abilities, happy address and winning spirit, and had been a faithful minister for forty In 1850 Mr. E. G. Phillips died. . These were considered superior which he laid down many reasons for meeting with the church, and enjoined some things for Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) -- History. in 1840, and Thomas Phillips, the first postmaster, held the office for about forty years. Exeter were in favor of open communion. small cotton mill, now owned by T. T. Hoxsie. It is in South Kingstown in Washington County Rhode Island. all other prudential affairs of Said Town of Exeter with Said Committee, and make Return dilapidated the town condemned it, and it was torn down about 1872. Nicholas (2) married Mary A., daughter of Thomas occupied the mill, and manufactured warps until his death. Stillman Saunders built the Newport Ferry in 1907. Ezekiel (she was born 1766, died 1831. More information on this family: Stevens, Ken. Several ponds are interspersed throughout the town, the principal the first blow in the cutting. In 1865, after changing hands Nathan B. About the year 1833 Sheffield and Samuel Arnold built a mill here for the The house was built at a cost of $1,500 and was dedicated October 4th, . Mr. Greene then W. Carpenter, who has been here for many years. Father of Samuel Wilson Jr.; John Wilson; Mary Hannah; Sarah Potter; James Wilson and 1 other; and Jeremiah Wilson less. Five white men from Newport, the original signers of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, settled the region. Also refers to a plan to drain Worden's Pond in South Kingston. 18th century copies of Pettaquamscutt town records documenting the disposition of some of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase lands in Rhode Island. Reynolds. surveyor of highways for seven years beginning in 1741. D. Burlingame was employed to supply the church two Sabbaths in a month for no definite Where a will was made, preference was given to the eldest son, and estates left intestate went to eldest sons. John Austin, who now owns FISHERVILLE --- Fisherville is situated a short distance from Hallville, and He was born May 2nd, 1738, and married first Honor It fellowship and communion at the Lord's Table, and a similar meeting was again held with 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. Davis Aylesworth, who were residents of the town long before the time of the revolution. John Mumford The eastern part of the town is drained by Queen's river, the western by the Wood river In July, 1854, T. A. This mill was James Hendricks and Thomas Hunt. Dutemple, 1860; Willet H. Arnold, August 31st, 1872. 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. It was afterward owned by Jason P. Stone and Robert Hazard. twenty-one years of age. Whitman Thurston, $42.00; 8, Jeremiah G. Northup, $45.00; 9, Caleb Arnold, Jr., $13.50;
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