Pettaquamscutt purchase land disposition records, 1695-1792.

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Pettaquamscutt purchase land disposition records, 1695-1792.

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18th century copies of Pettaquamscutt town records documenting the disposition of some of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase lands in Rhode Island. Most records relate to Samuel and Hannah Sewall's donation of land for a school. Also refers to a plan to drain Worden's Pond in South Kingston.

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Sewall, Hannah, 1658-1717.

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Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730

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Samuel Sewell was born 28 March 1652 Bishop Stoke England. He arrived in Boston 1661. He was Commissioner of the Company for the Progagation of the Gospel in New England and Parts Adjacent (1699-1730), Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., Overseer of Harvard College, Judge of Probate for Suffolk Co. (1715-1728), and Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature (1718-1728). He died 1 January 1729/30 Boston MA. From the description of [Account book of Samuel Sewall,...