Rhode Island: An Umbrella Project

Pioneer settler of Rhode Island & friend of Roger Williams Burial John Whipple was originally buried on his farm. His grave was later moved it current location in North Burial Ground in Providenc...

Mary Johnson Mowry Kingsley, daughter of Capt John Johnson and Mary Heath Source: Gerald Garth Johnson The Biography and Genealogy of Captain John Johnson, Heritage Books, 2008, page 102. Baptized ...

Roger left Bristol, England Dec, 1630 Shown in the index to the Winthrop Fleet of 1630 Registered in Boston, Mass. on May 18, 1631. Lived in Salem, Mass from about 1635 to 1649. Was made freeman 1635 i...

Rev William Blackstone was the first white settler of Boston. REVEREND WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 1595 — 1675 Boston's first white resident, also first European settler of present day Rhode Island. I...

Samuel Cranston (1659–1727) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the first quarter of the 18th century. He held office from 1698 to 1727, being elected to offi...