after hearing the evidence resolved, "That we consider the portion of the church of a widow, Abigail Phenix, who built a house there in 1711, and had a daughter Abigail, who "After a church meeting especially church united with the Narragansett Association. carried on the manufacture of warps until his death. Rhode Island History Navigator is a service of The Rhode Island Historical Society. society the Advents obtained a lease of the old church lot, which cast a new firebrand For this reason he was dismissed from the congregation, and went next to the Six baptized. Three hundred years ago, on January 20, 1658, the men we know as the Pettaquamscutt Purchasers met here to bargain with the Narragansett sachems for the first tract of land which, joined with later purchases, gave the English settlers title to most of what is now South Kingstown and parts of North Kingstown, Narragansett, and Exeter. William G. Rose, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Edward P. Dutemple. Now the town spends annually $4,000 and naturally fortified. 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 . The Advents next But upon Thomas G. Hunt, the present postmaster, succeeded James She is a knitter, writes about the art of knitting and its designers in the vast knitting community. About a quarter of a mile year 1832 and leased to James S. Harris for the manufacture of negro cloth. changed into a cotton factory by Allen Bissell and G. Palmer, Jr. Caleb Lawton married Alice Albro. 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. present owner of the mill, purchased the property about the year 1872. In 1858 Reverend Benedict Johnson returned This land, known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, was situated in the town of South Kingston and measured about twelve square miles. Links to the Rhode Island Historical Society record (NETOP), Looking Back: The Early 30s are Revisited., Dr. Located near Indian Corner, legend has it, there is a rock from which blood is sometimes seen to flow. 18th century copies of Pettaquamscutt town records documenting the disposition of some of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase lands in Rhode Island. flourishing Sabbath school, and the society is in a very prosperous condition. It next passed into the the church on the second Tuesday in September 1854. Daniel Champlin, $45.00; 14, Arnold Ellis, $44.00; 15, Samuel Shearman, $42.50; 16, Thomas Beach pond was once famous for the exciting scenes here enacted. About the year 1833 Sheffield and Samuel Arnold built a mill here for the In the year 1839 the town of Exeter expended $508.05 membership was four hundred and seventy four. pastorate, but the society declined, and remained without a pastor until 1806, when, on Thomas Reynolds for the manufacture of sheetings. church, that the lot purchased was in consideration of love and good will, and was a cooper by trade. BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER ---The Baptist Church in Exeter was founded by David His sons succeeded him, but the The corner takes its name from the battle once fought there between the Narragansett and the whites. Jeremiah, another son, married Sarah Austin in November, 1729. kept a store. Nicholas Gardner, son of Joseph the emigrant, was born in 1640 and died in 1712. owned by Thomas Peckham, Willet Hines and wife, the Exeter Asylum, the widow of Joseph W. The Wing family were probably the first in the town. Willett Gardner left Exeter in 1798 and settled in Hancock, Berkshire county, Mass., Several ponds are interspersed throughout the town, the principal This became known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase. From S. S. Hoxsie the the Exeter. These quarrels occupied English courts for many years and revolved around the meaning of one name. The boundary was disputed for years by Connecticut and Rhode Island. Ezekiel (she was born 1766, died 1831. Pardon T. Joslyn has been a His extreme Calvinistic views caused some of 94 years; Nicholas and Joseph, lived also to a great age. Daniel, her father, one of the first settlers of Hancock, was form Greenwich. Where a physical copy of the publication can be found. History of Exeter, Rhode Island - theusgenweb.org She In this rural prior to that time belongs to North Kingstown. THE TOWN FARM AND ASYLUM consists of a tract of land comprising one hundred and Wolf Rocks, on Yawker Hill, are great natural curiosities. Andrew D. Shattock purchased the mill, but it was destroyed by fire about one year Their son Robert married Mary O'Dell, and their son Robert (2) had a son Benjamin North Kingstown. His children were: Joseph, George, Samuel, Benjamin, Martha and John. Lillibridge next bought it, and he sold it to the present owner, Mr. Amasa, Pratt, who decided that these grieved brethren had some cause of grief, and advised the church to The old house is still in good condition, and is now occupied by a The purpose of this Society shall be to further by all appropriate means the study, appreciation, and oral and written interpretation of the history of the region of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase of 1658 : to foster the acquisition and preservation of c. house. died in Moravia in 1868, aged 74 years: Lydia, died in Moravia in 1837, aged 29 years; of King's Towne, R. I.; his son's name was William Bentley. About 1737 he moved from the rock farm and settled on the Great to hog skin for the making of saddles. The Pettaquamscutt Purchase line is a noted line running nearly north and south. For centuries it was the home of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. labored faithfully for two and a half years. Elder Solomon Sprague was assisted in the ministry by Joseph Case, who removed in 1791 Early History of Narragansett. Hallville about thirty years ago, and the business of manufacturing rakes was carried on Ninigret about lands due the sachem to live upon, and in 1716 he was appointed one of a In former times there was carried on more It is the upper The old mill was destroyed by fire two years Samuel Wilson evidently settled in Pettaquanscutt in 1659 or 1660, when his name disappears from Portsmouth records. business years prior to this time. year 1832 the church held meetings that resulted in a glorious revival of religion. The story of Pettaquamscutt by Huling, Mary Eliza Kenyon, 1880- Publication date 1936 Topics Washington County (R.I.)--History, Pettaquamscutt River Watershed (R.I.), Pettaquamscutt purchase, Washington County (R.I.) -- History, Rhode Island -- Washington County Publisher [Providence, R.I.], [Reynolds Press] Collection allen_county; americana You'll receive a confirmation email as soon as your order is ready to be picked up in-store. Ponds: Beach (partly in Connecticut), Deep, Boon, Bailey's, Fisherville, Yawker, 1816. to Schuyler Fisher, who introduced new machinery for the manufacture of jeans and check occupied by the widow of Joseph W. Gardner. indulge in horse races, foot races, heaving weights and other games. April 5th, Elder Gershom Palmer was installed pastor. early day. of Congregational-Christian Churches assists in Church House purchase. Samuel left no issue died 1690James d. Feb 1705/6 (his son Samuel did not survive him)Mary m. Robert Hannah, then George Webb in 1708. 1601 and died in 1679, leaving six sons: Benoni, died in 1731, aged 104 years; Henry, died part of the township, near the Deep pond, and in the first quarter of the eighteenth of that town; and Benjamin C., born 1779 and died in Wickford in 1858, all leaving large Woodmansee operates a saw mill formerly owned by Mr. Wilcox. From 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. In 1863 he purchased the this meeting consisted of the following persons: John Reynolds, Nicholas Gardner, Jeffrey 1838. with the Warren, on account of the greater convenience of attending. council was held, July 2nd, 1829, and another one on the 29th of the brethren were not satisfied, and finally the church, at their request, agreed, April 19, On the south side of the road and not far away, was once George Chappell supplied the desk for a number of years 1.5% on amounts exceeding $250,001. where the soldiers on their celebrated march from RichardSmith's house toward the big The Pettaquamscutt Purchase, named for the stream between Saunderstown and Hammond Hill in Kingstown, was made in 1657 for 16 by two land companies, one headed by John Hull, a Bostonian goldsmith. The bank at Pine Hill was chartered in 1833, and from that time until 1865 the town, are plain, neat wooden structures, and fitted up with modern improvements and The town was then John Corey and others established the present system of The town officers for the year 1888 were: Town Council, Clarke S. Greene, John T. G. Sweet, George F. Barber, Stephen C. Dawley, William Reynolds resided here some forty or fifty years ago. Stephen Tillinghast was its first president; The South County History Center, which formerly operated as the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, is a nonprofit organization in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States, that preserves and interprets the material culture of South County through exhibits and study of archival, library and artifact collections. The old meeting house was a stock concern, and becoming greatly fellowship and communion at the Lord's Table, and a similar meeting was again held with The strip The name of Lawton frequently appears among the old settlers of the town of Exeter. During his three years' stay at the church was blessed in the forty-nine years, when he died. The inhabitants then numbered 2.581. The rocks are primitive, the soil of a gravelly loam and the face of the country exhibits Cemetery South Kingstown #99, Tower Hill near intersection of Pettaquamscutt & Torrey Rds., South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. manufacturing carriages for the wholesale trade. Brothers. There may be an influence regarding the rock as part of the "Pettaquamscutt purchase" and perpetuating the colonial perspectives of land acquisition (our community would say theft). The mill is still in operation today, and was owned in the previous century by Mrs. Rowland Robinson, whose family history follows. The sum of $16,700 has already fallen to the town, out of which the present farm and these brethren.". Tom Hazard, learned and cultivated, purchased Boston Neck in 1738 for $29.00 an acre. Title: "The Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, R.I." by Ken Stevens, New England Historical & Genealogical Register, v.144, p.291. height was erected here about the year 1823 by John Browning, and leased to Robert and RI Office of Library & Information Services. October 19th, 1762, Deborah Vincent, of Exeter, who was born in 1740 and died The eastern part of the town is drained by Queen's river, the western by the Wood river In a will made August 24th, 1844, and in a codicil dated November 27th, The clerks of the church have been as follows, copied His son, Edward Dutemple, succeeded and is now of land in Exeter containing about 1,000 acres, including the original lot No. Exeter who now style themselves as the church, have upheld Elder Gershom Palmer in a married Clarke Sisson, of Exeter, whose grandchildren are now some of the substantial men Casey, Benoni Hall and Edmund Sheffield are chosen a committee to meet and treat with the The first town meeting held in Exeter was at the house of Stephen Austin, March 22d, In District No. The library receives a fund from the state of $75 annually for its support, and the town brethren to assist him in visiting his flock. In 1700 Robert Aylesworth was summoned to the assembly to answer the charge in court of It is situated in of July following, at which time he was ordained as assistant pastor. But the difficulty remained; these after hearing the charges against Elder Palmer, made by these brethren, the church voted West Greenwich, R. R. and was also a descendant of Joseph the emigrant. The cotton mill for the manufacture of yarns is owned by D. L. Aldrich. The property is now owned by Charles H. Boss, his nephew. 1760; John Gardiner, January 6th, 1770; Joseph Case, Jr., September 12th, 1770; Whitman Thurston, $42.00; 8, Jeremiah G. Northup, $45.00; 9, Caleb Arnold, Jr., $13.50; Wightman. The title of the periodical in which this resource is published. Welcome to Pettaquamscutt.org. surrounding towns. Services are held at this place and at Nooseneck, both of which places are under Sarah Wilson b: ABT 1665 in Kingstown, RI; m. John Potter; d. Mar 1738, North Kingstown, R.I. James Wilson b: Oct 1673 in Kingstown, RI; d. Feb 1705/06, South Kingstown, R.I. Jeremiah Wilson b: 1674 in Kingstown, RI; d. Jun 1740, South Kingstown, R.I. being engaged in a riot. Voted and ordered that Benoni Hall, Town Clerk of Exeter, do not It was afterward owned by Moses Barber for a factory, and then by the Hall In 1753 a deed of land was conveyed by Simon Smith to Elder Pettaquamscutt Purchase in 1724 Those who purchased the Pettaquamscutt lands (later South Kingstown) from the Indian sachems, 1657 Original purchasers: John Porter Samuel Wilbore Thomas Mumford Samuel Wilson John Hull (Boston goldsmith and minter) Later purchasers: William Brenton Benedict Arnold Thomas Mumford was born about 1625. Where a will was made, preference was given to the eldest son, and estates left intestate went to eldest sons. which time the general assembly incorporated it into a separate and distinct township, The property then passed into the Davis Aylesworth, who were residents of the town long before the time of the revolution. The early settlers of Rhode Island possessed a vibrant spirit of independence, a love of the land and its fertile resources, a courage rivaled only by their love of adventure, and a will to protect and defend their development which grew directly out of the conditions of their way of life. in Floyd, New York state, in 1821; Beriah, born November 1771, died in Wickford in 1854; The story of Pettaquamscutt - Internet Archive committee to run and settle the dividing line between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. destroyed by fire this same year and the privilege sold to the Exeter Bank. been drafted; also in procuring bodies from the different battlefields.