Author: Althea H. McAleerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Graveyards of North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Author: Althea H. McAleerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
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.
Elm Grove Cemetery Inscriptions North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Author: Althea H. McAleerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Rhode Island's Civil War Dead
Author: Robert GrandchampPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476636834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Rhode Island sent 23,236 men to fight in the Civil War. They served in eight infantry regiments, three heavy artillery regiments, three regiments and one battalion of cavalry, a company of hospital guards and 10 batteries of light artillery. Hundreds more served in the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Rhode Islanders participated in nearly every major battle of the war, firing the first volleys at Bull Run, and some of the last at Appomattox. How many died in the Civil War is a question that has long eluded historians. Drawing on a 20-year study of regimental histories, pension files, letters, diaries, and visits to every cemetery in the state, award-winning Civil War historian Robert Grandchamp documents 2,217 Rhode Islanders who died as a direct result of military service. Each regiment is identified, followed by the name, rank and place of residence for each soldier, the details of their deaths and, where known, their final resting places.
Elm Grove Cemetery Inscriptions, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Author: Althea H. McAleerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Rhode Island Freight Rail Improvement Project
Author: Supplement One--The Lillibridges of the World
Author: Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Registration in Embalming, List of Registered Embalmers and Rules for Transportation of the Dead
Author: Rhode Island. State Board of Registration in EmbalmingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Embalming
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Coventry, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries
Author: Bill EddlemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Cemeteries of the U.S.
Author: Deborah M. BurekPublisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN: 9780810392458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description