Providence Williams

• BIRTH 16 Sep 1638 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• DEATH Mar 1686 (aged 47) Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
• BURIAL Williams Family Cemetery Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• PLOT *assumed to be one of the unmarked graves NO STONE Please do not request photos
• MEMORIAL ID 17477451

Biography
Providence Williams, eldest son of Rev. Roger & Mary (Bernard) Williams, was born Providence, RI. "in the latter end of ... September 1638" [PrTR 1:7]; on 22 July 1686 Providence Town Council received a report that "Providence Williams is dead at Newport" and on 14 September 1686 Daniel Williams "exhibited an inventory of his deceased brother Providence Williams" and the Town Council appointed Daniel administrator "as he is next of the kin" [PrTR 6:154-56].

Descendant of Roger Williams

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]

Parents
Roger Williams 1602–1683
Mary Barnard Williams 1602-1683

Siblings
Freeborn Williams Clarke 1635–1710
Mary Williams Sayles 1636–1681
Mercy Williams Waterman Winsor 1640–1705
Daniel Williams 1641–1712
Joseph Williams 1643–1724

Half Siblings
Freelove Williams 1636–1707
Daniel Williams 1640–1712

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_in_America

[3] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17477451/providence-williams