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Category : Providence (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence
Author: Some Descendants of John Thomas of Jamestown, Rhode Island
Author: Hollis A. Thomas, MDPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475965710
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
In 1636, Roger Williams, recently banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of his religious beliefs, established a settlement at the head of Narragansett Bay that he named “Providence.” This small colony soon became a sanctuary for those seeking to escape religious persecution. Within a few years, a royal land patent and charter resulted in the formation of the “Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,” which incorporated Williams’ original settlement and espoused his tenets of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. During the ensuing decades, thousands of Baptists, Quakers, Jews, and Huguenots relocated to Rhode Island from other New England colonies, the British Islands, and Europe in search of religious freedom. One such individual, John Thomas, an immigrant from Wales, made significant contributions to early settlements at Jamestown on Conanicut Island and at Wickford on the nearby mainland of Rhode Island. He was the first town constable of Jamestown in 1679, and later owned hundreds of acres of land in the towns of North and South Kingstown. This fully indexed work traces and sketches the lives of his descendants, many of whom were at the forefront of the great American westward migration, and represents the most comprehensive compilation of them to date. It is the result of twenty years of extensive research and includes detailed information from military pension archives, will and estate records, agricultural data, county histories, and migration patterns that far exceeds the standard for genealogical works of this scope and magnitude. It is important for us to remember those who helped shape our nation. This work provides valuable information for those who are interested in this family and its evolution in America.
Report on the Archives of Rhode Island
Author: Clarence Saunders BrighamPublisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Labor and Laborers of the Loom
Author: Gail Fowler MohantyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415979021
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Catalogue to the Circulating Collection of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: Local histories: New England and New York
Author: New England Historic Genealogical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio), Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Library Catalog
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Report of the Librarian of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description