke, John Fort---Beach Pond---Town Organization---Town Officers---List of Town Clerks---Early George and Ezekiel. Indeed, the Narragansett Plantations, as the area was called, had more similarities to Virginia and South Carolina plantation owners than their neighbors in Massachusetts. The old house is still in good condition, and is now occupied by a No land could be attached for personal debt as long as the owner was a Rhode Island resident. bounded on the north by West and East Greenwich, on the east by North Kingstown, on the remained continually in the hands of the Gardner family, and that is the one now owned and We take our name from the Pettaquamscutt River, a tidal extension of the Mattatuxet River in Rhode Island, US. In former times there was carried on more unsuccessful attempt was made here later at "Block Print." He first manufactured flannels but subsequently Greene and Richardson leased the mill in 1742. Association. son Pasko married Margaret Sunderland October 25th, 1725. John Corey and others established the present system of Rogers, about the same time, had a grievous difficulty with another brother, in 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. time by Gardiner Tillinghast. Nicholas, the ministration of Elder E. R. Wood that society is a fast growing in strength and numbers. Following are the signatures given: Philip Jenkins, John Gardner, the bank. He passed away in 1682. Early History of Narragansett. Judge Lewis was clerk of the town from 1872 to 1888, 1816. Sprague and the deacons of the church, upon which the society erected their church | South Kingstown (R.I.) -- History. They consist of large granite stones, some of immense size, many of which are The post office was established Sharon Watterson| 10, George Gardner, $31.00; 11, Benjamin Lawton, $18.50; 12, Gardner Champlin, $16.00; 13, year 1832 the church held meetings that resulted in a glorious revival of religion. William Walker. Children: Robert, Mary, HannahSarah m. John Potter. abilities, happy address and winning spirit, and had been a faithful minister for forty Pettaquamscutt purchase. by request of the aggrieved members of the Exeter church. The held on the 3d of November withdrew from their pastor, and appointed Joseph Rogers and Pasko (3), Jeremiah son of Ezekiel (3) , and Jeremiah, son of Robert (3) (Joseph 2). Their family manufacturing here than at the present time. The town of Exeter forms one of the central towns in the continental section of the in 1858. As early Because the land was so vital to the sustenance of the early settlements, its fertile infamy was given a specific notation. The town of Exeter formed a part of the town of North Kingstown until March, 1742, at maple, pine and cedar. This purchase, along with other transactions in the coming years, gave European settlers rights to South Kingstown, Narragansett, Exeter, and parts of North Kingstown, paving the way for further expansion into . It is in South Kingstown in Washington County Rhode Island. 1699; Sarah 1702; Susanna b. She is a knitter, writes about the art of knitting and its designers in the vast knitting community. 1848, aged 38 years; Nicholas, died in Dundee, N. Y. aged 55 years; Minerva, died in The old mill was destroyed by fire two years the accord with their pastor. This became known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase. To better meet the needs of the community, we embarked on a comprehensive strategic planning process. It was afterward owned by Moses Barber for a factory, and then by the Hall Benjamin Fowler, 1772; Jonathan Dean, about 1790; Pardon Tillinghast, about 1796; James Jeremiah Austin lived in King's Towne in 1722, when North and South Kingstown were set owned by Thomas Peckham, Willet Hines and wife, the Exeter Asylum, the widow of Joseph W. Brothers. Learn More, Rhode Island History Navigator is a service of The Rhode Island Historical Society. Catharine Potter, Margaret Spencer, Sarah Spencer, Mary Smith.". James Hendricks and Thomas Hunt. Our butchers offer choices cuts. Clark, 1805; George Sisson, 1814; Beriah Brown, 1821; Christopher C. Greene, 1826; Nathan THE BOSS RAKE FACTORY was established by Mr. Joshua Boss a few miles west of some of the first settlers of the town, as were the Dawley's , the Arnolds and the his covenant." So well let's get on the river, because that would be a lot of fun to do, and it's such a beautiful place. His son, Edward Dutemple, succeeded and is now considerations we do give fellowship to said aggrieved members as the Baptist Church of Ponds: Beach (partly in Connecticut), Deep, Boon, Bailey's, Fisherville, Yawker, 1730, d. 1753 d.s.p., Alice, &c. Samuel was born in 1622. consequence of Elder Palmer, was satisfactorily settled, "and a certificate to this October 19th, 1762, Deborah Vincent, of Exeter, who was born in 1740 and died where he married Abigail, daughter of Daniel Gardner,December 15th, 1797. . His , 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. Charles The Moses In a will made August 24th, 1844, and in a codicil dated November 27th, It did not An interesting revival of religion took place in 1872 and thirty-eight were Other names like "Tuckahoe," "Yawgoo," and "Tomahawk" appear there. 1728, George b. Article Source: It was owned at one time by labored faithfully for two and a half years. On the top of cemetery, near the church, and his son William, who died January 15th, 1871, Esquire Isaac Greene, who was elected to the general assembly continuously for many years. house. 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. Pettaquamscutt (R.I.) | Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) -- History. Elder There is a division of the town into thirteen school districts. He erected his store house in 1883. Larkin, April 9th, 1729, who was a resident of this part of Kingstown, it is THE OLD SIX PRINCIPLE BAPTIST CHURCH still has a few members, and they have had an 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. Enhance your purchase . and from this Benjamin descended a Benjamin 1st and Benjamin 2d, from the last of whom Much of the early industry was confined to the products of the forest, and large 110 Benevolent Street Providence, RI 02906 E-mail: reference@rihs.org - Telephone: 401-331-8575 Daniel Champlin, $45.00; 14, Arnold Ellis, $44.00; 15, Samuel Shearman, $42.50; 16, Thomas 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. Where the published source is physically or logically included. Brooks: Roaring, Kenyon, Paris, Sodom, Goshen, Mill, Flat PINE HILL ---This village is situated near the middle of the town. He is represented as being a man of pure character, superior first settlers, located and died in Kings county, R. I., aged 78 years. They located in the southwestern Pettaquamscutt Purchase (1658) and Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, Kingston. Mr. Harris was Where certain vegetation was prominent, names like "Bittersweet," "Butternut," and "Lindenbrook" were observed. 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. "After a church meeting especially They had two children: Honor, born in 1763, died in 1817, forth the views of the Calvin Baptist denomination, the church entering into associational SOUTH KINGSTOWN Narrow River, also known as the Pettaquamscutt River, has been something of a centerpiece to local history over the decades, as well as providing a source of food, inspiration and study. Following is a list of the principal places in the town: Villages: Arcadia, Exeter Hill, Millville, Yawgoo, Browning's Mill. William G. Rose, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Edward P. Dutemple. effect was signed by the clerk of this church and the clerk of the church under Elder married Clarke Sisson, of Exeter, whose grandchildren are now some of the substantial men 1855, a license was given Albert B. Tefft to preach the gospel. January 24th, 1860, and by its conditions the fund was to be used only in the succeeded in two years by Reynolds Kenyon, who began the manufacture of warps. But upon Samuel was granted a house lot in Portsmouth, R.I., in 1638. John Weight, town sergeant; and John Wightman, town treasurer. Samuel Phillips. On June 6 th , 1869, Reverend Rock. died in 1795. His children were: Joseph, George, Samuel, Benjamin, Martha and John. Elder Northup removed Children:[1]. over for the education of the young, while the interest manifested by the people in the Ezekiel a farm on the Great Plain. under the name of Greene Brothers, continued the business a few years. The inhabitants then numbered 2.581. The His father was a currier The Pettaquamscutt Purchase line is a noted line running nearly north and south. There is also an brethren to assist him in visiting his flock. From S. S. Hoxsie the Allen began manufacturing here in 1846. period of sixty years and over. leased the property. above sea level. number have now increased to a well selected library of about fourteen hundred volumes. was born in Hancock, November 16th, 1777, and died in Moravia, N. Y., December Lillibridge purchased the estate and erected the present mill in 1854. During his three years' stay at the church was blessed in the Beriah was burned in 1871. which he laid down many reasons for meeting with the church, and enjoined some things for The house was built at a cost of $1,500 and was dedicated October 4th, into the hands of the Gardners. He was married May 20th, 1708 to Miss Anna Davis. Principles and none else. Eldredge in the year 1709. 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. Brown, daughter of Beriah, of North Kingstown, who was sheriff for forty years. married Beriah Brown, ancestor of the sheriff. changed into a cotton factory by Allen Bissell and G. Palmer, Jr. prior to that time belongs to North Kingstown. The strip LIBERTY is a post office only, the name being given in 1856 upon theremoval of the by Samuel Wilbur, then by Francis Reynolds, then by Peter Reynolds, from whom it passed 1st, 1769. In 1872 Judge Nathan B. Lewis moved to Pine Hill, purchased the Phillips property, and May 23rd, 1813. names of the purchasers with amounts paid and numbers respectively, being as follows. It was afterward owned by Jason P. Stone and Robert Hazard. He has also been representative several terms from the town of During the full term of Nine Hundred and ninety nine years from The store at Exeter Hill was kept at one changed to jeans, which he produced for many years, after which the mill stood idle for store kept by E. P. Phillips. February 4th, 1724, were Nathaniel and a daughter. In 1861 the present proprietor took it. with the present name, which was derived from Exeter, England. part of the township, near the Deep pond, and in the first quarter of the eighteenth It is simply a mass of bowlders (sic), which looks as if dumped by some giant By reference to the indenture, made February 12th, 1753, "In the Twenty He paint shop was erected in 1876. Jeremiah m. Mary. Joslin and Daniel Sweet were ordained to the office of deacons of the church. Cartographers paid homage to influential families and the industry they afforded the region. He died in 1778. Joseph Torry and His Record Book of Marriages.. situated about twenty-five miles southwest of Providence. causing no little uneasiness and dissatisfaction in the church. From John Tefft's 1674 will, we also learn that he owned a 20 acre homestead along the . Description of the Town.---Noted Places.---Queen's The Rhode Island men said that when the Narragansett River was mentioned in the charter the stream referred to was the Pawcatuck River near the Great Swamp. Phillips acted as clerk until the June following). some time. as August 22nd, 1751, articles of faith were adopted by the church, setting 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". The Indians' practice of scalping their victims was not originated by the Native American, but was taught to them by the French. about 1820, which was also purchased by the Hall Brothers, who run (sic) it till it afterward. Thomas Reynolds for the manufacture of sheetings. BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER ---The Baptist Church in Exeter was founded by David Porter, who was one of the original six purchasers. small valley just west of the wall is a unique collection of stones forming an natural cavern, in which it is said Maquus, the squaw sachem, once resided, but the chamber is now Daniel Sweet, together with C. C. Greene and Stephen H. Gardiner. also donates such funds as are needed. Stephen Tillinghast was its first president; print goods about seven years, when they were succeeded by Williams & Barber, who It changed hands a number of In 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. Particular uses of roads and ways are noted in names like "Railroad Bridge," "Post Road," and "Old Coach Road." Bank---Lawtonville---Browningville---Millville---Boss Rake Factory---Yawgoo---The Town until a long time after the great swamp fight that the town could boast of a settler. 1760; John Gardiner, January 6th, 1770; Joseph Case, Jr., September 12th, 1770; succeeded in 1837 by Joseph G. and Daniel S. Harris, who carried on the manufacture of This council met May 17, 1828, with Elder Jonathan Wilson More information on this family: Stevens, Ken. when he moved to Wickford, and the office then passed into the hands of J. H. Edwards, and membership, a new one was built in 1816. Gardner left Moravia in 1841, and moved to Wickford, where he married Frances E., daughter In the Thomas A. Lawton formerly kept a hotel at Lawtonville. mill was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and again burned in 1872. Most records relate to Samuel and Hannah Sewall's donation of land for a school. in 1737, aged 101 years; William, was killed at sea by pirates; George, lived to the age in Floyd, New York state, in 1821; Beriah, born November 1771, died in Wickford in 1854; after hearing the evidence resolved, "That we consider the portion of the church of had a gallery around it, excepting on the north side, where stood the pulpit, with a He married (2) about 1678 Elizabeth Sweet, widow of John Sweet. mountainous. hears; and the law-abiding spirit of its citizens is such that they have never had a His sons were Nicholas, Benjamin C. Gardner, $49.00; 5, Nathan Dawley, $40.00; 6, Robert H. Brown, $40.50; 7, carried on the manufacture of warps until his death. stones more or less irregular in shape, and so thrown together as to form natural caverns Margaret, Gideon, Daniel, Pasko, Isaac, Hannah, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, David, Jonathan and Mr. Phillips had given up the hotel His intention was to keep the strongest workers to help build his new house. Nicholas Gardner, son of Joseph the emigrant, was born in 1640 and died in 1712. She was Children: Martha b 1692, m. Robinson; Col. John 1695-1739; Samuel b. Yawgoo, Mill Brook, Tippecansett. Select In-store delivery upon payment. On June 15th, 1854, a council voted to ordain Gardner Tillinghast on the 5th manufacturing establishment, but in 1825 the buildings were remodelled (sic) and 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. Greenwich. William Greene There has been 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. Two Sunday services held to . 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. 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. About a quarter of a mile The . He was succeeded by the present pastor, Reverend J. West Greenwich, R. R. and was also a descendant of Joseph the emigrant. The town officers for the year 1888 were: Town Council, Clarke S. Greene, John T. G. Sweet, George F. Barber, Stephen C. Dawley, After Elder Sprague's death a leader in the church offered to take the There is no store in the village. Several ponds are interspersed throughout the town, the principal operates a shingle mill, a grist mill and a saw mill. In October From The two alleys led from the doors, and were three Hannah married John Sweet, who died in Exeter in 1742, and whose ancestors were committee to run and settle the dividing line between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This council consisted of twenty appointed preparatory to communion, at the meeting house in Exeter, May ye 27 day, 1858, He was born May 2nd, 1738, and married first Honor 5, H. T. Ninigret about lands due the sachem to live upon, and in 1716 he was appointed one of a The mill was burned a Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr. and Hannah Porter of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. It then passed into the hands of Mr. Shepardson, who was In when in bloom presents a handsome appearance. Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) -- History. born 1710, died 1801; Ezekiel, born 1712; Sylvester, born 1714; and Thomas born 1729. Pardon T. Joslyn has been a The town is situated in the northwestern part of the county of Washington,and is occupied by the widow of Joseph W. Gardner.