Category: Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island

Categories: New England History | Rhode Island History

This category contains profiles of Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by the independent preacher, Roger Williams. He was soon followed by others who sought religious freedom. Many of those involved in the Antinomian Controversy, led by Anne Marbury Hutchinson, and who signed the Portsmouth Compact are also founders of the towns in which they resided.

Persons in this category will be from initial settlement by European colonials (1636) through 1700.

History of Rhode Island on Wikipedia

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Abraham Anthony abt 10 Feb 1649 London, England - 10 Oct 1727

John Anthony abt 1607 Hempstead, Middlesex, England - 28 Jul 1675

William Anthony 31 Oct 1675 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - 28 Dec 1744

Benedict Arnold 21 Dec 1615 Ilchester, Somerset, England - 19 Jun 1678

Elizabeth (Arnold) Carpenter 23 Nov 1611 Ilchester, Somerset, England - aft 10 Feb 1679

William Aspinwall abt 1605 England - aft 1662

Mary (Ayers) Fish May 1625 London, Middlesex, England - 12 Jul 1699

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James Babcock abt 1641 Portsmouth, Washington, Rhode Island - 08 Nov 1698

James (Badcock) Babcock 12 Jun 1612 England - 12 Jun 1679

James Barker bef 22 Oct 1622 Southwold, Suffolk, England - 1702

William Baulston abt 1609 England - 01 Mar 1678

Matthew Borden 16 May 1638 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - 05 Jul 1708

Richard Borden abt 22 Feb 1596 Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England - 25 May 1671

Anne (Bourne) Brownell abt 1615 England - aft 24 Oct 1666

William Brenton abt 1610 England - bef 13 Nov 1674

Jane (Brown) Babcock abt 1645 Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America - bef 04 Feb 1719

Nicholas Brown abt 1615 England - 17 Dec 1694

Tobias Brown 1679 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - bef 12 Sep 1734

William Brown abt 1638 Malford, Worcestershire, England - 1689

Sarah (Brownell) Freeborn abt 1641 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - 06 Sep 1676

Thomas Brownell bef 05 Jun 1608 Rawmarsh Parish, Ryecroft, Yorkshire, England - 24 Sep 1664

Nathaniel Browning abt 1620 England - bef 04 Apr 1673

Henry Bull abt 1610 England - 22 Jan 1694

James Burt abt 1622 London, Middlesex, England - bef 10 Oct 1680

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William Carpenter abt 1610 Amesbury, Wiltshire, England - 07 Sep 1685

Robert Carr bef 18 Jul 1613 Maidstone, Kent, England - bef 04 Oct 1681

Jeffrey Champlin bef 1617 England - bef 06 Dec 1695

Jeremy Clarke bef 01 Dec 1605 East Farleigh, Kent, England - abt Jan 1652

John Clarke bef 08 Oct 1609 Westhorpe, Suffolk, England - 20 Apr 1676

Mary (Clarke) Peckham bef 26 Jul 1607 Westhorpe, Suffolk, England - 1648

Thomas Clarke bef 31 Mar 1605 Westhorpe, Suffolk, England - 02 Dec 1674

Sarah (Clayton) Borden 11 Dec 1652 Lancashire, England - 19 Apr 1735

William Coddington abt 02 Jan 1602 Lincolnshire, England - 01 Nov 1678

John Coggeshall 02 Dec 1599 Halstead, Essex, England - bef 27 Nov 1647

Thomas Cooke 13 Apr 1600 Netherbury, Dorset, England - 06 Feb 1677

William Corey bef 21 May 1634 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England - 08 Feb 1682

Thomas Cornell bef 21 Oct 1627 Saffron Walden, Essex, England - 23 May 1673

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Joseph Davol abt 1645 Dartmouth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony - Feb 1716

Robert Dennis abt 1625 England - 05 Jan 1691

Gregory Dexter 1610 Olney, Northamptonshire, England - 1700

Thomas (Durfee) Durfey abt 1643 England - abt Jul 1712

William Dyer 19 Sep 1609 Kirkby la Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England - 24 Oct 1677

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Mary (Earle) Timberlake 1636 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - 22 Mar 1718

John Easton bef 19 Dec 1624 Romsey, Hampshire, England - 12 Dec 1705

Nicholas Easton abt 1593 Lymington, Hampshire, England - 15 Aug 1675

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Thomas Fish bef 01 Jan 1619 Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England - 01 Dec 1687

Joan (Fowle) Borden 15 Feb 1604 Marden, Kent, England - 15 Jul 1688

Gideon Freeborn abt 1638 Boston, Massachusetts - 27 Feb 1719

Mary (Freeborn) Coggeshall 24 Aug 1692 Newport, Rhode Island - 26 May 1776

William Freeborn abt 1594 Maldon, Essex, England - 28 Apr 1670

Rose (French) Weeden abt 1598 England - aft 1678

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George Gardiner abt 1615 England - 1677

Mehitable (Gaunt) Easton 1641 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts - 11 Nov 1673

Samuel Gorton bef 12 Feb 1593 Gorton, Lancashire, England - bef 10 Dec 1677

Edward Gray 31 Jan 1666 Plymouth, Plymouth Colony - 1726

James Greene bef 21 Jun 1626 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England - 27 Apr 1698

Hannah (Griffin) Nichols 17 Dec 1642 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island - 05 May 1709

Robert Griffin abt 1614 Leicester, Leicestershire, England - 1684

Matthew Grinnell abt 1590 England - 10 Nov 1643

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Benjamin Hall 1650 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - abt 26 Jan 1730

Deliverance (Hall) Durfee 08 Jan 1652 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - bef 13 Feb 1721

Elizabeth (Hall) Pearce 1653 Portsmouth Colony - 19 Nov 1698

Rebecca (Hall) Wood abt 1642 Portsmouth, Rhode Island - aft 1688

William Hall 14 Jan 1644 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - bef 11 Apr 1698

William Hall 1613 London, Middlesex, England - 19 Apr 1676

Zuriel Hall 13 Jul 1642 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - 05 Sep 1691

Susanna (Hammond) Brown abt 1653 England - abt 02 May 1731

Elizabeth (Hazard) Lawton 1630 England - 08 Nov 1711

Thomas Hazard abt 1610 England - aft 06 Aug 1677

Ann (Hill) Tallman abt 1628 Barbados - bef 1687

Randall Holden 21 Mar 1612 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England - 23 Aug 1692

Obadiah Holmes bef 18 Mar 1610 Reddish, Lancashire, England - 15 Oct 1682

Alice (Howe) Spink abt 1640 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island - 1695

Samuel Howland 21 Jan 1711 Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay - bef 04 Sep 1797

Sarah (Howland) Dennis abt 1645 Duxbury, Plymouth Colony - 02 Oct 1712

Edward Hutchinson 28 May 1613 Alford, Lincolnshire, England - 19 Aug 1675

Samuel Hutchinson 01 Nov 1590 Alford, Lincolnshire, England - 14 Jul 1667

William Hutchinson bef 14 Aug 1586 Alford, Lincolnshire, England - abt Jun 1641

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Martha (Jacobs) Pierce abt 1593 Bristol, Somerset, England - abt 1650

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George Lawton bef 23 Sep 1607 Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England - 05 Oct 1693

Mary (Lawton) Babbitt 1644 Portsmouth, Rhode Island - 08 Nov 1711

Mary (Lawton) Wodell abt 28 Oct 1611 Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England - 23 Mar 1676

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Mary (Manchester) Gray 1678 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island - 03 Nov 1729

William Manchester 1654 Portsmouth, Rhode Island - 03 Nov 1718

Ann (Marbury) Hutchinson 20 Jul 1591 Alford, Alford Parish, Lincolnshire, England - 20 Aug 1643

Katherine (Marbury) Scott bef 1611 England - 02 May 1687

Adam Mott bef 10 Feb 1594 Saffron Walden, Essex, England - bef 12 Aug 1661

Elizabeth (Mott) Thurston abt 1629 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 02 Sep 1694

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Thomas Nichols abt 1642 Wales - 1708

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Thomas Olney 06 Jun 1600 Hertford, Hertfordshire, England - 16 Jun 1682

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Anthony Paine abt 06 Dec 1585 Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire, England - 06 May 1649

Eleanor (Paine) Wardwell bef 1620 England - bef 21 Jan 1675

Mary (Paine) Engell abt 1616 England - 12 Feb 1687

Frances (Parker) Hall abt 1650 Newport, Rhode Island

George Parker bef 07 Mar 1611 Margate, Kent, England - abt 1656

Richard Pearce abt 1615 England - abt 28 Oct 1678

Giles (Pearse) Pearce 22 Jul 1651 Portsmouth Colony - 19 Nov 1698

John Peckham abt 1610 England - aft 06 Jan 1681

Robert Potter abt 1609 England - bef 14 May 1656

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John Randall abt 1640 England - abt 1684

Henry Reddocke abt 1612 Warwick, Kent, England - abt 26 Jan 1673

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James Reynolds 13 May 1625 Plymouth, Devon, England - 27 Apr 1698

John Rice 1646 England - 06 Jan 1730

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John Sanford abt 1605 England - bef 20 Nov 1653

Joan (Savage) Earle bef 18 Feb 1609 Widford, Hertfordshire, England - aft 15 Sep 1699

Thomas Savage 1607 Rocksavage, Chester, England - 15 Feb 1682

Richard Scott bef 09 Sep 1605 Glemsford, Suffolk, England - bef 01 Jul 1679

Philip Sherman bef 05 Feb 1611 Dedham, Essex, England - bef 19 Mar 1687

Giles Slocum abt 28 Sep 1623 Old Cleeve, Somerset, England - aft 12 Mar 1683

Benjamin Smith bef 30 Oct 1631 Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, , England - 23 Dec 1713

Robert Spink 1615 England - bef Mar 1695

Thomas Stafford 1605 Warwickshire, England - 11 Nov 1677

Hannah (Swain) Tallman 07 May 1681 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - bef 07 Sep 1765

John Sweet abt 1628 England - abt 16 Jul 1677

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James Tallman 1668 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - 25 Feb 1724

Peter Tallman bef 20 Feb 1623 Hamburg - 01 Apr 1708

Joseph Thomas abt 1687 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island - 03 Mar 1735

Edward Thurston abt 1617 England - 01 Mar 1707

Henry Tibbitts 1635 Bristol, Warwickshire, England - 13 Jul 1713

Joseph Torrey bef 21 Jun 1621 Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, England - 1718

Abiel Tripp 1653 Portsmouuth, Newport, Rhode Island - 10 Sep 1684

Elizabeth (Tripp) Hall abt 1648 Portsmouth, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island - abt 1701

John Tripp 08 Sep 1611 Horkstow, Lincolnshire, England - 28 Oct 1678

Joseph Tripp abt 1644 Portsmouth, Rhode Island - 17 Nov 1718

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Deborah (Unknown) Reynolds abt 1628 England - bef 15 Oct 1692

Isabel (Unknown) Potter abt 1615 England - Sep 1643

Joanna (Unknown) Slocum 1620 England - 31 Aug 1679

Martha (Unknown) Hazard abt 1610 England - abt 1669

Sarah (UNKNOWN) Babcock abt 1613 England - 22 Sep 1665

Sarah (Unknown) Mott abt 1604 Cambridgeshire, England - aft 31 Aug 1661

Unknown (Unknown) Anthony - bef 23 Jul 1675

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John Vaughan abt 1618 England - aft 23 Jul 1687

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Thomas Wait bef 13 Jun 1612 Alford, Lincolnshire, England - 13 Sep 1665

Thomas Wallen abt 1630 Plymouth Colony - 19 Jul 1674

Clement Weaver abt 1590 Glastonbury, Somerset, England - 10 Oct 1683

Clement Weaver bef 11 Dec 1625 Glastonbury, Somerset, England - abt 1682

Eleanor (Weaver) Peckham bef 10 Sep 1623 Glastonbury, Somerset, England - abt 1670

Francis Weekes abt 1616 England - aft 03 Feb 1689

Robert Westcott abt 1633 Yeovil, Somerset, England - 19 Dec 1675

John Wickes 1609 Staines, Middlesex, England - 17 Mar 1675

Samuel Wilbore bef 10 Apr 1622 Sible Hedingham, Essex, England - abt 1697

Samuel Wilbore abt 1597 Sible Hedingham, Essex, England - abt 24 Jul 1656

Roger Williams abt 1606 London, England - 01 Apr 1683

Alice (Wodell) Anthony 10 Feb 1650 Portsmouth, Rhode Island - 03 Sep 1734

William Wodell 1614 Suffolk, England - bef 02 May 1693

John Wood abt 1590 England - bef 17 Mar 1655

Thomas Wood bef 1634 England - 04 Apr 1704

John Woodman abt 1637 England - abt 24 Apr 1713

Susanna (Wright) Pearce bef 05 Aug 1627 Waltham, Essex, England - bef 1678

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