Category: 1st Rhode Island Regiment, Continental Army, American Revolution

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A Continental Army regiment during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the 1st Rhode Island Regiment became well known as the "Black Regiment" because, for a time, it had several companies of African American soldiers. It is regarded as the first African-American military regiment, despite the fact its ranks were not exclusively African-American. | Read more...


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A

29 Sep 1759 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island - 17 Oct 1849
22 Jan 1744 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 15 May 1778 photo
05 Mar 1759 North Providence, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island - 01 Nov 1834
30 Dec 1760 Charlestown, Kings, Rhode Island - 20 May 1846 photo

B

abt 1758 Rhode Island - 17 Feb 1836
29 Dec 1727 Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island - 22 Oct 1777
12 Dec 1731 Westerly, Washington, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America - 22 Aug 1801
abt 1741 Hopkinton, Kings, Rhode Island - 26 Feb 1830 photo
25 Sep 1760 Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island - 24 Feb 1854 photo
abt 1745 - 1812

C

1756 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island - 30 Apr 1848 photo
08 Sep 1757 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island - 23 May 1817
abt 1755 Rhode Island
abt 1760 Washington, Rhode Island - aft 1836
1756 South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island - 12 Nov 1826
21 Nov 1743 Richmond, Kings, Rhode Island
11 Dec 1754 Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island - 13 Feb 1830
18 Nov 1751 North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island - 26 Oct 1839
08 Mar 1753 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island - 09 Mar 1844
19 May 1752 Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island - 22 Mar 1831 photo
17 Jan 1748 Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island - 1833
18 Jun 1716 Kingston, Kings, Rhode Island - 1790
07 Mar 1757 Warren, Bristol Co., RI - 28 Apr 1841
26 Aug 1757 Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island - 24 Aug 1830
24 Nov 1748 Voluntown, Windham Co., Connecticut - 16 Mar 1812
1752 Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island - 1838

D

09 Jan 1747 Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island - 01 Apr 1793
11 Mar 1753 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island - 05 Feb 1834
04 Jul 1753 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island - 27 Oct 1845 photo

E

28 Sep 1756 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts - 15 Apr 1814
13 Apr 1764 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island - 11 Sep 1841

F

abt 1755 North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island

G

abt 1755 South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island
abt 1755 South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island
05 May 1760 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island - 10 Jan 1810
27 Aug 1750 East Greenwich, Rhode Island - 17 Jan 1825
12 May 1737 Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island - 14 May 1781 photo
20 Mar 1760 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island - 28 Feb 1845

G cont.

19 Dec 1762 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island - 19 Sep 1804
08 Aug 1734 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island - 19 Jun 1801
30 Apr 1749 East Greenwich, Kent County, Province of Rhode Island - 30 Jun 1807
09 May 1731 Providence, Colony of Rhode Island - aft 1800
10 Sep 1740 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island - 22 Jan 1778
08 Feb 1757 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island - 12 Oct 1812
abt 1732 West Greenwich, Kent County, Province of Rhode Island - 15 May 1793

H

abt 1741 Warwick, Rhode Island - 17 Mar 1819 photo
10 Jul 1758 Newport, Rhode Island - 28 Jun 1791
Oct 1762 Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America - 28 Feb 1852
22 Jan 1737 Richmond, Kings, Rhode Island - abt 09 Feb 1815
15 Sep 1756 Charlestown, Kings County, Rhode Island - aft 05 Oct 1820

I

abt 1739 Newport, Rhode Island - 11 Oct 1801

K

abt 1758 Charlestown, Kings, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - 19 Dec 1822
03 Jul 1760 Exeter, Washington, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - 17 May 1849 photo
abt Oct 1748 Washington County, Rhode Island - 02 Apr 1823
1761 Ireland - 19 Oct 1822

L

15 Aug 1762 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - 20 May 1839
abt 1737 Bristol, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 15 Mar 1791
11 Oct 1741 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island
03 Sep 1734 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island - abt 1828
19 Jun 1731 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island - 22 Apr 1817

M

23 Mar 1757 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - 23 Jan 1838
07 Nov 1749 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - 1812
13 Feb 1760 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island - 07 Jan 1841
23 Aug 1751 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island British Colonial America - 1819
02 Apr 1759 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1844 photo
1761 Rhode Island - 07 Aug 1843
abt 1759 Bristol County, Rhode Island - 14 Oct 1788

N

abt 1755 Rhode Island - 04 Oct 1826

O

28 Dec 1743 Rhode Island, New England - 19 Jul 1805
1749 Rhode Island - 10 Nov 1812 photo

P

27 Aug 1729 Stonington, New London County, Connecticut - 01 Jun 1797
1754 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island - 06 Sep 1831 photo

R

16 Dec 1756 Newport, Rhode Island - 17 Jul 1810

S

abt 27 Feb 1756 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 23 Jan 1842
17 May 1755 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island - 10 Jan 1820

S cont.

27 Feb 1757 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island - 16 Jun 1828
03 Aug 1748 Newport, Rhode Island - 1824
24 Jul 1742 Little Compton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 04 Feb 1821
abt 1759 Connecticut Colony - 25 Jun 1835 photo
02 Nov 1747 North Kingstown, Washington, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - 1790
abt 1755 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 03 Nov 1826 photo
abt 01 Jan 1731 Newport, Rhode Island - 23 Dec 1797
19 Jul 1756 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island - 26 Aug 1823
abt 1741 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island - abt 1825
17 Sep 1750 West Greenwich, Rhode Island Colony - abt Apr 1790
01 May 1759 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island - 06 Apr 1839

T

abt 1755 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
11 Jan 1751 Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts - 30 Jun 1813
abt 1762 Rhode Island - Jul 1852
1763 South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island - 11 Apr 1839
27 Nov 1748 Byfield, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - 06 Feb 1816
28 Jun 1741 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island - 1786
28 May 1758 Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island - 02 Dec 1850 photo
01 Aug 1742 Newport, Rhode Island - 27 Sep 1793

V

17 Dec 1748 Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay - 09 Jan 1789 photo

W

abt 29 Feb 1716 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts - abt 31 May 1790
25 Apr 1755 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island - 23 Nov 1819
17 May 1752 Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 25 Jul 1827
05 May 1763 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island - 08 Nov 1848
abt 1755 Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island
1762 Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island - 11 Jan 1799
abt 1763 - 18 Sep 1829
1763 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island - 22 Jan 1807
1728 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colony - 1795
17 Mar 1752 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay - 25 Nov 1828
abt 1753 - 05 Jul 1820
04 Sep 1751 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
16 Sep 1749 Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay - 29 Dec 1819
14 Mar 1755 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island - abt 1837
08 Aug 1762 Stonington, New London, Connecticut - 15 Sep 1846
24 Nov 1755 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island - 30 Jun 1843
1757 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island - 1797




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