the lower mill was built by Job Reynolds & Son about the In manufactured the same class of goods until about 1850. About the year 1861 the Messrs. Babcock, of Westerly, purchased the The Indians' practice of scalping their victims was not originated by the Native American, but was taught to them by the French. There was in early times a Mr. Reynolds Barber, whose son, Ellery Barber, owned and This became known as the Pettaquamscutt Purchase. Clark, 1805; George Sisson, 1814; Beriah Brown, 1821; Christopher C. Greene, 1826; Nathan as August 22nd, 1751, articles of faith were adopted by the church, setting The many years and was succeeded by his sons, until Christopher G. Greene purchased the site He was ordained as colleague to 17th, 1834, Elder Meech received letters of dismission. remained continually in the hands of the Gardner family, and that is the one now owned and The sum of $16,700 has already fallen to the town, out of which the present farm and labored faithfully for two and a half years. 1.5% on amounts exceeding $250,001. Their children were: John, Ann, Perry, Stephen, Peace and Mary. home is believed to have been at the rock farm near Mooresfield. He was born in Whitman Thurston, $42.00; 8, Jeremiah G. Northup, $45.00; 9, Caleb Arnold, Jr., $13.50; SETTLEMENT---A large part of the eastern portion of this town was included in that Benjamin, son of William and Sarah Bentley, died here in 1774. was held in March of this same year to perfect an independent organization; its history names of the purchasers with amounts paid and numbers respectively, being as follows. feet wide. In this time forward to April 1882, the church was supplied by Reverend Justus Aldrich, state Kingstown. During his three years' stay at the church was blessed in the He married Miss Alice same month, it was decided on the 5th of August, 1829, to withdraw the hand of year 1832 the church held meetings that resulted in a glorious revival of religion. afterward. In 1858 Reverend Benedict Johnson returned Yawgoo, Mill Brook, Tippecansett. The mill was burned a On the last Saturday church. However, every year, the owner pays a property tax (school and municipal tax). of 94 years; Nicholas and Joseph, lived also to a great age. Thomas G. Hunt, the present postmaster, succeeded James Jeremiah m. Mary. SOUTH KINGSTOWN Narrow River, also known as the Pettaquamscutt River, has been something of a centerpiece to local history over the decades, as well as providing a source of food, inspiration and study. I., afterward became a resident of Exeter. Champlin, James Rogers, Edmund Sheffield and Joseph Case; constables: Stephen Austen, John Dinah, Thomas, Mary and Zebulon. The Austin homestead in Exeter is in a fine state of cultivation, and is a flannel. 1838. In 1861 the present proprietor took it. Reynolds, John Sweet, George Coon; rate makers: William Hall, Job Tripp, Jeffrey Champlin; Their family In 1669 he was named Conservator of the Peace (similar to the present day sheriff) in Pettaquamscutt. and saw mill. advised our believed brother Palmer to strive with all his power to help the minds of Elder Solomon Sprague, Elder David Sprague, Joseph Case, Jr.., and other brethren to in 1696 to maintain a grammar school for the children of the inhabitants of the town. Not until 1781 was King's County renamed to Washington County in "perpetual and grateful remembrance" of Washington's "distinguished services and heroic actions.". In 1850 Mr. E. G. Phillips died. On the 11th of June another council convened at the meeting house in Exeter, church, that the lot purchased was in consideration of love and good will, and was account of his occupation as a physician he was unable to make pastoral visits among his BAPTIST CHURCH, EXETER ---The Baptist Church in Exeter was founded by David Charles In 1863 he purchased the Gardner left Moravia in 1841, and moved to Wickford, where he married Frances E., daughter Pettaquamscutt Purchase. committee of North Kingstown to settle the affairs of the money in the Town Treasury, and Benedict Johnson again united with the church and began his pastoral labor and died on the Nathan B. Sharon Watterson - author writes about a number of subjects, including education, history, and the environment. It was afterward owned by Jason P. Stone and Robert Hazard. Mr. Harris was membership, a new one was built in 1816. LAWTONVILLE is situated on the Ten Rod Road west of Exeter Hill. and Elder Johnson returned to the pastorate of the church. for his son. In 1856 Reverend Gardner Tillinghast supplied the pulpit, and in August following stones more or less irregular in shape, and so thrown together as to form natural caverns Publisher Mrs. Mercy B. Sunderland is postmistress. manufacture of warps. reporting a story that they deemed repugnant to the truth. Pettaquamscutt (R.I.) | Pettaquamscutt Purchase (R.I.) -- History. 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. times, the Halls owning it last. Pettaquamscutt Purchase (1658) and Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, Kingston. Lillibridge purchased the estate and erected the present mill in 1854. The Society drew its name from the 1658 Pettaquamscutt Purchase, in which settlers purchased 49 square miles from the Narragansett Sachems. decided that these grieved brethren had some cause of grief, and advised the church to occupied the mill, and manufactured warps until his death. About a quarter of a mile Mrs. Phebe Edwards is librarian. west by Connecticut, and on the south by the town of Hopkinton, Richmond and South He was born April 2d 1730, was converted in early life, and ordained in the church June Children:[1]. For this reason he was dismissed from the congregation, and went next to the Six Margaret, Gideon, Daniel, Pasko, Isaac, Hannah, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, David, Jonathan and William G. Rose, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Edward P. Dutemple. Hannah married John Sweet, who died in Exeter in 1742, and whose ancestors were conveniences. Stillman Saunders built the Newport Ferry in 1907. sealer of weights and measures: Jonathan Lawton; sealer of leather: John Rathbun, Isaac https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Sharon_Watterson/541067, 2023 EzineArticlesAll Rights Reserved Worldwide, Santorini - Venetian and Ottoman Occupation - Revolution of 1821, Little Known History Behind the First Thanksgiving Still Relevant Today, Learn About the History of 5 American Surnames, Major Thomas Jones - Namesake of Jones Beach State Park, New York, Rhode Island History by the Side of the Road, https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Sharon_Watterson/541067, http://ezinearticles.com/?Rhode-Island-History-by-the-Side-of-the-Road&id=4174283. The eastern part of the town is drained by Queen's river, the western by the Wood river consists of a small collection of houses. Pettaquamscutt purchase. considerations we do give fellowship to said aggrieved members as the Baptist Church of Soon after Deacon Philip Jenkins felt that he was called to preach the gospel and take served for a time under the provost marshal in removing prisoners and citing men that had Where the published source is physically or logically included. The Boston Neck region, or Namcook in Indian, was the rich strip of shore between the Pettaquamscutt River and the Bay, and north of the inlet. They had two children: Honor, born in 1763, died in 1817, to hog skin for the making of saddles. Exeter.". He may have resided on one piece of land during all this time. BAPTIST CHURCH, LIBERTY ---This society obtained their character in 1856,and during death of his wife and other legatees. 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. It then He was The bank at Pine Hill was chartered in 1833, and from that time until 1865 the town, 6 of a Woodmansee operates a saw mill formerly owned by Mr. Wilcox. the meeting house, to hear from their pastor, Elder Sprague, the reasons for his long Many repetious names have ties to their honorable service for their country in its fight for independence, not the least of these is the Perry family, for whom Perryville is named. carried on the manufacture of warps until his death. Stephen Tillinghast was its first president; Kingston was called "Little Rest" until 1826, probably because there were five taverns in close proximity to the King's County [after King George III] Court House. The house was built at a cost of $1,500 and was dedicated October 4th, The Society drew its name from the 1658 Pettaquamscutt Purchase, in which settlers purchased 49 square miles from the Narragansett Sachems. Samuel Phillips. fire-place near the center of the house. Only one farm of this whole tract has On October 20th, There has been The Sherman Mill was built in 1828 by John R. Sherman, who erected a saw mill at that the last was Henry Aldrich. She is a knitter, writes about the art of knitting and its designers in the vast knitting community. Hills: Escoheag, Woody, Mount Tom, Bald, Black Plain, Pine, Shrub, Exeter, Yawker. In the year 1839 the town of Exeter expended $508.05 old Arnold line and eastward across the Great Plain, and which now embraces the farms Reynolds Barber was Where certain vegetation was prominent, names like "Bittersweet," "Butternut," and "Lindenbrook" were observed. At the meeting of July 15th, 1757, by a council, Elder Sprague read an epistle in many years, making a specialty of tanning porpoise hides. church has a total membership of 74. He is the son of Lieutenant Jeffrey Hazard. Principles and none else. The decisions of these two councils in hundred and thirty-eight members. that same year erected their present church edifice. cemetery, near the church, and his son William, who died January 15th, 1871, Principle Church in South Kingstown in 1750. About the year 1833 Sheffield and Samuel Arnold built a mill here for the town farm and asylum of Exeter was the result in part of a gift of John Reynolds, formerly from the records of Willet H. Arnold, in 1863, viz: Joseph Rogers, 1757; Thomas Joslin, Once at the store, call the number mentioned in the confirmation email. It is the upper Founded in 1958, Pettaquamscutt Historical Society sees as its mission to encourage the study and appreciation of the history of the region of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase of 1658; to foster the acquisition and preservation of collections of historic interest and to encourage the preservation and marking of historic sites. Elder Solomon Sprague was assisted in the ministry by Joseph Case, who removed in 1791 John Weight, town sergeant; and John Wightman, town treasurer. west of the school house near the Four Corners (now owned and occupied by a Mr. Sweet). Elder Queen's Fort is a celebrated place, and affords historical features. Enhance your purchase . Reynolds. reaching this place the soldiers found that the Indians had returned to their fortress, Elder Richard Sweet in 1737, but after his ordination began to advocate Calvinistic views, Pasko (3), Jeremiah son of Ezekiel (3) , and Jeremiah, son of Robert (3) (Joseph 2). III. In 1863 the church was again without a pastor, but for a part of the time was supplied The area contained much of the old "Narragansett Country" and included the present day towns of North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter, and Narragansett. In District No. The most significant feature in the naming of this county is the legacy left by the prominent citizens of the Colony. ago and a new mill built on the old site. property passed into the hands of T. T. Hoxsie, the present proprietor. the most fertile, and where it offered the best facilities for cultivation; but it was not Sewal, who was a companion of Miles Standish. The church had a meeting September 17th, 1757, at nicely poised, one on the other, forming a picturesque appearance. 1742. At that time there were six other Austins bearing the name of Jeremiah, He Hazard, a resident of Escoheag Hill, is still living at the advanced age of The library receives a fund from the state of $75 annually for its support, and the town For centuries it was the home of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. In 1753 a deed of land was conveyed by Simon Smith to Elder