Fones Records Fones Records 1659-1679

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Fones Records Fones Records 1659-1679

The Fones Record consists of deeds and other land records, dating from 1659-1679, pertaining to a portion of the Colony of Rhode Island that was known as Narragansett country.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6358348

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Wharton, Richard, -1689

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New England colonial and owner of land in Maine. From the description of Richard Wharton Indian deed, 1684. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 285097046 ...

Fones, John

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Smith, Richard, 1596?-1666

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Saffin, John, 1632-1710

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The original manuscript was sent by Cotton Mather with a letter to the Leverett family. This copy was made by the author for Mather. From the description of An elegie on the deplored decease of that truly pious and religious matron, Mrs. Sara Leveret : relict of the late hon[or]able John Leveret, Esq., sometime governor of his then Majesty's colony of the Massethusets [sic] Bay in New England : manuscript, 1704. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612782428 Scituate, M...

Winthrop, John, 1638-1707.

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Hutchinson, Edward, 1613-1675

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Rhode Island (Colony).

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Rhode Island's first permanent settlement was established at Providence in 1636 by English clergyman Roger Williams and a small band of followers who had left the repressive atmosphere of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to seek freedom of worship. Canenicus and Miantonomi granted Williams a sizable tract of land for his new village. Other nonconformists followed Williams to the bay region, including Anne and William Hutchinson and William Coddington, all of whom founded Po...