Mary Rhodes Wilkinson

Descendant of Roger Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_in_America

Roger Williams (c. 21 December 1603 – between 27 January and 15 March 1683)[1] was a Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with American Indians, and he was one of the first abolitionists.[2][3]

Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for spreading "new and dangerous ideas", and he established the Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he called "liberty of conscience". In 1638, he founded the First Baptist Church in America, also known as the First Baptist Church of Providence.[4][5] He studied the Indian languages and wrote the first book on the Narragansett language, and he organized the first attempt to prohibit slavery in any of England's North American colonies.[3]

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Mary (Rhodes) Wilkinson

Mary Wilkinson formerly Rhodes

Born 20 Nov 1720 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Islandmap

Daughter of Zachariah Rhodes and Mary (Randall) Rhodes

Sister of Mercy (Rhodes) Angell, Marcy (Rhodes) Knight and Rebecca (Rhodes) Sheldon

Wife of Benjamin Wilkinson — married about 1740 [location unknown]

Mother of Rebecca (Wilkinson) Learned, Lydia (Wilkinson) Morris, John Wilkinson and Olive (Wilkinson) Wilder

Died 1 Jan 1783 in Scituate Providence County Rhode Island, United States of America

Rhodes-3127 created 16 Mar 2015 | Last modified 20 Jun 2021

Biography

Sources

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWM1-BMT http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73295233