Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683
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Governor of Rhode Island and clergyman.
From the description of Letter of Roger Williams, 1647 August 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066899
Roger Williams (1603-1682/83), clergyman and founder of Rhode Island, was born in London, England. Upon graduating from Pembroke College in 1624, Williams became a chaplain at Otes, in Essex County, England. In 1630 he embarked for New England, where he soon incurred the wrath of the Massachusetts magistrates for his criticism of the restrictive Puritan system. In 1635, Williams was banished and sought refuge in the Narragansett region, where he founded Providence Plantation. He secured a charter for the Plantation in 1644 and eventually served as President of the colony of Rhode Island.
From the description of Papers, 1629-1682. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207180855
Epithet: the Puritan
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000023
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Subjects:
- Baptists
- Society of Friends
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- King Philip's War, 1675-1676
- Narragansett Indians
- Pequot Indians
- Religious disputations
- Theology
- Indians of North America
Occupations:
- Clergy
- Governors
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- RI, US
- ENG, GB
- Rhode Island (as recorded)
- Rhode Island (as recorded)
- Essex, England (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- America (as recorded)
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- Norfolk, England (as recorded)
