VOLUME II- 1883-84. ^^^m^ MlSTOBICAL MMST11 A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ANTIQUITIES, GENEALOGY AND HISTORICAL MATTER ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF THE J&ate of I^hode Inland aqd providence plantation?. A record of measures and of men. For twelve full score years and ten. JAMES N. ARNOLD, EDITOR. PUBLISHED BY THE NARRAGANSETT HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. HAMILTON, R. I. B. L. FREEMAN & CO., PRINTERS, CENTRAL FALLS, R. I. INDEX TO VOLUME II. HISTORICAL, PAPERS — I. Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Narragansett. J. Warren Gardiner 35 II. Contribution to the History of Westerly. Bev. Thomas Barber 34 III. Ship-building in Narragansett. Joseph P. Hazard 61 IV. Massachusetts Land Orders. Hon. Biehard A. Wheeler... 101 V. Major Atherton's Company. Hon. Biehard A. Wheeler... 106 VI. A Political Letter 107 VII. From the Sheriff Brown Papers 109, 193, 310 VIII. The Pioneers of Narragansett. J. Warren Gardiner 112 IX. First Settlers of Rhode Island. John Farmer 115 X. Early Settlers of Warwick. Fuller's Warwick 117 XL The Will of Thomas Willett. E. B. Carpenter. 121 XII. Rhode Island Divided into Three Counties 123 XIII. The Vars Homstead. N. B. Vars 125 XIV. Bristol County Pensioners 128 XV. Dalecarlia and Vicinity. Joseph P. Hazard 130 XVI. A Journey to the Susquehanna River, 1762 219 XVII. The Towne Evidence of Providence Plantations. Fred A. Arnold 232 XVIII. The Offer of Sale of Warwick. Bay Greene Huling 233 XIX. The first list of Freemen of Kings Towne. Bay Greene Huling. 241 XX. Caujaniquante Deed. Fred A. Arnold. 287 GENEALOGICAL PAPERS — I. Rev. Joseph Wanton Allen. Quidnessett 41 II. One Line of the Hazard Family. Hon. John B. Pierce 45 III. The Charlestown Births and Deaths. Hon. George C. Cross 52, 145 IV. Rev. Samuel Hubbard. Bev. Thomas Barber 97 V. The Greenes of Quidnessett. Bay Greene Huling. 137,161,253 iv. Contents of Volume II. VI. Robert Rodman 155 VII. The Hutchinson family. Col. Thomas L. Casey 177 VIII. A Sketch of the Cole Family. Hon. John B. Pierce 179 IX. James Scribbens. Thomas B. Gould 200 X. The South Kingstown Marriages. The Editor 209, 265 XI. The Sherman Family. Bev. David Sherman 326, 245 XII. Zachariah Allen's Ancestry. John 0. Austin 279 XIII. Elder Gershom Palmer. Noyes F. Palmer 300 XIV. The Langford Family. Thos. L. Casey 302 XV. One Line of the Gardiner Family. Hon. John B. Pierce.. 306 POETRY — I. Washington's Birthday, 1783. Joseph Potter 24 II. Perry's Victory, Anonymous 119 III. A Father's Prayer for his Son. Hon. B. G. Hazard 207 CHURCH HISTORY — I, The Baptist Church of Exeter. Dea. Willett H. Arnold... 1 II. The Quidnessett Baptist Church. Bev. Wm. P. Chipman. 81 III. The Second Freewill Baptist Church of South Kingstown The Editor 204 IV. The Friends' Old Meeting House. Thomas B. Hazard.... 398 HISTORICAL NOTES — Committee to lay out road 23 Place of Execution and burial of Thomas Mount 40 Site of the Aylesworth house 51 First road in Narragansett 108 The Perryville Post Office 118 The Colored Baptist Church of Mooresfield 136 Thomas Clarke the Surveyor 155 Birthplace of Com. Oliver H. Perry 155 The Curtis Corner 7th day Advent Church 193 Funds for Building Hunt's Bridge 199 Wells' Carding Mill, South Kingstown 303 A Tradition of Indian Run 235 Burial Place of Canonicus 344 Fulton's Steamboat at Point Judith 386 An Old Receipt 301 Road from Tower Hill to Usquepaug 309 Fort Tucker 817 Contents of Volume It. EDITORIAL, NOTES — History of the Vars family 77 History of the Slocum family 77 Acknowledgements 78 The Glass House 78 American Magazine of History 156, 317 The Newport Historical Magazine 156 The Rhode Island Telephone 156 North Kingstown Records 156 Corrections 157,158,319 The South Kingstown Records 158 Notice 158, 340 Origin of Johnny Cake 339 The Boston Records 339 The Historical Register 239 The Palmer Records 339 The Sunday Star 240 History of Fruit Raising in Rhode Island 340 Johnny Cake, Memorial to Canonicus 315 North Kingstown Record, Life of Stephen Hopkins, Voice of Masonry 316 Notes on Natural History 317 QUERIES — Elizabeth E. Tarbox, John Huling, Elizabeth Huling 78 Abigail Huling, John Tefft, Thomas Wilcox, Edward Wilcox, Job Harrington 79 Benjamin Burdick, Daniel Sherman, Joseph Lewis, Job Taylor and Sarah Monroe, Swares, Ruth P. Hazard, Mary Hazard, Life of Geo. Waite Babcock 80 Job W. Waterman, Benjamin Waterman 158 Joseph Sanford, Robert Austin, Jeremiah Austin, Ephriam Carpenter, James Congdon, Samuel Eldred, Henry Knowles 159 Abraham Loekwood, Thomas Stafford, Hugh Stone, Nich­ olas Utter, Stukeley Westcott, Electors. 160 John Clarke's Windmill, Canonicus 338 Queries , 318 ANSWERS TO QUERIES — Susannah Earl, Benjamin Earl 164 Electors, Henry Knowles, Stukeley Westcott 238 vi. Contents of Volume II. ILLUSTRATIONS — I. Elder Joseph Wanton Allen with No. 1. H. Elder Palmer's Old Chureh 12 III. TheNewChurch , 17 IV. Hon. Robert Rodman with No 2. V. Elder J. W. Allen's 1st Church 85 VI. Elder J. W. Allen's 2d Church 88 VII. The Present Church 95 VIII. Town Evidence of Providence Plantations, 12 ills 323 IX, Caujaniquante deed, 10 ills 288 INDEX TO NAMES AND PLACES. A. Allyng, 134 Aylesworth, 5 51 114 Almy, 36 144 162 167 211 276 Abbott, 108 Alsworth, 220 342 310 Abb, 209 America, 28 33 100 Aylworth, 243 Aborn, 310 126 133 137 179 180 Aysworth, 243 Abraham, 105 181 228 231 232 398 Adam's Centre, N. Y., Amherst, 259 260 Andrew, 113 140163 B. Adams, 209 215 271 164 Addeman. 78 Angell, 292 296 Babcock, 35 86 39 52 Adderton, 113 Angiers, 227 228 62 80 193 194 195 Adrian, Mich., 254 Anthony, 36 210 196 197 198 199 210 Africa, 298 299 Antionet, 289 211 212 213 215 217 Aiaquonett, 288 Apaum, 223 218 220 243 265 268 Aiaquonitt, 290 Apponaug, 41 271 272 274 278 311 Aiken, 246 Aquidneck, 45 230 306 315 Aires, 114 Aquidnessett, 112113 Backside, 155 Albany, (sloop) 66 67 69 139 140 Backus, 4 26 100 101 Albemarle, 183 Arcadia, 155 Bagg, 263 Albrough, 243 Ares, 52 Baker, 6 86 166 213 Albro, 37 114 184 197 Arkansas, 187 213 220 243 246 269 309 211 376 391 310 Armstrong, 238 272 311 Arnold, 11 20 23 29 Bailey. 220 Alb, 50 30 96108 115 118 Baldwin, 189 211 255 Alcock, 107 143 186 210 211 222 262 Aldrich, 21 93 334 335 333 334 243 Ballou, 295 Alexander, 96 296 251 278 286 291 294 Ball, 183 218 220 221 Alequaoomutt, 290 308 310 317 Baltimore Co., Md., 187 Alford, Eng., 177 Ashamattan, 390 391 Baltimore, Md., 187 188 Alfred, N. Y., 36 Ashford, Ct., 385 191 385 Algers, 128 Ash, 175 Barber, 210 213 213 214 Allenton, R. I, 83 Aspinwall, 115 242 365 366 268 269 Allenton, Vt., 213 Assotemuwit, 222 224 274 Allen's Harbor, 140 141 225 Bardin, 214 217 143 144 Attleboro. Mass., 380 Barker, 36 37 291 315 Allen, 6 41 42 44 82 Attequamses brook, 126 Barnard, 281 83 84 86 87 90 Atherton, 28 29 106 107 Barnes, 14 214 297 91 92 108 140 141 112 129 177 Barney, 384 142 144 154 160 175 Atwood, 47 186 192 Barrington, R. I., 383 194 309 310 214 315 Austin. 52 88 159 160 Barron, 142 144 316 343 344 366 370 210 274 275 277 Barry, 247 374 375 277 279 280 Awashouse, 38 288 Bartlett, 53 338 895 281 383 283 384 885 Awashwash, 38 Bartholomew, 178 386 398 313 318 319 Agers, 281 Barton, 117 188 vm. Index to Names and Places. Bateman's Precinct, Boston Neck, 63 68 69 Bull, 36 114 116 343 365 Dutchess Co. N.Y., 72 74 77 181 131 869 391 380 136 178 Burdick, 35 37 39 40 Bates, 50 170 343 Bosworth, 883 53 80 101 186 818 Baton, 96 Bates, 108 360 Battey, 50 Bowen, 108 110 168 169 Burge, 184 Batts, 113 176 815 Burgess, 387 839 Bassett, 36 53 Bradshaw, 188 Burkitt, 839 Baudish, 314 373 Bradstreet, 106 Burlingame, 31 48 51 Baulston, 116 Bradford. 6 164 173 Bean, 138 Braman, 53 309 315 316 Burlison, 171 Beardsley, 356 833 366 875 878 Burnside, 819 Beard, 314 Brand, 35 316 Burrell, 108 Beary, 314 Brayton, 36 98 171 316 Burrows, 14 93 93 94 Beatey, 196 233 335 242 243 244 Burr, 108 Beebe, 848 247 255 Burton, 118 Beech, 248 Brenton's reef, 62 Burt, 103 Beers, 248 Brenton, 216 217 Bushee, 138 Beliat (brig) 195 Bridgeport, Ct., 233 347 Bus well, 881 Beliss, 36 349 Butler, 108 219 Bennett, 14 116 136 163 Bridgetown, 73 Button, 178 216 219 255 Bridgewater, 177 Butts, 128 Benson, 108 Briggs, 6 14 113 140 Buzigut, 118 Bentley. 79 114 209 212 171 316 313 Byram, 86 214 215 220 243 244 Brigs, 893 259 275 Brightman, 816 330 Bentle, 243 Brinkrays, 220 Bent, 215 Briskow, 216 219 Cace, 243 Berlin, Wis., 259 260 Bristol Co., Mass., 128 Cachanaquont, 290 Bernon, 285 Bristol, R. I,, 185 286 Cachaquant, 38 Bewitt, 116 Broad Hill, 317 Cahoone, 5 6 143 163 Bicknell, 128 215 277 Brookfield, N. Y„ 35 211 265 Billington, 73 76 215 Brooks, 114 187 216 California, 48 311 Brownell, 37 316 270 Callendar, 33 Bill, 215 256 Browning, 46 47 53 Calverly, 291 Bissell's Mills, 47 184 187 310 213 816 Calvert, 68 Bissell, 48 184 214 215 317 367 369 275 311 Cambridge, Eng., 331 Bitegood, 258 320 Cambridge, Mass., 104 Blathwayt, 27 Browne, 243 159 350 Bliven. 23 175 Brown's Tavern, 309 Cambridge Precinct, Block Island Sound, 76 Brown, 6 11 12 23 820 Block Island, 6 46 27 35 73 108 109 Cammell, 169 Blodgett, 108 110 112 113 116 122 Campbel], 265 Bly, 6 128 136 163 174 187Canada , 46 127 259 Bennett Point, 72 193 194 195 196 197Canonchet , 133 290 291 Boomer, 36 198 199 204 212 214Canonicus , 30 31 338 Boone, 215 277 310 313 216 217 218 319 339 340 844 890 315 * Boss, 49 52 53 80 197 241 343 257 259 265Canterbury , 165 211 215 244 276 311 866 370 873 393 300Cap e Henlopen, 75 Boston, Mass., 39 40 304 309 310 311 313Cape , 116 47 98 100 101 102 313 314 315 316 Carder, 115 117 118 838 104 105 107 123 133Buckley , 848 292 160 177 178 179 180Buckover , 50 Card, 6 50 212 218 865 181 183 193 195 197 Budlong, 118 367 368 811 313 198 309 328 239 230Buers , 144 167 Carlisle, 108 365 331 233 239 283 383Bullock , 138 385 319 Carpenter, 19 21 70 396 Bull's Garrison, 114 385 79 115 121 122 123 Index to Names and Places.