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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Report
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.
Library Catalog
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Periodical Source Index
Author: National Historical Magazine
Author: Genealogy of the Kemble (Kimble) Family in America
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Descendants of Thomas Kemble of Berkshire, England (1616?-1680), Anne Page (1623-1665), and Hannah Chaffen Aplin (d. 1697). Hannah and her children Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin and Edward emigrated from Devonshire to Burlington County, New Jersey in 1681. In 1683 she married Benjamin Scott (d. 1685). Includes other Kemble families whose ancestors are unknown. Descendants have settled throughout the United States.
Scharf family
Author: Vincent Eugene FalterPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
January and February, 1925 volumes bound together as one.
Guide to Microforms in Print
Author: History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Author: Joseph Kelly TurnerPublisher:
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description