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Hopkinton, Rhode Island Death Records 1788 – 1922 A – C

Below are Hopkinton death records from 1788 – 1922 with last names A-C.

Compiled By HHA Member Lauri Arruda

Hopkinton, Rhode Island Death Records 1788 – 1922 D – L

Below are Hopkinton death records from 1788 – 1922 with last names D-L.

Compiled By HHA Member Lauri Arruda

Hopkinton, Rhode Island Death Records 1788 – 1922 M – Z

Below are Hopkinton death records from 1788 – 1922 with last names M-Z.

Compiled By HHA Member Lauri Arruda

See also death records A-C • D-L • M-Z

MacGONEGAL, William S. died 16 February 1921 in Ashaway, age 43/5/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in East Lyme, CT, s/o Edward J. and Isabelle (Gadbois) MacGonegal. cod-myocarditis mitral regurgitation and stenosis, aortic stenosis, _?_, sclarosis indescatitial glomers nephritis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:31

MacKENZIE, Infant died 12 May 1916 in Hope Valley, age stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John H. and Edith MacKenzie. cod-prolonged labor, instrument delivery perhaps partially cause by too long application of forceps to baby’s head or asphyxiation. Burial Family Lot, Hopkinton. 2:23

MACOMBER, Billings died 10 December 1889, age 81/9/3. Male, white, widow, farmer. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Jonathan and Mary A. Macomber. cod-dyspepsia. 1:48

MACOMBER, Rebecca S. died 23 June 1885, age 68 years. Female, white, married. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Bowen and Hannah Briggs. cod-paralysis of brain. 1:41

MACOMBER, Sally died 26 August 1883, age 71 years. Female, white, single. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Benjamin and Mary Macomber. cod-old age. 1:39

MAIN, Abby M. died 7 November 1857, age 18/4/16. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Charlotte Main. cod-typhoid fever. 1:3

MAIN, Amos died 31 July 1865, age 88/11/15. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Peter and Patience Main. cod-old age. 1:11

MAIN, Catherine Ella died 10 October 1918 in Hope Valley, age 2/9/20. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Mary F. Main. cod-influenza and pneumonia. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:28

MAIN, Christiana died 6 August 1909 in Canonchet, age 5 months. Female, white. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Welcome A. and Pearl R. Main. cod-cholera infantum, weighed 3 lb. when born, very much emanciated when it was born. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:10

MAIN, Curtis John died 27 January 1908, age 75/0/3. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Boston Corners, NY, s/o John and Charlotte Main. cod-valvular disease of heart. Burial on farm in Hopkinton. 2:8

MAIN, David Henry died 9 January 1886, age 0/4/9. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Moses H. & Susan J. Main. cod-unknown. 1:42

MAIN, George Stanley died 28 April 1910, age 68/2/1. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o George W. and Julia A. Main. cod-cancer of breast. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:12

MAIN, Henry died 24 January 1869, age 56 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Amos and Abby Main. cod-consumption. 1:19

MAIN, Infant died 20 June 1870, age 17 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o James H. and Amy A. Main. cod-unknown. 1:20

MAIN, Infant died 26 July 1881, age 0/3/2. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Moses H. and Jane Main. cod-exhaustion. 1:35

MAIN, John died 27 July 1871, age 65/1/18. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Amos and Abby Main. cod-consumption. 1:22

MAIN, Lorinda M. died 14 September 1903, age 60 years. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Charlotte Main. cod-chronic dementia, inanition. Burial Family Lot. 2:2

MAIN, Louisa S. died 9 December 1884, age 27 years. Female, white, married. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Rhodes (surname?) cod-childbirth. 1:40

MAIN, Martha Ann died 6 August 1875, age 38/6/23. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Charlotte Main. cod-consumption. 1:27

MAIN, Malvina died 20 September 1903, age 50 years. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Charlotte Main. cod-cancer of breast. Burial Family Lot 2:2

MAIN, Mary Ann died 4 April 1892, age 78/2/10. Female, white, widow. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o James and Esther Whitford. cod-chronic diarrhea and lagrippe. 1:51

MAIN, Nettie E. died 21 January 1876, age 20/7/0. Female, white, single. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o Henry and Eliza Main. cod-pneumonia. 1:28

MAIN, Sarah M. died 31 January 1910 in Wyoming, age 75/7/24. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in MA, d/o Charles and Nancy Bills. cod-acute indigestion and colic of stomach. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:12

MAIN, Silas Everett died 11 October 1918 in Hope Valley, age 40/9/13. Male, white, public garage. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Moses H. and Jane G. Main. cod-bronchial pneumonia and influenza. 2:28

MAIN, Susan Emily died 20 January 1917 in Ashaway, age 76/10/20. Female, white, widow. Born in Voluntown, CT, d/o William and Dorcas Ecclestone. cod-lagrippe, pneumonia. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:25

MAIN, Susan Gray died 1 January 1909 in Ashaway, age 83 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Ledyard, CT, d/o of Asa and _?_(Prosser) Gray. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial Union Cemetery. 2:10

MAIN, Susan Jane died 2 April 1922, age 71/11/13, in Hope Valley. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas L. and Susan (Geer) Palmer. Buried Pine Grove Cemetery. Informant, Moses H. Main. cod – la grippe, bronchial pneumonia. 3:1

MAIN, Thomas Dorr died 24 December 1915, age 70/0/5. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Amos and Mary A. Main. cod-cremation, probably a death due to violence. Burial in North Stonington, CT. 2:22

MAINE, Amey Bertha died 24 March 1897, age 28 days. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Henry D. and Hattie (Harrington) Maine. cod-lagrippe, broncio pneumonia. 1:60

MAINE, Frederick Tyler died 25 July 1918 in Hope Valley, age 1/2/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Wilfred and Olive F. Maine. cod-gastritis and entero colitis. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:27

MAINE, Ira C. died 17 December 1901, age 9 years. Male, white. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Henry and Frances Maine. cod-drowning. 1:69

MAINE, Margaret May died 1 February 1910, age 26/10/10. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Rhode Island, d/o Stephen and Matilda (Abby) Coon. cod-entero colitis. Burial Union Cemetery, North Stonington, CT. 2:12

MAINE, Mary Frances died 8 October 1918 in Hope Valley, age 21/8/22. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Henry M. and Mary Etta Main. cod-influenza, complicated by pneumonia. 2:28

MAINE, Susan Jane died 15 June 1913 in Woodville, age 75/10/24. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o Azariah and Phylura Maine. cod-chronic endocarditis. Burial Miner Meeting House Cemetery. 2:17

MAINES, Edgar Richmond died 13 November 1915 in RI Hospital, Providence, RI, age 9/5/16. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Thomas S. and Grace L. Maines. cod-acute appendicitis, general peritonitis. Burial Hopkinton, RI. 2:22

MANCHESTER, Mary died 27 September 1858 age 37/8/28. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Isaac and Elizabeth Cundall. cod-cancer on breast. 1:4

MARIS, Charlotte A. died 22 July 1893, age 40 years. Female, colored, widow, housekeeper. Born in Newport, RI, d/o Joseph and Sarah Cheats. cod-tumor uterine and diabetes. 1:53

MARSHALL, Mary Maria died 5 March 1881, age 50 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Silas and Elizabeth Braman. cod-consumption. 1:35

MARTELL, infant died 28 October 1910 in Rockville, age stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Peter and Neva Estella (Saulsbury) Martell. Burial Hopkinton. 2:12

MARTIN, Charles Asa died 17 September 1872, age 0/1/7. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Edward and Sophia A. Martin. cod-fits. 1:24

MARTIN, Donald Nathan died 9 December 1919 Clay St. Ashaway (Potter Hill), age 9 days old. Male, white. Born in Potter Hill, (Ashaway) RI, s/o Howard and Della (Maine) Martin. cod-congenital malformation of the heart. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:29

MARTIN, Frank H. died 23 November 1911 Main St. Ashaway, age 64 years. Male, white, married, mill operative. Born in England, s/o John and Susan (Hutton) Martin. cod-bright’s disease of the kidneys, valvular disease of the heart. 2:13

MARTIN, Henry died 25 October 1905 Laurel Street, Potter Hill, age 49/11/0. Male, white, married, watchman. Born in England, s/o John and Susanna (Hutton) Martin. cod-cancer of liver & stomach, chronic _?_ disease. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:4

MARTIN, Julia died 29 August 1917 in Ashaway, age 66/0/12. Female, white, widow. Born in Key West, Florida, d/o Theodore and Eliza Ann Thorpe. cod-cancer of stomach. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:25

MATHIEU, David Walter Blake died 22 August 1911, age 3/3/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, (illegitimate) s/o Walter Blake and Antonia Mathieu. cod-acute indigestion and spinal meningitis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:13

MATTESON, Benjamin Wilbur died 29 May 1915 in Hope Valley, age 70/8/16. Male, white, widower, carpenter. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o Jeremiah and Sally F. (Bennett) Matteson. cod-aterial sclerosis, hemorrhage of the brain and paralysis of right side of body. Burial Family Lot, West Greenwich. 2:21

MATTESON, Chapman died 13 July 1889, age 73 years. Male, white, married, blacksmith. Born in Coventry, RI, s/o Carey and Charlotte Matteson. cod-old age. 1:47

MATTESON, Florence I. died 31 August 1894, age 0/6/17. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton. d/o William and Minnie A. Matteson. cod-cholera infantum. 1:56

MATTESON, Lydia died 5 January 1899, age 81 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Foster, RI, d/o Elijah Howard. cod-pneumonia. 1:64

MATTESON, Mary died 10 January 1891, age 71/11/28. Female, white, widow. Born in Scituate, RI, d/o Henry and Sabra Randall. cod-cerebral hemorrhage. 1:50

MATTESON, Minnie Adline died 5 July 1917 in Hope Valley, age 49/9/29. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o James and Annie Newton. cod-acute myocarditis, scarlet fever. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:17

MATTESON, Peleg died 27 July 1904 Hope Valley, age 87/5/1. Male, white, married, brick mason. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o Peleg and Mary Matteson. cod-urea poisoning and ureric fit. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:3

MATTESON, Susan E. died 1 February 1867, age 24/7/0. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Chapman and Lydia Matteson. cod-consumption. 1:15

MAXON, Christine L. died 8 December 1907 in Hope Valley, age 0/10/23. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, Henry N. and Hattie S. Maxon. cod-lobar pneumonia. Burial Family Lot, Maxon Street, Hopkinton. 2:7

MAXON, Lucy died 2 July 1883 in Providence, RI, age 74 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o David and Grace Stillman. cod-insanity, mania and exhaustion. 1:39

MAXSON, Alice Josephine died 24 May 1901, age 14/4/10. Female, white. Born in Mystic, CT, d/o Clarence H. and Alice Josephine Maxson. cod-chronic nephitis. 1:68

MAXSON, Cyrus H. died 3 November 1859, age 38/8/0. Male, white, married, line manufacturer. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Silas and Betsey Maxson. cod-typhoid fever. 1:5

MAXSON, Eunice died 12 February 1867, age 84 years. Female, white, married. Born in Groton, CT, d/o Moses and Lucy Culver. cod-old age. 1:15

MAXSON, Ezekiel died 16 December 1870, age 82/2/24. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Elisha and Rebekah Maxson. cod-old age. 1:20

MAXSON, Hannah died 25 August 1868, age 91/4/0. Female, white, widow. Daughter of Daniel and Avis Peckham. cod-old age. 1:17

MAXSON, Harriet died 22 November 1910 in Cranston at the State Hospital, age 84 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Prudy (Lanphere) Fenner. cod-senile dementia, pulmonary tuberculosis. Burial in Hope Valley. 2:12

MAXSON, Hattie Louise died 29 April 1921 in Hope Valley, age 36/4/4. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William W. and Sarah A. (Kenyon) Church. cod-bronchial pneumonia and jaundice following. Burial Family Lot, Richmond 2:31

MAXSON, Horace died 14 February 1888, age 74/9/3. Male, white, married, janitor. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nathan and Ruth Maxson. cod-congestion of the lungs. 1:45

MAXSON, Jane died 15 September 1912 on Broad St., Ashaway, age 67/7/19. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Plainfield, CT., d/o William and Happy (Whipple) Tucker. cod-cancer of liver. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:14

MAXSON, Joel C. died 24 September 1863 in New London, CT, age 35/3/1. Male, white, married, soldier. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Peleg and Clara Maxson. cod-consumption. 1:9

MAXSON, Libbie A. died 20 August 1860, age 4/7/0. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Cyrus H. and Charlotte Maxson. cod-diptheria. 1:6

MAXSON, Lucy Angeline died 8 November 1855, age 18/10/10. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Samuel and Lucy Maxson. cod-consumption. 1:2

MAXSON, Lucy E. died 23 December 1913 Broad St. Ashaway, age 34/2/5. Female, white, single, weaver in woolen mill. Born in Connecticut, d/o George I. and Jane E. (Tucker) Maxson. cod-femoral phletrtis, pulmonary embolism. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:22

MAXSON, Martha died 3 November 1804 Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in Narragansett Times

MAXSON, Matthew died 30 December 1791. Born in Hopkinton, s/o of Nathan and Nancy (Vars) Maxson. Early Vitals 2:15

MAXSON, Nathan died 5 July 1858, age 27/11/0. Married, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Samuel and Lucy Maxson. cod-consumption. 1:4

MAXSON, Nathan Elvin died 22 September 1885, age 28 years. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nathan and Lucy E. Maxson. cod-consumption. 1:41

MAXSON, Oliver died 27 June 1873, age 58/0/15. Male, white, widow. Born in Groton, CT, s/o Ezekiel and Eunice Maxson. cod-disease of the heart. 1:25

MAXSON, Rebecca died 21 May 1897, age 97/2/0. Female, white, single, tailoress. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Elisha and Rebecca Maxson. cod-old age. 1:60

MAXSON, Samuel Ray died 19 October 1858, age 25/10/27. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Samuel and Lucy S. Maxson. cod-consumption. 1:4

MAXSON, Sarah Ann died 8 March 1919 in Hope Valley, age 76/8/19. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o John and Elizabeth Hoxsie. cod-aralania from old age. Burial Family Lot. 2:29

MAXSON, Susan died 22 February 1864 near Potter Hill, age unknown. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o _____& Martha Coon. cod-childbirth. 1:10

MAYHEW, Carrie died 24 April 1911 in Alton, age 85 years. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Bangor, Maine, d/o John A. and Lucy Mayhew. cod-acute indigestion following lagrippe. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:13

MAYNE, Sterry L. died 30 October 1907 in Rockville, age 2/4/0. Born in Voluntown, CT, s/o Henry D. and Hattie Mayne. cod-acute laryngitis, edema of glothis, suffocation, pulmonary congestion. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:7

McCRARY, Benjamin F. died 6 September 1858 in East Lyme, Connecticut, age unknown. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in East Lyme, CT, s/o Erastus McCrary. 1:5

McDONALD, John died 4 September 1901, age 63/3/5. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Maine, s/o Arthur and Mary McDonald. cod-cerebral hemorrhage. 1:69

McEWEN, Lillian died 14 November 1890, age 0/7/10. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Emma McEwen. cod-marasmus. 1:49

McGINN, Margaret died 19 October 1909 Maxon St., Ashaway, age 80 years. Female, white, widow, housewife. Born in Ireland, parents unknown except for the following last names; Conloier (father) and Coyle (mother). cod-endocarditis, senile debility. 2:11

McGINN, Nora died 17 August 1919 Maxson St, Ashaway, age 64/5/2. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Ireland, d/o Patrick and Mary (Callahan) McCabe. cod-acute indigestion. Burial St. Michael’s New Cemetery 2:29

McGUINNISS, Amanda M. died 13 March 1903, age 68/6/12. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in New York, d/o Stepehn and Amanda F. Hoxie. cod-lagrippe complicatedwith bronchial pneumonia. Burial Philadelphia, PA. 2:1

McINNES, Hugh died 13 November 1915 in Lebanon, CT, age 73/6/29. Male, white, widower. Born in Scotland,s/o Duncan and Agnes (Black) McInnes. cod-cerebral hemorrhage. Burial White Brook Cemetery. 2:22

McINNES, William W. died 2 March 1891, age 52/8/0. Male, white, married. Born in Scotland, s/o Duncan and Agnes B. McInnes. cod-diabetes and pleurisy. 1:50

McLAUGHLIN, Ellen M. died 13 October 1921 on High Street, Ashaway, age 64/9/13. Female, white, married, housewife. Born in East Providence, RI, d/o Asa and Margaret (Trodden) Poole. cod-cerebral hemorrhage. Burial St. Ann’s Cemetery, Cranston, RI. 2:32

McLEAN, John died 2 February 1900, age 62 years. Male, white, widower, cooper. Born in Scotland, parents unknown. cod-cirrhosis of liver. 1:66

McMILLAN, Duncan died 8 March 1907 on High Street, Ashaway, age 47 years. Male, white, single, dyer. Born New York, New York, s/o Charles and Catherine (McCarthy) McMillan. cod-morphine poisoning, accidental. Burial North Adams, MA. 2:7

McNALLY, Dennis died 10 November 1907 in Potter Hill, age 76 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Ireland, s/o Michael and Sarah (Floody) McNally. cod-chronic cystitis, senile debility. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:7

McNALLY, Elizabeth died 7 December 1915 in North Stonington, CT, age 43/10/6. Female, white, married. Born in Ireland, d/o Michael and Bridget (McCary)Lowe. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:22

McNALLY, James died 24 April 1917 in Potter Hill, age 46/0/7. Male, white, widower, weaver. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Dennis and Rose (McCabe) McNally. cod-double lobar pneumonia. Burial St. Micheal’s Cemetery. 2:25

McNALLY, Rose died 15 August 1922 in Potter Hill, age 84 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Ireland, July 1838, d/o Patrick and Mary (Callahan) McCabe. Buried St. Michael’s New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, CT. Informant Mrs. Katherine O’Toole (daughter). cod- cerebral hemmorhage, senile debility. 3:1

MELOW, Martha A. died 11 June 1908 in Rockville, age 1/10/0. Female, white. Born in Westerly, d/o John and Ellen Melow. cod-convulsions and intestinal catarrh with diarrhea. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:8

MERRES, Henrietta C. died 12 March 1883 age 27/5/6. Female, white, married. Born in Mystic, CT, d/o Henry R. and Eunice Capwell. cod-consumption. 1:39

MERRIT, Ernest C. died 2 September 1858, age 1/8/21. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Russell W. and Olive B. Merrit. cod-dysentery. 1:4

MERRITT, Charles Edward died 8 December 1912 in Ashaway, age 79/6/0. Male, white, married, carpenter. Born in Whitford, RI, s/o Samuel E. and Sarah Merritt. cod-intestinal obstruction, probably cancer. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:14

MERRITT, Dwight Russel died 16 March 1919 in Ashaway, age 68/5/14. Male, white, butcher. Born in Ashaway (Hopkinton), s/o Russell and Olive Merritt. cod-intestinal obstruction. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:29

MERRITT, Elizabeth A. died 15 September 1913 in State Hosp. Cranston, RI, age 64 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Rhode Island, parents listed as “Austin.” cod-manic depressive, insanity, acute dysentary. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:18

MERRITT, Everett W. died 22 November 1873, age 18/10/22. Male, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Russel W. and Olive B. Merritt. cod-typhoid fever. 1:25

MERRITT, Frederic Lincoln died 31 October 1866, age 1/11/7. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Russel W. and Olive Merritt. cod-diptheria. 1:14

MERRITT, Infant died 20 January 1878, age 2 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Dwight R. and Anna S. Merritt. cod-unknown. 1:31

MERRITT, Nina M. died 26 April 1871, age 0/5/14. Female, white. Born in Groton, CT, d/o Charles and Matilda Merritt. cod-congestion of brain. 1:22

MERRITT, Olivia B. died 11 March 1876, age 52/6/0. Female, white, married. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Christopher and Olive Chester. cod-pneumonia. 1:28

MERRITT, Prudence M. died 11 January 1886, age 52/9/5. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in New York, d/o John and Elizabeth Greene. cod-pneumonatis. 1:42

MERRITT, Russell Wells died 12 August 1894, age 77/1/29. Male, white, widower, ship carpenter. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Samuel and Sally Merritt. cod-dysentery. 1:56

MERRITT, Samuel died 20 September 1889, age 85/7/15. Male, white, married, mechanic. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Samuel and Sarah (Partelo) Merritt. cod-old age, bronchitis. 1:47

MERRITT, Sarah T. died 29 August 1903, age 96/4/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Wickford, RI, d/o Samuel and Nancy (Lawton) Thomas. cod-dysentery. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:1

MERRITT, Viola D. died 5 February 1911 in Ashaway, age 46 years. Female, white, divorced, housekeeper. Born in Rhode Island, d/o father unknown and Avis Barber. cod-pneumonia. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:13

MESERVE, Lucia May died 15 April 1915 Nickerson St. Blackstone Hospital, Pawtucket, RI, age 35/11/26. Female, white, single, stenographer. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Orville and Janet Meserve. cod-convulsions, preferred, uremic. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:22

MICHAEL, Infant died 20 December 1882, age 7 days. Male, black. Born in Carolina, RI, s/o John and Ada Michael. cod-fits. 1:38

MILBY, Dora Ellen died 12 July 1916 Chase Hill, age 2/8/11. Female, white. Born in Westerly, d/o John and Dora F. (Richmond) Milby. cod-croupous pneumonia. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:23

MILLER, Ann died 21 November 1874, age 73/9/21. Female, white, married. Born in England, d/o James and Betsey Ramsden. cod-asthma. 1:26

MILLER, Charles died 23 February 1921 Providence at the State Hospital, age 23/7/0. Male, white, single. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Hugh and Mary (Mott) Miller. cod-purpesa hemorrhagica, secondary anemia. Burial in Hopkinton. 2:31

MILLER, Daniel E. died 25 September 1887, age 6/0/22. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o David and Emily Miller. cod-croup. 1:44

MILLER, David B. died 2 November 1903, age 53/11/24. Male, white, married, paper hanger and painter. Born in Providence, RI, s/o Aaron and Luenda Miller. cod-cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis of right side of body, (arm and leg). Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:2

MILLER, Francis died 10 December 1882, age 82/10/10. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in England, s/o Thomas and Martha Miller. cod-neuralia & rheumatism of heart. 1:38

MILLER, Francis Desmond died 29 July 1870, age 0/11/27. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Solomon F. and Minnie K. Miller. cod-cholera infantum. 1:20

MILLER, Infant died 26 November 1896, age stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Elisha E. and Mary E. (Porter) Miller. 1:59

MILLER, Lucy E. died 13 February 1905 in Hope Valley, age 48/11/15. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Susan Palmer. cod-menopause, nectosis of left femur, septic absortion, poisoning and exhaustion from. 2:4

MILLER, Lydia E. died 13 February 1905 in Hope Valley, age 48/11/15. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, Thomas and Susan Palmer. cod-menopause, nectoris of left femur, septic absorption poisoning, and exhaustion from. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:4

MILLER, Susan F. died 23 February 1914 in Ashaway, age 82/10/0. Female, white, widow. Born in America, d/o William and Susan (Burdick) Ennis. cod-phargngitis, bronchitis, senility. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:19

MILLS, Charles Washington died 11 July 1893, age 44/0/6. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Kingstown, RI, s/o George W. and Ruth A. (Northrup) Mills. cod-acute otitis media, pyaemia. 1:53

MILLS, Lloyd died 4 January 1917, age 1 day. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Arthur and Annette S. Mills. cod-premature birth, lived about 24 hours. Burial place unknown. 2:25

MINER, Alden Frederick died 28 April 1919 on Palmer St., Ashaway, age 66/11/3. Male, white, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o John L. and Martha E. ( Peabody) Miner. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:29

MINER, Alice died 6 August 1900, age 62 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Providence, RI, d/o Asa H. and Mary Marshall. cod-carcinoma of uterus. 1:66

MINER, Martha Esther died 24 September 1896, age 77/5/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o Benjamin and Martha S. Peabody. cod-acute dysentery. 1:59

MINER, Nancy died 20 February 1858 in Stonington, Connecticut, age 64 years. Female, white, married. Born in Rhode Island, d/o Jeremiah and Bethia Prosser. 1:5

MITCHELL, Carrie Hoxie died 19 July 1920 in Hope Valley, age 34/7/14. Feamle, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Old Mystic, CT, d/o Calvin H. and Jennie Hoxie. cod-acute indigestion and bronchial pneumonia and catarrah jaundice. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT. 2:30

MITCHELL, Donald Frederick died 21 October 1915 in Alton, age 0/1/21. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, Fredand Ethel Lois Mitchell. cod-anyloid liver. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:22

MOON, Emily W. died 28 December 1884, age 1/9/5. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o George W. and Loiza S. Moon. cod-typhoid fever. 1:40

MOON, Isaac Henry died 26 December 1908 in Hope Valley, age 57 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o Isaac H. and and Esther Moon. cod-suicide by hanging. 2:9

MOON, John died 30 December 1912 in Canonchet, age 89/4/11. Male, white, widower, retired farmer. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o Isaac and Mary Moon. cod-old age. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:14

MOORE, Amanda died 30 July 1860, age 8/9/0. Female, white. Born in New Jersey, d/o George and Phebe Moore, “from England.” cod-diptheria. 1:5

MOORE, John died 1 April 1896, age 86/2/22. Male, white, widower, overseer in woolen mill & farmer. Born in Ireland, s/o William and Elizabeth Sarah Moore. cod-old age, heart failure. 1:58

MOORE, John A. died 3 February 1910, age 35/3/10. Male, white, single, mail carrier. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Dennis and Elizabeth (Walters) Moore. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. Burial St. Micheal’s Old Cemetery. 2:12

MOORE, Mariah died 27 April 1889, age 80/8/24. Female, white, married. Born in Scotland, d/o Robert and Margaret McKinley. cod-old age and disease of gall bladder. 1:47

MOORE, Mary died 10 August 1860, age 4/3/0. Female, white. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o of George and Phebe Moore (“from England”) cod-diptheria. 1:6

MORRIS, Charles E. died 11 May 1867, age 1/0/11. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Joseph and Rosa Morris. 1:15

MORRIS, Flora B. died 22 June 1890, age 1/10/0. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, (adopted by the Morris family) d/o James T. Hayfield. cod-acute meningitis. 1:49

MORRIS, Joseph died 3 April 1915 Potter Hill, age 82 years. Male, white, married, laborer woolen mill. Born in Canada, s/o Joseph and Mary (Potter) Morris. cod-pneumonia. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:21

MORRIS, Rosy died 25 February 1917 in Potter Hill, age 81 years. Female, white, widow, housewife. Born in Canada, parents unknown. cod-bronchial pneumonia. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:25

MORTIMER, Elizabeth died 7 September 1885 in Pawtucket, RI, age 65 years. Female, white, married. Born in England, d/o Henry and Hannah Le (_?_) cod-paralytic shock. 1:41

MORTIMER, Fred W. died 17 June 1895, age 36/5/15. Male, white, single, weaver. Born in Blackstone, MA, s/o Ezekiel and Jane Mortimer. cod-use of intoxicants, exposure to cold. 1:57

MOWRY, John A. died 13 February 1904 in Ashaway, age 85 years. Male, white, widower, mill operative. Born in Smithfield, RI, parents unknown. cod-senile dementia and the increasing debility of old age. Burial Primrose, RI. 2:3

MUMFORD, William W. died 11 June 1872, age 80/6/0. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o Paul and Hannah Mumford. cod-kidney complaint. 1:24

MUNRO, Mary Ann died 6 July 1918, age 86/10/24. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Scotland, d/o Robert and Myra Rankin. cod-fracture of the surgical neck of the right femur. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:27

MURPHY, Charles died 23 December 1899, age 41/5/19. Male, white, married, finisher in mill. Born in Hopkinton, s/o David and Susan Murphy. cod-cardiac dropsy. 1:65

MURRAY, Ellen died 21 June 1906 in Potter Hill, age 71 years. Female, white, widow, housewife. Born in Ireland, d/o Patrick and Hanora Ahern. cod-chronic nephritis, auremia. Burial St. Micheal’s Old Cemetery 2:5

MURRAY, Francis died 11 September 1899, age 5/11/0. Male, white. Born in Griswold, CT, parents listed as Henry and Katherine McClusky. cod-acute nephritis. 1:65

MURRAY, Gertrude Inez died 25 November 1911 in Potter Hill, age 14/5/0. Female, white, schoolgirl. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Edward and Mary J. (Kennedy) Murray. cod-phthisis pulmonalis, pleuritis. Burial St. Micheal’s New Cemetery. 2:13

MURRAY, Mary J. died 3 April 1912 in Potter Hill, age 40/10/20. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Andrew and Bridget (Gilmore) Kennedy. cod-lobas pneumonia. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:14

MURRAY, Patrick died 12 January 1894, age 75 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Ireland. Parents unknown. cod-heart disease. 1:55

NADDINI, Infant died 10 July 1916 in Hope Valley, stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joseph and Stefinia Nadolini. cod-born prematurely, prolonged illness of mother, hemorrhage and no paid and surgical interference. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:23

NADOLNY, Joseph Stefan died 2 January 1915 Main St. Hope Valley, age 0/1/16. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Joseph and Stafansa (Piascik) Nadolny. cod-capillary bronchitis. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:21

NAILOR, Infant (illegitimate) died 28 September 1886, age stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Sarah Nailor. 1:42

NASH, Infant died 15 November 1892, 0/1/11. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Irving E. and Lenna H. Nash. cod-unknown. 1:52

NASON, George W. died 26 February 1909 High Street, Ashaway, age 72/4/20. Male, white, married, retired. Born in Newport, RI, s/o David and Susan Nason. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial Brown Cemetery, North Stonington, CT. 2:10

NAYLOR, Martha died 23 October 1922, Maxson Street, Ashaway, age 73/?/23. Female, white, married, housewife. Born 1 October 1845 in England, d/o William and Elizabeth (Scott) Thomas. (both parents born in England) Buried River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, RI. Informant, David Naylor (husband). cod-(hard to read) chronic emphysema, mycarditis asthma for years. 3:1

NEWTON, Benajah J. died 3 March 1901, age 31/1/17. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Waterford, CT, s/o James and Annie Newton. cod-phthisis of lungs. 1:68

NEWTON, N. James died 2 September 1872, age 34/11/2. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Voluntown, CT, s/o Nathan P. and Mercy Newton. cod-typhoid fever. 1:24

NICHOLS, Amos G. died 13 January 1904 in Hope Valley, age 74/2/20. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Gardiner and Lois A. Nichols. cod-anemia, bronchitis, complicated with weak heart due to old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:3

NICHOLS, Andrew A. died 29 March 1899, age 77 years. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Andrew and Leddy Nichols. cod-pneumonia, concurrent renal dropsy. 1:64

NICHOLS, Charles Slade died 24 May 1894, age 55/9/17. Male, white, married, book-keeper. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Alexander H. and Jemima Nichols. cod-valvular heart disease, (rheumatic). 1:55

NICHOLS, David died 20 March 1838, age 24 years. This information transcribed from his gravestone mistakenly stating his last name as “Witter.”

NICHOLS, David N. died 4 February 1906, age 97/7/21. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Andrew and Elizabeth Nichols. cod-old age, bronchitis and pneumonia. Burial in Family Lot. 2:5

NICHOLS, Gardner died 13 October 1881, age 86/6/24. Male, white, widower, mechanic. Born in North Kingstown, RI, s/o William G. and Lois Nichols. cod-pneumonia. 1:35

NICHOLS, George H. died 9 December 1907 in Hope Valley, age 73/7/11. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Alexander H. and Jemima Nichols. cod-chronic endocarditis (mitral regurgitation and aortic stenosis), pyloric stenosis from abdominal tumor, acute gastric catarrh, sudden heart failure. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:7

NICHOLS, infant died 13 February 1861, (stillborn). Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, John T. and Ann E. Nichols. 1:6

NICHOLS, infant died 6 April 1861, age 0/0/21. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John T. and Ann E. Nichols. cod-fits. 1:7

NICHOLS, Jemima died 5 May 1894, age 87/5/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Birthplace unknown, d/o Oliver and Doratha Perrin. cod-apoplexy, paralysis. 1:55

NICHOLS, John T. died 19 October 1902, age 66/4/14. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, Alexander and Jemima Nichols. cod-aortic stenosis & dilitation of heart, heart failure. Fell from his carriage and breathed only a few times and was dead. 1:70

NICHOLS, Lois Ann died 29 November 1876, age 68 years. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Amos and Susannah Langworthy. cod-liver complaint. 1:29

NICHOLS, Lydia died 1 February 1861, age 83 years. Female, white, widowed. cod-old age. 1:6

NICHOLS, Marcus W. died 5 November 1872, age 12/5/14. Male, white. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o Peter C. and Lydia C. Nichols. cod-typhoid fever. 1:24

NICHOLS, Mary E. died 16 March 1896, age 65/6/3. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Gorton and Mary (Brown) Arnold. cod-pneumonia. 1:58

NICHOLS, Mary Estelle died 10 August 1878, age 20/4/10. Female, white, single. Born in Coventry, RI, d/o George H. and Susan C. Nichols. cod-typhoid fever. 1:31

NICHOLS, Mary Melissa died 10 April 1921 in Hope Valley, age 73/2/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Peleg and Hannah Matteson. cod-mitral regurgitation. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:31

NICHOLS, Olivah Ann died 9 February 1921, age 82/8/10. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Woodstock, CT, d/o Jeremiah and Phebe (Weaver) Harrington. cod-mitral regurgitation, asthma and old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:31

NICHOLS, Oscar died 23 February 1861, age 1/3/3. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George W. and Susan Nichols. cod-disease of brain. 1:6

NICHOLS, Sarah A. died 10 November 1837, age 23, wife of David. Maiden name Witter. This information transcribed from her gravestone mistakenly stating her last name as “Witter.”

NICHOLS, Silas Alexander died 8 October 1920 in Hope Valley, age 84/6/11. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Silas and Sally Nichols. cod-chronic bronchial catarrh with cough. Periodical attacks of oyssuora (for the last ten years) old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:30

NICHOLS, Stella Ann died 20 May 1916 in Hope Valley, age 76/10/14. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in New York, d/oRay and Racheal Gardiner. cod-cerebral hemorrhage, acute indigestion and poor health and debility, probably due from old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:23

NICHOLS, Susan C. died 20 September 1909 in Hope Valley, age 82/7/18. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, parents unknown. cod-old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:10

NICHOLS, William H. died 14 January 1906 in Hope Valley, age 72/0/2. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Silas and Sally A. Nichols. cod-pneumonia and acute congestions. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:5

NILES, Albert Lafayette died 7 May 1921 in Wyoming, age 82/8/15. Male, white, widower, carriage maker. Born in Rhode Island, s/o George and Cyrena (Hoxie) Niles. cod-_?_ and gastritis acute. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:31

NILES, Clark died 11 September 1922, age 81/11/20, in Wyoming/Hopkinton. Male, white, married, retired. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o George and Cyrene (Hoxsie) Niles. Buried Wood River Cemetery. Informant, Mary Niles. cod-old age, very feeble for two years.

NILES, Cyrene died 9 June 1889, age 78 years. Female, white, married. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Gideon and Deborah Hoxsie. cod-paralysis. 1:47

NILES, Eliza died 1 March 1895, age 73/2/5. Female, black, widow, housekeeper. Born in South Kingstown, RI, parents unknown. cod-la grippe. 1:57

NILES, Ethel M. died 10 June 1892, age 1/8/16. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o George A. and Addie T. (Reynolds) Niles. cod-diptheria. 1:51

NILES, Mary A died 7 September 1903, age 88/4/19. Female, black, single. Born in Newport, RI, d/o father unknown, mother-Mary Niles. cod-paralysis, bright’s disease. Burial North End, Providence. 2:2

NILES, Phebe Angeline died 13 May 1913 in Wyoming, Hopkinton, age 72/6/13. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Thomas R. and Elsie Worden. cod-nephritis and endocarditis, cerebral hemorrhage. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:17

NILES, Philip died 23 August 1902, age 11 months. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Luther B. and Mary Niles. cod-enteritis. 1:70

NILES, Samuel L. died 24 February 1895, age 80/7/7. Male, black, married, laborer. Born in Newport, RI, parents unknown. cod-valular heart disease, dropsy. 1:57

NOBLE, Nathan P. died 28 August 1900, age 54/6/30. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Mystic, CT, s/o Joseph and Sophia Noble. cod-chronic nephritis. 1:66

NORTHRUP, Charles W. died 10 December 1902 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, age 13/11/8. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, Charles H. and Lucy A. (Greene) Northrup. cod-general peritonitis. 1:70

NORTHRUP, Lucy died 1 February 1897, age 52 years. Female, white. married, housekeeper. Born in North Scituate, RI, d/o Paul M. and Phebe Greene. cod-aortic obstruction. 1:60

NORTHUP, Charles H. died 6 January 1917 in RI Hospital, Providence, age 64/2/3. Male, white, married, laborer mill. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nathaniel and Mary Northup. cod-acute cholecystitis. Burial Hopkinton. 2:26

NOURATORI, Gaetano died 30 October 1908 in Hope Valley, age 40 years. Male, white, single, laborer on State Road. Born in Italy, parents unknown. cod-found dead, natural causes, probably cerebral hemorrhage. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:8

NOYES, Charles died 17 August 1879, age 72/6/6. Male, white, single, merchant. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Joseph and Elizabeth Noyes. cod-gastritis. 1:33

NOXON, Allie C. died 16 February 1871, age 4/7/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o E. H. and Mary E. Noxon. cod-scarlet fever. 1:22

NYE, Caleb died 25 July 1796, age 75. Husband of Mary Nye. Early Vitals 2:77

NYE, Caleb died 31 October 1809 at 9 o’clock at night Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in Narragansett Times

NYE, Gardiner C. died 18 October 1888, age 66/6/18. Male, white, married, carpenter. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Varnum and Maria Nye. cod-consumption. 1:46

NYE, Lewis Edwin died 22 May 1921, age 75/10/10. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Thomas and Almy (Kenyon) Nye. cod-general debility, old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:31

NYE, Luetta died 23 April 1889, age 20/9/0. Female, white, single. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Byron D. and Betsey A. Nye. cod-epilepsy and consumption. 1:47

NYE, Mary died 5 July 1788, age 66 years. Wife of Caleb Nye. Early Vitals 2:77

OATLEY, Harriet died 18 November 1889, age 80/3/9. Female, white, widow. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o John and Hanna Tourgee. cod-erysipelas. 1:48

OLNEY, Abby Carpenter died 9 February 1877, age 62/11/9. Female, white, married. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Nathan and Abby Lillibridge. cod-paralysis. 1:30

OLNEY, Amory M. died 1 February 1905 in Wyoming, (Hopkinton), age 67/10/5. Male, white, married, watch repairer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Pardon and Abbie Olney. cod-morphiausur (?), dementia, exhaustion, hydrostatic congestion of lungs. Burial Wood River Cemetery 2:4

OLNEY, Clara Amanda died 6 December 1916 in Hope Valley, age 68/3/6. Female, white, single, clerical insurance agent. Born in Washington County, RI, d/o George Humphrey and Emeline Amanda Olney. cod-mitral insufficiency, producing in 6 years insufficiency of all the valves, cause of original lesion unknown. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:24

OLNEY, Emeline Amanda died 24 March 1895, age 73/5/23. Female, white, married. Born in Warwick, RI, d/o William and Dianna Bicknell. cod-la grippe, pneumonia. 1:57

OLNEY, George Hopkins died 3 August 1913, age 87/7/11. Male, white, widower, conveyances of real estate. Born in Cumberland, RI, s/o John and Abigail N. Olney. cod-carcinoma of liver. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:17

OLNEY, Pardon died 5 December 1881, age 73/5/6. Male, white, widower, manufacturer. Born in North Providence, RI, s/o Hopkins and Sarah Olney. cod-catarrh of bladder. 1:36

OLNEY, Sarah died 1 June 1862 in Locustville, age 81/9/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Fall River, MA, parents unknown. cod-old age. 1:8

OPIE, Dorcas M. died 4 September 1897, age 20/9/0. Female, white, single. Born in Albany, New York, d/o Richard and Annie(?) Jane (Bailey) Opie. cod-albuminuria, convulsions. 1:60

OSBORN, Alice Eola died 8 April 1900, age 0/4/5. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Fred and Mary L. Osborn. cod-broncho pneumonia. 1:66

O’TOOLE, John P. died 11 June 1901, age 34/4/7. Male, white, married, mill operative. Born in Ireland, s/o James and Mary O’Toole. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis. 1:68

PALMER, Ada Emeline died 11 March 1894, age 14/4/19. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Amos S. and Eliza A. Palmer. cod-acute phthisis. 1:55

PALMER, Amos S. died 30 April 1906 in Hope Valley, age 54/8/0. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Thomas L. and Susan E. Palmer. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis, abcess in left lung, exhaustion. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:5

PALMER, Amy E. died 26 February 1892, age 66/4/1. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o _____Fith. cod-diabetes, diabetic coma. 1:51

PALMER, Angeline C. died 15 January 1907 in Hope Valley, age 78/8/12. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o George and Elizabeth Geer. cod-paralysis agitans, acute indigestion (gastric) cardiac arrest from exhaustion. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:7

PALMER, Asher M. died 5 October 1859, age 46/6/23. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o David and Phebe Palmer. cod-pulmonary consumption. 1:5

PALMER, Benjamin C. died 7 October 1914 in Ashaway, age 71 years. Male, white, married, mill operative. Born in Voluntown, CT, s/o _____and Elizabeth (Corning) Palmer. cod-chronic myocarditis, apoplexy. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:19

PALMER, Betsey Ann died 16 July 1887, age 36/0/28. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Nathan B. and Hannah Palmer. cod-hemorrhage of lungs. 1:44

PALMER, Catherine Amelia died 3 October 1919 in Hope Valley, age 53/10/1. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Albany, Oregon, d/o John A. and Eliza (Douglass) Davis. carcinoma, breast primary. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:29

PALMER, Caroline L. died 16 April 1907 in Woodville, age 67/11/27. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Samuel and Mary Chappell. cod-pneumonia. Burial Family Lot, Hopkinton. 2:7

PALMER, Charles W. E. died 24 January 1919 in Wyoming, age 28/3/27. Male, white, laborer. Born in Pawtucket, RI, s/o Charles A. and Hannah A. (Sherman) Palmer. cod-double pneumonia. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:29

PALMER, Daniel M. died 25 April 1912 in Potter Hill, age 78/4/0. Male, white, widower, mill operative. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Hezekiah and Abbie (Maxson) Palmer. cod-organic heart disease, mitral. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:14

PALMER, Dorcas Elizabeth died 29 March 1914 in Hope Valley, age 74/0/22. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Robert and Dorcas Clark. cod-mitral disease, asthma and general debility, also catarrh of stomach. Burial in Voluntown, CT. 2:19

PALMER, Eliza Ann died 28 November 1893, age 39/6/9. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Coventry, RI, d/o Benjamin C. and Ada Ann Tillinghast. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. 1:54

PALMER, Ella E. died 1 May 1895, age 32/4/2. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Josiah P. and Angeline Palmer. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. 1:57

PALMER, Elisha B. died 4 April 1905 in Hopkinton City, age 76/4/1. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Robert and Mary Palmer. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:4

PALMER, Emma Roberts died 12 June 1893, age 20/10/13. Female, white, married. Born in Gloucester, MA, d/o Edward and Annie (O’Connell) White. cod-septicemia. 1:53

PALMER, Ernest Peter died 25 May 1914 in Woodville, age 54/5/0. Male, white, married, mill operative. Born in Waterford, CT, s/o Peter P. and and Caroline Palmer. cod-compound fracture of occipital bone, basilar process, dislocation of atlas from occipital articulation with laceration of spinal cord. Burial Family Lot, Hopkinton. 2:20

PALMER, Eugene J. died 22 July 1902, age 46/9/23. Male, white, married, carpenter and builder. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Josiah B. and Angeline Palmer. cod-concussion and compression of the brain caused by falling 12 feet and striking his head upon the floor. There was no fracture of skull, he did not regain conciousness and died 3 hours after injury. 1:70

PALMER, George Daniel died 26 October 1921 Maxon St, Potter Hill, age 59/0/22. Male, white, married, mill operative. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Daniel M. and Emeline S. Palmer. cod-arteris sclerais, chronic interstitial nephritis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:32

PALMER, Gideon died 29 August 1868, age 83 years. Male, white, widower. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nathaniel and Mary (Foster) Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:17

PALMER, Hannah died 7 April 1878, age 60/11/0. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Jonathan and Hannah Larkin. cod-dropsy. 1:31

PALMER, Hannah A. died 18 January 1859, age 7/3/24. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Asher M. and Sarah Palmer. 1:5

PALMER, Hannah McInnes died 21 January 1914 in Potter Hill, age 73 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Dalpieth, Scotland, parents unknown. cod-paralysis agiteus. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:19

PALMER, Hattie Ellen died 12 February 1875, age 20/3/18. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas T. and Susan Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:27

PALMER, Henry Clay died 27 July 1910 at Broad Street, Ashaway, age 75/11/0. Male, white, married, operative. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Hezekiah and Abbie (Maxson) Palmer. cod-organic heart disease, disease aortic valve. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:12

PALMER, Henry Rensselaer died 20 January 1922, age 77/8/1, Hopkinton. Usual residence Rockville. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Asher M. and Sarah (Crandall) Palmer. Buried Rockville Cemetery. Informant, Mrs. Comstock (daughter) cod- nephritis, cystitis, diptheria. 3:1

PALMER, Hezekiah died 21 October 1891, age 81/11/1. Male, white, divorced, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Phineas Palmer. cod-old age. 1:50

PALMER, Infant died 20 January 1868, age 3 days. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o J. P. and Angeline Palmer. 1:17

PALMER, Infant died 15 January 1914 in Canonchet, age stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Robert C. and Barbery (Arnott) Palmer. cod-stillborn at 4 months due to mother’s fall. Burial in Hopkinton. 2:19

PALMER, Isabelle May died 7 July 1889, age 30 years. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Silas C. and Sarah C. Wells. cod-consumption. 1:47

PALMER, Jane Miner died 27 September 1917 in Woodville, age 76/4/29. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, father unknown, mother-Olive Palmer. cod-apoplexy. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:25

PALMER, John M. died 2 October 1897, age 76/11/6. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Noah and Mary Palmer. cod-valvular stenosis of heart, dropsey. 1:60

PALMER, Josiah P. died 13 December 1897, age 69/9/3. Male, white, married, carpenter. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nathan and Betsey Palmer. cod-aortic obstruction and asthma, congestion of liver and suppression of urine. 1:61

PALMER, Lila A. died 22 February 1898, age 2 days. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Albert E. and Sabra A. Palmer. cod-capillary bronchitis. 1:62

PALMER, Lucy Adeline died 31 May 1915 in Hope Valley, age 57/2/10. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joel B. and Phebe E. Kenyon. cod-hysterical convulsions for years, nervous protration and chronic cystitis and anemia. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:21

PALMER, Lydia A. died 17 December 1871, age 73/8/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Eben and Sarah Rathbun. cod-consumption. 1:23

PALMER, Lydia Ester died 4 June 1875, age 19/8/29. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Asher M. and Sarah Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:27

PALMER, Martha died 17 May 1901 in Voluntown, Connecticut, age 26/1/20. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joseph and Thankful (Kenyon) Brightman. cod-lagrippe, pneumonia. 1:68

PALMER, Mary Burdick died 18 July 1889, age 88/8/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Thompson and Amy (Sisson) Burdick. cod-apoplexy. 1:47

PALMER, Mary L. A. died 7 April 1909 in Hope Valley, age 48/6/29. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas L. and Susan E. Palmer. cod-carcinoma of right breast (primary)secondary-involvement of uterus, anasarca, exhaustion. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:10

PALMER, Mary Ellen died 30 April 1920 in Rockville, age 75/2/18. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Coventry, RI, d/o Asral and Emily Jordan. cod-chronic neurosis, chronic catarrh of the bladder and acute dry catarrh of the mouth and stomach, old age. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:30

PALMER, Mary Phebe died 27 April 1915 in Rockville, age 88/0/25. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Cpt. Oliver and Mercy (Tefft) Clark. cod-old age. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:21

PALMER, Melford A. died 5 February 1861, age 30/10/25. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Daniel F. and Phebe Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:6

PALMER, Nathan died 29 October 1874, age 85/2/0. Male, white, widow, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Stephen and Dorcas Palmer. cod-heart disease or old age. 1:26

PALMER, Nathan Barber died 31 January 1890, age 68/10/3. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Nathan and Betsey (Peckham) Palmer. cod-vascular disease of the heart, acute nephsitis. 1:49

PALMER, Nathan Freddie died 17 September 1861, age 4/7/17. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Josiah P. and Angelina Palmer. cod-diptheria. 1:7

PALMER, Oliver G. died 3 March 1863 in Wyoming, age 63/11/24,. Male, white, married, shoemaker. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Oliver and Charlotte Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:9

PALMER, Peter Powers died 24 December 1920 in Westerly, age 88/11/0. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Gideon and Martha Palmer. cod-rheumatic endocarditis. Burial Family Lot, Hopkinton. 2:30

PALMER, Perry M. died 11 June 1860, age 50/5/2. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nathaniel and Ruth Palmer. cod-inflamation of lungs. 1:5

PALMER, Phebe E. died 23 September 1909 in Hope Valley, age 93/7/21. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Voluntown, CT, d/o Daniel and Sally Phillips. cod-old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:10

PALMER, Robert C. died 21 January 1908 in Rockville, age 49/7/3. Male, white, single, wholesale market gardner. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Noah R. and Roxie C. Palmer. cod-tuberculosis of lungs. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:8

PALMER, Robert Hoxsie died 21 November 1899, age 73/5/9. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Robert and Mary (Babcock) Palmer. cod-disease of the heart, diabetes. 1:65

PALMER, Ruth died 29 July 1878, age 97 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Elias and Phebe Coon. cod-old age. 1:31

PALMER, Ruth M. died 24 May 1906 in Hope Valley, age 3 days. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o George T. and Ruth Palmer. cod-an absolute deficiency of the digestive organs in power to change and assimilate food. Starvation. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:5

PALMER, Stephen L. died 29 October 1868, age 19/7/4. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Asher M. and Sarah Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:18

PALMER, Susan Abby died 1 December 1884, age 53 years. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Nathan and Betsey Palmer. cod-inward tumor. 1:40

PALMER, Susan Emeline died 14 July 1892, age 72/1/9. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o George and Elizabeth (Newton) Geer. cod-paralysis. 1:51

PALMER, Thomas L. died 11 April 1866, age 48/6/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Preston, CT, s/o Nathan and Betsey Palmer. cod-laryngitis. 1:13

PALMER, Walter Ethel died 10 September 1904 Laurel Street, Ashaway, age 27/5/0. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Benjamin C. and Lydia M. Palmer. cod-tuberculosis, phthisis pulmonalis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:3

PALMER, Wayland R. died 5 May 1862 in Rockville, RI, age 3/3/18. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Amos C. and Hannah Palmer. cod-inflamation of brain. 1:8

PALMER, William A. E. died 11 September 1860, age 1/4/0. Male, white. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o William C. and Sarah J. Palmer. cod-scarlitina. 1:6

PALMER, William E. died 27 September 1899, age 76/8/1. Male, white, married, dresser tender. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Nathan B. and Betsey Palmer. cod-dilatation of stomach, with catarrh of stomach. 1:65

PALMER, William H. H. died 1 February 1882, age 41 years. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Perry M. and Martha Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:37

PALMER, William Robert died 10 August 1873, age 0/6/11. Male, white. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Albert G. and Susan Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:25

PALMITER, Vida died 3 October 1869, age 0/1/26. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Alanson A. and Altana M. Palmiter. cod-unknown. 1:19

PANCIERA, Peter died 20 August 1920, age 54/4/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Italy, s/o De Cenia and Elizabeth Panciera. cod-aneurysm of the right (_?_), artery rupture, hemorrhage. Burial St. Michael’s New Cemetery. 2:30

PARK, Etta died 25 February 1907 on West Street, Ashaway, age 3 days. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Fred and Grace (Manwarring) Park. cod-congenital malformation, probable intestinal obstruction. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:7

PARK, Lafayette died 6 July 1896, age 72/3/0. Male, white, married, retired. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Sterry and Lucy (Slocum) Park. cod-valvular disease of the heart. 1:58

PARK, Sarah Frances died 11 March 1904, age 78/8/13. Female, white, widow. Born in Ledyard, CT, daughter of John and Mary Lee. cod-bright’s diease of the kidney. Burial Union Cemetery. 2:3

PARKS, Leroy died 25 August 1900, age 75 years. Male, white, married, blacksmith. Born in North Stonington, CT, parents unknown. cod-cancer of liver, cancer of stomach. 1:66

PARKER, George A. died 27 November 1887, age 1/5/22. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, parents unknown. cod-diptheria. 1:44

PARKER, Noah died 11 January 1904 in Hope Valley, age 89/4/9. Male, white, widower, mason. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o Stephen and Lois Parker. cod-catarrh of stomach, old age. Burial West Greenwich, RI 2:3

PARTELO, Charles H. died 4 December 1916 in Ashaway, age 76 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Norwich, CT, s/o Isaac and Sophronia (Keene) Partelo. cod-chronic nephritis, valvular heart disease. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:24

PARTELO, Edward died 23 December 1900, age 2/4/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Charles and Annie (Feeney) Partelo. cod-acute meningitis, convulsions, probably middle ear disease. 1:67

PARTELO, May Viola died 12 June 1892, age 27/8/3. Female, white, married, factory worker. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o George H. and Annie L. Holberton. cod-pulmonary phthisis, exhaustion. 1:51

PARTELO, Percy Clayton died 30 January 1899, age 8 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George F. and Winnie E. Partelo. cod-hemorrhegic disease of infancy. 1:64

PASHLEY, Elizabeth died 6 February 1911 in Ashaway, age 26/1/12. Female, white, married, housewife. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Benjamin and Annie (Oneal) White. cod-abortion, septicemia. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:13

PASHLEY, Mary E. died 10 August 1902, age 54/11/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o James and Mary A. Huling. cod-cerebral apoplexy, valvular heart disease. 1:70

PATTERSON, Amos Jr. died 16 October 1778, son of Amos and Eunice (Hall) Patterson. Early Vitals 2:5

PATTERSON, Amos died 7 July 1810 Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

PATTERSON, Anstress C. Brown died 4 February 1894, age 72/8/3. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in East Greenwich, RI, d/o Rufus and Elizabeth (Spencer) Shippee. cod-gangrene, septicemia, old age, insanity. 1:55

PATTERSON, John M. died 12 October 1916, age 64/5/20. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Miles and Mary Patterson. cod-sclerosis of spinal chord, chronic nephritis. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Massachusetts. 2:24

PATTERSON, Mary Elizabeth E. died 11 May 1889, age 59/0/2. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Arnold Hiscox. cod-paralysis. 1:47

PAYNE, Elisabeth died 9 June 1862, age 82. Female, white, widow. Born in Westerly, RI, Jonathan and Elisabeth Sisson. cod-cancerous tumor. 1:8

PEARCE, Avis died 3 March 1876, age 72 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Samuel and Jemima Clark. cod-typoid pneumonia. 1:28

PEASE, Seth Jr. died 1 November 1892, age 36 years. Male, white, single, physician. Born in East Longmeadow, CT, s/o Seth and _____(Comer) Pease. cod-typhoid fever, congestion of brain. 1:52

PECK, Frances E. died 26 April 1859 in Ashaway, age 28 years. Female, white, single, weaver. Born in Waterville, New York, d/o Elisha and Elizabeth Peck. 1:5

PECKHAM, Carrie Eva died 20 June 1894, age 23 years. Female, white, single. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Avery P. and Eva (Groom) Peckham. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. 1:55

PECKHAM, Eva died 23 January 1889, age 44 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Germany, d/o Avery Peckham. cod-apoplexy. 1:47

PECKHAM, Mary died 19 November 1852, age 73/11/22. White, female. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Daniel and Avis Peckham. cod-consumption 1:1

PELKEY, Nellie May died 16 December 1890, age 6/6/0. Female, white. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Joseph S. and Nellie E. (Collins) Pelkey. cod-acute tubercular meningitis. 1:49

PENDELTON, Abigail died 6 May 1871, age 87 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Jude and Abigail Taylor. cod-old age. 1:22

PENDELTON, Benjamin W. died 13 April 1889, age 56/0/17. Male, white, married, butcher. Birthplace unknown, s/o Joshua and Hannah Pendelton. cod-compound fracture of leg. 1:47

PENDELTON, Hannah died 9 November 1887, age 87 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Abel and Hannah Larkin. cod-old age. 1:44

PENDELTON, Harold Eugene died 15 October 1907 in Potter Hill, age 0/11/3. Male, white. Born in Westerly, s/o Frank E. and Edith E. Pendelton. cod-colo-enteritis. Burial (First?) Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:7

PENDELTON, Harriet died 8 September 1897, age 69/11/21. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o John and Sarah Slocum. cod-diabetes mellitus, heart failure. 1:60

PENDELTON, Jesse Peter died 30 March 1887, age 0/9/0. Male, white. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Peter and Laura E. Peterson. cod-water on brain. 1:44

PENDELTON, Joshua died 10 November 1885, age 79 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Benjamin Pendelton. cod-apoplexy. 1:41

PENDELTON, Nathan F. died 27 August 1906 in East Great Plain, Norwich, CT, age 64/10/23. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Stonington, s/o Nathan L. and Mary A. (Miner) Pendelton. cod-apoplexy. Burial Leffingwell Cemetery, Norwich, CT. 2:5

PENDELTON, William J. died 21 April 1888, age 16/12/21. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Henry and Lydia Pendelton. cod-liver trouble. 1:45

PENGALLY, Edna Bell died 14 August 1896, age 0/6/18. Female, white. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o John and Edna Pengally. cod-cholera infantum. 1:58

PERKINS, Annie Edith died 28 January 1910 in Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, age 33/1/16. Female, white, married. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o Thomas E. and Betsey (Holden) Harrington. cod-iutialigamentous cyst of ovary. Burial in Hopkinton. 2:12

PERKINS, Charles G. died 5 April 1878 age 51/11/6. Male, white, married, mechanic. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o John and Huldy Perkins. cod-bilious colic. 1:31

PERRIN, William died 3 January 1890 age 72/8/20. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Woodstock, Connecticut, s/o Oliver and Dorothy Perrin. cod-heart disease (organic) dropsey. 1:49

PERRIN, William Dennison died 9 April 1910 in Ashaway, age 53/1/25. Male, white, divorced, blacksmith. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o William and Frances Ann Perrin. cod-alcholism and heart disease. Burial Union Cemetery, North Stonington, CT. 2:12

PERRON, Joseph Edmund died 31 July 1913 in Canonchet, age 48/4/17. Male, white, single, engineer. Born in Mystic, CT, s/o Frank and Helen Perron. cod-due to heat and gas in boiler room causing congestion of brain and spinal cord. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. 2:17

PERRY, Abbie F. died 19 February 1897, age 55/5/23. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o William C. and Hannah H. Carpenter. cod-initial inefficiency (of heart). 1:60

PERRY, Adelaide died 15 September 1879 in Richmond, age 17/5/0. Female, black, single. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Abram and Sarah Perry. cod-unknown. 1:33

PERRY, Albert Palmer died 30 August 1920 in Hope Valley, age 78/6/3. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Benjamin and Kate Perry. cod-general debility, mind and body for the last five years, muscular rheumatism, very nervous, old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:30

PERRY, Catharine died 17 September 1865 in Wyoming, RI, age 53 years. Female, white, married, operator. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Amasa and Mary Lanphear. cod-accident in factory. 1:11

PERRY, Elisabeth died 12 July 1862 in Hopkinton City, age 72/10/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Mary Wells. cod-disease of stomach. 1:8

PERRY, Loiza Victoria died 17 August 1888, age 0/1/20. Female, black. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Warren A. and Sarah A. Perry. cod-gastro enteritis. 1:45

PERRY, Oliver Gavitt died 8 May 1912 in Hope Valley, age 63/11/8. Male, white, married, (tonsonal?) artist. Born in Charlestown, s/o Samuel and Myria Perry. cod-typhoid pneumonia. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:14

PETERSON, Harold R. W. died 25 September 1918 in Ashaway, age 21/11/0. Male, white, G.R.R. Inspector. Born in Pontiac, (Warwick), RI, Samuel F. and Helena C. (Lunggrumm) Peterson. cod-pneumonia. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:28.

PETERSON, Jesse Peter died 30 March 1887, age 9 months. Male, white. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Peter nd Laura E. Peterson. cod-water on brain. 1:44

PETTS, Frank M. died 14 December 1906 in Hope Valley, age 37/0/10. Male, white, widower, actor. Born in Webster, MA, s/o Frederick A. and Nancy G. Petts. cod-oeasphago-gastristis, heart blood clot, suffocation from. Burial Leominster, MA. 2:6

PHILLIPS, Charles G. died 19 February 1901, age 69 years. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nicholas and Sarah (Hoans?) cod-hemorrhage of the brain. 1:68

PHILLIPS, George Bishop died 27 June 1911 in Hope Valley, age 50/6/26. Male, white, married lumberman. Born in Pennsylvania, s/o Joseph and Mary Phillips. cod-neuralgia of the heart. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:13

PHILLIPS, Henry Gerald died 31 October 1922, age 66/2/18, Hopkinton/Wyoming. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Keene, NH, s/o William and Elizabeth (Flynn) Phillips. Buried Wood River Cemetery. Informant Ida Phillips. cod- bronchial pneumonia, eight days. 3:1

PHILLIPS, Herbert Nicholas died 9 December 1894, age 38/11/0. Male, white, married, editor & publisher. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Alfred and Elizabeth Phillips. cod-la grippe, acute nephitis. 1:56

PHILLIPS, James died 17 February 1832 per affidavit. Was a Revolutionary Pensioner. Had wife Sarah.

TC 6:37

PHILLIPS, Mercy died 2 November 1887, age 85 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o Joseph Hoxsie. cod-gastritis. 1:44

PIAWOUSKY, Joseph died 30 October 1918 in Hope Valley, age 0/4/15. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Antonia and Helena Piawousley. cod-peritissus, influenza. Burial St. Sebastian Cemetery. 2:28.

PIERCE, Stephen C. died September 1872, age unknown. Male, white, single, mason. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Charles A. and Lucina Reynolds. (Adopted??) cod-unknown. 1:24

PINE, William H. died 29 June 1887, age 38 years. Male, white. Birthplace and parents unknown. cod-struck by locomotive on P & S R.R. 1:44

PLUMER, Moses died 27 December 1894, age 60/4/0. Male, white, divorced, carpenter. Born in Amesbury, MA, s/o Moses and Ann (Doyle) Plumer. cod-locomotar atacia, chronic nephritis. 1:56

POLEY, Everett L. died 28 May 1896, age 5/8/6. Male, white. Born in Aquepaug, Long Island, s/o Joseph and Rosella Poley. cod-scarlet fever. 1:58

POLLARD, James died 26 September 1865 in Locustville, age 74/6/21. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in East Greenwich, RI, s/o James and Rachel Pollard. cod-inflammation of lungs. 1:12

POPIOLEK, Alexander died 15 September 1917 in Hope Valley, age 45 years. Male, white, married, laborer-mill. Born in Poland, parents unknown. cod-acute cardiac dilation. Burial Mystic, CT. 2:25

POPPLE, G. died 21 December 1805 Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

POPPLE, Patty died 30 November 1811 age 25. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

POTTER, Asa Coon died 5 January 1804, age 2 years. Son of Thomas and Sally Potter. Early Vitals 2:64

POTTER, Belinda died 12 May 1876, age 57/7/10. Female, white, widow. Birthplace unknown, d/o Clarke and Wealtha Lanphear. cod-acute bronchitis. 1:28

POTTER, Benjamin died 3 October 1874 , age 80/1/3. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o Benjamin and Mary Potter. cod-acid gravel. 1:26

POTTER, Caty died 9 December 1816, age 29 years. Daughter of Caleb Potter. Early Vitals 2:76

POTTER, Clark A. died 10 March 1855, age 42/5/18. Male, white, married, mail driver. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Clarke and Judith Potter. cod-typhoid pneumonia. 1:2

POTTER, Deborah died 26 May 1845, age 74 years, daughter of Caleb and Amy (Williams) Young. [Information from the Gladys Palmer Collection, Langworthy Library, Hope Valley, RI, titled “Rockville” March 4, 1888, a family record by A. E. Palmer]

POTTER, Elizabeth died 12 November 1875, age 76/10/4. Female, (color unknown) single. Born in Richmond, RI, Joseph and Deborah Potter. cod-dropsy. 1:27

POTTER, George died 29 August 1794 in the 66th year of his age. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

POTTER, George died (day unknown) October 1865 near Dorrville, age 73/5/0. Male, white, marrried, farmer. Born in Coventry, RI, s/o George and Violetta Potter. cod-consumption. 1:12

POTTER, Horace died 23 May 1860, age 49 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Petersburg, New York, s/o William and Eunice Potter. cod-lung fever. 1:5

POTTER, Joseph Champlin died 3 February 1918, age 77/6/0. Male, white, farmer. Born in Rhode Island, s/o Benjamin and Alice (Champlin) Potter. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis, old age. Burial Burdickville, [his farm]. 2:27

POTTER, Joshua died 18 January 1853, age 83 years (place unknown) [Information from the Gladys Palmer Collection, Langworthy Library, Hope Valley, RI, titled “Rockville” March 4, 1888, a family record by A. E. Palmer]

POTTER, Judith died 26 January 1805, age 93 years. Early Vitals 2:76

POTTER, Judith died 19 December 179_ , age 22. Daughter of Caleb Potter. Early Vitals 2:76

POTTER, Mary died 27 July 1885 (place unknown) [Information from the Gladys Palmer Collection, Langworthy Library, Hope Valley, RI, titled “Rockville” March 4, 1888, a family record by A. E. Palmer]

POTTER, Nancy TC 7:29, 5 April 1841, Thomas Clarke is paid $6.17 for funeral expenses for Nancy.

POTTER, Stephen Tefft died 27 March 1916 in Hope Valley, age 86/9/20. Male, white, married, retired machinist. Born in South Kingstown, s/o John Peckham Rathbun and Penelope (Tefft) Potter. cod-old age, also gangrene of the left foot (little toe). Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:23

POTTER, Susan Ellen died 9 January 1885, age 40 years. Female, white, married. Born in Warwick, RI, d/o David and Lydia R. Nichols. cod-paralysis of brain. 1:41

POTTER, Thomas died 8 January 1773 age 78. Early Vitals 2:76

PRANGE, Joseph M.T. died 10 October 1866, age 0/8/1. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William and Dorcas H. Prange. cod-dysentery. 1:14

PRICE, Joseph D. died 1 May 1915 in Ashaway, age 54/7/0. Male, white, married, retired. Born in Providence, s/o Charles and Reliance (Gould) Price. cod-chronic nephritis (bright’s), convulsions. Burial North Burial Ground, Providence. 2:21

PRICE, Joseph Daniel died 6 August 1919 Laurel Street, Ashaway, age 4 months. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, (Ashaway), s/o Clarence and Darna (Austin) Price. cod-cholera infantum. Burial in Westerly, RI. 2:29

PROFFIT, Helen Blanch died 22 December 1894, age 0/5/14. Female, black. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Abraham and Eliza Proffit. cod-lung fever. 1:56

PROFFIT, Infant died 22 October 1881, age 1 day. Male, mulatto. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John T. and Susan A. Proffit. cod-stillborn. 1:35

PROSSER, John Gardner died 5 March 1920 in Hope Valley, age 93/11/2. Male, white, widower. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John and Mary Prosser. cod-chronic indigestion, general feebleness of mind and body, old age. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:30

PROSSER, Sarah Myria died 4 May 1915 in Hope Valley, age 72/9/8. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Jonathan and Sally Boss. cod-a fall and injury of the hip, neuralgia and insomnia on account of pain and a general breaking down. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:21

PROSSER, Susan Crandall died 12 December 1896, age 76/6/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Nathan and Ruth (Crandall) Maxson. cod-chronic bronchitis, lagrippe. 1:59

RANDALL, Alice Mira died 6 October 1890, age 1/6/0. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William K. and Ann Randall. cod-enteritis. 1:49

RANDALL, Almira died 6 February 1903, age 76/0/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Montville, CT, d/o Charles Church. cod-catarrh of kidneys, uremic poisoning, old age. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:1

RANDOLPH, Lewis Fitz died 18 July 1913 in Ashaway, age 71/6/28. Male, white, married, clergyman. Born in West Virginia, s/o William F. and Mary B. Randolph. cod-chronic pancreatitis, perhaps cancerous. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:17

RANVILLE, Exedore died 8 December 1922, age 54/1/4. Male, white married, laborer. Born in Canada, parents unknown. cod – arterio-sclerosis cerebral, duration unknown. Informant, Louisa Ranville. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 3:2

RATHBUN, Albert Miner died 10 August 1911 in Hope Valley, age 80/8/12. Male, white, married, retired mill overseer. Born in Griswold, CT, s/o Elias and Sarah P. Rathbun. cod-muscular rheumatism, mitral insufficiancy, had been feeble for three years. Burial Robbins Cemetery, Voluntown, CT. 2:13

RATHBUN, Amos S. died 25 September 1894, age 68/1/0. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Newman and Betsey Rathbun. cod-organic heart disease, dropsy. 1:56

RATHBUN, Elias R. died 21 July 1860, age 37/0/12. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Nathan and Sarah Rathbun. cod-dropsy of the heart. 1:5

RATHBUN, George Remington died 27 April 1915 in Hope Valley, age 29 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Irving E. and Sarah E. Rathbun. cod-broncho pneumonia. Burial Miner Meeting House. 2:21

RATHBUN, Infant died 7 October 1909 in Alton, age stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Courtland B.M. and Nellie F. (Fenner) Rathbun. Burial Hopkinton. 2:10

RATHBUN, Infant died 27 June 1917 in Alton, age stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Courtland B. M. and Nellie (Fenner) Rathbun. Burial “on farm”. 2:25

RATHBUN, Jane died 4 June 1878, age 45/5/0. Female, white, married. Born in Ireland, d/o John and Mary McKegg. cod-consumption. 1:31

RATHBUN, John L. died 19 June 1898, age 78/4/28. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Elias Rathbun. cod-obstructive jaundice with cerebral symptons. 1:62

RATHBUN, Lillian F. died 8 April 1902, age 10 minutes old. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Courtland B. M. and Nellie Rathbun. cod-insufficient development of the heart. 1:70

RATHBUN, Mary Anna died 20 April 1916 near Alton, age 80/2/20. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Missouri, d/o Sherman and Sally (Bradley) Williams. cod-lobar pneumonia, senility. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:23

RATHBUN, Newman died 3 January 1875, age 79/8/27. Male, white, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Jonathan and Judith Rathbun. cod-old age. 1:27

RATHBUN, Peter Hoxsie died 24 October 1885, age 69/11/19. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Joshua and Elizabeth Rathbun. cod-cancer. 1:41

RATHBUN, Roby died 29 November 1880, age 85/5/12. Female, white, widow. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Elias and Mary Rathbun. cod-pneumonia. 1:34

RATHBUN, Roland died 27 April 1908 in Alton, age 85/7/16. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Joshua and Elizabeth Rathbun. cod-cerebral hemorrhage, cancer of stomach. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:8

RATHBUN, Wallace A. died 22 November 1900, age 0/6/5. Male, white. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Allen S.T. and Mertie M. Rathbun. cod-chronic indigestion. 1:67

RAY, Charlotte F. died 28 November 1861, age 14/11/1. Female, white. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Isaiah and Susan C. Ray. cod- typhoid fever. 1:7

RAY, Isaiah died 2 June 1861, age 88/9/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Nantucket, MA, s/o Alexander and Elisabeth Ray. cod-old age. 1:7

RAY, James died 16 March 1855, age 32/4/10. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in Richmond, s/o Benjamin Ray. cod-malignant erysipalas. 1:2

REED, Philetus died 27 October 1881, age 76 years. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Lisbon, CT, parents unknown. cod-heart disease, dropsy. 1:36

REMINGTON, Mary Elizabeth died 13 April 1913 in Rockville, age 74/3/3. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in New York State, d/o William and Betsey Burton. cod-epithelioma of the lower lip (cancer). Burial Family Lot, Exeter, RI. 2:17

REYNOLDS, Abby A. died 25 February 1871, age 43 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Nathaniel and Ruth Palmer. cod-consumption. 1:22

REYNOLDS, Anne “buried” 28 January 1760. Wife of Richmond Reynolds. Early Vitals 1:32

REYNOLDS, Annie L. died 2 September 1865 in Barberville, age 1/10/0. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o James C. and Lois Reynolds. cod-dysentary. 1:11

REYNOLDS, Asa T. died 6 January 1883, age 76/4/22. Male, white, married, mechanic. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o John and Mercy Reynolds. cod-heart disease. 1:39

REYNOLDS, Barber died 26 March 1885, age 73 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Job Reynolds. cod-heart disease, pleurisy. 1:41

REYNOLDS, Betsey died 4 April 1886, age 84/2/19. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI. Parents unknown. cod-pneumonia, exhaustion. 1:42

REYNOLDS, Byron Silas died 9 April 1919 in Hope Valley, age 65/10/17. Male, white, butcher. Born in Rhode Island, s/o Clarke and Tacy (James) Reynolds. cod-influenza, complicated with jaundice. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:29

REYNOLDS, Frank Clarke died 28 November 1903, age 2 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o J.F. and Mary W. Reynolds. cod-atelectasis of lungs. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery 2:2

REYNOLDS, Frank N. died 2 September 1901, age 10/5/25. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John H. and Sarah A. Reynolds. cod-peritonitis. 1:69

REYNOLDS, Infant died 29 March 1893, age stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Byron S. and Mary A. Reynolds. 1:53

REYNOLDS, James C. died 3 January 1910 in Wyoming, age 80/5/12. Male, white, married, retired farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Benjamin J. and Hannah G. Reynolds. cod-herpes, zosta (shingles)and chronic cystitis. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:12

REYNOLDS, John A. died 2 June 1892, age 3/2/5. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton,. s/o John H. and Sarah A. Reynolds. cod-diptheria. 1:51

REYNOLDS, Jona B. died 9 September 1909 in Hope Valley, age 83/2/18. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Edward and S. Diana (Wilcox) Barber. cod-old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:10

REYNOLDS, Joshua “buried” 6 February 1758. Son of Richmond and Anne Reynolds. Early Vitals 1:32

REYNOLDS, Mary Ann died 13 December 1917 in Hope Valley, age 53/5/3. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o J. Clarke and Sarah Eldred. cod-tumor or something else caused pressure on the brain and caused her to be in a stupefied condition, she was ill about five weeks. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:25

REYNOLDS, Lois Ann died 11 February 1922, age 85/3/29. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Silas and Deliverance Ann (Card) James. Buried Wood River Cemetery, Richmond, RI. Informant, Mrs. Iva Barber (daughter). cod – acute indigestion, old age, 3 days. 3:1

REYNOLDS, Tacy died 25 January 1861, age 32/4/14. Female, white, married. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o John Reynolds. cod-consumption. 1:6

REXROTH, John Andrews died 2 February 1922, age 66/2/0. Usual residence, Ashaway. Male, white, married, line maker. Born 2 December 1855, in Potter Hill, s/o Antone and ____ (Lueck) Rexroth (both parents born in Germany) Buried River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, RI. Informant Mrs. John Rexroth. cod- mitral regurgitation, arterio sclerosis. 3:1

REXROTH, Martha Jane died 9 July 1922, age 57/3/0, Laurel Street, Ashaway. Female, white, widow, housewife. Born in Bradford, 28 April 1865, d/o Clark and Clarisy (Crandall) Burdick. Buried River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, RI. Informant, Miss Clara Rexroth. cod- carcumonatosis secondary to carcinoma of right breast, 18 months. 3:1

REXROTH, Phillip died 8 August 1908 in Ashaway, age 60 years. Male, white, married, fish merchant. Born in Germany, s/o Antone Rexroth. cod-organic disease of the heart. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:8

RHODES, Sally died 6 March 1862 in Hopkinton City, age 48 years. Female, black, single. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Henry Rhodes. cod-general debility. 1:8

RICE, Amos Clarke died 10 May 1880, age 61 years. Male, white, single, mechanic. Born in Coventry, RI, s/o Thomas and Lois Rice. cod-heart disease. 1:34

RICE, Mary Lovicia died 3 April 1911 in Hope Valley, age 73/0/21. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o John and Elizabeth Hoxsie. cod-chronic rheumatism, old age and final,ly gangrene of the right big toe. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:13

RICHMOND, Benjamin died 9 November 1871, age 86/7/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Stephen and Lucy Richmond. cod-dropsy. 1:23

RICHMOND, Frances E. died 28 November 1871, age 26/6/0. Female, white, single. Born in Voluntown, CT d/o N. Sheffield and Polly Richmond. cod-consumption. 1: 23

RICHMOND, Harvey C. died 5 February 1900, age 73 years. Male, white, widow, laborer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Benjamin and Lois Richmond. cod-cerebral apoplexy. 1:66

RICHMOND, Joseph W. died 16 April 1866, age 71/1/21. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Edward and Ann Richmond. cod-paraylsis. 1:13

RICHMOND, Laura W. died 27 September 1894, age 96/5/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Putnam, CT, d/o Roland and Mary Leavens. cod-old age. 1:56

RICHMOND, Lovina died 22 May 1911 in Wyoming, age 82/9/5. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Arnold and Prudence Kenyon. cod-old age, and secondary dropsical inflamation of left leg, and thigh and muscular rheumatism. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:13

RICHMOND, Marietta Anna died 2 September 1915 in Hope Valley, age 65/1/4. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Ray C. and Asia M. Allen. cod-cerebral hemorrhage affecting the speech, also albuminaria. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:21

RICHMOND, Matilda A. died 13 May 1870, age 53 years. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Green and Amy Allen. cod-consumption. 1:20

RICHMOND, Nancy died 10 July 1918 in Ashaway, age 73 years. Female, white. Born in Ireland, d/o Archie and Nancy Wright. cod-chronic intestinal nephritis. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:27

RICHMOND, Nathan Lewis died 23 October 1891, age 73/10/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Benjamin and Lois Richmond. cod-heart disease. 1:50

RICHMOND, Nathaniel Sheffield died 5 February 1904, age 83/10/10. Male,white, widower, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Benjamin and Lois L. Richmond. cod-acute intestinal obstruction. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:3

RICHMOND, Rachel died 23 July 1892, age 71/2/24. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Russell and Phebe Thayer. cod-acute indigestion, acute nephitis. 1:51

RICHMOND, Polly M. died 4 December 1897, age 79/2/6. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Voluntown, CT, d/o Sheffield and Roby Corey. cod-dementia, had been bed ridden for years. 1:61

RICHMOND, Samuel Newell died 16 November 1896, age 71/6/15. Married, white, widowed, undertaker. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o Silas and Marcia Richmond. cod-chronic bright’s disease. 1:59

RICHMOND, Sarah J. Clarke died 31 January 1888, age 28/5/18. Female, white, married. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Jesse P. and Betsey E. Clarke. cod-consumption. 1:45

RICHMOND, Silas Russell died 5 May 1922, age 70/9/4. Usual residence, Hope Valley. Male, white, widower, manager Hope Valley branch. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Samuel J. and Rachel (Thayer) Richmond. Buried Pine Grove Cemetery. Informant Fred A. Richmond, son. cod- chronic bronchitis, bronchial pneumonia, 2 weeks. 3:1

RICHMOND, Susan T. died 28 January 1892, age 72/4/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Coventry, RI, d/o James and Catherine Pollard. cod-lagrippe, apoplexy. 1:51

RICHMOND, William Henry died 7 April 1884, age 3/5/0. Male, white. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o William H. and Lovina A. Richmond. cod-drowned. 1:40

RICHMOND, William Henry died 19 June 1913, age 61/5/24. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Jesse W. and Lucy (Austin) Richmond. cod-chronic nephritis, chronic cystitis, myocarditis. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:17

RIFFENBURG, Ida May died 16 May 1914 in Ashaway, age 57 years. Female, white, married. Born in Delhi, New York, d/o David and Mary Clark. cod-apoplexy. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:19

RITCHIE, Falanche died 10 August 1881, age 2/8/12. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Falanche and Annie Ritchie. cod-fell into barrel water-accidental. 1:35

ROBINSON, Lucy A. died 26 May 1910 in Ashaway, age 92/8/13. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born near Norwich, CT, d/o Joseph Eccelston. cod-apoplexy. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:12

ROBINSON, Rowland G. died 30 September 1872, age 22/0/24. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o William and Adelia Robinson. cod-consumption. 1:24

ROBINSON, William A. died 3 December 1904 on Palmer Street, Ashaway, age 56/11/0. Male, white, married, painter. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o William and Lucy A. (Eccelstone) Robinson. cod-apoplexy. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:3

ROCK, Rebecca Idella died 18 March 1921 in Potter Hill (Hopkinton), age 61 years. Female, white, married, housewife. Born in South _?_takley, Canada, d/o John Bassett, mother unknown. cod-pleuro pneumonia. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:31

RODMAN, Eliza B. died 6 August 1905 in Ashaway, age 79 years. Female, white, widow. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Robert and Hannah (Carpenter) Brown. cod-cancer of uterus. Burial in Peacedale (South Kingstown, RI) 2:4

RODMAN, Horace H. died 21 July 1915 in Ashaway, age 60/1/0. Male, white, single, paper hanger. Born in Wickford, North Kingstown, RI, s/o Peleg C. and Elizabeth (Brown) Rodman. cod-chronic nephritis, broncho pneumonia. Burial Peacedale Cemetery (South Kingstown). 2:21

RODMAN, Peleg C. died 8 May 1906, age 56/11/25. Male, white, widower, weaver. Born in South Kingston, RI, s/o Peleg C. and Eliza (Brown) Rodman. cod-locomotor ataxy, acute bronchitis. 2:5

ROGERS, Alice E. died 27 November 1908 in Hope Valley, age 20/9/18. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Walter and Lillian A. Rogers. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis, secondum pneumonia. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:9

ROGERS, Gleason died 11 December 1777, aproximately age 2 years. Son of Amos and Anne Rogers. Early Vitals 2:53

ROGERS, Martha died 8 December 1858, age 72/9/16. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, David and Elizabeth Nichols. cod-apoplexy. 1:4

ROGERS, Mary Elizabeth died 2 October 1900 in Westerly, RI, age 69/11/27. Female, white, widow, housewife. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Russel and Elizabeth (Rogers) Thayer. cod-valvular heart disease. 1:66

ROGERS, William S. died 4 April 1888, age 62 years. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Troy, New York, s/o Stanton and Martha Rogers. cod-pneumonia. 1:45

ROLLINSON, Leah Gertrude died 27 May 1901, age 16 days. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Turner and Florence G. Rollinson. cod-premature birth, convulsions. 1:68

ROOT, Mary Elizabeth White died 10 March 1910 Hopkinton City Road in Woodville, age 75/7/8. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Whateley, MA, d/o Luke Brown and Mary Elizabeth (Wells) White. cod-concussion of brain, death instantaneous. Burial Framingham, Massachusetts. 2:12

ROSE, Edwin M. died 15 December 1870, age 1/6/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William G. and Mary A. Rose. cod-membranous diptheria 1:20

ROSE, Horace B. died 19 December 1870, age 2/6/17. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Wm. G. and Mary A. Rose. cod-membranous diptheria. 1:20

ROSE, Minnie Avis died 17 February 1876, age 0/2/10. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Edwin P. and Emma D. Rose. cod-unknown. 1:28

ROSS, Frances Ann died 26 April 1894, age 69/5/26. Female, white, widow. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Lyman and Abby P. (Wilcox) Hall. cod-insanity. 1:55

ROSS, L. Emogene died 13 January 1895, age 46 years. Female, white, single. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Joseph T. and Susan E. (Larkin) Ross. cod-abdominal tumor. 1:57

ROSS, Susan E. died 18 January 1895, age 74 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o David and Rhoda (Sheffield) Larkin. cod-pneumonia. 1:57

ROSS, William D. died 15 July 1872, age 48/3/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Saybrook, CT, s/o Anthony Ross. cod-consumption. 1:24

ROYAL, Mary J. died 8 January 1858, age 23/6/4. Female, white, married. Born in New London, CT, d/o John B. and Nancy Johnson. 1:4

ROYLE, Infant died 14 June 1880, age 1 day. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William and Frances Royle. 1:34

RYAN, Mathew died 28 May 1876, age 27/0/14. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Norwich, CT, s/o William and Kate Ryan. cod-consumption. 1:28

SABINS, Infant died 7 April 1881, age 7 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Silas and Meriba Sabins. cod-exhaustion. 1:35

SABINS, Silas died 14 January 1891, age 52 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Griswold, CT, s/o Moses and Mary A. Sabins. cod-consumption. 1:50

SABINS, William H. died 1 December 1868, age 1/11/17. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Silas and Maraba A. Sabins. cod-lung fever. 1:18

SALISBURY, Sylvia E. died 29 September 1880, age 30/11/16. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, (Ashaway) d/o Jonathan and Martha Wells. cod-phithisis pulmonalis. 1:34

SALT, Francis died 3 January 1873, age 71 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in England, s/o Francis Salt. cod-kidney complaint. 1:25

SAUNDERS, Abby J. died 16 August 1869, age 16/2/2. Female, white. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Milton P. and Abby A. Saunders. cod-inflammation of brain. 1:19

SAUNDERS, Ann Elizabeth died 22 April 1920 in Rockville, age 80/6/24. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Nicholas V. and Mary Crandall. cod-hapatic scirrhus. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:30

SAUNDERS, Benjamin died 22 August 1901, age 77 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Foster, RI, s/o Rokerd and Mary (Bray) Saunders. cod-chronic bronchitis, dementia. 1:69

SAUNDERS, Bertha E. died 10 April 1918 in Wyoming/Hopkinton, age 37/10/8. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o George F. and Myra Davis. cod-neurasthema, spinal, nervous exhausion. Burial in Ashaway. 2:27

SAUNDERS, Charles M. died 30 January 1863 in Woodville, age 5/3/0. Male, white. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Milton P. and Abby A. Saunders. cod-scarlatina maligna. 1:9

SAUNDERS, Clarke died 19 January 1888, age 82/11/4. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Westerly, s/o Barton and Sarah (Potter) Saunders. cod-old age. 1:45

SAUNDERS, Edward B. died 16 August 1916 in Washington, D.C., age 65 years. Male, white, married, Secretary of Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. Born in Berlin, New York, (parents unknown). cod-ptomaine poisoning, (with toxemia) exhaustion. Burial Milton, Wisconsin. 2:24

SAUNDERS, Effie Gertrude died 23 September 1903 in Voluntown, CT, age 13/8/11. Female, white, schoolgirl. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Albert E. and Sally E.D. (Brown) Saunders. cod-peritonitis. Burial Rockville, RI. 2:2

SAUNDERS, Elizabeth died 21 April 1808. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

SAUNDERS, Flora Bond died 13 April 1922 in College Hill, Beaver Co., Pennsyvania. Usual residence Ashaway, RI. Female, white, widow, retired. Born 12 September 1854 in Johnston Center, Wisconsin, d/o Daniel M. and Mary G. (Swicher) Bond. Buried Milton Junction, Wisconsin. Informant P. L. Coon. cod – influenza, with chronic myocarditis, acute cardiac _?_. 3:1

SAUNDERS, Hannah A. died 19 December 1907 in Woodville, age 93 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Providence, RI, d/o Pardon and Nancy Wright. cod-gradual ossification of cerebral arteries. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:7

SAUNDERS, infant died 3 March 1900, stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Irving E. and Eunice J. Saunders. 1:66

SAUNDERS, infant died 11 January 1909 in Moscow, stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Byron A. and Jessie M. Saunders. Burial Voluntown, CT. 2:10

SAUNDERS, Ira E. died 15 April 1901, age 9 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Henry A. and Emeline A. Saunders. cod-convulsions, cause-gastric catarrh. 1:68

SAUNDERS, Isadora J. died 26 February 1863 in Woodville, age 3/10/0. Female, white. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Milton P. and Abby A. Saunders. cod-scarlatina maligna. 1:9

SAUNDERS, Iva L. died 17 February 1909 in Hope Valley, age 36/9/6. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Crawford and Emeline E. Johnson. cod-primary, lagrippe, secondary, acute inflammatory rheumatism. 2:10

SAUNDERS, John died 19 December 1892, age 67 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Connecticut, s/o George and Mehitable Saunders. cod-cystitis. 1:52

SAUNDERS, Lydia died 8 February 1890, age 76/0/14. Female, white, widow. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Sanford and Elizabeth Sisson. cod-intestinal obstruction, gastro enteritis. 1:49

SAUNDERS, Lydia Frances died 15 October 1919 in Rockville, RI, age 83/2/9. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Charles and Frances (Nye) Babcock. cod-arteriosclerosis. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:29

SAUNDERS, Prudence M. died 14 June 1887, age 45/3/3. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Benjamin and Polly K. Burdick. cod-rheumatism. 1:44

SAUNDERS, Safety C. died 29 January 1863 in Woodville, age 8/9/21. Female, white. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Milton P. and Abby A. Saunders. cod-scarlatina maligna. 1:9

SAUNDERS, Sally Dresser died 2 February 1917 in Rockville, age 75/11/19. Female, white, male, housekeeper. Born in Massachusetts, d/o Seth A. and Polly D. Brown. cod-a general weakness, asthma & mitral disease. Burial Robbins Cemetery. 2:25

SAUNDERS, Sarah M. died 11 June 1913 on Alton Road, age 72/11/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Brownings Mills, RI, d/o Harris and Roby Perkins. cod-septicemia & bright’s. Burial Family Lot, Burdickville. 2:17

SAUNDERS, Silas C. died 10 June 1898, age 60/5/8. Male, white, married, mulespinner. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Clarke and Luanna L. Saunders. cod-suicide by drowning. 1:62

SAUNDERS, Tobias died 31 May 1809. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

SAUNDERS, William H. died 19 July 1886, age 18/5/10. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Connecticut, s/o Henry and Sally Saunders. cod-consumption. 1:42

SAYLES, Florence Amelia died 2 April 1906 in Ashaway, age 43/3/0. Female, white, married. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, d/o John and Elizabeth Reynolds. cod-cancer internal, rectum, intestines. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:5

SAYLES, Sidney A. died 18 May 1916 in Ashaway, age 64 years. Male, white, widower, mill hand & carder. Born in North Scituate, RI, s/o George Sayles. cod-general odemia, odemia lungs, chronic myocarditis, chronic interstitial nephritis, arterio sclerosis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:23

SCOTT, Henry died 30 September 1897, age 67/7/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in England, s/o Henry and Anna Scott. cod-valvular disease of heart. 1:60

SCOTT, Robert died 28 August 1905 Niantic Road, Hopkinton, age stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Robert and Jane (McCheyne) Scott. (parents listed from Scotland) cod-stillborn on account of a protrusion of the cord before the head, and protracted labor. Burial River Bend Cemetery, Westerly. 2:4

SCOTT, William died 19 October 1906, age 0/1/21. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Robert and Jane (McCheyne) Scott. cod-gastro enteritis. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:6

SEARLES, Richard Waterman died 5 January 1881, age 52 years. Male, white, married, carriage maker. Born in Providence, RI, s/o John Henry and Mary Jane Searles. cod-liver complaint. 1:35

SEGAR, Elizabeth G. died 7 July 1867, age 27/5/3. Female, white, married. Born in England, d/o Thomas and Ann Pierson. cod-childbirth. 1:15

SEGAR, Georgie E. died 28 April 1896, age 49/7/6. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Connecticut, s/o George and Almira Randall. cod-scarlet fever, acute bright’s disease. 1:58

SEGAR, Minnie Kenyon died 3 September 1876, age 18/10/6. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joseph D. and Ruth M. Segar. cod-consumption. 1:28

SENDROSKY, Bronislow died 12 November 1910 in Hope Valley, age 2 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Vete and Antonina Sendrosky. cod-heart insufficiency and congestion of kidneys. Burial Mystic, CT. 2:12

SHANNON, Josephine A. died 21 July 1885, age 35/0/3. Female, white, married. Born in Massachusetts, d/o Emanuel and Eliza Gibbs. cod-brights disease of kidneys. 1:41

SHEEHAN, James Peter died 9 May 1899, age 10/0/16. Male, white. Born in Rockville, Connecticut, s/o Peter and Jennie Sheehan. cod-diabetes. 1:64

SHEFFIELD, James died 21 May 1915 at 15 West Street, Ashaway, age 77/4/0. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Samuel and Amy (Browning) Sheffield. cod-apoplexy. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:22

SHEFFIELD, Liddy Abbie 7 October 1914 in Woodville, age 75/8/28. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o Azariah and Philura Maine. cod-an invalid, having had uremic convulsion about a year and a half, secondary, a bad congestive cold with congestion of the lungs. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:19

SHELDON, Catharine died 4 August 1860, age 20/4/2. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Charles H. and Drusilla Low. cod-consumption. 1:5

SHELDON, Charles H. died 26 February 1870, age 1/3/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Clark H. and Susannah Sheldon. cod-inflammation of lungs. 1:20

SHELDON, Clark H. died 17 September 1873, age 42/4/6. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in Coventry, RI, s/o John T. and Ruth T. Sheldon. cod-consumption. 1:25

SHELDON, John T. died 2 February 1882, age 73 years. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o William and Sarah Sheldon. cod-heart disease. 1:37

SHELDON, Ruth Jordan died 17 August 1899, age stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Robert T. and Georgia (Jordan) Sheldon. cod-difficult delivery. 1:65

SHELDON, Ruth T. died 11 July 1894, age 82/2/18. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Reynolds and Mary Hoxsie. cod-partial paralysis, bronchial catarrah. 1:55

SHELDON, Silas James died 9 August 1921 Hopkinton/Wyoming, age 57/7/20. Male, white, married, merchant. Born in Rhode Island, s/o Clark H. and Abbie F. (James) Sheldon. cod-paralysis, following diptheria affecting throat and stomach. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:32

SHELDON, William P. died 4 December 1905 in Cranston, RI, the State Almshouse, age 82 years. Male, white, widow. Born in Rhode Island, s/o Thomas and Rhoda Sheldon. cod-chronic intestinal nephritus, chronic valvular heart disease from exhaustion. Burial at the State Farm. 2:4

SHEPERDSON, Mercy died 13 April 1871 in Wyoming, age 72 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Attleborough, MA, d/o Jenks and Alsie Whipple. cod-heart disease. 1:22

SHEPHERD, Alice V. died 21 February 1897, age 1 month. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Harry and Alice Shepherd. cod-infantile convulsions. 1:60

SHERMAN, Abbie Thomas died 16 April 1915 in Rockville, age 92/2/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Jeremiah Knowles. cod-old age and insomnia. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:21

SHERMAN, Abel G. died 20 May 1906 in Rockville, age 83/3/20. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Norwich, CT, parents unknown. cod-chronic endocarditis, mitral regurgitation aortic stenosis, chronic intestinal nephritis, edema from both lesions, exhaustion. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:5

SHERMAN, Abial died 20 June 1889, age 57/1/26. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Moses and Betsey Sherman. cod-cancer of stomach. 1:47

SHERMAN, Frank E. died 1 March 1907 in Hope Valley, age 33/1/29. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Abial C. and Lucretia Sherman. cod-alchoholic intoxication, and exposure, was found dead on snow. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:7

SHERMAN, George W. Jr. died 29 May 1916, age stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George W. and Sarah C. (Palmer) Sherman. cod-cardiac insufficiency. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:23

SHERMAN, Hannah died 29 March 1898, age 92/10/23. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Othniel and Anstress Sherman. cod-old age & grip. 1:62

SHERMAN, Harry Edmund died 17 May 1917, age 7 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George W. and Sarch C. Sherman. cod-congenital malformation of the heart. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:25

SHERMAN, Infant died 8 November 1913, age stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John A. and Mary G. (Fenner) Sherman. Burial in Hopkinton. 2:17

SHERMAN, Jeremiah Knowles died 16 May 1915 in Rockville, age 55/3/0. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o Abel G. and Abbie T. Sherman. cod-la grippe complicated with pleurisy. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:21

SHERMAN, Mary Geneva died 8 May 1918 in Rockville, age 40/7/21. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Charles W. and Penelope Fenner. cod-bronchial pneumonia. Burial in Family Lot, Hopkinton. 2:27.

SHERMAN, Phebe died 15 July 1863 in Ashaway, age 56 years. Female, white, single. Born in Northhampton, Massachusetts. (no additional information given) 1:9

SHERMAN, Stephen D., died 10 March 1905 in Hope Valley, age 76/0/1. Male, white, married, carpenter. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o of Sheffield and Hannah Sherman. cod-old age. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:4

SHIPPEE, infant died 9 January 1895, age stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William H. and Maria Shippee. 1:57

SHOVE, M. Anna died 10 September 1899 in Cranston, RI, age 68 years. Female, white, single. Born in Mendon, MA, parents unknown. cod-apoplexy and paralysis. 1:65

SIARS, Samuel died 8 December 1874, age 1/2/8. Male, mulatto. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Gideon and Sarah E. Siars. cod-consumption. 1:26

SIMESTER, Alfred died 21 February 1899, age 65/6/18. Male, white, married, finisher. Born in Trowbridge, England, s/o William and Sarah Simester. cod-apoplexy. 1:64

SIMESTER, Sarah M. died 30 July 1901, age 67/1/3. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Scotland, d/o John and Marion Moore. cod-cancer. 1:69

SIMMONS, Almon Adelbert died 11 June 1922, age 43/9/12 in Hopkinton. Usual residence, Woodville Road. Male white, married, shipper and grocers clerk. Born 30 August 1878, s/o John F. and Mary S. (Roberts) Simmons. Buried Foster, RI. Informant, Mrs Emma Simmons (wife). cod- purulent infection (rest unreadable) 3:1

SIMPSON, George died 4 August 1849, age 24/4/27. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Fall River, MA, s/o Edward M. and Betsey T. Simpson. cod-consumption. 1:2

SIMPSON, William H. died 14 November 1913 in Ashaway, age 68/10/0. Male, white, married, teaming. Born in Buckport, Maine, s/o Henry and Mary A. (Cuddell) Simpson. cod-carcinoma of the stomach. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:17

SISSON, Charlotte Elizabeth died 4 April 1915 in Woodville, age 83/10/27. Female,white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Sands and Susan Palmer. cod-been feeble mind and body for two years, acute cold and cough which developed in congestion of lungs. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:21

SISSON, Ella E. died 4 July 1888, age 35/11/29. Female, white, married. Born in Usquepaugh, W. Kingstown, RI, d/o Joseph and Phebe A. Kenyon. cod-tubercular ulceration of intestines. 1:45

SISSON, George died 3 February 1899, age 40 years. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Thomas Bud Sisson and mother unknown. cod-grippe, he was idiotic. 1:64

SISSON, George B. died 22 January 1898, age 81/8/22. Male, white, widower, physician. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Joseph and Lucy Sisson. cod-organic heart disease, general dropsey. 1:62

SISSON, Joseph D. died 18 April 1872, age 1 year. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Saunders and Charlotte E. Sisson. cod-unknown. 1:24

SISSON, Mattie Bradford died 17 February 1876, age 0/8/6. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Albert L. and Hannah E. Sisson. cod-croup. 1:28

SISSON, Uriah S. died 12 January 1903, age 82/11/0. Male, white, married, woolen manufacturer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Lodowick and Mary Sisson. cod-diease of heart, inanition. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery 2:1

SISSON, William Perry died 1 November 1916 in Ashaway, age 6/9/26. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Edward and Lina Sisson. cod-multiple fracture, bone left side of skull, hemorrhage of brain, probable laceration of brain, result of being struck by auto. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:24

SLOCUM, Ann Pendelton died 18 November 1911 in Rockville, age 76/0/22. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Joshua and Hannah Pendelton. cod-in poor health from a general breakdown for 16 years and for the last 3 years she has been suffering from cancer of uterus. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:13

SLOCUM, Charles Langworthy died 13 August 1901, age 0/4/23. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John A. and M.A.L. Slocum. cod-gastro enteritis. 1:69

SLOCUM, Horace died 9 February 1917 in Wyoming, age 75/0/8. Male, white, widower, merchant. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o John and Sarah Slocum. cod-intersussecption. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:25

SLOCUM, Infant died 8 June 1893, age stillborn, 7 month child. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John Anderson and Mary Altana Slocum. 1:53

SLOCUM, John L. died 30 August 1903, age 0/2/29. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John A. and Mary A. Slocum. cod-gastro enteritis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery 2:1

SLOCUM, Mary P. died 30 December 1909 in Wyoming, age 66/2/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Sylvester S. and Mary E. Gardiner. cod-mitral disease, congestion of lungs. She has been in a weakened condition for 3 or 4 years. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:11

SMITH, Andrew died 30 September 1888, age 70 years. Male, white, operative. Born in Scotland, s/o Andrew Smith. cod-heart disease. 1:46

SMITH, Benjamin F. died 24 July 1898, age 62/9/4. Male, white, married, painter. Born in Carlton, MA, s/o Jacob and Martha Smith. cod-cancer of the stomach. 1:63

SMITH, Edith L. died 15 April 1900, age 33/1/6. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Robert T. and Rachel Eatough. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis, _?_ fever. 1:66

SMITH, Edward H. died 13 April 1883, age 63 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o William and Mary B. Smith. cod-consumption, heart disease. 1:39

SMITH, infant died 3 March 1900, age 0/2/7. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John N. and Edith L. Smith. cod-infantile convulsions. 1:66

SMITH, James Winslow died 6 July 1898, age 42/9/16. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Benjamin F. and Mary M. Smith. cod-pneumonia. 1:62

SMITH, Jane died 16 October 1888, age 70 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Scotland, d/o Jane Fleming. cod-paralysis. 1:46

SMITH, John N. died 16 March 1910 in Barberville, age 43/11/12. Male, white, married, painter. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Benjamin F. and Mary M. Smith. cod-several wasting diseases, has been in poor health for for 8 years, nervous prostration, catarrh of bowels, and chronic catarrh of bronchial tubes. Burial Family Lot, Hopkinton. 2:12

SMITH, Marion died 27 October 1889, age 1/8/9. Female, white. Born in Richmond, Virginia, d/o Charles and Maggie F. Smith. cod-concussion of brain by falling down stairs. 1:48

SMITH, Martha E. died 5 November 1897, age 57/8/13. Female, white, married. Born in England, d/o George and Polly (Bidwell) (Janierum?) cod-diabetes. 1:61

SMITH, Mary A. died 14 June 1905 Potter Hill, age 64/8/0. Female, white, widow, weaver. Born in Newport, RI, d/o Steven and Avis Weaver. cod-cancer, rodent ulcer. Burial Washington (?) RI 2:4

SMITH, Mary M. died 13 August 1899, age 60/0/15. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William E. and Susan Tanner. cod-ulceration of the intestines. 1:65

SMITH, Minnie Ernestine died 3 September 1890, age 1/5/6. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Elmer and Edith F. Smith. cod-cholera infantum. 1:49

SMITH, Norman A. died 11 July 1880, age 2/8/29. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Joseph and Cynthia Smith. cod-cerebo spinal meningitis. 1:34

SMITH, Palmer died 28 May 1911 in Barberville, age 81/11/13. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Smithfield, RI, s/o Palmer and Abby Smith. cod-nephritis. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:13

SMITH, Walter James died 27 April 1901, age 5/2/19. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John N. and Edith Smith. cod-infantile convulsions. 1:68

SNOW, Eunice Bacon died 22 July 1897, age 63/7/4. Female, white, divorced, seamstress. Born in Boston, MA, d/o Seth and Eunice B. Rich. cod-heart disease, probably. 1:60

SPENCER, Arthur Heaward died 21 March 1858, age 0/0/17. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Jonathan L. and Mary Spencer. 1:4

SPENCER, Georgie Elisha died 31 October 1878, age 5/0/5. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Samuel and Susan J. Spencer. cod-croup. 1:32

SPENCER, Infant died 7 April 1915 in Canonchet. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Grover C. and Leah Spencer. cod-premature rupture of membrane and consequently premature birth, stillborn. Burial Hopkinton Family Lot. 2:21

SPENCER, Janet B. died 13 Janaury 1916 at the State Hospital for the Insane, Cranston, RI, age 65 years. Female, white, married, housewife. Born in Scotland, d/o of Alexander Mackinnon. cod-manic depressive, insanity, broncho-pneumonia. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:24

SPENCER, Maribe died 3 September 1913 Wyoming, age 80/11/6. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in America, d/o Arnold and Prudence Kenyon. cod-encephalitis & cerebral hemorrhage. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:17

SPENCER, Samuel P. died 23 May 1893, age 46/4/16. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in New York City, NY, s/o John and Susannah (Wring) Spencer. cod-phthsis pulmonalis. 1:53

SPENCER, William I. died 27 March 1893, age 63/1/9. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Warwick, RI, s/o Pardon and Sybil Spencer. cod-grippe, pneumonia. 1:53

SPICER, Ellen W. died 8 January 1857, age 18/8/0. Female, white, single. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o John W. and Lucetta Spicer. cod-consumption. 1:3

SPICER, George Henry died 25 December 1916 in Ashaway, age 92/10/5. Male, white, widower, carriage manufacturer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Joseph and Content (Potter) Spicer. cod-senility, chronic bronchitis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:24

SPICER, H. Maria died 26 March 1908 in Ashaway, age 61/4/21. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John M. and Mary (Hiscox) Barber. cod-fracture of hip, chronic nephritis. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:8

SPICER, Harriet died 6 February 1903, age 77/0/6. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Pardon and Olive Davis. cod-chronic nephritis, liver, hypertrophy. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery 2:1

SPICER, Harriet N. died 23 October 1910 in Potter Hill, age 73/11/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Pitts Grove, New Jersey, d/o Charles and Phebe (Bishop) Elwell. cod-apoplexy. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:12

SPICER, John Wilcox died 21 May 1878, age 73/8/25. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Joseph and Mary Spicer. cod-heart disease. 1:31

SPICER, Joseph died 21 September 1876, age 79/6/12. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Joseph and Mary Spicer. cod-old age. 1:28

SPICER, Joseph Thurston died 25 August 1901, age 56/9/28. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o John and Lucetta Spicer. cod-malaria, cerebral hemorrhage. 1:69

SPICER, Mary L. died 8 February 1902 at Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, age 35 years. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joseph T. and Hannah M. Spicer. cod-liver cirrhosis, chronic gastritis. 1:70

SPICER, Noyes died 24 December 1914 in Potter Hill, age 84/8/0. Male, white, widower, retired. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Joseph and Content (Potter) Spicer. cod-diaphrgmatic pleuritis, lobar pneumonia. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:20

SPRAGUE, Isaac T. died 18 November 1887, age 32 years. Male, white. Parents unknown. cod-consumption. 1:44

STANBROUGH, Hannah died 8 December 1857, age 68/1/5. Female, white, married. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o William and Dorcas Oakley. 1:3

STANBROUGH, James (the elder) died 24 February 1847, date given in testamony from James Stanbrough Jr. regarding his father being a pensioner of the revolutionary war.

STANBROUGH, James died 15 November 1869, age 82/2/5. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o James and Mary Stanborough. cod-lung fever. 1:19

STANLEY, Infant died 22 September 1919 in Hope Valley. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Arthur and Annie T. (Reynolds) Stanley. cod-premature labor and birth. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:29

STANLEY, Infant died 11 October 1922, stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hope Valley, d/o Arthur and Annie Tacy (Reynolds) Stanley. (father born England ) Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. cod- premature labor, acute nephritis of mother. Child died before labor. 3:1

STANTON, Anna H. died 11 November 1883, age 18 months. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Annie E. Stanton. cod-teething. 1:39

STANTON, Elsie Dorcas died 7 September 1890, age 0/8/12. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Annie Stanton. cod-cholera infantum. 1:49

STEADMAN, Edwin Lathrop died 20 November 1881, age 7/1/1. Male, white. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Charles H. and Annie E. Stedman. cod-diptheria. 1:36

STEADMAN, Walter I. died 11 October 1893, age 31 years. Male, white, single, bookkeeper. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Charles H. and Annie E. (Clarke) Steadman. cod-serofula, supperation cervical gland. 1:54

STEERE, Edith Mabel died 2 November 1877 in Hope Valley, age 16/1/14. Female, white. Born in Burrillville, RI, Simeon and Eunice D. Steere. cod-consumption. 1:30

STEERE, Susie May died 11 October 1884, age 1/5/2. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Frederick and Loenzo E. Steere. cod-whooping cough. 1:40

STETSON, Thankful died 16 December 1871, age 87 years. Female, white, single. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Cornelius and Susan Stetson. cod-old age. 1:23

STILL, Sylvester died 3 May 1895, age 72 years. Male, white, married, operative. Born in England, parents unknown. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. 1:57

STILLMAN, Anna died (day unknown) May 1869, age 3/3/0. Female, white. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Asa and Isabella Stillman. cod-scarlet fever. 1:19

STILLMAN, Augusta died (day unknown) November 1869, age 5 years. Female, white. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Asa and Isabella Stillman. cod-scarlet fever. 1:19

STILLMAN, Charlotte C. died 4 May 1877, age 82 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Adam and Henrietta Champlin. cod-old age. 1:30

STILLMAN, Clara L. died 1 March 1869, age 20/3/0. Female, white, married. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o William A. and Julia P. Langworthy. cod-euteretus. 1:19

STILLMAN, Elisha died 11 September 1870, age 80/11/7. Male, white, widower, mechanic. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Elisha and Prudence Stillman. cod-kidney complaint. 1:20

STILLMAN, Elisha C. died 17 February 1922, age 86/11/0, corner of Broad & Main Street, Ashaway. Male, white, widower, insurance. Born 7 March 1835 in Rockville, RI, s/o William C. and Charlotte (Champlin) Stillman. Buried Oak Grove Cemetery. Informant, Lelia Gertrude Stillman, (daughter). cod- broncho pneumonia. 3:1

STILLMAN, Elizabeth died 11 January 1855, age 80/0/4. White, female. Born in Richmond, RI, widow of Matthew Stillman, d/o David Nichols. 1:1

STILLMAN, Ephraim died 25 March 1888, age 82/2/20. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o David and Grace Stillman. cod-pneumonia. 1:45

STILLMAN, Francis died July (day unknown) 1918 at the State Hospital in Cranston, RI, age 84 years. Female, white, music teacher. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Ephraim and Amelia (Potter) Stillman. cod-senile dementia, arteriosclerosis. Burial Wakefield, RI. 2:28

STILLMAN, Hattie E. died 2 April 1896, age 57 years. Female, white, married, housewife. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Billings and Rebecca (Briggs) Macomber. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. 1:58

STILLMAN, Mary Abby died 30 September 1908 in Chace Hill, age 67/1/0. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joseph J. and Abbie T. (Pendelton) Capwell. cod-cancer of breast, cancer of lung. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:8

STILLMAN, Mary Grace died 10 April 1916 Chase Hill, age 80 years. Female, white, single, retired school teacher. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Ephraim and Parmela (Potter) Stillman. cod-gangrene both feet caused by frost. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:23

STILLMAN, Nancy died 17 October 1863 near Potter Hill, age 90/2/10. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Samuel and Mary D. Maxson. 1:9

STILLMAN, Parnela Potter died 5 January 1889, age 82/3/14. Female, white, widow. Born in New York State, d/o William Potter and Eunice Stillman. cod-pneumonia. 1:47

STILLMAN, Paul died 19 January 1810 at 10 o’clock AM. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

STILLMAN, Phebe A. died 23 June 1906, age 63/2/19. Female, white, single, retired school teacher. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Ephraim and Pamelia (Potter) Stillman. cod-uremic poisoning, following acute nephritis, complicating euphemia and valvular heart disease. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:5

STILLMAN, Phebe E. died 25 December 1869, age 18/9/11. Female, white. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o William H. and Sarah Ann Stillman. cod-typhoid fever. 1:19

STILLMAN, Phineas died 7 February 1867, age 81/8/27. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Elisha and Prudence Stillman. cod-old age. 1:15

STILLMAN, Thankful died 26 October 1857, age 54/0/0. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Elisha and Prudence Stillman. cod-dysentery. 1:3

STILLMAN, William died 21 March 1874, age 81/4/0. Male, white, married. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o William Stillman. cod-general debility. 1:26

STILLMAN, William Potter died 1 December 1910, age 72/8/3. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Ephraim and Parmela (Potter) Stillman. cod-age, mental aberation, asphyxiation by drowning. When last seen (4 PM) was going towards his sisters. When found (7 AM) he was on the ground at full length, hands apparently supporting upper part of body, face down in the water of small swamp hole, much as if he had attempted to drink of the water. There were no signs of violence. Burial First Hopkinton. 2:12

STRANGE, Bertha L. died 6 June 1894, age 23/3/28. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, Charles H. and Sally D. Saunders. cod-child birth, septicemia. 1:55

STRANGE, Caleb died 18 October 1882, age 66/11/21. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Caleb and Annie Strange. cod-pneumonia. 1:37

STRAIGHT, Marinda Ralph died 31 December 1916 in Ashaway, age 74/2/0. Female, white, single. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o Remington and Thurzah Straight. cod-bronchial pneumonia. Burial Allentown, RI. 2:24

SULLIVAN, Gardiner died 25 October 1874, age 88 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Son of Peleg Sullivan. cod-old age. 1:26

SULLIVAN, Henrietta died 22 July 1874, age 8/10/0. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Henry F. and Mary E. Sullivan. cod- scarlet fever. 1:26

SULLIVAN, Henry F. died 7 February 1875, age 45/11/10. Male, white, married, spinner. Born in Griswold, CT, s/o Gardiner and Nancy (Clark) Sullivan. cod-chronic diarrhea and rheumatism. 1:27

SULLIVAN, Infant died 23 January 1882 (stillborn). Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, Henry F. and Harriet Sullivan. 1:37

SULLIVAN, Infant died 24 January 1882, age 1 day. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, Henry F. and Harriet A. Sullivan. cod-weak. 1:37

SULLIVAN, Mary Elizabeth died 24 July 1915, age 70/0/5. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o William and Elizabeth Champlin. cod-measles, congestion of lungs. Burial Perryville Cemetery. 2:21

SULLIVAN, Robert Eugene died 18 January 1861, age 2/4/0. Male, white. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Henry and Lucinda Sullivan. cod-diptheria. 1:6

SULLIVAN, William Henry died 17 September 1875, age 0/6/28. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Henry F. and Mary E. Sullivan. cod-fits. 1:27

SUNDERLUND, Mary Burdick died 7 April 1920 in Rockville, age 85/9/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, Jedediah and Elizabeth Kenyon. cod-abdominal tumor, old age. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery, Allenton, (North Kingstown) RI. 2:30

SUNDERLUND, Laura A. died 19 February 1900, age 73/4/16. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o John and Elizabeth (Knowles) Sunderland. cod-chronic diarrhea, acute bronchitis. 1:66

SUNDERLAND, Lydia S. died 29 July 1865 in Moscow, [Hopkinton], age 37 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Benjamin B. and Sarah Sheldon. cod-consumption. 1:11

SUTTON, Okey Loren died 5 August 1910 in Rockville, age 0/3/19. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Erlo E. and Blanche R. Sutton. cod-intestinal indigestion and general debility. Burial in West Virginia. 2:12

SWEET, Charles N. died 8 February 1913 in Woodville, age 62 years. Male, white, widower, wheelwright. Born Noose Neck Hill, RI, s/o David Sweet. cod-mitral insufficiency and enlargement of the heart. Burial Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, RI. 2:17

SYLVA, Richard Desmond died 2 July 1914, age 2 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Richard J. and Margaret (Mallon) Sylva. cod-premature birth, congenital malformation of heart. Burial in Hopkinton. 2:19

SYRUS, Abbie Ann died 27 August 1889, age 18/8/9. Female, black, single, servant. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Gideon Syrus. cod-consumption. 1:47

SYRUS, Nora F. died 7 January 1887, age 21 years. Female, black. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Gideon and Elizabeth Syrus. cod-consumption. 1:44

TABOR, Clara C. died 28 August 1920 in Rockville, age 74/11/10. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Daniel and Ruth Larkin. cod-had been very weak for four years, bedridden for one year, unable to comprehend, mind all gone, old age. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:30

TABOR, George O. died 24 January 1899, age 37/4/19. Male, white, single, spinner. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Olney and Phebe Tabor. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. 1:64

TABOR, George R. died 27 July 1870, age 57/6/0. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Coventry, RI, s/o Joseph and Lydia Tabor. cod-consumption. 1:20

TABOR, Hannah died 29 August 1879, age 64 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Asa and Hannah Woodmansee. cod-apoplexy. 1:33

TABOR, Henry died 13 December 1877, age 58/10/0. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Coventry, RI, s/o Benjamin and Mary Tabor. cod-gravel. 1:30

TABOR, Infant died 16 February 1881, age 1 day. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joseph C. and Clara A. Tabor. cod-exhaustion. 1:35

TABOR, Phebe Ann died 7 October 1865 in Rockville, age 25 years. Female, white, widow, operative. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Simon and Sarah Moon. cod-consumption. 1:12

TANNER, Catherine died 26 May 1870, age 66 years. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Robert and Mary (Greene) Browning. cod-dropsy. 1:20

TANNER, Charles Henry died 13 January 1861, age 4/6/0. Male, white. Son of Noah S. and Elisabeth Tanner. cod-diptheria. 1:6

TANNER, Clarissa Wilcox died 14 February 1911 in Canonchet, age 97/1/21. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o Nathan and Sarah Wilcox. cod-infirmities of old age. Burial West Greenwich Family Lot. 2:13

TANNER, Franklin died 3 March 1867, age 0/5/29. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, John E. and Mary A. Tanner. cod-brain fever. 1:15

TANNER, Georgianna A. died 2 January 1861, age 12 years. Female, white. Daughter of Noah S. and Elisabeth Tanner. cod-diptheria. 1:6

TANNER, Harriet Maranda died 27 November 1910 in Hope Valley, age 74/9/27. Female, white, single, retired weaver. Born in North Kingstown, RI, d/o Benjamin and Diana Tanner. cod-has been feeble mind and body for 6 years, cerebral hemorrhage. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:12

TANNER, Hannah S. died 7 February 1908 in Hope Valley, age 81/5/11. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Voluntown, CT, d/o John B. and Lucy A. Lawton. cod-la grippe complicated with pleurisy. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:8

TANNER, Infant died 2 September 1919 Broad Street, Potter Hill (Ashaway), age 16 hours. Male, white. Born in Potter Hill (Ashaway), s/o Howard D. and Margaret Tanner. cod-premature at 8 ½ months. Burial on Homestead property. 2:29

TANNER, Janette S. died 28 July 1897, age 44 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Voluntown, CT, d/o Orin and Alzadia Gardiner. cod-diabetes melitus and gangrene of hand. 1:60

TANNER, Jennie died 21 December 1907 in Woodville, age 55/9/4. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Voluntown, CT, d/o John and Melisa Corey. cod-mitral disease, congestion and acute indigestion. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:7

TANNER, John E. died 5 October 1906 in Rockville, age 78/7/15. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Connecticut, s/o Gideon and Mary Tanner. cod-old age. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:5

TANNER, John H. Jr. died 9 November 1896, age 24/6/1. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John H. and Louisa Tanner. cod-typho malarial fever. 1:59

TANNER, John Phillips died 11 February 1882, age 82/10/5. Male, white, widower, clock cleaner. Born in Voluntown, CT, s/o Isaac and Mary Tanner. cod-paralysis. 1:37

TANNER, Nancy A. died 11 July 1870, age 74 years. Female, white, widow. Daughter of Susan Phillips. cod-old age. 1:20

TANNER, Nancy J. died 16 July 1894, age 8/6/8. Female, white, student. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o George F. and Sarah J. Tanner. cod-acute bronchitis, convulsions. 1:55

TANNER, Noah Stillman died 27 September 1880, age 57/5/21. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o William and Sarah Tanner. cod-liver complaint. 1:34

TANNER, Sarah Orilla died 22 August 1883, age 0/4/23. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o George P. and Sarah J. Tanner. cod-cholera infantum. 1:39

TANNER, Susan Mira died 26 January 1910 Ashaway Road, age 53/1/13. Female, white, married, spinner. Born in Rhode Island, d/o Franklin and Mary Chappell. cod-valvular disease of the heart, cerebral hemorrhage. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:12

TANNER, Susannah, died 26 July 1776, wife of William Tanner. Early Vitals 1:103

TAYLOR, Abby T. died 8 June 1869, age 40/6/0. Female, white, married. Born in South Kingstown, d/o Henry and Mahala Gardner. cod-typhoid fever. 1:19

TAYLOR, Byron W. died 21 July 1860, age 6/10/10. Male, white. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Job I. and Abby T. Taylor. cod-diptheria. 1:5

TAYLOR, Earl Howard died 29 August 1866, age 0/4/17. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George A. and Eliza A. Taylor. cod-congestion of lungs. 1:13

TAYLOR, Edward F. died 6 April 1871, age 4 years. Male, white. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Edward F. and Mary J. Taylor. cod-scarlet fever. 1:22

TAYLOR, Ellen Honora died 3 July 1860, age 3/8/0. Female, white. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o Peter and Margaret Taylor. cod-diptheria. 1:5

TAYLOR, Eliza G. died 8 January 1917, age 81 years. Female, white, widow, housework. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Henry and Wabala Gardner. cod-chronic nephritis, general debiltity. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:25

TAYLOR, George A. died 20 April 1882, age 51 years. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Joseph W. and Luinda Taylor. cod-pulmonary consumption. 1:37

TAYLOR, George W. died 27 June 1892, age 71/8/25. Male, white, widower. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Job and Amy Taylor. cod-phthisis. 1:51

TAYLOR, Hannah C. died 30 September 1918 in Potter Hill, age 51 years. Female, white. Born in Mystic, CT, d/o John and Harriet (Babcock) Cundall. cod-stohis adams disease, arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT. 2:28

TAYLOR, Job I. died 22 May 1899, age 72 years. Male, white, widower. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Joseph and Lorinda W. Taylor. cod-valvular disease of heart and pleuritis. 1:64

TAYLOR, Margaret M. died 31 October 1901, age 75/7/5. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born Ireland, d/o John and Margaret Sheehan. cod-diabetes, gangrene of foot. 1:69

TAYLOR, Olive Sweet died 28 April 1907 in Moscow, age 5 hours old. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joseph J. and Grace F. Taylor. cod-premature birth (seventh month), asphyxciation due to delayed delivery, breech presentation. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:7

TAYLOR, Peter died 24 February 1905 High Street, Ashaway, age 74/11/23. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Glenville, CT, s/o Zebedire and Sarah F. Taylor. cod-organic heart disease, chronic albuminuria. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:4

TAYLOR, Willie Fremont died 24 December 1886 in Sisco, Florida, age 30 years. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George W. and Elizabeth Taylor. cod-consumption. 1:43

TEFFT, Benjamin died 23 September 1877, age 67/3/4. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Edward and Nancy Tefft. cod-heart disease. 1:30

TEFFT, Bridget died 12 April 1866, age 59 years. Female, white, single. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Edward and Nancy Tefft. cod-rupture of blood vessel. 1:13

TEFFT, Desire W. died 31 August 1889, age 69/11/20. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o John and Mercy Barber. cod-scrofula. 1:47

TEFFT, Frances died 12 March 1907 in South Kingstown, RI, age 61/10/7. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Henry and Elizabeth Main. cod-hemiplegia. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:7

TEFFT, John died 19 January 1894, age 70 years. Male, white, male, laborer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Amos and Ruth Tefft. cod-enlarged prostrate gland, suppression of urine. 1:55

TEFFT, John B. died 18 July 1893, age 71/7/29. Male, white, male, farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Silas and Esther Tefft. cod- heart failure. 1:53

TEFFT, Pardon Kenyon died 20 March 1885, age 65 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Silas and Esther Tefft. cod-pneumonia. 1:41

TEFFT, Peleg James died 25 June 1876, age 45/11/0. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o George and Alsa Tefft. cod-consumption. 1:28

TEFFT, Sarah died 5 March 1886, age 90 years. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o David and Hannah Kenyon. cod-old age. 1:42

TEFFT, Willard A. died “date unknown” 1879, age 35 years. Male, white, single, operative. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Willard and Nancy Tefft. cod-unknown. 1:33

TEFFT, Willimenia died 21 January 1901, age 7/5/1. Female, white, student. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, d/o William E. and Emeline D. Tefft. cod-malarial remittant fever. 1:68

TENNANT, Maria died 18 January 1877, age 59/5/18. Female, white, married. Born in “Washington”, RI, d/o Jonathan and Sarah C. Franklin. cod-softening of the brain. 1:30

TERRY, Dorcas died 31 December 1898, age 60/6/1. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Lyman and Sally Moon. cod-mis-edemia, la grippe. 1:63

TERRY, Infant died 27 October 1886. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George M. and Alice E. Terry. cod-stillborn. 1:43

TEW, Amy died 18 September 1896, age 76/3/12. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born at Bailey Pond, Connecticut, d/o Thomas and Elizabeth James. cod-paralysis. 1:59

THAYER, Bertha M. died 16 April 1910 in Moscow, age 22/6/19. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in East Greenwich, RI, d/o Benjamin R. Pierce. cod-tuberculosis, larynigitis. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:12

THAYER, George K. died 16 June 1908 in Hopkinton City, age 84/11/18. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Russell and Elizabeth Thayer. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:8

THAYER, Hattie R. died 10 November 1892, age 16/8/10. Female, white, single. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o Henry H. and Sarah E. Thayer. cod-child bed fever, peritonitis. 1:52

THAYER, Henry Harrison died 21 September 1914 in Hope Valley, age 60/0/29. Male, white, married, mill operative. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o Stephen and Mary Ann Thayer. cod-gastroenteritis and endocarditis. 2:19

THAYER, Infant died 14 May 1918 in Wyoming, age stillborn. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Irving C. and Gertrude May Thayer. cod-full term, but imperfectly developed. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:27

THAYER, Martha Elizabeth 20 March 1913, age 85/2/9. Female, white, widow. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Simeon and Mary Babcock. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:17

THAYER, Richard (alias Burnice William) died 10 November 1908 in Barberville, age 0/1/6. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Charles H. and Bertha N. Thayer. cod-acute enteritis interception causing complete obstruction. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:9

THAYER, Walter Jeremiah died 5 June 1868, age 4/11/0. Male, white. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Benjamin S. and Ann Thayer. cod-inflammation of bowels. 1:17

THOMAS, John died 12 June 1903, age 72 years. Male, white, married, retired. Born in England, s/o William and Elizabeth (Scott) Thomas. cod-valular heart disease, chronic bright’s disease. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:1

THOMPSON, Albert Eugene died 15 May 1888, age 6/1/6. Male, white. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Albert D. and Abby Thompson. cod-menesmus. 1:45

THOMPSON, Alvin Ray died 12 November 1889, age 0/2/3. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Fred J. and Ida L. Thompson. cod-throat trouble. 1:48

THOMPSON, Annie died 20 January 1895, age 2/8/0. Female, white. Born in Coventry, RI, d/o Albert D. and Abby Thompson. cod-scarlet fever. 1:57

THOMPSON, Betsey died 11 March 1867, age 68/5/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Voluntown, CT, d/o Caleb and Sarah Potter. cod-consumption. 1:15

THOMPSON, Edwin W. died 24 January 1895, age 3/7/24. Male, white. Born in Coventry, RI, s/o Albert D. and Abby Thompson. cod-scarlet fever. 1:57

THOMPSON, Orinda died 15 April 1888, age 88/11/11. Female, white, widow, boarder. Born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, parents unknown. cod-paralysis. 1:45

THOMPSON, Ralph died 8 May 1894, age 74/5/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Alexander and Martha (Loomis) Thompson. cod-heart disease. 1:55

THOMPSON, William R. died 25 January 1886, age 80/2/6. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o William and Nancy Thompson. cod-shock palsy. 1:42

THORP, infant died 27 November 1895, age 1 hour. Male, white. Son of William H. and Alice E. Thorp. cod-premature birth. 1:57

THORPE, Eliza A. died 7 May 1911 in Ashaway, age 83/11/0. Female, white, widow. Born in America, d/o John Parker. cod-valvular disease of heart, edema of lungs. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:13

THORPE, Francis Ann died 2 April 1882, age 3/3/0. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William H. and Alice E. Thorpe. cod-membranous croup. 1:37

THORPE, Mary Ellen died 30 July 1892, age 23/9/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, RI, d/o Phineas W. and Lucy E. Barber. cod-eclampsia, peritoritis. 1:52

THORPE, Nathaniel William Hepworth died 5 October 1881, age 16 months. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William H. and Alice E. Thorpe. cod-convulsions in teething. 1:35

THURSTON, Alfred died 7 July 1909 near Woodville, age 81/8/24. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o George and Sarah Thurston. cod-old age, generally feeble and overcome by heat, died in chair. Burial Allentown Cemetery. 2:10

THURSTON, Caleb died 15 May 1883, age 52/7/26. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o George and Sarah Thurston. cod-typhoid pneumonia. 1:39

THURSTON, Hannah T. died 5 December 1910 in Hope Valley, age 78/8/18. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Robert and Liddia Barber. cod-rheumatism, gastro-entero-colitis. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:12

THURSTON, Horace died 3 August 1881, age 67/4/29. Male, white, widower, physican. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Jeremiah and Sarah B. Thurston. cod-nervous debility. 1:35

THURSTON, John O. died 4 February 1901, age 27/3/9. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Caleb and Hannah Thurston. cod-tuberculosis pulmonalis. 1:68

THURSTON, Joseph died 12 September 1809 age 64 years. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

THURSTON, Sarah wife of Joseph Thurston, died 30 November 1807. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

TILLINGHAST, Abbie Elizabeth died 14 July 1921, age 76/10/4. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o George T. and Avis (Wilbur) Collins. cod-attacks of painful dyspruea, arterioclerosis, with vomiting, old age. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:32

TILLINGHAST, Ada A. died 25 December 1903, age 73/9/2. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Coventry, RI, parents unknown. cod-carcinoma of uterus. Burial Wood River Cemetery 2:2

TILLINGHAST, Amy B. died 30 October 1878, age 53 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Exeter, RI, William and Mary Carr. cod-cancer. 1:32

TILLINGHAST, Benjamin Clarke died 6 September 1881, age 58/3/15. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Pardon and Hannah Tillinghast. cod-consumption. 1:35

TILLINGHAST, Charles E. died 18 August 1866, age 5/3/2. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William B. and Julia Tillinghast. cod-dysentery. 1:13

TILLINGHAST, Dennison D. died 17 October 1870 in Preston, CT, age 58 years. Male, white, married, taylor. Born in East Greenwich, RI, s/o Thomas and Alice Tillinghast. cod-gravel. 1:20

TILLINGHAST, Emma W. died 10 December 1870, age 17 years. Female, white. Born in Providence, RI, d/o Thomas W. and Mary A. Tillinghast. cod-membraneous diptheria. 1:20

TILLINGHAST, Mary R. died 2 January 1917 in Hope Valley, age 69/7/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Barber and Joan Reynolds. cod-arterio sclerosis, mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis. Burial in Plainfield, CT. 2:25

TITSWORTH, Robert Glaspey died 31 May 1883, age 29 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Wardner S. and Belle W. G. Titsworth. cod-indigestion. 1:39

TIZIANI, Joseph died 5 August 1918, age 32/10/15. Male, white, laborer. Born in Italy, s/o Pretio (?) and Mary (Coleira?) Tiziani. cod-tuberculosis, pulmonary. Burial place not listed. 2:27

TIZIANI, Pietro died 20 May 1922, age 68/10/15. Male, white, married, Farmer. Born in Italy, s/o Matteo and Palonia (Fauau) Tiziani. cod – chronic bright’s disease, arterio (-?-), secondary anemia. Burial St. Micheal’s Cemetery, Pawcatuck, CT. 3:1

TOWER, Sarah C. died 8 August 1861, age 0/6/26. Female, white. Born in Mechanicsville, New York, d/o John K. and Welthy Tower. cod-brain fever. 1:7

TRUE, Alda Isadora died 22 May 1914 in Hope Valley, age 53/8/7. Female, white, single, milliner. Born in Litchfield, New York, d/o Jacob and Nancy A. (Brown) True. cod-hypostotic congestion of lungs, deseminated sclerosis. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:19

TRUE, Annie May died 8 June 1892, age 34/4/18. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John Orin and Julia Babcock. cod-hernia, collapse. 1:51

TRUE, Irving Joseph died 17 March 1909 in Hope Valley, age 50/10/28. Male, white, married, foreman in creamery. Born in Litchfield, New York, s/o Jacob and Nancy A. True. cod-pneumonia. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:10

TRUMAN, Mary C. died 9 January 1866, age 72/10/11. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Job B. and Mary Clarke. cod-“had no disease – died suddenly.” 1:13

TUCKER, Alvin P. died 1 August 1896, age 76/4/15. Male, white, widower, machinist. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o John and Sarah Tucker. cod-cerebral anemia (paralisis) nephritis. 1:58

TUCKER, Annette Emma died 17 February 1922 in Hopkinton, age 62/1/9. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, d/o Alvin P. and Emily D. (Larkin) Tucker. cod – cystitis senility, ill in bed for 2 days, [undecipherable] uraema poisoning. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley. 3:1

TUCKER, Charles Henry died 1 January 1922 in South Kingstown, RI, age 75/3/29. Male, white, widow, Farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, 2 September 1846, s/o Rowland and Patience A. (Clark) Tucker. cod – cardiac hypertrophy, chronic nephritis. Burial Ashaway, RI. 3:1

TUCKER, Ellery Ellsworth died 9 March 1913 in Potter Hill, age 52/11/9. Male, white, widower, mill operative. Born in South Kingstown, RI, s/o Joshua and Hannah (Sherman) Tucker. cod-lobar pneumonia, aortic regurgitation. Burial Wakefield, RI. 2:17

TUCKER, Emily D. died 5 March 1899, age 23/2/19. Female, white, single, compositor. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Alvin and Emily D. Tucker. cod-pulmonary phthisis. 1:64

TUCKER, Emily Damaris died 13 June 1892, age 53/3/6. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born on Mason’s Island, CT, d/o Jonathan and Rebecca C. Larkin. cod-anemia, general debility. 1:51

TUCKER, Henry A. died 6 November 1897, age 29/1/26. Male, white, single, machinist. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Alvin P. and Emily D. Tucker. cod-pulmonary consumption. 1:61

TUCKER, Howell P. died 7 April 1917 in Hope Valley, age 2 days. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Howell P. and Geneva Tucker. cod-pulmonary edema. Burial White Brook Cemetery. 2:25

TUCKER, James S. died 5 May 1918 in Ashaway, age 71/2/0. Male, white. Born in Voluntown, CT, s/o William Orrin and Happy (Whipple) Tucker. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:27

TUCKER, Joseph W. died 11 October 1886, age 72/10/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Jonathan and Elizabeth Tucker. cod-heart disease. 1:42

TUCKER, Mary Ellen died 30 July 1878, age 13/3/0. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Alvin P. and Emily D. Tucker. cod-spinal meningitis. 1:31

TUCKER, Pricilla E. died 7 April 1890, age 44/4/10. Female, white, widow. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Hezekiah and Rhoda Larkin. cod-measles, pneumonia, heart disease. 1:49

TURNBULL, Jane died 5 October 1910 in Ashaway, age 60/11/6. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Wilton, Scotland, d/o Thomas and Jane (Dock) McEwen. cod-apoplexy. Burial in Ashaway. 2:12

TURNBULL, John died 24 March 1911 High Street, Ashaway, age 63/3/17. Male, white, widower, mill hand (watchman). Born in Edinborough, Scotland, s/o James and Alison Turnbull. cod-pneumonia. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:13

TURNBULL, Thomas died 26 October 1917 at the State Hospital for Mental Disease, Cranston, RI, age 37/6/20. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Scotland, s/o John and Jane (McEwen) Turnbull. cod-epileptic insanity, broncho pneumonia. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:26

TURNER, Eunice E. died 17 May 1905 High Street, Ashaway, age 76/9/21. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Abby (Browbly) Burdick. cod-chronic nephritis. Burial Union Cemetery, North Stonington, CT. 2:4

TURNER, Nathan died 28 November 1913 in Potter Hill, age 43 years. Male, white, married, book keeper. Born in Harmony, Maine, s/o Nathan and Symantha Turner. cod-pneumonia. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:17

TWIST, Ann died 9 October 1916, age 74. Female, white,widow. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o Charles A. and Patricia A. Stone. cod-mitral insufficiency and anemia. Burial East Cemetery, So. Manchester, CT. 2:24

TYLER, John L. died 12 November 1909 in Hope Valley, age 1/9/14. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Lloyd and Florence (Jerue) Tyler. cod-catarrhal pneumonia. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:11

TYLER, Susan Helen died 28 April 1918 in Hope Valley, age 8/11/9. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Lloyd and Florence J. Tyler. cod-acute indigestion, inflamation of stomache and bowels. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:27

VARNEY, Marshall died 21 May 1915 in Canonchet, age 70 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Porter, Maine, s/o Michael and Mary Varney. cod-carcinoma of the autium, orbit, face and neck, malnutrition. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:21

VALLEY, Louis died 10 August 1912 at RI Hospital, Providence, RI, age 17/1/7. Male, white, single, iceman. Born in Warwick, RI, s/o Joseph and Alertine (Geliana) Valley. cod-acute gangreous appendicitis, general peritonitis. Burial in Warwick, RI. 2:15

VERRY, Susan S. died 18 September 1865 at Barberville [Hopkinton], age 1/7/7. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Stephen and Mary Verry. cod-cholera infantum. 1:12

VINCENT, Catherine E. died 27 May 1899, age 68/5/27. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Providence, RI, d/o James and Auios (?) Appleby. cod-valvular disease of heart, concurrent bright’s disease. 1:64

VINCENT, Cora May died 25 December 1918 in Hope Valley, age 45/7/20. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Norwich, CT, d/o Robert and Mary S. Sterry. cod-sudden over taking of the heart. Burial Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, CT. 2:28

VINCENT, Jessie Emma/Emma J. died 23 July 1890, age 26 years. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Benjamin F. and Mary Smith. cod-consumption. 1:49

VINCENT, Mary A. died 7 February 1904, age 85/11/21. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Nicholas and Susan W. Vincent. cod-brain lesion, went into a sleep and slept her life away. Burial Wood River Cemetery 2:3

VINCENT, Susan died 10 December 1880, age 85/4/19. Female, white, widow. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Benjamin and Hannah Weeden. cod-old age. 1:34

VINCENT, Susan L. died (day unknown) January 1881, age 59 years. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Nicholas and Susan Vincent. cod-dropsey. 1:35

VINCENT, Thomas H. died 26 August 1872, age 61 years. Male, white, married, blacksmith. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Joseph Vincent. cod-enlargement of spleen. 1:24

VINCENT, William C. died 4 June 1884, age 60 years. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Nicholas and Susan W. Vincent. cod-apoplexy. 1:40

WAGNER, Charles E. died 11 February 1908, age 75 years. Male, white, married, operative. Born in Germany, parents unknown. cod-asthma, chronic bronchitis, la grippe. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT. 2:8

WALKER, Georgiana May died 16 October 1877, age 15/5/5. Female, white. Born in Providence, RI, d/o Flavious and Laura Walker. cod-consumption. 1:30

WALSH, John died 18 February 1913 in Potter Hill, age 70 years. Male, white, married, dye worker. Born Ireland, s/o Martin and Mary (Tierney) Walsh. cod-chronic nephritis, protatitis and cystitis. Burial St. Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI. 2:17

WARGELIIN, Lenia died 22 September 1907, age 6 months. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Mary (Wileen) Wargeliin (parents born in Sweden). cod-gastro enteritis. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:7

WARNER, Olive Rose died 2 July 1912 in Canonchet, age 9/3/27. Female, white. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o Joseph E. and and Sophia Rose Warner. cod-diptheria, heart failure. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:14

WATROUS, Amos died 13 April 1886, age 57 years. Male, white, married, agent. Born in Connecticut, s/o Joseph and Rebecca Watrous. cod-consumption. 1:42

WATROUS, Fannie 12 April 1896, age 43/2/0. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Mystic, CT, d/o Joseph and Cynthia Watrous. cod-convulsions, paralysis, brain lesion. 1:58

WATROUS, Leonard died 8 December 1908 in Hope Valley, age 74/3/4. Male, white, married, retired. Born in Mystic, CT, s/o Joseph and Rebecca Watrous. cod-structural hear disease, mitral aortic, died suddenly. 2:9

WATROUS, Susan Lettia died 13 May 1877 in Hope Valley, age 37 years. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Gorton W. and Nancy Arnold. cod-pneumonia. 1:30

WATSON, Agness F. died 5 September 1885, age 45/5/24. Female, white, married. Born in Scotland, d/o __& Jane Clement. cod-fright. 1:41

WATSON, Anna M. died 30 September 1908 in Wyoming, age 45/5/28. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o George W. and Sarah Woodmansee. cod-pulmonary tuberculois. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:8

WATSON, Mary S. C. died 10 November 1916 in Alton, age 82/6/21. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Coventry, RI, d/o John H. and Catherine E. Knowles. cod-chronic bronchitis, chronic neuralgia of the face and old age. Burial Family Lot, Hopkinton. 2:24

WATSON, Robert died 3 October 1898, age 68/9/11. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in England, s/o John and Susan Watson. cod-cancer of stomach. 1:63

WATSON, Sarah M. died 5 March 1906 in Rockville, age 5/3/3. Female, white. Born in Boston, MA, d/o William B. and Mary E. Watson. cod-multiple abcess of liver, toxemia, exhaustion from. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:5

WATSON, William W. W. died 27 August 1898, age 72/10/10. Male, white, married, carpenter. Born South Kingstown, RI, s/o ____and Lydia Watson. cod-cholera morbus, stricture of uretha of long standing. 1:63

WEAVER, Zebulon died 7 November 1798. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

WEBSTER, Charles C. died 7 November 1908 in Hope Valley, age 81/6/0. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Thomas and Susan Webster. cod-hemorrhage of the bowels and catarrh of stomach. 2:9

WEBSTER, Margaret died 2 October 1918, age 30/1/0. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Newark, NJ, d/o Francis G. and _?_ (Carson) Ferrell. cod-acute influenza, broncho pneumonia. Burial Jordan Cemetery, New London, CT. 2:28

WEEKS, Benjamin Noyes died 2 August 1860, age 2/8/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o of Jerome and Mary E. Weeks. cod-brain fever. 1:5

WEEKS, Erline died 25 November 1876, age 1 day. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Jerome and Mary E. Weeks. cod-unknown. 1:29

WEEKS, Ida Adella died 1 July 1870, age 1/10/19. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Jerome and Mary E. Weeks. cod-brain fever. 1:20

WEEKS, Ida A. died 3 July 1871, age 11 months. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Jerome and Mary E. Weeks. cod-congestion of brain. 1:22

WEEKS, Jerome died 29 March 1881, age 57/0/2. Male, white, married, carpenter. Born in Pomfret, New Jersey, s/o Jonathan and Elizabeth Weeks. cod-consumption of bowels. 1:35

WEEKS, Phebe E. died 25 September 1861, age 1/6/21. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Jerome and Elisabeth Weeks. cod-congestion of the brain. 1:7

WELLS, Albert died 1 April 1858, age 43/9/5. Male, white, married, lapper tender. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John and Rebecca Wells. cod-typhoid fever. 1:4

WELLS, Augustus L. died 9 November 1906 in Hopkinton City, age 86/0/2. Male, white, widower, carriage manufacturer. Born in Charlestown, s/o Edward S. and Deborah (Lewis) Wells. cod-bronchial pneumonia. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery 2:6

WELLS, Betsey C. died 7 October 1897, age 84/11/22. Female, white, single. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o Randall and Patience Wells. cod-old age, senile gangrene. 1:61

WELLS, Catherine G. 16 January 1904, age 88/8/4. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in New Bedford, MA, d/o Benjamin and Patience Coombs. cod-paralysis, apoplexy. Buried First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:3

WELLS, Denison died 28 March 1886, age 64/0/20. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John and Phebe Wells. cod-angina pectoris. 1:42

WELLS, Edward David died 21 November 1922, age 5 days. Male, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Geroge E and Florence (Brown) Wells. cod – valvular insufficiency. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 3:1

WELLS, Edward S. died 9 August 1870 in Charlestown, RI, age 77 years. Male, white, widower, carpenter. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o Edward S. and Tacy Wells. cod-congestion of lungs. 1:20

WELLS, Edward Sheffield died 12 February 1806, drowned in Ashaway. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

WELLS, Edward Sheffield died 7 June 1893, age 70/8/20. Male, white, married, carriage manufacturer. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Edward Sheffield and Deborah (Lewis) Wells. cod-angina pectoris. 1:53

WELLS, Eliza died 31 May 1889, age 78/2/24. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o David and Grace Stillman. cod-paralysis. 1:47

WELLS, Everette J. died 9 June 1870 in Greenfield, MA, age 18 years. Male, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Jonathan R. and Martha A. Wells. cod-measles. 1:20

WELLS, Harriet died 13 August 1887, age 87/5/0. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Mary Wells. cod-old age. 1:44

WELLS, Harriet A. died 9 February 1894, age 70/3/13. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Job and Amy (Champlin) Taylor. cod-pleuro-pneumonia, heart failure. 1:55

WELLS, Henry M. died 9 July 1857, age 52/3/13. Male, white, merchant. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Thomas and Mary Wells. cod-“appeared suddenly in a fit.” 1:3

WELLS, Henry W. died 7 February 1865 in Ashaway, age 7/6/22. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Thomas R. and Harriet Wells. cod-typhoid fever. 1:11

WELLS, Hilda Barr died 1 January 1903, age 0/3/15. Female, white. Born #1 Railroad Ave, Westerly, RI, d/o Harold W. and Harriet C. Wells. cod-meningitis. Burial River Bend Cemetery 2:1

WELLS, Infant died 16 August 1878. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Charles and Emergene Wells. cod-unknown. 1:31

WELLS, infant died 16 January 1896, age 12 hours. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Warren L. and Mary H. Wells. cod-weakness. 1:58

WELLS, infant died 6 September 1902, age 6 hours. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John E. and Louise C. Wells. cod-premature birth. 1:70

WELLS, James died 29 April 1835 Hopkinton. Was a pensioner of the United States. Had widow, Ann. TC 6:79

WELLS, Jonathan R. died 8 December 1864 in Ashaway, age 45/9/12. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Russell and Lydia Wells. cod-consumption. 1:10

WELLS, Joseph D. died 19 June 1869, age 19/10/20. Male, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Dennison and Teresa Wells. cod-tumor. 1:19

WELLS, Lydia died 8 November 1865 near Ashaway, age 83 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Waterford, CT, parents unknown. cod-old age. 1:12

WELLS, Martha A. died 8 February 1903, age 77/11/23. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Montville, CT, d/o Daniel Rogers. cod-pneumonia, heart disease valvular. Burial Montville, CT. 2:1

WELLS, Mary died 16 July 1871, age 83 years. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Mary Wells. cod-old age. 1:22

WELLS, Mary Augusta died 17 July 1876, age 29 years. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Augustus L. and Mary D. Wells. cod-paralysis. 1:28

WELLS, Mary C. R. died 14 March 1889, age 36/5/7. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Henry M. and Catherine G. Wells. cod-pleuritis. 1:47

WELLS, Mary Davis died 14 July 1874, age 49/11/0. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John and Lydia Davis. cod-black jaundice. 1:26

WELLS, Mattie Lillian died 26 February 1862 in Ashaway, age 1/2/13. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Jonathan R. and Martha A. Wells. cod-disease of brain. 1:8

WELLS, Pauline A. died 27 February 1922 in Ashaway, age 66/4/0. Female, white, married. Born in Alfred, NY, 12 October 1855, d/o Phineas and Orpha (Crandall) Stillman. cod – cancer of the liver. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery, Ashawway, RI 3:1

WELLS, Peter Clark died 29 September 1874, age 65/6/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Peter Clark and Phenia (Brown) Wells. cod-uric acid gravel. 1:26

WELLS, Russell died 7 October 1859, age 79 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Randall and Lois Wells. 1:5

WELLS, Sarah died 27 January 1921at Providence RI Hospital, age 72/11/6. Female, white, single, housework. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Henry M. and Katherine G. (Coombs) Wells. cod-abdominal & ventral hernia myocarditis. Burial in Westerly, RI. 2:31

WELLS, Sarah Cooledge died 25 December 1895, age 70/0/3. Female, white, married, housewife. Born in Leyden, MA, d/o Rufus and Prudence Cooledge. cod-paralysis and exhaustion. 1:57

WELLS, Silas Crandall died 2 February 1907 in Ashaway, age 93 years. Male, white, widower, retired. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Russell and Lydia (Crandall) Wells. cod-old age, general senility. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:7

WELLS, Sophia died 28 October 1886, age 88/10/16. Female, white, widow. Born in Westerly, RI, d/o David and Grace Stillman. cod-old age. 1:43

WELLS, Teresa G. died 20 April 1895, age 69 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o William and Sarah (Noyes) Greene. cod-cancer, internal. 1:57

WELLS, Thomas R. died 24 April 1865 in Ashaway, age 1/5/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Thomas R. and Harriet Wells. cod-brain fever. 1:11

WELLS, Thomas Randall died 17 July 1903, age 86/11/2. Male, white, widow, manufacturer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Russell and Lydia (Crandall) Wells. cod-chronic nephritis, uremic coma. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:1

WELLS, Wallace Ray died 17 February 1921 in Ashaway, age 64/7/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Ashaway, (Hopkinton), s/o Silas C. and Sarah C. (Coolidge) Wells. cod-valvular disease of the heart and acute indigestion. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:31

WELLS, Warren Laverne died 23 February 1908, age 40/5/3. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o John D. and Eunice Wells. cod-hemorrhage of brain. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:8

WELLS, William R. died 28 November 1872, age 56/10/8. Male, white, married, manufacturer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Randall and Patience Wells. cod-committed suicide by hanging. 1:24

WEST, Abby Jane died 20 November 1875, age 23/10/0. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o John A. and Frances C. Crandall. cod-consumption. 1:27

WEST, Dennis Sisson died 12 February 1891, age 86/6/0. Female, white, widow, farmer. Born in Westerly, RI, child of Sanford and Elizabeth (Chapman) Sisson. cod-pneumonia. 1:50 (This death record gives conflicting information as to whether this person was a man or woman)

WEST, Evelyn died 21 October 1918 in Ashaway, age 2 years. Female, white. Born in Ashaway, (Hopkinton), d/o Courtland J. and Lena (Feeny) West. cod-influenza. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:28

WEST, Hannah died 29 December 1860, age 90/10/28. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William Saunders. cod-renal dropsy. 1:6

WEST, Henry died 7 January 1884, age 88/4/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, RI, s/o Henry and Hannah West. cod-paralysis. 1:40

WEST, Mary died 30 July 1918 in Ashaway, age 67/4/16. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Antonio and Maria (Leary) Malow. cod-valvular disease of the heart. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:27

WEST, William died 23 December 1886, age 82 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Westerly, RI, Henry and Hannah West. cod-diabetes. 1:43

WEST, William R. died 28 March 1900, age 70/4/10. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Westerly, RI, s/o William West. cod-chronic diarrhea, chronic cystitis. 1:66

WHBA, Doris L. died 5 September 1908 in Rockville, age 0/9/7. Female, white. Born in Chicopee, MA, d/o Ahmad and Evangeline Whba. cod-acute gastro-enteritis, strychnia poisoning. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:8

WHEELER, Jessie F. died 14 August 1860, age 4/1/5. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Noyes D. and Susan S. Wheeler. cod-diptheria. 1:6

WHEELER, Josephine L. died 25 November 1905 in Canonchet, age 62/8/29. Female, black, widow, housekeeper. Born in New Hampshire, d/o Amasa and Rubella Laurence. cod-tuberculosis of lungs. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery 2:4

WHEELER, Laura E. died 3 October 1907 in Canonchet, age 23/3/23. Female, black, single, housework. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o Henry and Josephine Wheeler. cod-tuberculosis pulmonalis. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:7

WHEELER, Lucy G. died 30 July 1860, age 14/8/13. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Noyes D. and Susan S. Wheeler. cod-diptheria. 1:6

WHEELER, Mary Shepard died 12 June 1898, age 24 days. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Henry J. and Mary K. (Babcock) Wheeler. cod-premature birth, (inanition?) 1:62

WHEELER, Noyes Dennison died 13 November 1902, age 84/9/13. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Timothy S. and Lucy (Grant) Wheeler. cod-chronic nephritis. 1:70

WHEELER, Sarah E. died 10 July 1860, age 6/8/5. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Noyes D. and Susan S. Wheeler. cod-diptheria. 1:6

WHEELER, Timothy S. died 21 May 1865, age 88 years. Male, white, widow, farmer. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Isaac Wheeler. cod-old age. 1:11

WHIPPLE, Abby M. E. died 28 May 1911 in Ashaway, age 74/5/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, d/o Thomas and Abby (Tefft) Ennis. cod-apoplexy. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:13

WHIPPLE, Erastus D. died 30 July 1888, age 59 years. Male, white, male, operative. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o William and Nancy Whipple. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis. 1:45

WHIPPLE, George Arnold died 26 July 1915 on West Street, Ashaway, age 82/10/26. Male, white, widower, repairing shoes. Born in Coventy, RI, s/o Christopher and Edey (Tarbox) Whipple. cod-senility diabetes. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:21

WHIPPLE, Harvey died 1 August 1894, age 41 years. Male, white, single, farmer. Born in Ledyard, CT, s/o Paul and Christian Whipple. cod-phthisis pulmonalis. 1:56

WHIPPLE, John A. died 15 November 1881, age 37 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Voluntown, CT, s/o Robert and Lavina Whipple. cod-had no sickness previous to death, thought to be heart disease. 1:36

WHIPPLE, Paul died 1 October 1866, age 43/2/0. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Ledyard, CT, s/o Samuel W. and Harriet Whipple. cod-consumption. 1:14

WHITE, Charles Hyde died 5 October 1878, age 25/10/0. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in North Stonington, CT, s/o Horace and Cypha Ann White. cod-consumption. 1:31

WHITE, Hiram King died 25 January 1880, age 0/3/14. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton (Ashaway), s/o Thomas and Delia White. cod-paralysis. 1:34

WHITE, Mary died 28 February 1887, age 73/3/28. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Enoch and Elizabeth Hoxsie. cod-some kind of shock. 1:44

WHITE, Maxson P. died 13 May 1899, age 72/3/12. Male, white, widower, butcher. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Charles P. and Ruth P. White. cod-apoplexy. 1:64

WHITELEY, Abel P. died 14 January 1892, age 85/5/7. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Lebanon, CT, s/o John and Rebecca Whitely. cod-disease of heart. 1:51

WHITELEY, Isabella died 27 February 1903, age 77/3/27. Female, white, widow. Born in Ireland, d/o (listed as “Russell”, unsure of whether this is first or last name). cod-la grippe, general debility of old age. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery 2:1

WHITELEY, Malvina died 11 September 1907 on Palmer St, Ashaway, age 38/4/3. Female, white, married, housewife. Born in South Kingstown, RI, d/o Charles L. and Martha Mary (Taylor) Perkins. cod-acute pleuritis. Burial Wakefield, RI. 2:7

WHITELY, Sarah A. died 16 March 1869, age 15/4/8. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Abel T. and Isabella Whitely. cod-consumption. 1:19

WHITELY, Tacy Belle died 26 September 1886, age 0/2/11. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Charles and Nellie J. Whitely. cod-cholera infantum. 1:42

WHITFORD, Charles Adelbert died 25 January 1880, age 6/11/9. Male, white. Born in West Greenwich, RI, d/o John and Martha Whitford. cod-scarlet fever. 1:34

WHITMAN, Adda died 3 August 1874, age 1 year. Female, white. Born in Mystic, CT, d/o William H. and Louisa Whitman. cod-scarlet fever. 1:26

WHITMAN, Bertha May died 9 September 1885, age 2/3/10. Female, white. Born in Warwick, RI, d/o Stephen and Olive C. Whitman. cod-convulsions. 1:41

WHITMAN, Emma Louisa died 10 August 1874, age 5/11/0. Female, white. Born in Mystic, CT, d/o William H. and Louisa Whitman. cod-scarlet fever. 1:26

WHITMAN, Margaret A. died 4 November 1908 in Rockville, age 65/2/14. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Coventry, RI, d/o Thomas D. and Mary Harvey. cod-asthma, consumption of lungs. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:8

WICKLIFFE, John died 14 April 1901, age 59/1/0. Male, white, single, store keeper. Born in County Tryon, Ireland, s/o Joseph and Hannah (Hewitt) Wickliffe. cod-paralysis _?_ , morphine habit. 1:68

WICKLIFFE, Joseph died 9 January 1902, age 65 years. Male, white, married, clerk. Born in Ireland, s/o Joseph and Hannah (Hewitt) Wickliffe. cod-lagrippe, organic heart disease. 1:70

WILBUR, Adeline H. died 21 May 1892, age 70/6/7. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Scituate, RI, d/o Jesse and Lorena M. (Babcock) Brown. cod-cancer, internal hemorrhage. 1:51

WILBUR, Amos C. died 1 December 1873, age 77/0/5. Male, white, widower, physician. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John and Lydia Wilbur. cod-paralysis. 1:25

WILBUR, Daniel died 5 May 1886, age 74/3/7. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Isaac and Susannah Wilbur. cod-dropsical tendancy with debility. 1:42

WILBUR, Elbert E. died 29 December 1861, age 0/5/11. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o George and Mary E. Wilbur. cod-found dead in bed in the night. 1:7

WILBUR, Jessie died 5 April 1881, age 91/9/12. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Jesse and Abigail Wilbur. cod-heart disease. 1:35

WILBUR, John died 1 May 1856, age 81/10/0. Male, white. Son of Thomas Wilbur. 1:3

WILBUR, Lizzie Clark died 2 December 1888, age 23 years. Female, white, single, school teacher. Born in Hopkinton, RI, d/o Nathan G. and Alice M. Wilbur. cod-bronchial consumption. 1:46

WILBUR, Nathan died 1 October 1920 in Tomaquag (Ashaway), age 86 years. Male, white, married, farm. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Jesse and Thankful Wilbur. cod-chronic intestinal nephritis, arterio sclerosis. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. 2:30

WILBUR, Phoebe died 16 June 1880, age 64/6/0. Female, white, married. Born Dartmouth, MA, d/o James and Sarah Tucker. cod-apoplexy. 1:34

WILBUR, Thankful died 20 August 1873, age 81/2/0. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Moses and Ann Barber. cod-fit. 1:25

WILCOX, Aurelia E. died 3 December 1886, age 68 years. Female, white, divorced. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Thankful Stillman. cod-bronchitis. 1:43

WILCOX, Charles H. died 31 December 1913 at St. Joseph Hills Grove, age 39 years. Male, white, married, teamster. Born in East Greenwich, RI, s/o John and Sarah Wilcox. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis. Burial in Hope Valley. 2:18

WILCOX, Elizabeth died 1 November 1915 in Hope Valley, age 79/11/10. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Joseph and Abbie I. Church. cod-constant ache in region of stomache with indigestion. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:22

WILCOX, George Hazard Perry died 17 March 1892, age 83 years. Male, white, divorced, machinist. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Hazard and Nancy Wilcox. cod-disease of heart, lagrippe. 1:51

WILCOX, Hannah died 23 March 1889, age 66 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Welcome and Abby Carpenter. cod-typhoid pneumonia. 1:47

WILCOX, Hannah Kenyon died 23 April 1886 in Charlestown, RI, age 72/7/3. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Thomas L. and Desiah G. Kenyon. cod-apoplexy. 1:42

WILCOX, Henry B. died 8 December 1886, age 55 years. Male, white, married, laborer. Born in Cumberland, RI, s/o Thomas T. and Olive Wilcox. cod-pulmonary consumption. 1:43

WILCOX, Julia A. died 28 January 1894, age 76/3/24. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Connecticut, d/o Stephen and Ellen Slocum. cod-heart failure. 1:55

WILCOX, Mary E. died 7 February 1889, age 52 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Exeter, RI, d/o Lettice Austin. cod-cancer of the stomach. 1:47

WILCOX, Sarah Ann died 19 March 1920 in Canonchet, age 87/0/15. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Stephen S. and Eliza Kenyon. cod-general weakness, old age. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:30

WILCOX, Thomas Maxson died 2 August 1896, age 77/5/3. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in West Greenwich, RI, s/o Nathan and Sarah (Reynolds) Wilcox. cod-valvular diease of the heart. 1:58

WILLIAMS, Ephriam died 24 December 1917, age 42/6/11. Male, white, male, attorney. Born in Stonington, CT, s/o Ephriam Williams. cod-strangulation causing suffocation due to automobile accident. Burial Stonington Cemetery. 2:25

WILLIAMS, John died 28 November 1869, age 38 years. Male, black, laborer. He was born in Maryland. cod-injuries received by a fall. 1:19

WILSON, Sarah Ann died 14 January 1882, age 51 years. Female, white, married. Born in Ireland. Parents unknown. cod-paralysis. 1:37

WINTERBOTTOM, William died 3 August 1887, age 4 years. Male, white. Birthplace and parents unknown. cod-accidental drowning. 1:44

WITTER, Almedia C. died 23 August 1919 in Hopkinton City, age 58/3/24. Female, white, housekeeper. Born in Westerly, RI d/o John E. and Mary E. (Saunders) Crandall. cod-valvular disease of the heart, chronic nephritis. Burial Family Lot, Bradford, RI. 2:29

WITTER, Dorcas died 28 January 1871, age 83 years. Female, white, widow. Born in Stonington, CT, d/o Joseph and Nancy (Rathbun) Lawton. cod-typhoid fever. 1:22

WITTER, Jedediah D. died 29 April 1900, age 83/1/23. Male, white, widower, machinist. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Josiah and Dorcas Witter. cod-urenic poisoning, or uremia, convulsions. 1:66

WITTER, Maria B. died 8 January 1896, age 77/9/0. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Connecticut, d/o Charles and Candace Dixon. cod-bright’s disease of kidneys, uremia. 1:58

WITTER, Mary P. died 27 January 1889, age 36 years. Female, white, married. Born in Alfred Centre, New York, d/o Samuel and Hellen S. (Paine) Benjamin. cod-childbirth, convulsions. 1:47

WITTER, Sarah died 6 December 1765, approximately 3 weeks old. Daughter of William and Martha (Cole) Witter.

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WITTER, Tacy died 25 April 1807. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

WOOD, Caroline died 29 October 1916 in Hope Valley, age 86/4/4. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in North Kingston, RI, (parents unknown). cod-old age, she had been feeble for five years mind and body, also a gangrenous condition on one foot. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:24

WOOD, Edgar V. died 3 February 1906 in Hope Valley, age 53/5/23. Male, white, married, foreman in stock room. Born in North Kingston, RI, s/o John G. and Caroline Wood. cod-appendicitis. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:5

WOOD, Edgar V. Jr. died 25 January 1900, age 20/7/24. Male, white, single, apprentice. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Edgar V. and Susan E. Wood. cod-measles, complicated with lobar pneumonia. 1:66

WOOD, Edna F. died 15 September 1887, age 13/8/20. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o George T. and Syntha Wood. cod-fever. 1:44

WOOD, Frances M. died 14 November 1866, age 21/6/4. Female, white, married. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Amos and Susan A. Kenyon. cod-consumption. 1:14

WOOD, Infant died 17 January 1908 in Ashaway. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Walter S. and Teresa (Lawless) Wood. cod-stillborn. Burial Hopkinton. 2:8

WOOD, John Amos died 11 February 1900, age 19/0/16. Male, white, single, grocery clerk. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Edgar V. and Susan E. Wood. cod-typhoid pneumonia. 1:66

WOOD, Lila Ladru died 23 October 1887, age 2/10/12. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Clarence and Nettie Wood. cod-diptheria. 1:44

WOOD, Nettie Keturah died 26 April 1917 in Hope Valley, age 53/8/25. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in North Stonington, CT, d/o Dudley and Elizabeth Palmer. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:25

WOOD, Susan Etta died 8 January 1917 in Hope Valley, age 54/7/11. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Amos S. and Sarah Rathbun. cod-carcinoma of uterus, exhaustion. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:25

WOODMAN, Ann died 9 February 1900, age 56 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in England, d/o Samuel and Martha (Lee) Wood. cod-sclerosis of spinal cord. 1:66

WOODMAN, George W. died 11 March 1914 in Ashaway, age 57 years. Male, white, widower, mill operative. Born in England, s/o John and Sarah (Greenhalgh) Woodman. cod-chronic intestinal nephritis myocarditis. Burial First Hopkinton Cemetery. 2:19

WOODMANCY, Asa died 16 October 1865, age 62/0/8. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Asa and Hannah Woodmancy. cod-heart disease. 1:12

WOODMANCY, Charles Climart died 1 September 1866, age 1/4/0. Male, white. Born in Exeter, RI, s/o Nelson and Elizabeth Woodmancy. cod-dysentery. 1:13

WOODMANCY, Infant died 21 August 1882, stillborn. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Orrin G. and Emogene Woodmancy. 1:37

WOODMANCY, Mercy died 21 November 1912 on Town Farm, age 90/10/0. Female, white, widow. Born in Hopkinton, parents unknown. cod-old age, general debility. Burial at Town Farm Cemetery. 2:14

WOODMANCY, Ulysses Adolph died 22 July 1868, age 11 months. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William W. and Amanda Woodmancy. cod-cholera infantum. 1:17

WOODMANSEE, Albert Lee died 1 April 1861, age 0/0/21. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, son of William W. and Almeda Woodmansee. 1:7

WOODMANSEE, Albert Luther died 26 March 1922, age 83/11/0. Male, white, single, retired. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Asa and Sarah (Burdick) Woodmansee. cod – chronic cystitis, disease of the prostate gland six years. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 3:1

WOODMANSEE, Alfred died 24 June 1921 in Canonchet, age 77/1/2. Male, white, widower, laborer. Born in Richmond, s/o Arnold and Mary Woodmansee. cod-chronic sciatic neuralgia, great pain and prostration, duration one year and confined to bed the last six months. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:31

WOODMANSEE, Asa Edely died 10 April 1861, age 0/1/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William W. and Almeda Woodmansee. 1:7

WOODMANSEE, Almedia died 1 May 1897, age 65 years. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Gardiner and Elizabeth Burdick. cod-carcinoma of the stomach. 1:60

WOODMANSEE, Catharine died 22 May 1811. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

WOODMANSEE, Charles W. died 21 May 1878, age 23/10/0. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William W. and Almeda Woodmansee. cod-consumption. 1:31

WOODMANSEE, Della E. died 18 December 1891, age 0/2/27. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Orrin G. and Emmogene G. Woodmansee. cod-indigestion and gastritis. 1:50

WOODMANSEE, Elmer G. died 30 January 1871, age 5/10/0. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Alfred and Martha Woodmansee. cod-scarlet fever. 1:22

WOODMANSEE, Erastus C. died 7 May 1921 at State Hospital for Mental Diseases, Cranston, RI, age 68 years. Male, white, married, mill operative. Born in Richmond, RI, parents unknown. cod-psychosis with cerebral asterosclerosis, general artemosclerosis. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:32

WOODMANSEE, Infant died 26 March 1862 Locustville, age 0/1/14. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Sarah Woodmansee (illegitimate). cod-unknown. 1:8

WOODMANSEE, Martha Ann died 12 November 1916 in Canonchet, age 72/7/25. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Elias and Mercy Coon. cod-acute indigestion, malarial fever. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:24

WOODMANSEE, Roxanna died 23 January 1898, age 75/9/24. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Birthplace unknown, d/o Joshua B. and Sarah Burdick. cod-fibroid tumor of uterus. 1:62

WOODMANSEE, Sarah died 22 June 1898, age 95/10/15. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Joel and Sarah Burdick. cod-obstructive jaudice, old age. 1:62

WOODMANSEE, Susan died 14 July 1902, age 93/11/29. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Asa and Hannah Woodmansee. cod-old age. 1:70

WOODMANSEE, William Watson died 7 August 1911 in Rockville, age 86/5/14. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Asa and Sarah Woodmansee. cod-primarily chronic cystitis, secondary or immediate, dysentary. Burial Rockville Cemetery. 2:13

WORDEN, Asa died 15 August 1883, age 83 years. Male, white, married, farmer. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o Benjamin and Rebecca Worden. cod-old age. 1:39

WORDEN, Benjamin died 10 February 1875, age 79 years. Male, white, widow, farmer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Benjamin and Rebecca Worden. cod-old age. 1:27

WORDEN, Benjamin died 23 September 1885, age 82 years. Male, white, married, blacksmith. Born in Charlestown, RI, s/o James and Penelope Worden. cod-consumption. 1:41

WORDEN, Benjamin F. died 17 September 1901, age 73/5/0. Male, white, widower, mill overseer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Benjamin and Dorcas Worden. cod-organic heart disease. 1:69

WORDEN, Benjamin H. died 20 July 1886, age 2/5/18. Male, white. Born in Richmond, RI, s/o Daniel and Susan Worden. cod-colic. 1:42

WORDEN, Grace died 21 May 1878, age 10 months. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Daniel and Susan A. Worden. cod-congestion of lungs. 1:31

WORDEN, Phebe J. died 22 November 1866, age 15/10/12. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o William D. and Mary E. Worden. cod-lung fever. 1:14

WORDEN, Rebecca died 11 March 1863 near Ashville, age 84/6/19. Female, white, widow. Born in Charlestown, RI, d/o Robert Jones. cod-old age. 1:9

WORDEN, Sally died 10 December 1875, age 70 years. Female, white, single. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Benjamin and Rebecca Worden. cod-consumption. 1:27

WORDEN, Sheffield Gardiner died 26 November 1878, age 24/9/0. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Asa and Mary Worden. cod-gun shot wound. 1:32

WORDEN, Sophia died 19 July 1902 in North Stonington, Connecticut, age 78 years. Female, white, widow, house keeper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Benjamin and Rebecca (James) Worden. cod-paralysis, henniplegia, congestion of the brain. 1:70

WORDEN, Thomas Albro died 11 August 1916 in Wyoming, age 77/5/13. Male, white, married, retired. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Thomas R. and Elsie (Kenyon) Worden. cod-cerebral apoplexy. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:23

WRIGHT, Charlotte R. died 22 May 1916 in Hope Valley, age 53/6/25. Female, white, male, housekeeper. Born in Preston, CT, d/o Merritt W. and Mary (Sweet) Smith. cod-chronic interstitial, nephritis. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:23

WRIGHT, Harriet died 1 April 1894, age 60 years. Female, white, widow, town pauper. Born in Hopkinton, d/o James and Lydia (Saunders) Davis. cod-cancer of the liver. 1:55

WRIGHT, Henry died 19 May 1869, age unknown. Male, white, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o John and Nancy Wright. cod-general debility. 1:19

WRIGHT, James died 29 December 1874, age 55 years. Male, white, single, laborer. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Clement and Dorcas Wright. cod-suicide by hanging. 1:26

WRIGHT, Jane A. died 20 May 1900, age 56/8/19. Female, white, married, housekeeper. Born in New York City, NY, parents unknown. cod-cerebral apoplexy. 1:66

WRIGHT, John Henry died 7 Janaury 1920 in Ashaway, age 0/1/3. Male, white. Born in Ashaway, (Hopkinton,) s/o Harry and Mary Wright. cod-diptheria. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:30

WRIGHT, Mary died 23 April 1862 at the Town Poor Farm, age 84 years. Female, white, single. Born in Hopkinton, parents unknown. cod-old age. 1:8

WRIGHT, Mary B. died 3 December 1918 in Ashaway, age 51 years. Female, white, house keeper. Born in Ohio, d/o John and Abby Lenard. cod-broncho pneumonia, influenza. Burial River Bend Cemetery. 2:28

WRIGHT, Monta Tracy died 23 August 1884, age 0/4/20. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o William A. and Emma J. Wright. cod-cholera infantum. 1:40

WRIGHT, Prudence died 28 February 1886 at the Town Poor Farm, age 64 years. Female, white, single, housekeeper. Parents unknown. cod-consumption. 1:42

WRIGHT, Rachel S. died 30 December 1888, age 58/10/8. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o George S. and Elizabeth Kenyon. cod-internal cancer. 1:46

WRIGHT, Rosa Eveline died 21 August 1882, age 13/10/27. Female, white. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o William H. and Mary E. Wright. cod-consumption. 1:37

WRIGHT, Thomas Kenyon died 27 March 1921, age 82/9/17. Male, white, widower, farmer. Born in Richmond, s/o Samuel and Martha (Popple) Wright. cod-old age complicated with chronic cystia and hemorrhage from the bladder. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:31

WRIGHT, Thursey died 31 March 1908 in Hope Valley, age 0/8/0. Female, white. Born in Richmond, RI, d/o Samuel B. and Mena Wright. cod-cholera infantum. Burial Wood River Cemetery. 2:8

YEATON, Roy Willis died 7 July 1919 in Woodville, age 32/11/23. Male, white, photographer. Born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, s/o Willis (_?_) and Adah J. (Marbel) Yeaton. cod-pulmonary tuberculosis of lungs. Burial in Family Lot. 2:29

YEAW, Thomas Wilson died 2 April 1917 in Hope Valley, age 72/8/22. Male, white, married, machinist. Born in Scituate, s/o Russell and Olive Yeaw. cod-lagrippe and bronchial pneumonia, has been feeble and lame for 5 or 6 years. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. 2:25

YEOMANS, Joseph died 27 October 1794, cut his throat. Thomas and Caleb Potter’s Diary, published in the Narragansett Weekly

YORJAH, Infant died 16 March 1915 in Hope Valley. Male, white. Born in Hopkinton, s/o Helen Yorjah. cod-stillborn, child born at 7 months, mother has nephritis. Burial St. Michael’s Cemetery. 2:21

YORK, Lydia R. died 3 March 1883, age 79/9/16. Female, white, widow. Born in Verona , New York, d/o Joshua and Dorcas Bradley. cod-heart disease. 1:39

YOUNG, Albert Peck died 28 March 1897, age 44/0/1. Male, white, married, book-keeper. Born in Slatersville, RI, s/o Arthur and Alice (Wood) Young. cod-chronic alcoholism. 1:60

YOUNG, Infant died 20 July 1884, age 2 days. Female, white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Charles W. and Mary E. Young. 1:40

YOUNG, Jennette T. died 1 December 1905, age 69/6/0. Female, white, widow, housekeeper. Born in Connecticut, d/o Edwin and Joanna Tucker. cod-pneumonia. Burial in Oneco, CT. 2:4

ZEGAROSKI, Infant child died 5 June 1922, stillborn. Female white. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Andrew and Franciska (Gacyoch) Zegaroski. Burial St. Sebastian’s Cemetery, Westerly, RI 3:1

ZOERB, Susan Jane died 31 March 1878, age 50/8/15. Female, white, married. Born in Hopkinton, d/o Thomas and Wealthy Clarke. cod-heart disease. 1:31

Tomaquag, a Place of Indigenous History, Past, Present and Future

by Lorén Spears, Narragansett/Niantic
Tomaquag Museum Executive Director

Please note that this article is used by HHA with permission of the Author. No other use is granted without permission by Lorén Spears, who may be reached via the link to the Tomaquag Memorial Indian Museum
on this site, or at: www.tomaquagmuseum.com

The Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum was established in 1958 by Eva Butler, an anthropologist, with the guidance of the late Princess Red Wing (Narragansett/Wampanoag), and is Rhode Island’s only museum entirely dedicated to telling the story of the Indigenous Peoples of this land. Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, located in historic Arcadia Village in Exeter since the early 70’s, is also the only Rhode Island museum operated by Indigenous people. It originated in Tomaquag Valley, a hamlet inside the village of Ashaway in the town of Hopkinton, RI.

Tomaquag Valley, as in all of these lands now known as Rhode Island, holds the spirit of my ancestors, the Narragansett and Niantic People. My ancestors walked Tomaquag Valley. We know these lands. There is a genetic memory of our experience on these lands, despite the dislocation, land grabs, historical trauma of colonization, industrialization, and the technological age which takes people away from their connection with the land. However, our people still know these lands. Our families still live in Tomaquag Valley, on Chase Hill Road, Collin Road, Diamond Hill Road and others. We are connected to the stories this land tells. Some we are willing to share and others we share amongst ourselves.

Princess Red Wing was the first curator and cultural educator at Tomaquag Museum when it was founded in Tomaquag Valley in 1958 on the property of Eva Butler, on Burdickville Road in Hopkinton. At that time, the museum included both colonial and Native gardens, Indian village site, nature trails, Ceremonies, Thanksgivings, Clambakes, museum exhibits and many dioramas of pre-colonial contact life of the Indigenous people. These exhibits, events, and programs allowed visitors a personal experience and a glimpse into Native culture.

Princess Red Wing along with other tribal people shared their traditional knowledge with visitors at the museum. Tall Oak and his wife Cametoh, and children shared traditional ways of life to museum patrons. Princess Pine Needle shared traditional herblore. Many other tribal people shared their cultural knowledge through the arts and music and dance.

Tomaquag Museum has kept this tradition of sharing Native culture from a first person perspective. We continue to engage Indigenous people to share their story, arts, and cultural knowledge with the public. Princess Red Wing was the first of many to tell the Indigenous history, culture, art, and ecological knowledge through her stories. It is her legacy that lives through Tomaquag Museum. Oral tradition is part of the Indigenous experience and we share that with those who visit Tomaquag Museum.

Tomaquag means ‘beavers’ in the Narragansett language. Tummockquanog is a spelling used in the colonial period. Tummockquanogut means the place of the beavers. Tomaquag Valley was named for these industrious animals who utilize their intellect and strength of their specialized, continuously growing teeth, in order to alter the waterways, create dams, dens, and improve their food supply, creating a safe haven for their families.

Indigenous people always study their environment and learn from the living things around them. The beaver demonstrates a powerful example of creativity, skill, collaboration, work ethic and ingenuity. The beaver is strong, beautiful and cares for its family. They are economical and understand the use of resources around them as well as use of technology to serve their needs.

Our ancestors could look to the beaver for many gifts such as: lessons learned from watching the beaver in their work, lessons of land and water management. The gift of food such as beavertail stew, a recipe in the Tomaquag archive, is another. The gifts of fur for clothing and blankets, tools and adornment made from teeth and bones, to name just a

Kutaputush Tummockquanog, ‘Thank you Beavers’.

Who we are as Indigenous people comes from the earth from which we dwell.

Yoo Nuweekun. We Dwell Here.

This land now known as Rhode Island, or more specifically Hopkinton or Tomaquag Valley is our homeland, the lands of my people, the Narragansett and Niantic (also spelled Neyantic). Who we are and what we do stems from the gift of this land to us by the Creator.

The homes of our ancestors were built from the saplings of trees from this weta or ‘forest’. They were covered with mats from bulrush, cattails, and cornhusk during summer months. During the winter, a layer of bark was added for more protection.

We lived inland during the winter and along the coast during the summer. The forest provided us protection from the harsh winters and brought us closer to food resources in which to hunt. Tomaquag Valley was most likely a winter village. On our way inland we could collect the last gifts of the season such as acorns, walnuts, mushrooms, and cranberries. We would be carrying with us the crops harvested from our summer gardens such as potatoes, onions, squash, beans, and other hardy foods. We would travel the river system between summer and winter villages.

This land provided all that we needed. We gathered medicinal plants, hunted, fished, gathered fruit, edible plants, and developed sustainable gardening techniques that lead us to a diversity of foods from fresh water, salt water, fields, and forests.

The teachings from our ancestors…. “We are the land, the land is us. We shape the land and the land shapes our lives.” Everything we needed from canoes for transportation, food, shelter, medicine, clothing, household goods, tools, toys, games, music, songs and ceremony all came to us as gifts from the land, the greatest gift from the Creator.

Tomaquag Walking the Past; Framing the Future

By Lorén Spears (Narragansett/Niantic)

Tomaquag building community
Working together in unity
Harmony for all living things

Land provides all we need
Caring for this land in the modern day we must heed
Fear what your carelessness brings

Warnings came to those early European settlers
Words considered those of meddlers
Scouts and warriors, Niantic, Narragansett

Shared the same message of concern
Today, in the technological world we must learn
We are the land, the land provides us with all we need

Return to the earth one day we will
Circle of life we shall fulfill
Will we learn Creator’s plan?

Tomaquag a place of beauty then and now
Live in harmony, balance, and respect
Teachings of the wisdom keepers do not neglect
Leave no marking on this place
Ensure next generations of the human race

Record of Hopkinton’s Freemen, 1757 thru 1839

Compiled By HHA Member Lauri Arruda

Men were voted to “be admitted free of the Town and are allowed to vote, these persons who have taken the oath against Bribery and Corruption.” 1726-1794 page 16

21 June 1785 – (the men took the oath very seriously as —Personally appeared Mr. Benjamin Barber & was duly engaged to the Oath of Allegiance as prescribed by law – Wherefore it is hereby voted that he said Benjamin Barber be admitted free & restored to his former privileges as usual. 1726-1794 page 191

List of Freemen living on the North side of the Pawcatuck River 4 April 1757

Book 1726-1794, page 1;

Allen, Parsaval
Babcock, George
Babcock, Oliver
Barber, Benjamin
Brand, Samuel
Burdick, Ebenezer
Burdick, Ezekial
Burdick, Hubbard Cpt.
Burdick, Hubbard
Burdick, Hubbard, s/o Hubbard
Burdick, John
Burdick, Nathan
Burdick, William
Butler, Daniel Jr.
Button, Samuel Jr.
Clark, Joshua
Collins, Hezekiah
Cottrell, John
Crandall, Peter
Davis, Jedediah
Foster, Thomas 2nd
Hadfall, William
Hall, Benjamin
Hall, David
Hall, Ezekial
Hall, John
Hall, John Jr.
Hill, Ebenezer
Hill, John
Hill, Josiah Jr.
Hill, Samuel
Kinyon, Peter
Lanphere, Joshua
Larkin, John Jr.
Larkin, Samuel
Lawton, Joseph
Lewis, Elisha
Lewis, John
Lewis, John, s/o John (the fuller)
Maxson, John
Maxson, John, s/o John
Maxson, Samuel
Maxson, William
McCoon, Daniel
McCoon, Daniel Jr.
McCoon, Elisha
McCoon, John Jr.
McCoon, Nathan
Perry, Simeon
Pooler, Zaccheus
Porter, Timothy
Potter, George
Potter, Thomas
Randall, Benjamin
Reynolds, Joseph
Reynolds, Zaccheus
Robinson, Edward
Robinson, John
Thurston, George
Weaver, John
Wells, Edward
Wells, Edward Jr.
Wells, Jonathan
Wells, Thomas
Wells, Thomas Jr
Wilbor, Benjamin
Wilbore, Christopher
Witter, Joseph.
Witter, John Jr.
White, Roger

Added on 1 June 1757 by the Westerly Town Clerk – Silas Greenman

Brown, John Jr.
Button, John
Elliot, Andrew
Foster, Jonathan
Guile, William
Lankfort, Jonathan
Maxson, Isaiah
McCoon, Joseph
Palmer, Lawton
Palmer, Nathan
Randall, Benjamin, Jr.
Wells, David
Wells, Elnathan
Wells, Joseph
Worden, Walter
York, William

Propounded to be Free and Free

Aldrich, John (Dr.) – Propounded to be Free, 20 March 1796; Entered Free, 6 June 1797
Allen, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1758; Entered Free, 5 December 1758
Allen, Green – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818;
Allen, Green – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Allen, Green B. – Admitted Free, 26 August 1834, as oldest son of Green Allen
Allen, Joseph R. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Allen, Joshua – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818;
Allen, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Allen, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757, Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Arnold, George W. – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1817; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Arnold, Gorton W. – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1814; Admitted Free, 6 December 1814
Arnold, James – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817;
Arnold, Joseph – Admitted Free, 1 June 1812
Arnold, William – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Austin, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Entered Free,16 April 1760
Austin, Champlin – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Austin, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1809; Admitted Free, 29 August 1809
Austin, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1832; Admitted Free, 4 December 1832
Ayres, Nathaniel – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 2 December 1760
Babcock, Christopher – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Babcock, Daniel – Propounded to be free, 15 April 1789; Entered Free, 8 February 1790
Babcock, Daniel Jr. – Admitted Free, 16 April 1806
Babcock, Daniel W. – Admitted Free, 20 April 1836 (eldest son)
Babcock, Elnathan W. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1813; Admitted Free, 31 August 1818
Babcock, George – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1817;
Babcock, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 27 August 1799
Babcock, Hezekiah – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Babcock, Hezekiah Jr. – Entered Free, 5 June 1792
Babcock, Jacob D. – Propounded to be Free, 19 November 1828; Admitted Free, 15 April 1829
Babcock, James – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1831; Admitted Free, 30 August 1831
Babcock, Jeremiah – at a Town Meeting, June 2, 1767, admitted Free by being the eldest son, but not sworn.
Babcock, John – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free 16 April 1760
Babcock, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Babcock, Jonathan P. – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835, Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Babcock, Joseph Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 14 April 1760
Babcock, Luke – Propounded to be Free, 8 December 1807; Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Babcock, Oliver Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 16 April 1760
Babcock, Orin A. – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1838; Entered Free, 4 December 1838
Babcock, Peleg – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1807; Admitted Free, 20 April 1808
Babcock, Rowland – Entered Free, 17 April 1805
Babcock, Rowse – Entered Free, 20 April 1774
Babock, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Babcock, Simeon– Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 16 April 1760
Babcock, Simeon – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
Babcock, Simeon – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835; Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Barber, Amos Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1823; Admitted Free, 26 August 1823
Barber, Arnold – Admitted Free, 15 April 1807
Barber, Benjamin – personally appeared & was duly engaged to the Oath of Allegiance as prescribed by law – where Entered Free, 21 April 1762; voted that he be admitted free and restored to his former privileges as usual. Book 1726 – 1794 page 191, 21 June 1785
Barber, Benjamin Jr – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1810; Admitted Free, 19 April 1811
Barber, Bradford – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1836; Admitted Free, 19 April 1837
Barber, Edward – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1809; Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Barber, Edward Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1838; Admitted Free, 17 April 1839
Barber, Franklin – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1837; Admitted Free, 5 December 1837
Barber, George – Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Barber, George – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Barber, Gilbert – Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Barber, Isaac B. – Admitted Free, 20 November 1833
Barber, Jared – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Barber, John N. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1812; Admitted Free, 18 November 1812
Barber, John – Freeholder, 20 April 1831
Barber, John M. – Admitted Free, 21 November 1832
Barber, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1776; Admitted Free, 19 January 1778
Barber, Joseph T. – Admitted Free, 16 April 1823
Barber, Josiah – Entered Free, 15 April 1760
Barber, Levi – Admitted Free, 4 June 1776
Barber, Lillibridge – Propounded to be Free, 16 November 1836
Barber, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1757; Entered Free, 19 April 1758
Barber, Nicholas – Admitted Free, 3 June 1800
Barber, Reynolds – Propounded to be Free, 31 August 1790; Entered Free, 20 April 1791
Barber, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 1 June 1802; Admitted Free, 20 April 1803
Barber, Thomas J. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Barber, Thomas T. H. – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1835; Admitted Free, 1 December 1835
Barber, Weeden – Propounded to be Free, 1 June 1802; Admitted Free, 20 April 1803
Barber, Weeden Jr., – Admitted Free, 21 April 1824
Barber, William – Entered Free, 7 June 1757
Barber, William Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1760
Barber, William – Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Bennet, William – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1759; Entered Free,16 April 1760
Bennet, William – Propounded to be Free, 28 December 1762;
Bently, Benjamin P – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1800; Admitted Free, 6 December 1808
Bently, John – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1800; Admitted Free, 6 December 1808
Bently, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1826; Admitted Free, 29 August 1826
Bidgood, John Jr., – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1790; Entered Free, 21 August 1790
Bliven, Beriah – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Bliven, Cranston – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1828; Admitted Free, 26 August 1828
Bliven, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1793; Entered Free, 16 April 1794
Bowen, Charles– Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757; Entered Free, 30 August 1757
Bowen, Dan – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Bowler, Charles – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Bowler, George T. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Bowler, William B. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1805; Admitted Free, 27 August 1805
Bramen, James – Admitted Free, 23 September 1776
Bramen, John – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1761; Admitted Free, 19 April 1769
Bramen, John – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768
Brayman, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1817; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Brand, Lodowick – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Brand, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Brand, Thomas T. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836, Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Brenton, Samuel – Admitted Free, 1 June 1779
Brightman, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1811; Admitted Free, 3 December 1811
Brightman, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1766;
Brightman, Joseph 2 – Admitted Free, 18 April 1804
Brightman, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Brightman, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1837; Admitted Free, 29 August 1837
Brightman, Joseph M. – Admitted Free, 18 April 1832
Brightman, Martin – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1803; Admitted Free, 15 April 1807
Brightman, Thomas Jr. – Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Brown, Alpheus – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1798; Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Brown, Christopher – Entered Free, 1 June 1779
Brown, Christopher Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1828; Admitted Free, 26 August 1828
Brown, Francis – Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Brown, James – Entered Free, 24 March 1788
Brown, James – Admitted Free, 19 April 1811
Brown, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Brown, John– Entered Free, 7 June 1757
Brown, John Jr. – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Brown, John 3rd – Entered Free, 28 August 1764; Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Brown, John – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1824; Admitted Free, 31 August 1824
Brown, Joshua– Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 15 April 1760
Brown, Reuben – Propounded to be Free, 19 November 1828, Admitted Free, 15 April 1829
Brown, Robert – Admitted Free, 30 August 1808
Brown, Samuel – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Brown, William – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Brown, William Jr. – Admitted Free, 11 October 1824
Browning, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830; Admitted Free, 31 August 1830 (Eldest son)
Brumbly, Israel– Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Entered Free, 16 April 1760
Brumbly, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758;
Brumbly, Thomas– Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759
Bundy, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762;
Bundy, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768
Burdick, Abel Jr. – Admitted Free, 17 April 1799.
Burdick, Abram (s/o James) – Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Burdick, Alpheus – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1806; Admitted Free, 26 August 1806
Burdick, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1766, Entered Free, 16 April 1767
Burdick, Barton – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Burdick, Billings – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1810; Admitted Free, 28 August 1810
Burdick, Carey – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761
Burdick, Charles – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1807; Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
Burdick, Charles C. – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Burdick, Clarke – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1807; Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
Burdick, Cranston – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Burdick, Daniel s/o William – Entered Free, 5 June 1765
Burdick, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 19 February 1770
Burdick, Daniel H. – Admitted Free, as Eldest son of Jason Burdick, 7 June 1831
Burdick, Dyer – Entered Free, 16 April 1766
Burdick, Ebenezer – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Burdick, Edward – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Burdick, Elias– Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758; Admitted Free, 16 April 1760
Burdick, Elias – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1759
Burdick, Elijah – Propounded to be Free, 28 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Burdick, Elisha – Propounded to be Free, 9 August 1779
Burdick, Elnathan – Propounded to be Free, 9 August 1779
Burdick, Gardner – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1825, Admitted Free, 30 August 1825
Burdick, Hazard W. – Eldest son of Mumford, Admitted Free, 6 December 1836
Burdick, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Burdick, Horatio N. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836, Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Burdick, Ichabod – Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Burdick, Ichabod Jr. – Admitted Free, 26 August 1817
Burdick, Ichabod – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1800
Burdick, Isaac C. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830;
Burdick, James – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Burdick, James – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Burdick, Jason – Propounded to be Free, 27 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Burdick, John– Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757; Entered Free, 19 April 1758
Burdick, John D. – Admitted Free, 19 April 1837
Burdick, John Knowles – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1807; Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
Burdick, John P. – Propounded to be Free, 16 November 1836; Admitted Free,
Burdick, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818
Burdick, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1827
Burdick, Joseph – Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Burdick, Kindall – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1800;
Burdick, Kindall – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1812; Admitted Free, 25 August 1812
Burdick, Luke Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1801;
Burdick, Matthew – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1831;
Burdick, Matthew – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829
Burdick, Mumford – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Burdick, Mumford – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
Burdick, Palmer – Admitted Free, 11 January 1818
Burdick, Parker – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Burdick, Perry – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1787; Entered Free, 24 March 1788
Burdick, Robert Jr. 2nd – Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Burdick, Robert Jr. – Admitted Free, 3 June 1783
Burdick, Rowland – Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Burdick, Rufus – Propounded to be Free, 28 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Burdick, Sihon – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1837; Admitted Free, 18 April 1838
Burdick, Stanton – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
Burdick, Stephen Rose – Propounded to be Free, 19 January 1778
Burdick, Thomas Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1757; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Burdick, William Jr. – Entered Free, 21 April 1761
Burdick, William – Entered Free, 16 April 1766
Burdick, William C. – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1838; Entered Free, 4 December 1838
Burdick, Zaccheus– Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 3 June 1760
Burdick, Zaccheus – Entered Free, 3 June 1769
Burdick, Zebbediah – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1766
Burdick, (Zillimus)?? – Entered Free, 15 April 1767
Butler, Daniel Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757
Butler, Daniel – Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Butler, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Button, Abel – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1794; Entered Free, 25 August 1795
Button, Cyrus – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Button, Cyrus – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762;
Button, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Button, Eli – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Button, Eli – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835; Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Button, Elias – Propounded to be Free, 28 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Button, Elias – Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Button, Elisha – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768
Button, George – Admitted Free, 7 April 1799.
Button, Isaiah – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Button, Matthias – Entered Free, 5 December 1758
Button, Samuel Jr – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762;
Button, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Button, Stanbury – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768; Entered Free, 20 April 1768
Button, Thomas – Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Button, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1832; Admitted Free, 18 July 1832
Caswell, Allen – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1802; Admitted Free, 31 August 1802
Caswell, Allen – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Carr, Peleg – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1810; Admitted Free, 4 December 1810
Cartright, Bryant – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1766; Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Cartright, Bryant Jr. – Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Carpenter, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 14 April 1811; Admitted Free, 27 August 1811
Carpenter, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1774; Entered Free, 7 June 1774
Carpenter, Hezekiah – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1774; Entered Free, 19 April 1775
Carpenter, John – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1808; Admitted Free, 30 August 1808
Champlin, Ethan – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1813; Admitted Free, 25 August 1812
Champlin, Green – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1824; Admitted Free, 31 August 1824
Champlin, Philip – Admitted Free as Eldest Son, 31 August 1830
Champlin, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 16 November 1836;
Chester, Christopher N. – Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Chester, Christopher – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1832; Admitted Free 18 July 1832
Chipman, Nathan F. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1833; Admitted Free, 27 August 1838
Church, Caleb – Propounded to be Free, 19 January 1778; Admitted Free, 9 March 1778
Church, Caleb 2nd – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 27 August 1799
Church, Caleb W. – Propounded to be Free, 17 December 1811; Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Church, Henry – Admitted Free, 14 December 1803
Church, Lodowick – Admitted Free, 1 December 1835
Church, Lodowick – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1832
Clarke, Charles – Admitted Free, 29 August 1820
Clarke, Corydon – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1837; Admitted Free, 18 April 1838
Clarke, David – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1796;
Clarke, David – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Clarke, Ephraim – Propounded to be Free; 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Clarke, Ephraim – Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Clarke, Ethan – Propounded to be Free, 16 January 1772; Entered Free, 2 June 1772
Clarke, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1832; Admitted Free, 28 August 1832
Clarke, Job B. – Propounded to be Free, 19 November 1800; Admitted Free, 15 April 1801
Clarke, Joshua Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Clarke, Oliver – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Clarke, Peleg – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Clarke, Phineas – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Clarke, Russell – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Clarke, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1787; Entered Free, 24 March 1788
Clarke, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1826
Coe, Isaac – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1810, Admitted Free, 28 August 1810
Codner, Barber – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1807; Admitted Free, 1 December 1807
Codner, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1810; Admitted Free, 19 April 1811
Cole, Joseph– Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1758; Entered Free, 5 December 1758
Cole, Joseph Jr. – Entered Free, 18 June 1778
Cole, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1831; Admitted Free, 30 August 1831
Cole, Oliver – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1839; Admitted Free, 27 August 1839
Cole, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Cole, Stephen W. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Collins, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 10 November 1800
Collins, Charles W. – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1834; Admitted Free, 15 April 1835
Collins, David – Admitted Free, 18 April 1832
Collins, Ephriam C. – Propounded to be Free, 18 July 1832; Admitted Free, 28 August 1832
Collins, Gifford – Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Collins, Hezekiah Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Collins, Jabez – Propounded to be Free, 1 January 1776; Admitted Free, 17 April 1776
Collins, John– Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758;
Collins, John Jr. – Entered Free, 31 December 1792
Collins, John 2nd – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 28 August 1804
Collins, John W. – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1832; Admitted Free, 17 April 1832
Collins, Joseph– Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1759; Admitted Free, 16 April 1760
Collins, Joseph Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Collins, Joshua – Propounded to be Free, 1 January 1776;Admitted Free, 15 April 1778
Collins, Joshua – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 7 June 1814
Collins, Lewis – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Collins, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 27 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Collins, Peter – Propounded to be Free, 13 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Collins, Peter H. – Admitted Free as Eldest Son, 31 August 1830
Collins, Rowse – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1810; Admitted Free, 27 August 1811
Collins, Thomas J. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Collins, Welcome – Admitted Free, as Eldest son of Nathan Collins, 5 June 1832
Congdon, John – Admitted Free, 20 April 1808
Congdon, Isaiah – Propounded to be Free, 27 February 1818
Coon, Abram Jr. – Admitted Free, 30 August 1808
Coon, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1779
Coon, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1764; Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Coon, Caleb – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Coon, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1813; Admitted Free, 20 April 1814
Coon, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1838; Admitted Free, 28 August 1838
Coon, David – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1758;
Coon, David Jr. – Admitted Free, 16 April 1806
Coon, Elias – Propounded to be Free, 28 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Coon, Elias – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1837; Admitted Free, 29 August 1837
Coon, Elisha Jr. – Entered Free, 25 August 1773
Coon, Elisha C. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1824; Admitted Free, 31 August 1824
Coon, Hezekiah – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768; Admitted Free, 19 April 1769
Coon, Isaac – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1809; Admitted Free, 29 August 1809
Coon, Isaac Jr. – Admitted Free, 11 October 1824
Coon, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Coon, John Jr. – Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Coon, John – Admitted Free, 18 April 1821
Coon, Joshua – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Coon, Jonathan– Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1759; Entered Free, 8 June 1760
Coon, Jonathan – Voted Free by purchase having taken the Oath before.
Coon, Lebbeus – Entered Free, 3 June 1788
Coon, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Coon, Rowland – Propounded to be Free, 27 August 1811; Admitted Free, 3 December 1811
Coon, Ross – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1777
Coon, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758;
Coon, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1809; Admitted Free, 29 August 1809
Coon, Samuel Jr. – Admitted Free, 20 November 1833
Coon, Stephen – Entered Free, 8 February 1790
Coon, Timothy – Entered Free, 18 April 1770
Coon, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Coon, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1816; Entered Free, Admitted Free, 27 August 1816
Coon, William Jr. – Propounded to be Free, February 1764
Coon, William Jr. – Admitted Free, 6 December 1768
Coon, William Jr. – Admitted Free, 3 June 1788
Coon, William – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818
Coon, William – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1831; Admitted Free, 18 April 1832
Coon, William N. – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1838; Admitted Free, 28 August 1838
Cottrell, John Jr – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768; Entered Free, 6 June 1769
Cottrell, John – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1814, Admitted Free, 19 April 1815
Cottrell, Lebbeus – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1779
Cottrell, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Cottrell, William – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Cottrell, William – Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Crandall, Amherst – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1797; Admitted Free, 18 April 1798
Crandall, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Crandall, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1814; Admitted Free, 6 December 1814
Crandall, Azariah – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1775
Crandall, Barney – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Crandall, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1794; Admitted Free, 2 June 1795
Crandall, Bejamin – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1837; Admitted Free, 29 August 1837
Crandall, Benjamin W. – Admitted Free, 21 April 1824
Crandall, Christopher – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1798;
Crandall, Christopher Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1809; Admitted Free, 29 August 1809
Crandall, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1832; Admitted Free, 4 December 1832
Crandall, Daniel C. – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1838; Admitted Free, 28 August 1838
Crandall, David – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761
Crandall, David – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1761
Crandall, David – Entered Free, 6 June 1769
Crandall, Eber Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Crandall, Elias – Admitted Free, 15 April 1795
Crandall, Elijah – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Crandall, Ezekial – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1810; Admitted Free, 4 December 1810
Crandall, Ezra – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Crandall, Jarius – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1823; Admitted Free, 26 August 1823
Crandall, John – Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Crandall, John Jr.- Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Crandall, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Crandall, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1825; Admitted Free, 6 December 1825
Crandal, Lester – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Crandall, Luke – Admitted Free, 3 June 1783
Crandall, Luke – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1832; Admitted Free, 18 July 1832
Crandall, Matthew Maxson – Admitted Free, 6 June 1809
Crandall, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1810; Admitted Free, 28 August 1810
Crandall, Nathan R. – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1832; Admitted Free, 18 July 1832
Crandall, Nicholas – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Crandall, Nicholas – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1823
Crandall, Pardon – Admitted Free, 15 April 1801
Crandall, Rogers – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1801;
Crandall, Rogers – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1825
Crandall, Rowland – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1792; Entered Free, 4 June 1793
Crandall, Rowland – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1812; Admitted Free, 25 August 1812
Crandall, Samuel– Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Crandall, Samuel Jr. – Admitted Free, 21 April 1802
Crandall, Samuel – Admitted Free, as eldest son of Samuel, 16 April 1828
Crandall, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768; Admitted Free, 20 April 1768
Crandall, William C. – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1836; Admitted Free, 16 November 1836
Crumb, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1764; Admitted Free, 16 April 1766
Crumb, Daniel Jr – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Crumb, Samuel – Entered Free, 26 August 1794
Cundall, Isaac – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Davis, Aaron – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818, Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Davis, Jedediah – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Davis, Joseph Elder – Propounded to be made Free, 15 April 1761
Davis, Joseph Elder – Propounded to be made Free, 5 January 1767; Admitted Free, 19 April 1769
Davis, Nicholas – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Davis, Pardon – Admitted Free, 30 August 1808
Davis, Peter – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Davis, Oliver Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1810; Admitted Free, 28 August 1810
Davis, Walter W. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1824; Admitted Free, 31 August 1824
Davol, Gilbert – “not free of ye town”
Davol, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1839; Admitted Free, 27 August 1839
Dawley, James Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1824; Admitted Free, 31 August 1824
Deak, Charles – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 2 December 1760
Deak, John – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1758; Entered Free, 5 December 1758
Dexter, Jeremiah – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1811; Admitted Free, 27 August 1811
Dickenson, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Dodge, Joseph Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 27 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Dorrance, Gershom – Prounded to be Free, 28 August 1764; Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Douglas, Daniel M. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1833; Admitted Free, 27 August 1838
Dye, Enoch P. – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1804; Admitted Free, 28 August 1804
Dye, George T. – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1836; Admitted Free, 19 April 1837
Dye, Thomas P. – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1836; Admitted Free, 19 April 1837
Dye, William H. – Admitted Free as Eldest Son, 21 April 1830
Dyer, Charles – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1766; Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Eagleton, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1775; Admitted Free, 4 June 1776
Eagleston, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1774
Edwards, George – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
Edwards, Isaac C. – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1831; Admitted Free, 18 April 1832
Edwards, John T. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Edwards, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1807; Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
Edwards, Nathan Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830; Admitted Free, 31 August 1830
Edwards, Perry – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Edwards, Phineas – Propounded to be Free, 5 October 1778; Admitted Free, 12 February 1779
Edwards, Stanton G. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1839; Admitted Free, 27 August 1839
Edwards, Thomas – Admitted Free, 16 April 1823
Eldredge, Parris – Propounded to be Free, 1 June 1830; Admitted Free, 31 August 1830
Enos, Alfred – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1830; Admitted Free, 20 April 1831
Enos, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 3 December 1805; Admitted Free, 16 April 1806
Enos, James K. – Admitted Free, 17 April 1816
Essex, David – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1801; Admitted Free, 21 April 1802
Essex, Reuben – Propounded to be Free, 20 November 1816; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Fenner, Bowen – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1811
Fenner, Carpenter – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1817; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Fenner, Edward – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1806; Admitted Free, 26 August 1806
Fenner, John – Entered Free, 24 March 1788
Fenner, John Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Fenner, Reuben – Entered Free, 20 April 1794
Fenner, Roswell – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1801; Admitted Free, 25 August 1801
Foster, Christopher – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1797; Admitted Free, 31 August 1802
Foster, Ethan – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1826
Foster, Ethan – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1838
Foster, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768
Foster, John – Admitted Free, as eldest son of Ethan, 16 April 1828
Foster, Jonathan G. – Admitted Free, 18 April 1821
Foster, Lawton – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1807; Admitted Free, 20 April 1808
Foster, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835; Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Frink, Jedediah – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1764; Entered Free, 4 December 1764
Fry, John – Propounded to be Free, 27 August 1816; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Fry, John – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817;
Fry, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1807; Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
Gardner, Fones – Entered Free, 21 April 1779
Gardner, John – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1796;
Gardner, John 3rd – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Gardner, Potter – Entered Free, 20 April 1774
Gardner, Samuel – Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Gardner, Samuel Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1795;Entered Free, 25 August 1795
Gild, William – Entered Free, 4 June 1757
Gleason, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 27 August 1799
Godfrey. Almon – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
Godfrey, John – Admitted Free, 1 June 1812
Godrey, Joshua – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Godfrey, Robert – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Green, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1816; Admitted Free, 17 April 1816
Green, Benjamin – Entered Free, 3 June 1788
Green, Benjamin Jr. – Admitted Free, 6 December 1808
Green, Charles – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1802; Admitted Free, 31 August 1802
Green, David – Propounded to be Free, 25 November 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1826
Green, Gardner – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1793; Entered Free, 27 August 1793
Green, Henry R. – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1822; Admitted Free, 16 April 1823
Green, John – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1802;
Green, John – Admitted Free, 16 April 1806
Green, John Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1813; Admitted Free, 20 April 1814
Green, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757; Entered Free, 4 June 1758
Green, Paul – Propounded to be Free, 25 November 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1826
Green, Rowland T. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1813; Admitted Free, 31 August 1818
Green, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 25 November 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1826
Green, William J. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1824; Admitted Free, 31 August 1824
Greenman, Silas – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1826; Admitted Free, 29 August 1826
Hall, Benjamin – Entered Free, 6 June 1769
Hall, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 3 June 1783
Hall, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 17 December 1811;
Hall, Ebenezer – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1758;
Hall, Ephraim – Entered Free, 20 April 1757
Hall, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Hall, Hezekiah– Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1757; Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Hall, Ichabod – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Hall, Jacob – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Hall, Moses – Admitted Free, 20 April 1768
Hall, Moses Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1811; Entered Free, 27 August 1811
Hall, William – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1791; Entered Free, 18 April 1792
Hallam, Henry H. – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1814;
Harvey, James – Propounded to be Free, 3 August 1789;
Harvey, James – Entered Free, 15 February 1796
Healy, Dennis S. – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1838; Admitted Free, 17 April 1839
Healy, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1793;
Healy, Paul – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Healy, Peter – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Hering, Newman – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768; Admitted Free, 19 April 1769
Hide, John – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1788; Entered Free, 26 August 1788
Hiscox, Joseph Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1760;
Hiscox, Simeon Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1791
Holdrege, George W. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830, Admitted Free, 31 August 1830
Holland, Henry – Admitted Free, 15 April 1815
Holloway, Enoch C. – Admitted Free, as Eldest son, 21 April 1830
Holloway, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1825; Admitted Free, 6 December 1825
Hoxsie, Edward – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Hoxsie, George _ Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Hoxsie, William – Propounded to be Free, 3 June 1788;
Hoxsie, William B. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1831; Admitted Free, 30 August 1831
Hull, John Jr. – Entered Free, 5 December 1758
Irish, Elias – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1805; Admitted Free, 27 August 1805
Irish, George – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1807;
Irish, George – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1837; Admitted Free, 29 August 1837
Irish, Joseph – Admitted Free, 17 April 1799
Jacques, George W. – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 25 August 1812
Jacques, Samuel W. – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 25 August 1812
Johnson, Christopher – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1815; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Johnson, Clarke – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1812; Admitted Free, 18 November 1812
Johnson, Jonathan Jr. – Admitted as Eldest son of Jonathan Johnson
Johnson, Maxson – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1823; Admitted Free, 26 August 1823
Kinyon, Aaron – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1798; Admitted Free, 27 August 1799
Kinyon, Aaron Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1828; Admitted Free, 2 June 1829
Kinyon, Abel C. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Kinyon, Benjamin Jr. – Entered Free, 3 June 1788
Kinyon, Burdick – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Kinyon, Burdick 2nd – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Kinyon, Elisha – Propounded to be Free, 15 November 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1826
Kinyon, Ethan – Admitted Free, 19 April 1815
Kinyon, Gardner – Entered Free, 21 April 1779
Kinyon, Gardner – Admitted Free, 17 April 1816
Kinyon, Gardner – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1837; Admitted Free, 18 April 1838
Kinyon, George 2nd – Admitted Free, 18 April 1798
Kinyon, George S. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1823;
Kinyon, George W. – Admitted Free, 19 April 1820
Kinyon, Ira – Propounded to be Free, 31 August 1824; Admitted Free, 20 April 1825
Kinyon, James – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 26 August 1760
Kinyon, Jedediah – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Kinyon, Joab – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1818; Admitted Free, 25 August 1818
Kinyon, John (son of Stephen) – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Kinyon, John H. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1807; Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
Kinyon, John – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1812; Admitted Free, 25 August 1812
Kinyon, Joseph D. – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1826; Admitted Free, 18 April 1827
Kinyon, Lewis – Propounded to be Free; 30 August 1814; Admitted Free, 6 December 1814
Kinyon, Matthew – Admitted Free, 18 April 1832
Kinyon, Nathaniel – Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Admitted Free, 19 April 1758
Kinyon, Nathan Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 27 August 1799
Kinyon, Noyes W. – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1829; Admitted Free as a Freeholder, 21 April 1830
Kinyon, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1798; Admitted Free, 17 April 1799
Kinyon, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 17 December 1811; Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Kinyon, Peter Jr. – Entered Free, 19 April 1775
Kinyon, Peleg – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1761; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Kinyon, Peleg – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1791;Entered Free, 27 August 1793
Kinyon, Ransom – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830; Admitted Free, 31 August 1830
Kinyon, Robert – Admitted Free, 16 April 1766
Kinyon, Robert – Propounded to be Free, 15 August 1802; Admitted Free, 20 April 1803
Kinyon, Robert C. – Admitted Free, 21 April 1824
Kinyon, Rogers – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1797;
Kinyon, Rogers, Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Kinyon, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 3 June 1783
Kinyon, Sands N. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1828; Admitted Free, 26 August 1828
Kinyon, Simon – Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Kinyon, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 13 June 1770;
Kinyon, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1770;
Kinyon, Stephen S. – Admitted Free, as eldest son, 6 June 1826
Kinyon, Stephen W. – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1838; Admitted Free, 28 August 1838
Kinyon, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Lankford, Jonathan – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Langworthy, Amos– Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Langworthy, Amos Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Langworthy, Amos Jr. – Admitted Free, as eldest son, 6 June 1826
Langworthy, Benjamin Jr. – Admitted Free, 21 April 1802
Langworthy, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Langworthy, Daniel F. – Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Langworthy, John D. – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1815; Admitted Free, 18 December 1815
Langworthy, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 31 August 1830, Admitted Free, 20 April 1831
Langworthy, Josiah – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830,
Langworthy, Robert – Propounded to be Free, 27 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Langworthy, Samuel – Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Langworthy, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 5 January 1767; Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Langworthy, Samuel Jr. – Entered Free, 17 April 1793
Langworthy, Sanford – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1761
Langworthy, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 27 August 1799
Langworthy, Thomas (s/o Thomas) – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1820; Admitted Free,
December 1820
Langworthy, William – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1829; Admitted Free, 1 December 1829
Lanphear, Albert – Admitted Free, 1 December 1829
Lanphear, Amasa – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Lanphear, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 26 August 1760
Lanphear, Ebenezer – Entered Free, 5 June 1770
Lanphear, Elisha – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1805; Admitted Free, 27 August 1805
Lanphear, Isiah – Entered Free, 19 April 1769
Lanphear, John – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1775
Lanphear, Joshua Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761
Lanphear, Joshua Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1764; Entered Free, 5 June 1770
Lanphear, Nathan (s/o Joshua) – Admitted Free, 5 June 1804
Lanphear, Nathan (of David) – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Larkin, Abel Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Larkin, David Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1791; Entered Free, 5 June 1792
Larkin, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1791; Entered Free, 5 June 1792
Larkin, Jonathan Jr. – Propounded to be Free,
Larkin, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1826; Admitted Free, 29 August 1826
Larkin, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 3 June 1788, Entered Free, 8 February 1790
Larkin, Reuben – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835; Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Larkin, Robert – Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Larkin, Samuel – Entered Free, 1 December 1761
Larkin, Samuel Jr. – Entered Free, 1 December 1761
Larkin, Stephen– Entered Free, 30 August 1757
Larkin, Thomson – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1826
Larkin, Timothy – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1761; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Larkin, Timothy – Propounded to be Free, 28 December 1762;
Latham, John– Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757; Entered Free, 19 April 1758
Lawton, Joseph Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Lawton, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1802; Admitted Free, 20 April 1803
Lawton, Joshua R. – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Lester, Daniel – Admitted Free, 4 June 1776
Lewis, Abel – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1828; Admitted Free, 26 August 1828
Lewis, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free,18 April 1764
Lewis, Amos Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 2 December 1760
Lewis, Christopher C. – Propounded to be Free, 12 December 1809; Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Lewis Christopher Jr. – Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Lewis, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Lewis, Daniel – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
Lewis, Daniel – Admitted Free, 15 April 1801
Lewis, Daniel 3rd (s/o Jesse 2nd) – Admitted Free, 3 June 1806
Lewis, Daniel 3rd – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Lewis, Daniel C. – Admitted Free, 1838 (Eldest son)
Lewis, Eleazer – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Lewis, Elias– Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Entered Free, 30 August 1757
Lewis, Elias Jr. – Admitted Free, 21 April 1819
Lewis, Elijah – Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Lewis, Elijah – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Lewis, Elnathan – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1767;
Lewis, Enoch – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1829; Admitted Free, 1 December 1829
Lewis, Ethan – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Lewis, Ezekial – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 2 December 1760
Lewis, George – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 18 April 1764
Lewis, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free 19 November 1800
Lewis, Israel – Propounded to be Free, 18 June 1778;
Lewis, Isreal Putnam – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Lewis, Israel – Admitted Free, 1838 (Eldest son)
Lewis, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1770;
Lewis, Jesse 2nd – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1797;
Lewis, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Lewis, Joshua – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1761;
Lewis, Mathew – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760
Lewis, Nathaniel – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800;
Lewis, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Lewis, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 2 February 1835; Admitted Free, 2 June 1835
Lewis, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1829
Lewis, Paul – Propounded to be Free, 31 August 1790;
Lewis, Paul – Entered Free, 26 August 1794
Lewis, Peleg – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1770
Lewis, Randall – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
Lewis, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 20 March 1796:
Lewis Thomas – Entered Free, 6 June 1797
Lewis, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 8 December 1807; Admitted Free, 20 April 1808
Lewis, Thomas (of Henry) – Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Lewis, William B. – Admitted Free, 30 August 1831
Lillibridge, Nathan – Admitted Free, 17 April 1832
Lillibridge, Robert K. – Admitted Free, 21 November 1832
Low, Lyman F. – Propounded to be Free, 31 August 1830;
Main, William – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1831; Admitted Free, 30 August 1831
Marshall, John – Propounded to be Free, 3 July 1777; Entered Free, 21 April 1779
Maryott, George – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Maryott, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1789;
Maryott, Henry – Entered Free, 15 February 1796
Maryott, Samuel (s/o Henry) – Admitted Free, 21 April 1802
Maxson, Amos – Entered Free, 28 December 1762
Maxson, Asa – Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Maxson, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1758; Entered Free, 29 August 1758
Maxson, Benjamin Jr – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Maxson, Benjamin Clarke – Admitted Free, 21 April 1802
Maxson, Benjamin Crandall – Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Maxson, Caleb – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Maxson, Clarke – Entered Free, 7 June 1774
Maxson, David – Admitted Free, 16 April 1823
Maxson, Elias T. – Admitted Free, 30 August 1831
Maxson, Elisha – Propounded to be Free, 10 March 1788; Entered Free, 24 March 1788
Maxson, Elisha Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Maxson, Ethan – Entered Free, 18 April 1792
Maxson, Ezekial – Entered Free, 18 April 1810
Maxson, George – Admitted Free, 4 June 1802
Maxson, Horace – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Maxson, Isaiah – Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Maxson, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1769; Entered Free, 18 April 1770
Maxson, John 3rd – Entered Free, 2 June 1772
Maxson, John J. – Propounded to be Free; 1 June 1819; Admitted Free, 29 August 1820
Maxson, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1764; Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Maxson, Joseph 2nd – Entered Free, 28 August 1792
Maxson, Joshua– Entered Free, 20 April 1757
Maxson, Joshua C. – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Maxson, Matthew Cpt. – Entered Free, 2 June 1772
Maxson, Matthew Jr – Propounded to be Free, 3 July 1777; Entered Free, 21 April 1779
Maxson, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1810; Admitted Free, 4 December 1810
Maxson, Peleg Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1805; Admitted Free, 27 August 1805
Maxson, Phineas – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1804; Admitted Free, 30 August 1808
Maxson, Randall – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1791;
Maxson, Randall – Entered Free, 30 August 1791
Maxson, Russell – Entered Free, 18 April 1792
Maxson, Russell Jr. – Admitted Free, 21 April 1819
Maxson, Samuel Jr – Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Maxson, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1826; Admitted Free, 29 August 1826
Maxson, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Maxson, Stephen Jr – Entered Free, 21 April 1779
Maxson, Sylvanus– Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 16 April 1760
Maxson, William Miner – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Maynard, Jesse – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800
McCoon, David– Entered Free, 18 April 1759
McCoon, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1759; Entered Free, 3 June 1760
McCoon, Joseph – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
McCoon, Samuel – Entered Free, 18 April 1759
McCoon, William– Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757, Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Millard, John– Entered Free, 5 December 1758
Miner, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1795; Entered Free, 30 August 1796
Miner, Phineas – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768; Admitted Free, 6 June 1769
Moone, Robert – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1809, Admitted Free, 29 August 1809
Ney, Caleb– Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1757; Entered Free, 16 April 1760
Ney, Caleb Jr – Admitted Free, 20 April 1768
Nichols, Andrew – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Nichols, David – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1776
Nichols, David N. – Admitted Free as Eldest Son, 21 April 1830
Nichols, David W. – Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Nichols, George – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Nichols, John – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1802; Admitted Free, 20 April 1803
Nichols, Jonathan – Entered Free, 26 August 1788
Nichols, Luke – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1805; Admitted Free, 27 August 1805
Noyes, Charles – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
Noyes, James – Admitted Free, 26 August 1806
Noyes, Sanford – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1806; Admitted Free, 26 August 1806
Noyes, Thomas Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 17 December 1811; Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Olney, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1834; Admitted Free, 2 December 1834
Palmer, Asher M. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1835; Admitted Free, 25 August 1835
Palmer, Amos– Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1759; Entered Free, 8 June 1760
Palmer, Amos N. – Admitted Free, 21 November 1832
Palmer, David – Propounded to be Free, 1 June 1813
Palmer, David F. Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1838; Admitted Free, 17 April 1839
Palmer, Fones – Entered Free, 18 April 1792
Palmer, Gideon – Admitted Free, 19 April 1811
Palmer, Jabez – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1809; Admitted Free, 29 August 1809
Palmer, John – Entered Free, 19 April 1775
Palmer, John W. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Palmer, Nathan– Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Palmer, Nathaniel – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1802; Admitted Free, 31 August 1802
Palmer, Nathaniel – Propounded to be Free, 1 June 1813;
Palmer, Nathaniel Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818
Palmer, Nathaniel Jr. – Admitted Free, 2 June 1829
Palmer, Perry M. – Admitted Free, as Eldest son of Nathaniel Palmer Jr., 20 April 1831
Palmer, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 1 June 1813;
Palmiter, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1795; Entered Free, 25 August 1795
Palmiter, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1802; Admitted Free, 31 April 1803
Peckham, Daniel Jr. – Entered Free, 13 May 1777
Peckham, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1791; Entered Free, 18 April 1792
Peckham, Samuel Jr. – Admitted Free, 16 April 1806
Peckham, Timothy Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Entered Free, 30 August 1757
Pendelton, Zebulon – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1788; Entered Free, 15 April 1789
Perkins, Oliver – Propounded to Be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 19 November 1800
Perkins, William – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Perry, George H. Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Perry, John C. – Admitted Free, 15 April 1835, being the oldest son of George H. Perry
Perry, Stephen – Propounded to be Free; 15 April 1761;
Petty, David – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1775
Pettys, James – Entered Free, 20 April 1774
Pettys, Matthew – Propounded to be Free, 10 April 1774
Petty, Stephen – Entered Free, 20 April 1774
Pettis, Stephen – Entered Free, 16 April 1788
Pettys, William – Entered Free, 20 April 1774
Phillips, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1838; Entered Free, 17 April 1839
Popple, Theodoty – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1772
Porter, John– Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Porter, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1766; Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Potter, Benjamin – Admitted Free, 6 March 1822
Potter, Benjamin F. – Admitted Free, 16 April 1834 (Eldest son)
Potter, Caleb – Entered Free, 25 April 1774
Potter, Caleb Jr – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Potter, Joseph – Admitted Free, 20 April 1814
Potter, Robert T. – Propounded to be Free, 17 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Potter, Thomas – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Randall, Benjamin Jr. – Entered Free, 20 April 1757
Randall, David – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Randall, John – Propounded to be Free, 4 December 1764
Randall, John – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768; Admitted Free, 20 April 1768
Rathbun, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1827
Ray, Frederic – Admitted Free, 17 April 1839
Ray, Isaiah – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1825; Admitted Free, 6 December 1825
Reynolds, Bowen – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1837
Reynolds, Clarke – Entered Free, 25 August 1772
Reynolds, Clarke – Entered Free, 26 August 1788
Reynolds, Clarke Jr. – Admitted Free, 17 April 1799
Reynolds, Ira – Admitted Free, 6 December 1808
Reynolds, James – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Reynolds, James – Admitted Free, 6 June 1837
Reynolds, Joseph Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757; Entered Free, 30 August 1757
Reynolds, Richmond– Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757; Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Reynolds, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1774
Reynolds, Zaccheus Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 26 August 1760
Robins, Benjamin– Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757,
Robins, Daniel – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760
Robinson, Edward Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1760
Robinson, Francis – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
Robinson, John Jr – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Robinson, Rowland– Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757; Entered Free, 30 August 1757
Rogers, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 18 June 1770; Entered Free, 20 April 1774
Rogers, Amos – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
Rogers, Amos – Entered Free, 2 June 1789
Satterly, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768; Admitted Free, 19 April 1769
Satterly, John Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 10 July 1777
Saunders, Benjamin – Entered Free, 31 December 1792
Saunders, Clarke – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830; Admitted Free, 31 August 1831
Saunders, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768; Entered Free, 18 April 1770
Saunders, Joshua – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Saunders, Uriah – Entered Free, 25 April 1774
Saunders, William – Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Saunders, William Jr. – Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Saunders, William (s/o Henry) – Entered Free 6 June 1797
Segar, Francis B. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1823; Admitted Free, 26 August 1823
Shaw, Perry W. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
Sheldon, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Sheldon, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Sheldon, Asa Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1835, Admitted Free, 25 August 1835
Sheldon, Dennis – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835; Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Sheldon, Potter – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Sheldon, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Sheldon, William – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Sisson, George – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1807; Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
Sisson, Lodowick – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Sisson, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1764
Slack, Benajah– Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758; Entered Free, 28 August 1759
Slocum, Azariah – Propounded to be Free, 3 December 1811; Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Slocum, Richard – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1829; Admitted Free December 1829
Slocum, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1811; Admitted Free, 27 August 1811
Spricer, George T. – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1829; Admitted Free, 1 December 1829
Spicer, Joseph – Entered Free, 3 December 1793
Spicer, Joseph – Entered Free, 16 April 1794
Spicer, Joseph Jr. – Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Sprague, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1798; Entered Free, 17 April 1799
Stanbrough, James Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830; Admitted Free, 31 August 1830
Stanbrough, John– Entered Free, 6 June 1758
Stanbury, James – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 27 August 1799
Stanbury, John – Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757
Stanton, David – Entered Free, 18 April 1770
Stanton, John – Entered Free, 18 April 1770
Stedman, David – Admitted Free, 4 December 1821
Stedman, John B. – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1818; Admitted Free, 21 April 1819
Stedman, John B. Jr. – Admitted Free, 16 April 1834 (Eldest son)
Steward, John – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Stewart, William Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1757,
Stiles, Israel – Entered Free, 21 April 1773
Stillman, David – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1804; Admitted Free, 27 August 1805
Stillman, Elisha – Made Free, 15 April 1772
Stillman, Elisha – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1800; Admitted Free, 15 April 1800
Stillman, Ezra – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1828; Admitted Free, 26 August 1828
Stillman, Matthew – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1793; Entered Free, 16 April 1794
Stillman, Phineas – Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Stillman, Zebulon – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1824; Admitted Free, 31 August 1824
Sweet, Caleb – Entered Free, 3 June 1760
Sweet, Libbeus – Propounded to be Free, February 1764; Admitted Free, 16 April 1766
Sweet, Thomas – Entered Free, 3 June 1760
Tanner, Abel – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761;
Tanner, Abel – Propounded to be Free, 28 December 1762
Tanner, Abel – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free; 30 August 1814
Tanner, David– Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Entered Free, 30 August 1757
Tanner, Elias – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Entered Free, 25 August 1829
Tanner, Francis – Admitted Free, 16 April 1766
Tanner, John– Propounded to be Free, 5 December 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Tanner, John – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762;
Tanner, John – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1787; Entered Free, 10 March 1788
Tanner, John P. – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1837; Admitted Free, 29 August 1837
Tanner, Joseph – Admitted Free, 3 June 1783
Tanner, Josiah – Entered Free, 17 April 1765
Tanner, Nathan– Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1759; Entered Free, 16 April 1760
Tanner, Nathan – Admitted Free, 27 August 1776
Tanner, William – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Tanner, William Jr – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1774; Entered Free, 6 December 1774
Tanner, William (s/o Abel) – Entered Free, 20 April 1794
Tanner, William – Admittted Free, 18 April 1804
Tanner, William Brown – Entered Free, 2 June 1795
Tanner, William – Propounded to be Free, 14 December 1803;
Taylor, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 1 June 1790; Entered Free, 9 November 1790
Taylor, Humphrey 2nd – Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Taylor, Thomas Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1822; Admitted Free, 16 April 1823
Tefft, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768
Tefft, Samuel – Admitted Free, 20 April 1814
Tefft, Stephen – Admitted Free, 20 April 1814
Tefft, William – Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Thayer, Russell – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1822; Admitted Free, 21 April 1824
Thurston, Benjamin B. – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1830; Admitted Free, 31 August 1830
Thurston, Clarke – Propounded to be Free, 20 November 1816; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Thurston, Gardner – Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Thurston, George Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 4 January 1768; Admitted Free, 20 April 1768
Thurston, George Jr. – Propounded to be Free, Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Thurston, George 3rd – Propounded to be Free, 17 December 1811; Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Thurston, Horace – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1835; Admitted Free, 25 August 1835
Thurston, Jeremiah – Entered Free, 2 June 1789
Thurston, John T. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1812; Admitted Free, 25 August 1812
Thurston, Peleg – Propounded to be Free, 12 December 1809; Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
Thurston, Taylor – Admitted Free, 14 November 1808
Thurston, William – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Tourgee, Smith – Propounded to be Free, 14 January 1818; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Tracy, Samuel G. – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1815; Admitted Free, 18 December 1815
Utter, Abraham – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1766; Admitted Free, 20 April 1768
Utter, John – Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Vincent, Clarke – Admitted Free, 4 June 1802
Vincent, Nicholas Jr.- Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1809; Admitted Free, 29 August 1809
Wait, Thomas– Entered Free, 20 April 1757
Weaver, John H. – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1801; Admitted Free, December 1801
Weaver, Thomas – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
Webster, Alexander – Admitted Free, 20 April 1814
Webster, John – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1825; Admitted Free, 19 April 1926
Webster, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 27 August 1811; Admitted Free, 3 December 1811
Webster, William – Propounded to be Free, 2 December 1817; Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Weeden, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1813; Admitted Free, 31 August 1818
Wells, Albert – Propounded to be Free, 25 August 1835, Admitted Free, 1 December 1835
Wells, Amos – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1787; Entered Free, 14 February 1788
Wells, Amos R. – Propounded to be Free, 15 January 1817; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Wells, Barker – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Wells, Barker – Propounded to be Free; 27 August 1799; Admitted Free, 16 April 1800
Wells, Caleb – Propounded to be Free, 4 April 1757; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Wells, Clarke – Entered Free, 16 April 1794
Wells, Clarke – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Wells, Edward S. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1814; Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Wells, Elnathan – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Wells, Franklin – Admitted Free, 16 April 1834 (Eldest son)
Wells, Harris – Propounded to be Free, 3 December 1816; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Wells, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1787; Entered Free, 14 February 1788
Wells, Henry – Propounded to be Free, 2 June 1829, Admitted Free, 1 December 1829
Wells, James 2nd (of ESW) – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1813; Admitted Free, 20 April 1814
Wells, James B. – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835; Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Wells, John – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1801; Admitted Free, 25 August 1801
Wells, John (of Thomas) – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1810; Admitted Free, 28 August 1810
Wells, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1787; Entered Free, 24 March 1788
Wells, Joseph – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Wells, Joseph – Entered Free, 18 April 1792
Wells, Joseph – Propounded to be Free, 4 June 1811; Admitted Free, 3 December 1811
Wells, Joshua – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Wells, Joshua Jr – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1766; Entered Free, 15 April 1767
Wells, Matthew – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1757; Entered Free, 19 April 1758
Wells, Nathaniel – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Wells, Nathaniel – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1758; Entered Free, 18 April 1759
Wells, Oliver – Admitted Free, 20 April 1836
Wells, Peter – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1761; Entered Free, 21 April 1762
Wells, Peter C. Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1835; Entered Free, 20 April 1836
Wells, Randall – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1769; Entered Free, 26 August 1770
Wells, Russell (of Randall) – Propounded to be Free, 3 December 1811; Admitted Free, 15 April 1812
Wells, Samuel B. – Propounded to be Free, 29 August 1837; Admitted Free, 5 December 1837
Wells, Stephen – Entered Free, 19 April 1775
Wells, Randall Jr. – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Wells, Thomas Jr – Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Wells, Thomas Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1787, Entered Free, 14 February 1788
Wells, Thomas 3rd – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760
Wells, Thomas R. – Admitted Free, 2 December 1806
Wells, Thomas V. – Propounded to be Free, 3 December 1816; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Wells, Thompson – Admitted Free, 16 April 1767
Wells, William – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1818; Admitted Free, 25 August 1818
West, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 1 December 1767
West, Francis – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 26 August 1760
West, Francis – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1768; Admitted Free, 19 April 1769
West, Jonathan – Admitted Free, 23 September 1776
West, Thomas – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762; Entered Free, 20 April 1763
West, William – Admitted Free, 3 June 1783
Wheeler, Swan – Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
Wheeler, Timothy S. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1829; Admitted Free, 25 August 1829
White, Amos – Admitted Free, 30 August 1808
White, Charles – Admitted Free, 18 April 1810
White, Clarke – Admitted Free, 16 April 1806
White, Godfrey – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1792; Entered Free, 31 December 1792
White, Job – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1760; Entered Free, 15 August 1761
White, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 14 April 1807, Admitted Free, 25 August 1807
White, Oliver – Made Free, 7 June 1774
White, Oliver – Propounded to be Free, 18 April 1792; Entered Free, 31 December 1792
White, Roger – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
White, Walter – Entered Free, 25 April 1774
White, Walter – Entered Free, 31 December 1792
White, William – Propounded to be Free, 21 April 1802; Admitted Free, 31 August 1802
Whitford, Joshua– Propounded to be Free, 5 June 1759; Entered Free, 16 April 1760
Wilbur, Benjamin – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Wilbur, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 20 November 1816; Admitted Free, 16 April 1817
Wilbur, Clarke – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1811; Admitted Free, 27 August 1811
Wilbur, George – Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Wilbur, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Wilbur, Gideon – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1826;
Wilbur, Isaac – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1801; Admitted Free, 26 August 1801
Wilbur, Isaac P. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1836; Admitted Free, 30 August 1836
Wilbur, Jesse – Certification, 30 August 1836
Wilbur, John – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Wilbur, Thomas – Propounded to be Free; 19 April 1797; Entered Free, 29 August 1797
Wilbur, Thomas – Admitted Free, 15 April 1818
Wilbur, William – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1796; Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Wilbur, William – Admitted Free, 29 August 1820
Wilbur, Woodman – Entered Free, 5 June 1787
Wilcox, Hazzard Dr. – Propounded to be Free, 26 August 1817; Admitted Free, 2 December 1817
Wilcox, Nathan – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Wilcox, Willard D. – Admitted Free, 21 April 1824
Williams, Daniel – Entered Free, 1 February 1779
Witter, Albert – Admitted Free, 1 December 1829
Witter, John – Admitted Free, 5 June 1787
Witter, John Jr. – Admitted Free, 16 April 1766
Witter, Joseph Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 19 April 1758; Entered Free, 5 December 1758
Witter, Joseph 2nd – Propounded to be Free, 6 December 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Witter, Josiah – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1760; Entered Free, 15 April 1761
Witter, Josiah Jr – Propounded to be Free, 19 November 1800; Admitted Free, 15 April 1801
Witter, Samuel – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1766; Admitted Free, 15 April 1767
Witter, Samuel Jr. – Entered Free, 19 April 1797
Witter, William – Entered Free, 20 April 1763
Witter, William Jr. – Entered Free, 16 April 1800
Woodmansee, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1814; Admitted Free, 6 December 1814
Woodmansee, Asa Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1828; Admitted Free, 26 August 1828
Worden, Asa – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1831; Admitted Free, 18 April 1832
Worden, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1761; Entered Free, 25 August 1761
Worden, Benjamin Jr. – Admitted Free, 30 August 1814
Worden, Benjamin Jr. – Propounded to be Free, 7 June 1836; Admitted Free, 16 November 1836
Worden, Christopher – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1803; Admitted Free, 30 August 1803
Worden, Walter – Entered Free, 4 April 1757
Worden, Warren – Propounded to be Free, 17 April 1799; Admitted Free, 27 August 1799
Worden, William – Propounded to be Free, 7 December 1762;
Wright, Daniel W. – Propounded to be Free, 27 August 1811; Admitted Free, 3 December 1811
Wright, Daniel W. – Propounded to be Free, 15 April 1835; Admitted Free, 25 August 1835
Wright, Joseph L. – Propounded to be Free, 20 April 1831; Admitted Free, 30 August 1831
Wright, Pardon – Propounded to be Free, 28 August 1838; Admitted Free, 4 December 1838
Wright, Stephen – Propounded to be Free, 30 August 1808; Admitted Free, 19 April 1809
Wright, Stephen A. – Propounded to be Free, 16 April 1834; Admitted Free, 26 August 1834
Wright, Thomas – Entered Free, 24 March 1788
York, Jonathan – Propounded to be Free, 6 June 1758;
Young, Benjamin – Propounded to be Free, 31 August 1824

Finding John Porter

By Donna G. Littleford Ramos, April, 2013
An account of the culminating year of searching, going out of the Archives,
and into the forests of Tomaquag Valley

The Wish

John Porter once had a farm in a strange and distant land called Hopkinton, Rhode Island. I read about it in a family history book as a youngster growing up in Southern California. It said that my Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather John Porter was buried there on that farm.

One of my extended cousins, Veda Porter Mortimer whom I had never met, had visited the grave in the 1950s and had found the plain uninscribed “native granite” grave markers still there. To my young imagination I felt it would be the most wonderful thing to go and visit such a grave. Seeing as it was about 3,000 miles across the continent, however, it was not a likely adventure.

As it turned out, my life’s journey took me to live in southeastern Connecticut with my new husband, John, in 2001. We were both interested in family history research and headstone hunting; so for one of our first dates, John had taken me to New Haven to visit a few known graves of my Colonial ancestors. We were a match made in heaven! Nevertheless, a few years passed, before I realized that the old Porter farm and John Porter’s grave, in particular, were somewhere right over the state border from me. As my childhood wish now became a possibility, the reality loomed: how do I even begin to find such a grave?

I decided the place to start was to call the Hopkinton Town Clerk. A woman answered and I explained that I had a copy of a deed from a colonial ancestor’s farm and wanted to see if she could help me locate where it was. The grave of my ancestor in particular. The woman replied, “You’ve come to the right place!”

I learned that Lorraine Tarket-Arruda had been working on the Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Transcription project for the last couple of decades or so. She asked who the family was. When I said, “Porter–John Porter,” she commented that was interesting because she had been trying to find his grave for a friend of hers, but unfortunately, they had been unable to locate it.

Disappointed, I asked if there would be any way of locating the farm where he’s buried by looking at the deed? She explained that it was impossible to determine locations from the old deeds due to the vagueness of the descriptions. There just were not any currently identifiable landmarks.

That should have been the end of my search, I suppose, but I wasn’t ready to give up so easily. Instead, the conversation galvanized my resolve that I would learn something… somehow… about the area where the Porters used to live.

The Deeds

I went back to the place to which I would return a hundred times over the next few months—to the deeds. The deeds were my one tangible connection to my ancestors, to their lives, to their knowledge, to their world. My mother had given me her copy of Porter Family History Vol.1 (Joseph Grant Stevenson Editor, Delta, UT 1957).

John Porter’s youngest son, Nathan and his second wife Susannah, had a son, Sanford, who is my connection to the family. The book is mostly Sanford’s autobiography, about growing up in Vershire, Vermont, and eventually heading out West, with sketches of his children. But early in his story he describes his father and mother and tells of a time when he accompanied his ne’er-do-well half-brother on a trip to sell re-fluffed used feathers as new to the trusting souls of Hopkinton, Rhode Island.

It was from Sanford’s account of this visit to the old family farm where his father grew up and to the grave of his grandfather that sent our modern family historians to Rhode Island to learn more. The book shared their research up until the 1950s, and included transcripts of a few deeds.

In 1744, John Porter, a “taylor” (sic) of Westerly bought 25 acres of land from a John Pooler of Killingsley, Connecticut. John Pooler had obtained the property from his father in 1733. The description of the land was the epitome of obscure: from a white oak tree marked on four sides, south to a stake and stone pile, west to another white oak tree, north to an elm tree in a swamp, to another stake and stone pile, then back to the original white oak. Not very helpful…

But the document that referred to the grave had a few more details. In 1785, Nathan and Susannah sold 110 acres to Zebulon Weaver when they moved to Brimfield, Massachusetts. In this deed it described that the acreage was bounded “Southerly on or by Samuel Witter’s lands partly & partly on Joseph Witter Jur’s lands & Westerly on a driftway & Northerly and westerly on William Witter’s land partly & partly on Abel Tanner’s land & Northerly on Josiah Witter’s land partly & partly on lands in Possession of Samuel Champlin & Easterly on said Samuel Witter’s land partly & partly on a Highway.” (sic)

It went on to stipulate, “Reserving Only To my Self the buring place where my Honoured Father John Porter was buried of a Two rods square piece of land contained within the described premises & adjoining the aforesaid Driftway.” (sic)

Knowing the farm was along a highway on the east side was something—but which highway? And the grave was along a “driftway”. What the heck was a driftway? An online dictionary told me it was an old farmer’s road, a common way, or path, for moving cattle, sheep, or other stock animals. I learned that here in Connecticut they were also called “pentways” and were lined with parallel stone walls to keep the animals from wandering into their neighbor’s fields and gardens and squashing their pumpkins.

Another question I had was how long was a “rod”? Another online dictionary said a rod was 16 feet, which made the cemetery I was looking for about 32’ x 32’.

Neighbors and Family

It occurred to me that although I did not know where John Porter was buried, perhaps there was a cemetery for the Witter family, whose properties almost completely surrounded the Porter farm. Early on, I stumbled upon websites about Hopkinton which included a list and locations for its various known cemeteries.

http://ricemeteries.tripod.com/hp_ceme.HTM
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13432

Sure enough, there was a Witter cemetery lot east of Tomaquag Road! And seemingly confirming my method, there was a street just north of it, on the west side of Tomaquag Road called Tanner Lane. I speculated that perhaps long ago this lane could have been an access road to Abel Tanner’s property which lay to the west of the Porter farm.

Looking at my family genealogy, I realized that John’s son Nathan did not go very far to find his mate. His first wife turned out to be Hannah Witter, the daughter of John and Ann Witter and sister or relative of his other Witter neighbors. I had less luck locating cemeteries for the other neighbors.

I then considered the “Unknown Cemeteries”. These were burial sites where the markers were all plain field stones, without any inscriptions. In the Colonial and Revolutionary War eras, few had money for fancy grave stones with inscriptions or carvings. Most marked the graves of their loved ones with a simple flat stone. This was the type of marker that would be on John Porter’s grave. Over time as families moved away and others took their place, the identity of these graves had been forgotten. It was possible that John Porter’s grave could be in one of these unknown cemeteries.

I looked to see if there were any unidentified burial lots in that locale and found there was an Unknown Cemetery #74: “700 ft west of Tomaquag Road at Telephone pole # 4”. I was sure that must be at the end of Tanner Lane, counting telephone poles from the Collins-Tomaquag intersection. I was ready to make my first visit to Hopkinton to see for myself.

For help with my quest, I enlisted my friend, Carol Hallas. She is an avocational archeologist knowledgeable in Colonial and Early American Technology. She has worked countless digs with Connecticut’s State Archeologist as well as for archeology firms, and had headed up her own excavations. She had also given numerous presentations on these topics to interested groups. We became acquainted due to mutual interest in a Colonial site in the woods near my home, the farm of some of her ancestors.

It was rare to find another female who enjoyed bushwhacking through the woods exploring the remnants of the past, so we became fast friends. The last few years we had explored stone chambers and sheep dips, and I had learned to recognize differences in foundations and the possibilities of standing stones and calendar alignments.

Walking into the Past

Carol was also an old hand at cemetery hunting, so was undaunted when we saw that the old Tanner Lane was now sporting a “Keep Out” sign. The Telephone Pole was #44 instead of #4, but I assumed that the utility company surely must have renumbered. In any case, this lane was what I had come to see. We went up to the house on the corner and met Sharon Power. Carol told her we were looking for a cemetery in the area and wondered if she knew of any? She didn’t believe so. Then Carol asked about the “pentway”, the lane alongside her house. Did she know what was back there? Sharon said that it was her neighbor’s driveway and the owner didn’t like people going up there, but that she had permission to use it to walk her dog. It just so happened that her dog was in need of walking, so invited us to go along with her.

The road name “Tanner Lane” is today attached to a short street to the north, but this east-west path was the original. The driveway was lined with the tell-tale parallel stone walls, announcing to anyone who understood its language that it was once a significant roadway.

We walked west for about 700 feet when the road made a 90 degree turn to the north. The walls widened and fanned out into a very large “V”. A small and recently remodeled house sat to the north of the V. Someone had added medium-sized boulders along the right side, funneling cars into the yard, and unintentionally creating an enclosure.

I was puzzling over the old and new stone walls, when a feeling came over me that is hard to describe. It was to me a spiritual moment of transcendence, for those who believe in such things, of somehow connecting with the past.

I felt perhaps this was a place of significance, but did not know why.

We could not see any signs of a burial site, but as we were heading back, Sharon mentioned that we should talk with her neighbor, Tom Helmer. She said he had been exploring the woods and had made maps for a book he was writing.

Sharon’s daughter Meagan arrived home from school just then and told us she knew of a cemetery. We piled in the cars and she led us south down Tomaquag Road to one of the Babcock family burial lots. It was much more recent than we were looking for, but we enjoyed encouraging the next generation of headstone hunters. It began to rain then, bringing our exploration to an end.

The Man Who Mapped the Past

A few days later I called Tom Helmer. He was very friendly and eager to speak to someone interested in his work. He was able to explain a number of things to me. He believed that the road widening into the “V” as it did was so that wagons were able to pass each other. He had documented the stone walls and wells around the “little house” or “the old Jordan place”, as he called it, and believed it was an old farm homestead.

Prior to the remodeling, there had been a number of enclosures or pens in the yard, which families would have used to separate gardens and animals. Also the smaller “footprint” of the house, compared to more recent homes, suggested it was from an earlier era. [See Tom’s Map Tiles 12 and 7] I was disappointed that Tom knew of no cemeteries or possible graves at the end of the old Tanner Lane, but was encouraged that perhaps…just maybe…this could be the 1744 Porter homestead!

Tom sent a copy of his book to date, which consisted then of three chapters, with copies of his maps. His glorious maps! Opening the package was like lifting the lid on a treasure chest. It was an amazing amount of work, noting stone walls and their directions, foundations, cemeteries, interesting rocks or other cool items. And everything was GPS’d!

I pored over his maps and compared them with aerial photos. My favorite website was http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps because their photos were taken in the wintertime, when the trees were without leaves. I could often make out the presence of stone walls.

I learned about transposing square footage and square yards from the aerials into acreage in order to test my theories. Just how large was a 25 acre or a 110 acre farm? How much area would it encompass on a map? And did that fit within stone walls that could be boundary markers? And always, I looked for what could be the “driftway” along which John Porter was buried. Tom had indeed identified an old roadway that ran north-south to the west of the old farmstead.

The Cemetery by Colonial Village

Tom had also documented the location of a colonial era Grist Mill, built by Jedediah Davis, somewhat to the southwest of the homestead site. This caught my attention because my Porter book mentioned a deed for a Grist Mill! We chose an unusually warm 60 degree December day to go see it.

Carol and I arrived at Tom Helmer’s at 10 AM, but we almost never went. Feeling responsible for people’s safety, Tom wanted each of us to take a walking stick. An admirable, but undesired concern to the very experienced and assertive New England native, and Carol told him so. The man from New Jersey was very determined, however, and for a moment I thought they might come to blows over the walking sticks! Being from the West and more passive aggressive myself, I played peacemaker so that I could go see the Grist Mill.

We traveled the route of Tom’s Walk # 1, following the wall from his backyard to the east until we came to Gap 11, where we turned south to Cellar Hole 7 [See Tiles 12, 11, 10]. Tom was impressed once he saw Carol’s sharp eye and knowledge for himself, and as a peace offering declared we would never have to take walking sticks again!

Carol, nonetheless, teased Tom relentlessly about being from New Jersey, as is her own husband. I, meanwhile, was brushing off five or six ticks crawling up my pant legs at each rest stop! I have never before or since seen so many ticks on a single outing!

We continued south towards the dam and Grist Mill. After fording a small stream, we came to a large enclosure, maybe 200′ by 300′. Tom’s earlier GPS sheet had a notation for “Cem01” in this area, although he had not plotted it on the map. The note read, “Possible cemetery, single upright fieldstone, or just chance placement.” I wanted to check it out. We all went in different directions. About in the center of the enclosure, I suddenly noticed a small upright, flatish stone. I was quite excited. Had I found John Porter’s grave?!

I called for Carol to come and take a look. She used her trowel to brush some dirt away from the lower part of the stone. No inscriptions could be seen, not even initials. Tom came over also. We were debating about whether it was a grave marker when Carol solved the dilemma by finding a footstone. Another small stone was positioned to the east six feet away. Then one of us saw another fieldstone and then another–both head stones and foot stones.

In all we found about five or six graves, but did not do a comprehensive search of the enclosure. Tom declared we had hit a home run, and was anxious to tell “Lauri”, to have it added to her list of Hopkinton’s Historical Cemeteries.

We continued west, through an old roadway now thick with thorny bull briars, until we reached Tomaquag Brook just below the dam. This is the heart of what is known as “The Colonial Village”, which Tom describes in detail. From there we headed downstream to the Grist Mill.

Nathan Porter’s Grist Mill?

Before long, we came to the remains of the Grist Mill dam. We could see the stone wall built up along the western side. Carol spotted a small stone chamber-like mouth on the upstream side, which I realized must have been like a stone pipe. That end was for intake and then down steam was another opening where the water was directed out into what Tom described as the water wheel flume. All without a bit of cement. There was a channel of water diverted along the east bank as well. Carol speculated that it may also have fed a mill of some type.

We took a snack break here with the granola and fruit we had brought. I went across the east channel and relaxed on a large rock at the point of a little island. I took pictures knowing this was a place where my ancestors had walked. They must have done business here, and I assumed at the time this was the mill John’s son Nathan had owned, if only for 2 years from 1783 to 1785. Since that time, I have learned that the Jedediah Davis Grist Mill remained in the hands of the Davis family throughout the 1780s and for decades after, so could not have been the mill that Nathan Porter purchased in 1783. To date, I have been able to trace Porter’s mill down to Nathan Kinyon Jr., but haven’t yet a current location.

I got out my cell phone to see if I had service, which I did; so I called my husband John who was at work. He didn’t answer, so I texted the message, “Im at grist mill!” A few minutes later, he texted back, “Great! Mill me up some grist when you get a chance.”

When Carol and Tom began laughing uproariously, I left the 18th Century and rejoined them. Tom was trying to tell me that Carol’s husband was going to give him a medal for some reason. For what, I wasn’t sure, though I had the impression it would be for surviving Carol’s sauciness.

We were interested in going on south to the site of the Fulling Mill, but Tom was beat; so we left that adventure for another day. We headed back out to the world, backtracking Tom’s Walk #4, stopping at interesting sights along the way. It was a wise choice as Carol and I were also very tired by the time we picked off a few more ticks and climbed into Brenda’s car on Colonial Village Road.

Still Searching

I have to admit to feeling unsettled afterwards. We had seen and found many interesting, even amazing artifacts where not too much had been disturbed over two and a half centuries. We had walked roads that my ancestors had walked.

Nevertheless, I was a bit disappointed that I had not found a cemetery that definitively fit John Porter’s burial site. The North-South road adjoining the cemetery we found did not possess the parallel walls of a driftway. Plus, the enclosure around the graves was far too large for the 32 foot square of Nathan’s description. Lastly, Carol did not think they would have buried him so far from the house.

I kept wondering how Veda Porter Mortimer found the grave in the 1950s and hoped that information still existed. I was able to make contact with her son through a family website. George Mortimer remembered assisting his mother in researching the town archives when he was a lad of 14, but he was not with her when she found the grave. He advised researching the deeds and working with the town clerks who are knowledgeable about the town’s history. He was right, of course, although I would be slow in fully implementing the advice.

Instead, I went back to square one, re-read the copies of deeds I possessed, and questioned my assumptions. And I began to review the little we knew about who John Porter was.

John Who?

Sanford said his grandfather originally came from Hartford, Connecticut, although some researchers believe John and his wife Desire Porter were from the Kingstown, Rhode Island area. The first reference I know of them is from a very faded listing of their children in the Westerly Town Clerk’s archives dated 16 December 1742. It lists eight children for them from Timothy born 15 December 1725 to Nathan 26 June 1742, four boys and four girls.

Some have equated Desire Porter with a Desire Sanford of Westerly, except that while our Desire is busy having children with John Porter, Desire Sanford seems to be married to a Celeb Cooper of New Haven. In family research, if the dates don’t make any sense, then it is probably not your gal or guy.

Desire Porter was an active member of the Sabbatarian Church and is named in its governing committee meetings until after March of 1742 when her name disappears from their records. It is very likely that she died, perhaps due to complications from Nathan’s birth. While seeking the grave of John, I have also wondered where Desire was buried. Perhaps she lies in one of the unidentified graves of the Sabbatarian section of the First Hopkinton Cemetery.

John Porter made his living as a tailor somewhere in Westerly before purchasing his homestead farm in 1744. He is still described as a “Taylor” on a 1761 deed, but is called “yeoman” or farmer thereafter. Although there is much work to run a farm, he likely continued sewing clothing on the side. There were “15 yards of new cloth” and “some needles” among his personal effects listed in his Probate Inventory of 1771.

One mystery I was able to solve was why the Founder’s stone in front of the Town Clerk’s office lists only a “Timothy Porter”. Lauri discovered that the names on the stone were taken from a Westerly town census of “freemen Living on the North Side of the Pauquituck River” (sic) in 1757 when Hopkinton separated. Timothy Porter, John’s eldest and also a “Taylor”, bought 13 ¼ acres somewhere to the northwest of his father’s property in 1752. John Porter was not entered as a “Freeman”, or a voting citizen of the newly established Hopkinton, until June of 1758.

Adding to the confusion for descendents, his grandson Sanford ran into a Tanner cousin while in the Utah Territory who claimed to have known his grandfather. This family acquaintance told him his grandfather’s name was “Timothy” and that people called him “Old Timp”. The deeds and documents make clear, however, that Nathan’s father was indeed John Porter and there is no evidence that John had a middle name. It is possible that after their mother passed away, Timothy Porter did much to care for the younger children. Timothy being 17 years older than Nathan perhaps led this acquaintance to think that he was Nathan’s father.

Family History can be confusing and full of mysteries, and sometimes there are just no sure answers.

John Porter married twice more after Desire. A Rebekah Porter appeared with him on a deed for property John sold to his son Nathan in 1764. A Thankful Porter shows up on the deed when John sells the homestead to Nathan in 1769.

I know little about what happened to the other Porter children. We know Timothy was married by 1750, as my sister April Harrison found that Westerly issued Timothy and “his wife” a certificate to recommend them to Charlestown. They returned to purchase Hopkinton land in 1752. I do not know whether Timothy died or moved away after June 1761, when I last found him referenced in the deeds. John’s sons John and Samuel each left home at 21 and sought their fortunes in the New York Colony. John Junior became a farmer; Samuel was another tailor. John’s daughter Sarah married Job Babcock of Westerly. The fate of the other children, Hannah, Desire, and Thankful remains a mystery.

There is one other Porter I should mention. Their neighbor Samuel Witter married a Tasy Porter in 1769. Samuel was Hannah Witter’s brother. Without a birth record for Tasy, we cannot say with certainty who her parents were. We know that Samuel was born in 1745, so Tasy could have been Nathan’s younger sister, or even a step-sister. It is also within the realm of possibility that she could have been a daughter of one of the older Porter children. So many mysteries.

Serendipity Leads North

With more of a sense about John, but a great deal less certainty about my theories, I again pored over the maps and compared them with aerial photos, zooming in, out, and back in again when… Whamo! There in front of me appeared a perfect set of parallel stone walls on the screen before me! Where have they been all this time?! Carefully zooming back out to see the location of these double walls, I discovered that they were north of Collins Road, about halfway between Maxon Hill and Tomaquag Roads. There were parallel stone walls that went North-South and also East-West.

Tom had confirmed my suspicion that Collins Road was a relatively new street. He told me that Tanner Lane once continued on past the “little house” farm site going a bit to the west, then turned north and ambled all the way to Hopkinton town center.

Carol suggested I look for old maps online that might show how the area used to be. The University of New Hampshire, for example, had several old maps for that part of Rhode Island. http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm

The 1943 map showed a dirt road going up the middle of the Tomaquag Valley “northern square”. It branched half way up, the left fork heading to “downtown” Hopkinton, as Helmer had described, by way of what is now Kenyon Lane. The right branch once came out on Woodville Road, near where I believe the Abel Tanner farm once stood. The dirt road on the map coincided with the parallel walls in the aerial shots. I wondered, could this old road be the “driftway” I was looking for?

It came to mind that on the Hopkinton website there were two unknown cemeteries located to the north of Collins Road. Unknown Cemetery #71 was described as 30′ x 30′ with 10 burials. Unknown Cemetery #70 was 20’ x 40’ with 10 burials. Neither had enclosures, but were close to the size I was looking for.

Could it be that simple? I had assumed that the deed described a single burial and within a stone wall enclosure, but now I reconsidered. Was it logical to create a burial area of 32′ x 32′ for only one person? Other families might have utilized the cemetery afterwards. And the deed did not actually state there was an enclosure or wall surrounding it. Another assumption bit the dust.

In any case, I thought my next step should be to check out both of these cemeteries and their relationship to a possible driftway.

More Clues

Carol and her retired husband were now spending their winter in Hawaii, so I asked another friend, Robin Hagen, to go with me to check out these cemeteries. She was terrified of ticks, and the Lyme disease some carry, but I promised that this time of year we should be OK. It continued to be a mild Winter, so early in January of 2012, Robin and I headed for Hopkinton.

We found the telephone pole for Cemetery #71 on Collins Road just to the west of a branch of the Tomaquag called Davis Brook. To the north was a dirt road into what I would learn was the Elm Rock Farm. I thought the dirt road might be the remains of an old driftway, and perhaps allowed access to the cemetery. As we walked up the dirt road, a truck came up behind us. The driver was understandably annoyed that we were on her property!

We apologized and I quickly explained I was searching for the grave of my ancestor. She softened then and showed us to the burial lot, telling us she believed it was of the Langworthy family, who previously owned the land.

When I told her we knew from a deed that John Porter’s grave was on the east side of a driftway, she told us, “Well, the driftway is over there,” pointing to the east side of the brook. She said it was land trust now, and a hiking path. The trailhead was up in Hopkinton behind the maintenance garage, but she thought it would be all right to cross the field to get to it from Collins Road, as long as the cows weren’t out and we closed the gate behind us.

She also mentioned that we should talk to a Bob Miner who knew the woods really well.

The Driftway

So I had it confirmed that this old North-South road with parallel walls had been known as a “driftway”. This new information would prove invaluable.

Our plans quickly changed. Now I wanted to look for John Porter’s grave along the driftway. We saw no cows, so we crossed the field and headed up between the double stone walls.

We stopped to examine anything along the east wall that might indicate a cemetery or grave. Not too far north, I noticed a large stone wall enclosure. Even without their leaves, the vines and thorns were thick and formidable. I had to conclude it was too big to fit Nathan’s 32 foot square, and I found no signs of grave markers. At the north end of it, there was another wall of cut stones, a foundation of a building or house. We discovered that this sat on the corner of an intersection of North-South and East-West driftways.

Stepping into the intersection, I felt as though I had stepped through a portal into the past. Several old Maple trees lined the way, with one on the northwest corner and a very thick and distinctive old Sycamore Tree on the northeast. I have learned there are more Sycamores in the area and they were all likely known by my ancestors in colonial times.

I imagined the people who had once lived and worked here, as well as neighbors and strangers driving their wagons and riding their horses on their errands. With neighbors so spread out, they no doubt welcomed those who would stop along the way to greet them, rest their beasts of burden, and catch up on the news of the day.

After exploring a little more, we continued north again. We kept an eye out along the eastern wall, but saw no more signs of an enclosure or a stone that could be a grave marker. We went as far as a pond on the west side of the driftway where a sign on a tree declared “Hopkinton Land Trust”. The sun was heading for the horizon, so without more definite information about where to look, we headed back to the car.

In the waning light, we stopped at the telephone pole landmark for Unknown Cemetery #70. Its location did seem promising as a burial for the “little house” south of Collins Road; however, there was no obvious public access to it.

False Alarms and Lauri’s Discovery

My exploration of Cem #70 became a bit of a detour, but served an important purpose.

Lauri in the Town Clerk’s office directed me to the property owner for permission to visit.

Unknown Cemetery #70 was a lovely hilltop burial site, and even came with a ghost story!

Exploring to the west, I mistook an oblong stone wall enclosure to be a driftway connected to a North-South wagon road, and for a few weeks concluded this must be John Porter’s burial site.

I was so excited about the possibility that the next day I called Lauri and told her where I thought John Porter’s grave could be. She was interested, but seemed to reserve judgment. “Maybe,” was all she would say. A few weeks later, I got a call from her out of the blue:

“I found John Porter’s cemetery!” she announced.

I confess I was quite dumbfounded as the next Saturday Lauri led Tom and myself to Unknown Cemetery # 74 from Telephone Pole #4 to the west of Tomaquag Road. Ironically, this was the same cemetery I thought should be down Tanner Lane when Carol and I came to Hopkinton for the first time! It consists of a cut stone enclosure 30’ x 25’ with two uninscribed field stones, a headstone and a footstone, in the northwest corner.

This burial site would turn out to be another false alarm, as far as it being John Porter’s grave;

but Lauri had hit paydirt, nevertheless, in that she had found John and Nathan Porter’s farm!

She explained that my call had gotten her curious, and she had begun researching the deeds.

Nathan Porter, we knew, had sold the land with his father’s grave to Zebulon Weaver in 1785.

She discovered that Zebulon Weaver’s son had sold it to John Congdon in 1805.

Congdon’s children had inherited the land, and Lauri had found in the Probate records of 1831 that there was a drawing of the various lots inherited along with the acreage for each!

One of the land tracts in the drawing was of an unusual shape, which Lauri recognized from current town maps. Once matching the location for that tract, the rest of the lots fell into place.

The location of the land was still along Tomaquag Road, but much farther north than I had previously considered. The lots in the drawing were stretched out diagonally, straddling both sides of Tomaquag Road, and all the way to and across Woodville Road!

Questions and Answers

At home, I poured over the copies of new deeds and maps Lauri had provided for me, and I quickly realized a couple of problems. First, was the question of acreage. Nathan had sold to Weaver 110 acres. Weaver had sold to Congdon 90 acres, but Congdon had left to his children 180 acres. Certainly not all of the 180 acres shown on the probate map could have been Porter land. How do I determine which combination of land tracts was the Porter farm?

Another problem was that the language for the boundaries could be vague in its orientation. Did “bound easterly” mean the boundary ran easterly or was the boundary on the east side? The Weaver deed was the clearest, stating both “[the border] running Southerly bounded Easterly”. Studying the several deeds together finally convinced me that the eastern border of Nathan Porter’s 110 acres had to be on Tomaquag Road.

Not long before, I had acquired a map of Hopkinton from 1870. This map shows that the resident living in that location on the west side of Tomaquag Road in 1870 was “J Hall”. Now I understood why Lauri had included a deed for Joseph B. Hall selling the land in 1896. I would soon learn that this area is known locally as “the Joe Hall place”.

Next, I came to the disappointing conclusion that the cemetery Lauri had taken us to was not John Porter’s. The Weaver deed names two gravesites on the farm in 1805. Besides the grave of John Porter, there was “also a Square Rod of land where my Honored Father Zebulon Weaver was buried on the North Side of the Premises adjoining said Joseph Collins’ Land”. As I plotted the various neighbors along the property’s boundaries, I had to conclude that the grave we visited in Unknown Cemetery #74 was that of Zebulon Weaver.

So where was the grave of John Porter? I now had two deeds that mentioned his grave and both put it “adjoining the aforesaid driftway” that comprised part of the western boundary. As I matched the tracts of land to landmarks on current maps, I realized: the driftway the deeds all referred to was the same driftway that was now a Land Trust hiking trail. It was the same driftway Robin and I had explored in January!

My first reaction was one of disbelief, because that western driftway is quite a ways from the 25 acre homestead on the eastern side of Tomaquag Brook. Also, I knew that particular area along the driftway is quite wet. My question was why would Nathan bury his “Honoured Father” so far from the house and in a swamp?!!

2nd Search Along The Driftway

Now being certain of the driftway and knowing which stretch of it ran along Porter land, I was anxious to go back again. Unfortunately, my second search of the driftway with my friend Janet Leibham occurred in the middle of summer when the stone walls and ground cover were so overgrown, it was difficult to see much. But with Janet’s knowledge of trail markers, she did point out something I had not realized before: that the Hopkinton Land Trust encompassed not only the driftway, but some of the land to the east of it. In fact, she noticed that a trail branched right into the old Porter lands themselves!

The trail east followed an old 10’ wide wagon road. Due to Tom Helmer’s previous tutelage, I was able to recognize flagstones from a colonial era stone bridge and culvert. Such a bridge would only be built as part of a road. The wagon way soon came to a 12’ x 24’ cellar hole. Smaller foundations for sheds or other buildings lay nearby. I began to wonder whether this could have been Nathan and Hannah’s home at one point. If they were living here when John Porter died, that would explain why they buried Nathan’s father along the western driftway.

After this trip, I decided to wait for Fall and for Carol to come back, to plan one last search for the grave of John Porter.

Hoppity-Kickity

In the meantime, I began researching the archives in the Westerly and Hopkinton Town Clerk’s offices. I was able to confirm to my own satisfaction that John Porter’s original 25 acre homestead was in fact where the 1870 Joseph Hall farm was located.

In 1766, Nathan purchased 17 acres from Abel Tanner. His father’s property is along its western border and “a highway” sits on the eastern side. It is upon this piece of land that the Deer Creek Estate homes were built. Nathan continued to buy up land around his father’s homestead, eventually giving him the 110 acre farm in the northeast corner of the Tomaquag Valley. When I commented to Carol how often Nathan was buying and selling land, she informed me that early Americans used land purchases much like we use bank accounts today.

From the Hopkinton Military Census of 1777, my sister learned that Nathan Porter had participated in the French and Indian War Campaign of 1762. He would have been 20 years old at the time. After coming home, he acquired 30 acres from his father for his own homestead in July of 1764 just a few months before marrying Hannah Witter in November of that year. They would raise seven children in the Tomaquag Valley, three boys and four girls. On 15 April 1767, Nathan qualified to become a “Freeman” and took the oath against “bribery and corruption”.

Nathan was known as a jolly and good-natured fellow who was kind to the children. In his youth, he was known as “Hoppity Kickity”, because he could out-hop anyone in those parts. His claim to fame was that he could hop three times and kick a hat off of a ten foot pole, while keeping his feet upon landing!

Revolutionary Times

The Porters spent the Revolutionary War years in the Tomaquag Valley, sharing in the uncertainties and privations of that time. A Utah newspaper article from 1871 reported that Sanford’s father, Nathan Porter, fought in the Revolutionary War, although we have no other substantiation. Neither John nor Nathan signed the Hopkinton pledge of 19 September 1776 to assist in the defense of the “United Colonies” against the Fleets and Armies of Great Britain. Nathan may have been away in the militia, but why John did not sign is another mystery.

In 1783, the same year the Thirteen Colonies won their Independence, Nathan Porter purchased 30 acres, a dwelling, and a Grist Mill from Zebulon Weaver, possibly with the script he earned serving in the war. The two men made a swap. At the same time Nathan bought the mill, he leased to Weaver his 110 acre farm. A little over a year after moving to the mill, Nathan’s first wife Hannah passed away 17 July 1784.

Susannah’s Lands

Finding the deeds where Nathan Porter had bought and then sold a Grist Mill, I made another startling discovery. The documents state that the boundaries Northerly and Easterly of the mill were “lands belonging to the heirs of Nathan Tanner”.

Nathan Tanner was Susannah West’s 1st husband! He was described in my Porter Family book as “Susannah’s first and great love”. The couple had wed when she was 19, but were married only four years, 1775-1779. Tanner was a blacksmith and fatally injured himself from lifting and carrying an anvil on a bet.

Years after, Susannah used the tragedy to caution her family against pride and vanity. She and Tanner had two sons, Nathan Junior, and John. It was heartbreaking for me to read Tanner’s Will wherein he describes how to divide his property when his sons achieved manhood.

I knew what Tanner did not—that neither boy would survive their childhood. Sanford and his wife Nancy must also have been touched by the sad tale, because they named one of their own sons Nathan Tanner Porter in memorial.

As a widower running his Grist Mill and raising his children, Nathan must have gotten to know the young widow Susannah West Tanner, destined to become his second wife. Susannah was the daughter of Thomas West, an Elder in the Hopkinton Baptist Church and great grandson of George Soule who came over on the Mayflower. Susannah was known as an energetic worker and excellent weaver who made her own designs and dyes. She had been able to support her family through her skills during difficult times. She was a courageous lady who when in years to come they heard that little Sanford was being mistreated by his half-brother, she grabbed her son Samuel, jumped on a horse, and crossed two states to go bring him home.

The new couple moved out of Hopkinton soon after marrying 26 June 1785, perhaps to put the sad memories of their losses behind them and make a fresh start. Nathan had sold the Grist Mill and acreage to Jonathan Potter in January of 1785, and the lease of the 110 acre farm became a bill of sale to Weaver in August.

Bob Miner Remembers

My search has taken many remarkable turns, but one of the most miraculous was the last.

I had been advised to give Bob Miner a call, his having lived and hunted and explored the Tomaquag Valley all of his life. “Bob Miner has forgotten more than most people learn in a lifetime,” Tom Helmer effused prophetically. So I gave him a call. He was agreeable to showing me around “the old Joe Hall Place” which I now knew had been Porter land a hundred years earlier.

I asked him whether he had ever seen anything along the driftway that looked like it could be a cemetery. He mentioned the other gravesites I had been to, but did not know of any others. This was disappointing indeed. I feared that if Bob Miner did not know of the grave, then perhaps John Porter’s resting place was lost to us.

The second time I called was to set up a time to explore with him and Carol, either along the driftway or around the Joe Hall homestead. A few days later, Bob called to confirm the day and time. As we were talking, he interjected an “Oh, by the way…” It had come to his mind that years ago he had indeed come across some grave markers that were on the Land Trust. As he described the location, it sounded very promising.

He explained there were no walls around it, just markers on a hill. I asked him if he had ever told Lauri Arruda about it when she was seeking old private cemeteries, but he had not remembered it until just recently. My questions specifically about the driftway, I suppose, had jogged his memory.

Helper of Lost Souls

In spite of the constant drizzle, Tuesday 4 December 2012 was another enchanted day when we once again rendezvoused with the past.

Bob’s place is a beautiful country farm with stone walls running everywhere, marking pasture for horses and donkeys. There were sheds for pigs and coops for guinea hens, pens for emus, and who knows what else. At least some of their animals were rescues, Bob informed us, his wife and himself being “helpers of lost souls”, as he put it. His wife was just then taking a couple of blind dogs for a walk around the yard. Carol spoke aloud my own thoughts when she exclaimed, “Would you adopt us?!”

Bob’s farm may have another significance for the Porter family. Evidence points to the farms South of the Porter land as having been part of the allotment of John and Mary Witter in the 1600s. His son Joseph Witter inherited much of what is now the Panther Orchard Farm and also Land Trust adjacent to the Porter southern boundary. It appears from deeds and probate records that John Witter Junior inherited 40 acres of what is now Bob Miner’s Solitude Springs Farm. The Miner’s house dates only to the 1850s, but Bob points out barn foundations that are much older. It is possible that a Colonial era farm was the homestead of John and Ann Witter, where Nathan courted his first love, Hannah.

We crossed his pasture and went through a time portal, that is, down a double stone wall lined lane Bob said was part of “The King’s Highway”. This was part of the first colonial road from Charlestown all the way to Connecticut.

We soon came to the Sycamore guarded intersection I had seen before. We explored along the way, and Bob pointed out so many interesting artifacts and curiosities that Carol finally had to warn us that sundown would come early this time of year.

John Porter’s Burying Place

As we came to a gate, Bob and Carol agreed that the standing pillar on the west side was quite old. I wondered if this towering pillar might have been one of the posts where Nathan “Hoppity-Kickity” Porter had once shown his skill.

Rick Prescott leads a Tomaquag Valley tour past a Colonial Gate Post

When Bob showed us to the place, I had no doubt that this was John Porter’s grave, the site fit so perfectly with the description in the deeds. Carol found the footstone first and then I literally tripped over the pointy headstone! A tree now grows out of the middle of the grave, but the fieldstones are predictably six feet apart.

Donna Ramos at the grave of her 6X Great Grandfather John Porter

Between the living and the dead trees, their roots and branches had been cradling and shielding John Porter’s resting place in their protective embrace. The hillside overlooks a vernal pool, and though it seemed stagnant and forlorn in December, I imagined that it must be a beautiful view in the Springtime.

I thanked Bob for his help, doubtful we would have found the spot without his having seen it in years gone by. He replied simply, “I help lost souls.”

The location is documented with the Town and Land Trust for interested descendants or historians. It is possible there is more than one grave on the hillside as well. Several other flat or curious stones can be seen nearby that could also be markers of some kind.

The Homestead and White Oak Tree

A week later Bob, Tom, and myself squeezed into my ’73 VW and visited the homestead site off of Tomaquag Road, where John Porter raised some portion of his eight children, possibly as a single father.

Speaking of History… And it still runs GREAT!

We explored the foundations of the house and barn, as well as numerous stone walled pens. While there is evidence of later improvements, it appears that many parts of the stone structures did go back to colonial times. A large and gnarled Ash tree stands in the yard, old enough to have provided shade to my family members.

John Porter’s Probate record of 1771 tells us that among his possessions were a mare, two cows, four sheep, a hog, and two geese. Bob explained where they all might have been kept as I stood upon the flagstone front step of the house and imagined the farm and family alive once again.

Sanford describes the farm when he visited in the early 1800s:

“It was a poor, hard, rocky country. Not much of the land could be plowed. They had to dig most of it up with a mattock or grub hoe made for the purpose. They could hardly use a spade in the soil, for you can’t spade rocks…There was a strip of land I noticed along the river on both sides for about five or six miles that seemed to be free from rocks, and I rested through all my body to look at it. This was used for pasture land. Then again there would be rocks a-plenty—rocks so large that no man could handle them, and here I saw people mowing their hay. They had to full-swing their scythes, the flints being higher than their heads; then scoop the grass out from between the rocks. Rocks, rocks, rocks, everywhere!!! But fruit trees did well there; fruit a-plenty of every sort in spite of rocks.” (Porter Family History, 17)

The icing on the cake for me was when Bob identified the dead trunk of an old white oak tree in the junction of two stone walls. The bleached white trunk was still standing sentinel, marking the Northeast corner of John Porter’s original 25 acres, just as it described in the 1744 deed. Its bark that was once marked on four sides was now almost completely gone. Amazingly, it was draped with modern surveyor’s tape, still doing its job, even in death, two and a half centuries later.

Full Circle

I cannot end without relating one last irony in the story. Lauri and Bob both mentioned that Laurence Kenyon, a Town Clerk from 1949-1974, had bought the old Joseph Hall place cheaply for back taxes and his son sold it to the Deer Creek development company. As I understand it, they built homes where they could and put the wetlands into conservation common property and Land Trust, effectively protecting the John and Nathan Porter homesteads.

Looking at the copies of deeds Veda Porter Mortimer had obtained in the 1940s and 50s, I realized it was Laurence Kenyon who had assisted her back then. They had no access to copy machines, so Kenyon had typed out a transcript of each deed and signed it in order to certify it was a true and accurate copy. I can’t help but to wonder, was it his assistance to a descendent looking for John Porter’s grave that brought the Porter/Hall property to his attention? The Porters have long since left the Valley, but perhaps we still make our occasional small contributions.

Connecting

So after a little over a year, my “quest” came to a close, the fulfillment of a romantic wish as a child to find lonely grave markers on a family farm.

In hindsight, I probably did many things wrong or backwards. I should have researched the deeds much earlier, for example. But perhaps for myself, a stranger to Hopkinton, I needed that “boots on the ground” experience first, to become familiar with the area.

Along the way, I developed a love for these old ancestral stomping grounds, their Tomaquag Valley with its current very kind and colorful inhabitants, and have learned a little more about my ancestors and their lives. I feel a deep gratitude to all those friends, old and new, who helped along the way.

Notably, the last verse of the Old Testament tells us,

“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children,
and the heart of the children to their fathers.” (Malachi 4:6)

More than ever I hold the conviction that our ancestors wish to be remembered, and that we benefit by the remembering. A friend of mine looks at genealogy as learning about not only the static past, but also one’s own genes. I now see family history as a greater understanding of that bit of flesh that has survived death and which we have inherited within us. In a certain sense, I did not find just John Porter’s grave; I found John Porter and Nathan and Susannah, and myself.

The High Cliff Cougar

By HHA Members Tom Helmer and Lorraine Tarket-Arruda

This is the second of four stories in chronological order, based on locations in Tomaquag Valley

The Bothum Home’s Fall Preparations

The winter of 1665-66 was unusually cold. The blessing was the temperatures plunged in late January, not in November or December. Garner Bothum was a thrifty man, a prudent man, and he used the month of October to re-chink his 3 year old log house. It had a dirt floor, and was dug by hand deep into the Southern slope, down an East / West ridge. He was closing the gaps and cracks that formed as the felled timbers had dried out under his slanting shed like roof. There was a door in the South West corner. He couldn’t afford glass out in the wilderness, so his windows were tiny open slits left purposely unchinked between the logs.

When he wasn’t chinking with the muddy clay, he was out hunting for anything that moved which was squirrel sized or bigger. He wasn’t fussy. Come February, a hungry enough person began looking at their boots, wondering what kind of soup the leather would make. Garner, who lived up to his name by harvesting anything remotely edible, had never yet reached that stage.

When he wasn’t out hunting, he was chopping and splitting still more firewood, even though he had filled the West side roof overhang full to the rafters during July through September. This late season wood he piled up along the East side of his 14 x 10 foot cabin as a further barrier from the wind, rain and snow sure to come. The roof of his cabin was a single slope, with the upper edge along the 10 foot southern dimension, up about ten feet above the ground. The Northern lower roof edge rested on rocks keeping it just above the sloping berm of the dug out dirt, which was graded and shaped to divert the rain flowing down the hillside away from his tiny homestead.

The bark roof and the natural hillside formed a shallow Vee. The cold North wind was blocked directly by the ridge, and flowed down the slope, then up and over his roof. The Southern front wall picked up what warmth it could from the Winter sun. The cabin door was “broad axed” planks with iron strap hinges, and the sleeping loft was located along this wall, like a shelf running the full length of the cabin. Everyone, he, his wife and their 3 surviving children slept together in the loft. Close together in the Winter, spread out during the Summer, on the straw covered broad axed planks. They already had a family graveyard with two sets of small fieldstone head and foot markers.

Inside, as chinking progressed, his wife Prudence noticed the wind inside slowly dropping down to a draft, and then to a barely noticed drift, no longer felt, but visible in the smoke that always escaped from the hearth and field stone chimney. Her work inside was preserving the game Garner shot with his musket. This was done by smoking and drying the meat in the chimney’s up draft, accessed by removing certain rocks that didn’t bear weight, or by salting it in the coopered wood preserving tubs, filled with locally dried salt from the sea, a day’s journey to the South.

Besides their trusty iron frying pan, they had a precious iron pot with a lid, a bail and a set of tripod legs to stand in the fire and hold a pot or pan. She could bake bread and corn meal in the coals of the hearth, or make soups and stews when suspended from the hearth’s iron crane. This 12 inch pot, cast in England, was the most prized possession Prudence owned. Garner’s obsolete match lock musket was his. Both items kept his family alive. Garner worked diligently in Spring, Summer and Fall, reaping the rewards of a well stocked larder in Winter. They burned tallow in clay lamps that a Biblical Israelite would recognize, sleeping to the seasonal rhythm of the dim light sneaking in through the narrow slits

By the time Hard Winter cinched Tomaquag in the deep drifts of January, there was scant need for Prudence or him to go outside except to gather snow to melt for water, and to pitch out the chamber pot toilet. In Hard Winter, it was too cold to go outside. There was no privacy for the bodily functions of life in a one room cabin, but the Bothum family were farmers, and soon enough their children would discover everything anyway, assuming Garner got enough money assembled to get some animals. Then the cruelest cold came. Going out for water was done in haste, as they did not have decent winter clothing. Garner, like many young men of his day, was poor. Prudence was even younger. In time, he would trade for a few sheep, and Prudence could make them Winter coats, but that was for the distant future, spending money he did not have.

The Winter Wolf

Late in a January night, so cold the water tub had a cap of inch thick ice inside the cabin, there was a tussle of wolf growling and fighting off to the East, but close, perhaps a hundred feet from the cabin. Garner was not going out to see what the savage beasts were up to, but slipped open the door and fired a musket shot toward the ruckus. There was a yelp of pain, and closing the door, Garner was pleased to believe that by the “Hand Of God” he had hit a wolf. Tomorrow he would investigate when he had the safety of sufficient daylight.

He reloaded his musket. They were in Narragansett lands and you never knew what to expect. Garner just showed up and built his dinky shack, figuring that Elder John Crandall made a deal with the Indians when he came to Westerly in 1661. (Crandall had done no such thing, and soon enough was arrested.) He invited Garner and a few others to join him. Garner wanted his own land anyway, so he left his kinsman living in the village of Dighton, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, to settle in Tomaquag the following year. Elder John was his closest neighbor back in the early days, living only three miles away.

So far, he had no trouble with Indians. He rarely ever saw one, and that was always at a distance in the “fall of the leaves”, or against the snow whitened ground of Winter. He thought the Narragansett were deathly afraid to come within musket range of his home. Garner Bothum was a bumpkin Puritan farmer, not a woodsman or a tracker. The sum total of his accurate knowledge was “Not Very Much”.

Those were the brave, but stupid beliefs of a “babe in the woods”, from someone who never had the need to venture fifty feet from his front door in the heart of the Winter. Twelve years later, after necessity forced him to develop a tracker’s eye, the experienced frontiersman Garner could have easily seen that many moccasin sheltered feet passed well within arrow range of his home.

The next day dawned a clear deep blue. Seventy feet down the slope he could see the snow was all disturbed. The wolf tracks were everywhere, but what thrilled him was to see the blood stains melted into the snow crust! He had hit a wolf, without being able to see anything! Now THAT was some good shooting! Then he humbly remembered that it was God who directed his shot, not himself.

His simple laced boots were inadequate, but he wanted to follow the bloody snow. If the wolf died close by, he would drag it back, skin it, and his family would feast for a week on the flesh. Then he would try his hand at scraping the hide for use as a blanket. He had no real idea how to actually tan leather, but scraping the flesh off the hide would be good enough for him. Seeing only the blood, and not the entire story plainly written in the snow, he eagerly set off after the wounded beast.

A hundred yards from his cabin he saw the wolf, a big one, six feet long from nose to tail. It was dead. In fact, it was frozen solid as a rock. The wolf weighed eighty pounds, and was awkward to get a grip on it, and then to balance it. He finally got it stable, up on his shoulder, and headed back, breaking through the crust with every step. It was tiring, and when he slipped and fell the first time, he and the ice wolf each landed separately, two yards apart. A dreadful surprise was just seconds away from changing his life.

Perhaps the way this wolf was going to alter his life course was Providence, the actual hand of God, not the village where Roger Williams, a Pilgrim religious dissident expelled from extremely Puritanical Massachusetts lived. (The Pilgrims came first, on the Mayflower, but soon were followed by other persecuted Faiths. The Puritans crossed the Atlantic in far greater numbers, and soon were the dominant Faith in what the English called “The New World”, and “New England”. It was ironic, but the Puritans came to “America” to escape harsh religious persecution, only to practice it here, now playing the role of “The Persecutor”.)

Getting to his hands and knees, he saw it for the first time. A stone knife was rammed deep in the wolf’s ribs. He tried to figure out how THAT got there, as he clearly believed he shot the animal.

Then he realized it was a Narragansett Indian’s stone knife.

And the blood stains all came from the knife wound, not a musket ball.

He had not shot the wolf!

His eyes went wide, and his next thought was at the speed of Panic:

Where was the dreaded Indian NOW?!!

He frantically looked around, but there was no one there.

He waited until his breathing calmed, then cautiously rose. Still no one. He hoisted the carcass back over his shoulder, and now, fueled by fear, he had no trouble running back to the house and flinging the frozen wolf on his ice cold dirt floor. Prudence was startled, and their little ones were afraid of the beast and began to cry. Garner snatched his musket, fumblingly lit the match, primed the pan, (spilling precious gunpowder everywhere) then slipped back out the door, urgently telling Prudence to stay inside, keep everyone quiet, and bolt the door solid and true.

This time, when he returned to the scene of the scuffle, he saw the moccasin tracks, and a lighter trace of blood drops heading off to the bent down cedar tree, toppled by snow weight. There were hand, knee and toe tracks crawling under the tree. The early morning forest was silent, not even a bird chirped. His heart beat was pounding in his ears. No longer hearing his feet complain that they were freezing, with his musket leveled, he climbed under the obscuring branches of the tree.

The light was dimmer under the snow drift above him. In the tunnel of branches, up near the top of the tree, there was the Indian, curled up tightly, lying heavy and flat in the snow and branches, just like the wolf. He seemed to be dead. Afraid of tricks, he yelled and poked at the Narragansett with his musket barrel. The Indian opened his eyes half way, closed them, and muttered his gibberish to himself. Garner could see both of his hands had been mauled, and there were big splashes of blood where he lay in a stupor.

Becoming A Neighbor

Perhaps it was actually applying the Good Samaritan Parable from the oft quoted Scripture in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 10. The verses were 29 through 37, and were very familiar to young Garner. Every Minister in every congregation among the English colonizers applied it to the English helping any other white man, French, Dutch, or the occasional Spaniard they might encounter in this harsh wilderness, regardless of the nature of his needs. They were to help their neighbor no matter what the cost to themselves!

Perhaps it was stupidity, perhaps it was the idealism of youth, untouched by hypocrisy, but Garner widened out the application of the command of Lord Christ the King to include the savages. He laid his precious musket aside in the snow. He dragged the half frozen man, slumped again and deep in a nightmare dream, back to the shack, and gently laid him on the floor next to the dead wolf. Prudence was afraid to touch that creature, lips snarling in death’s embrace.

The innocence of his children was apparent. They circled away from the dreadful wolf and gawked at the strange man, because they knew he was a man, not another kind of savage forest beast.

It was Prudence who’s lip began to tremble in fear. “Is it dead?” she stammered.

“No! Brew some tea!

No, quick, last night’s stew, heat it and thin it with water! Haste ye, woman!”

It would take Prudence fifteen minutes to heat the leftover soup. Meanwhile, Garner dragged the wolf outside and hefted him up on the top of the East wood pile, then dragged the Indian closer to the scant warmth of the hearth. Then he remembered his musket was outside and ran to retrieve it. The slow match was out. When he returned, the first thing he did was to calmly relight the match, blow any remaining powder which might be wet out of the pan, and with a steady hand re-primed the pan with his powder horn. He was ready for anything to happen, just in case. But this time he had no dread. For the first time since the wolf fight during the night, he had the feeling that his God was watching him.

He dragged over his stool, and with his musket on his lap in case of trouble, directed Prudence to spoon the left over soup into the Indian. She refused. She was terrified.

Trading places with her, (God might be watching, but Garner was not a dullard!), Garner had Prudence sit with the musket. She was an old hand with it, and a right fair shot. She was born in America, and everyone over here had to learn the fundamentals of life. Her fingers were white from the death grip she had on the musket stock.

Garner lifted the Indian’s head and dribbled broth between his lips. The bronze man sputtered and spit it back out, opened his eyes, and as he looked around they widened in terror. He tried to sit up, but as soon as weight came on his shredded hands, the pain made him cry out, and he fell back.

Garner signed with his open palms to lay still. He got another spoon of soup and slowly brought it to where the Indian could see it and smell it. Then Garner sucked it down and smiled. He got another spoonful, and once again raising the man’s head, he brought it to the Indian’s lips. With his eyes fixed on the White man, the Indian bent forward and slurped it down. It took ten minutes, but Garner spoon fed a pint of squirrel soup into the injured man.

They only owned one thin blanket, and Prudence, reluctantly, and loudly complaining that blood would be smeared on it, was silenced with a wave, then ordered up the loft ladder to fetch it. Garner wrapped it around the man, and tucked it in. They blazed their fire, a rare event, rapidly using up precious dry firewood, and the cabin actually got warm. Prudence liked that part, as the clothes would all dry out, and maybe they wouldn’t need the blanket up in the loft. Together they scooted the Indian over and propped him sitting up in the corner. Then the 3 adults silently wondered to themselves what was going to happen next. No one knew of a similar situation ever occurring before.

It happened quickly, once the Narragansett got warm.
Pain and infection set to work on his terrible bite wounds.

Building Trust

It took 3 weeks for the Indian’s swollen, scabbed hands to drain and heal to the point where he could reliably use them, and he became less & less dependant.

He learned how to use a White Man’s funny chamber pot. He learned little White Children laughed exactly the same as little Red Children. He saw the White family share everything from their big pot with him, and silently vowed to somehow repay his debt. He decided to try and trust Garner. He remained aloof from Prudence, the squaw. He learned to say “Garner Bothum”, in English.

Garner learned to apply tallow to his own boots. They were still too thin, but now they were water proof. He memorized the pattern of the Indian’s winter moccasin boots, and how they were stitched together with thongs. The winter secret of the Narragansett was they had fur on the inside! He decided to try and trust the Indian, who was somewhat older than him. He learned to say his name, “Long Eye”, in Narragansett: “A-nûk-qua-que Wus-ke-é-suck”.

Garner had collected Long Eye’s bow and arrows, and while he had kept them hidden at first, in a few days he discovered that was never required. By signs he explained that he wanted Long Eye to teach him how to skin and scrape the wolf hide, but he forgot all about the knife frozen within. Long Eye signed back that he understood, and Garner brought the wolf inside to thaw out near the ash pile.

The Bothums slept up in the loft, Long Eye was more comfortable on the floor with his own pile of straw. After the wolf thawed, Long Eye simply retrieved his knife, returned it to his sheath where it belonged, and thought nothing more about it. It took Garner a full day of skinning lessons to notice the razor sharp quartz blade flapping at Long Eye’s waist.

His eyes bulged out when he saw it. Long Eye saw the reaction, figured out what Garner was staring at, and began to laugh loud and long. (That was the first time Garner ever heard that Indians could laugh!) Wiping mirth tears from his eyes, Long Eye drew out his knife and handed it over to Garner, handle first, as a sign of trust. In Narragansett, with pantomime, he said “I am not lying, I speak the truth, you are my friend”: “Mat-ta Nip-pán-na-wem, A-chi-e-no-ná-um-wem, Né-top”.

In time, Garner would learn to speak Narragansett fluently, but for now, all he understood was the gesture and the smile. Garner took the knife, but didn’t know what to do with it now that he had it, and so he returned it to the older man, repeating “Né-top”, with his hand over his heart as Long Eye had done.

If Long Eye wanted to kill him, he had a full day at close range to do it already. That made him laugh at his misgivings, then both men laughed together. That was the very moment they united forever. Garner learned how to say wolf in Narragansett: “Muck-qua-shím”, and how to scrape a wolf hide, and how to beat it folded between his hands to soften it, as both men worked together on the hide.

The Friends (Ne-tom-pa-ûog)

Over the next nine years the two men regularly exchanged greetings in Narragansett and English, gave gifts to each other and their families, and even began trading together. Garner wanted skins and game, Long Eye wanted a musket and iron. It was a common English practice to exchange gunpowder, shot and muskets for furs and game.

Later they came to regret this, but for now, the English delighted in sharp bargaining practices, always getting the better half of any trade with the savages.

Meanwhile, through daily use in hunting game in the forest, the Indigenous Tribes became expert marksmen with the new weapons. They were far more proficient with a musket than the colonizing farmers, who were usually bound tightly to the soil to grow and harvest their food crops.

When Garner eventually prospered, he purchased two flint lock muskets, the very best, and swapped one, along with powder, shot and a new horn for three black bear skins, Indian tanned and supple. His winters would be so much warmer, and with six children in the loft, everyone, especially his newborn son Briggs Bothum, who would eventually became his heir, could be under a toasty Bear Fur Blanket! Long Eye, already renowned with a bow, moved up as an elite hunter with his musket, a provider for many in the band of The People he lived among.

At first, public social visits to the other family were nervous events, but in time and after many repetitions, they became an unremarkable routine. Long Eye and his squaw Sweet Berry (We-é-kan Wut-tá-him-ne-ash) would visit and share a meal with Garner and Prudence of squash (As-kût-ta-squash) and raccoon (Aû-sup) or squirrel (Mish-án-ne-ke) stew.

Later, Garner and Prudence would visit Long Eye and Sweet Berry and share a meal of boiled ground corn, (Au-pûm-in-ea-naw-saûmp), beans, (Ma-nus-qus-sé-dash) and strawberries (Wut-tá-him-ne-ash) with them and The People. In the early days, one look from Long Eye would silence any grumbling about his unusual guests. That was the stature and power he had amid The People of his clan in their camp. Soon others of The People began to speak in their camps, and greet Garner when they occasionally met in the forest.

To both men, Indigenous Narragansett and English Colonist, their friendship was first and foremost true, and secondarily, mutually beneficial for both to live in harmony with the good neighbors that Scripture and Narragansett Tradition taught. Staying alive was hard enough with so many natural enemies. Having an ally and safe haven in times of need was obviously good in their eyes.

Increase Mather

Eighty miles to the Northeast, a zealous religious man, living safe in the town of Boston, believed differently. The young and vigorous Puritan Minister Increase Mather expounded his view that the coming of English Christianity was a second fulfillment of God’s long ago command to Joshua to claim the Promised Land by force of arms. Such a prophecy was never a part of the Holy Bible, but he made it so by endless repetition.

He was preaching to the upper crust of Boston, the premiere “city” amid the colonies of “New” England, the people of influence and King’s Granted Authority. The same people who benefited by unscrupulously easing the various tribes out of their land. Increase Mather successfully gave them a Moral Justification, even an honorable Duty, by preaching long and loud that “God was on our side!”

In time, the inevitable war broke out, 1675-1676, between the Sachem (Chief) Metacom (King Philip), the son of Massasoit, the Chief that gave sustenance to the original Plymouth Colonials, who unfortunately arrived ill equipped on December 20th, 1620, at the start of winter on the raw East coast of Massachusetts.

Called “King Phillip’s War”, it began in Massachusetts, and rapidly spread throughout New England. At first, the Indians seemed to be everywhere, and forced the colonists to retreat into safe havens. There was fear that the English would inevitably be forced back into costal enclaves, but the new year and the tide of war combined with English alliances with other Indian tribes and turned the conflict into a rout of the shattered Wampanoag & Narragansett Tribes.

The War News Letter from Dighton

[Please note that the incident with Edward Bobbet, an ancestor of Lauri Arruda’s husband Joe, is true. Edward was an early casualty in King Philip’s War, dying exactly as described in this fictional letter.]

June 1675

My trusty friend Garner, I have read your letter many times over and have thought of you often. I am troubled by the fact you have chosen to live in the wilderness without the safety of a village or a close neighbor. This town you speak of that you settled in seems very remote, even though you speak of feeling safe. You should be very careful of the indian you call friend.

I do not think of any indian as a friend. Up north to me the towns are being burned and the citizens killed by indians.

This week two of our neighbors were killed by indians, Edward Bobbet and John Tisdale, although Mr. Bobbet could have spared his life.

Upon hearing the indians were approaching, he hurried his family to safety in the fort. He then remembered something at his home and left the safety of the fort to get it. He brought his dog with him. Upon retrieving the item, he headed back to the fort, but heard the indians approaching and climbed a tree. Perhaps he had forgotten about the dog, as the dog sat under the tree and looked up at him to bark. The indians found him and he was killed. All for a forgotten treasure.

I am writing this letter in the safety of the fort. I was able to get Priscilla and the children here in plenty of time. Tis hard on the younger children, they are frightened. Priscilla is frightened but does not show it.

Daniel and James have been with the older children, Daniel being nineteen now. They have told me of rumors that the men want to get a militia together to fight the indians.

I fear I will not be able to join. Recalling the accident I had while haying last summer, my foot did not heal properly and I do not walk very fast. I fear my Daniel and James will join in and I fear for their safety.

My other son just being thirteen years of age is with his brothers, but I will not allow him to go. His mother and I need him here.

I would suggest you travel back home here, but travel would be too dangerous now.

I must ask you straight and simple: what can you be thinking by having this indian come and go as he pleases? Prudence must be frightened to death! This is a trying time and who knows how it will end. I beg of you, dear friend, please use caution. How can you trust the word of a wild savage?

The indian might be your “friend” but what if he tells others where you are? They may have different ideas about you and your family.

My paper is running short so I must close. Stay safe and do not do anything foolish. May you and Prudence prosper and increase.

Your friend, Joseph Haskins.

Post Script: I am sore anxious for you! Please write as time and a traveler going North permit you to send what news you have from Tomaquag.

King Philip’s War

Increase Mather used the very first sentence of his self proclaimed “impartial” history of that 1675-76 War, called “King Philips War” by the victors, to summarize his years of preaching.

“That the Heather People amongst whom we live, and whose Land the Lord God of our Fathers hath given to us for a rightfull Posession, have at sundry times been plotting mischievous devices against that part of the English Israel which is seated in these going downs of the Sun, no man that is an Inhabitant of any considerable standing, can be Ignorant.”

To read Increase Mather’s book, go to: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/31

As Garner Bothum was a poor man, Increase Mather, living safely in Boston, instinctively dismissed anything such a man, actually living among the Narragansett, as not worthy of consideration. In his own way, Increase Mather determined the policy eventually followed by the United States Government in all it’s subsequent Indian Wars, from sea to shining sea.

On December 19, 1675, came the Great Swamp Massacre, where Sweet Berry and all her children were killed as their fortified winter settlement was overrun by a Puritan Army.

Long Eye, fighting at the stockade surrounding the Winter camp, eluded his would be executioners, and disappeared into the woods. These warriors vowed to bring the fight to the homes and hearths of the White men. That spring, they gathered, a paltry hundred strong, at the plain below the High Cliff Cougar. But Long Eye made a stop before joining the War Party.

It has been said in modern times that “a Narragansett will never forget a favor, and never forgive a treachery.” Actually, you can substitute almost any race or individual for “Narragansett” and still be saying a common enough truth. But that Spring, Long Eye came to Garner’s home, bearing a gutted deer over his shoulder. The two men exchanged greetings, and Prudence and Garner expressed their sadness at the death of Sweet Berry and his family.

Long Eye warned them that he was leaving soon on a raid up North, and that while he was away, perhaps for the rest of the year, he would not be available to shield Garner from the hot headed young men who did not know of their peaceful nature. He suggested they should abandon Tomaquag and flee to a larger White settlement. Garner thanked him for the warning. Both men nodded. Prudence waved. Then Long Eye was gone.

Garner declared to Prudence that he was never leaving Tomaquag. Prophetically, his hand was on the head of Briggs when he spoke it. Long Eye was unaware he would never be returning to Tomaquag.

The High Cliff Cougar

Below the cliff and the Cougar, the hundred surviving warriors clustered in familiar groups with distinct separations between those groups who were not well know to each other.

Long Eye, although a distinguished hunter in his Clan, was not a War Chief, and had no over all Tribal Authority. Still, if this War Party was to avenge their dead, these six separate groups had to become one united band of Narragansett Warriors. Only then would they make sufficient blood flow in extracting revenge from the Waum-pe-shau (White Man). Among his little group of clansmen, he had no trouble moving them over to the closest group of strangers, and introducing them by their common tribal heritage. Once they got conversing, he introduced himself to the next group, directing them over to the doubled band. Soon it was one band of warriors awaiting the blessing and exhortation from their leaders.

The Tribe’s Pau-Waw, (Medicine Man) appeared on the chunky, flat topped boulder next to the Cougar. (Pus-sough) His name was Deep Sky. (Táu-qus-fin Ké-e-suck) He had tried to keep The People out of the conflict between the Pokanoket Tribe, which was a member of the larger Wampanoag Confederation, and the English Waumpeshau.

The Narragansett Sachem, Canonchet, steadfastly remained neutral in the war erupting on his northern border. He refused the English demand that he turn over all his tribe’s firearms. Then he refused to turn over to the Waumpeshau all the women, children and old people of the Wampanoag that sought shelter and protection from the Narragansett.

The result of his loyalty to his own tribe and the non combatants of his neighboring tribe was the Great Swamp Massacre, and Chief Canonchet led the Narragansett into the war. Deep Sky brought all his considerable power to bear on producing the most dreadful warriors the Waumpeshau had faced, now that they had treacherously attacked his People.

He danced and chanted on the rock above them all. He hurled invective at the Tribes which had sided with the Waumpeshau. (This treachery is well remembered today among those Tribes who fought against the Waumpeshau.) But Deep Sky was at his loudest in exhorting the Warriors below to summon the courage, the stealth and the deadly fierceness of the Cougar within their own hearts.

Down below, surrounded by younger warriors, Long Eye could feel the War Rage building all around him. The breath of those men came shallow and fast. They moved in choppy steps with fierce expressions. They had no knowledge of the long ago, and so they easily succumbed to the War Drums and Deep Sky’s ecstasies of Victorious Revenge.

To himself, he wondered what the legendary Pau-waw Provider would have done if faced with these difficult times. Perhaps nothing different. Provider had a vision of the Waumpeshau, strange men with hairy faces and skin a light pink, but he never encountered a real one in his life. He never encountered the horrible plagues that killed nearly all in some villages. Provider never heard the thunder of a musket or the dreadful roar of a cannon. Perhaps the wise Shaman Provider would be up there, dancing and chanting right beside Deep Sky. But he hoped Provider would have found another way.

With that, Long Eye joined with his brothers in the rhythms of the War Dance, and took his place in the line snaking up the talus slope to make their individual “eye to eye” pledges to the Manitou of Honor.

Sculpted beneath the Cougar, this Manitou cast his eye and all knowing grin on each warrior, standing still beneath him, looking up directly into his eye. Each man pledged on his honor to fulfill the oath the Pauwau proclaimed for the men gathered on the plain.

On this occasion it was to transform his heart into the heart of a Cougar, fierce in battle. On other occasions the Pauwau would present a different oath to the men. But with each separate occasion, the men lined up and individually pledged themselves to the Manitou of Honor.

Long Eye, chanting the War Dance, and shuffling his feet with the same vigor as the warriors half his age, promised the Manitou of Honor that he would personally kill five Waumpeshau, one for each of his children, and two for Sweet Berry, his gentle, loving wife. With his pledge made, he raised a war cry, and skipped down the slope to rejoin the warriors gathering on the plain.

Within the hour, the Narragansett War Band was out of Tomaquag Valley, heading North to burn much of Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Disremembered Legacy Of “King Philip’s War”

What follows is fuel for your personal research & meditation regarding “The High Cliff Cougar” Story. The story (remember it is Fiction) probably bears no resemblance to what you were taught in school. Either I have misrepresented the actual history of our country, or your schooling has.
In deciding this, it would be better for you to follow your own curiosity and reach your own conclusions.

The Internet makes this easy. Original historic documents are free downloads and Web addresses are included.

King Philip’s War was the second war between the Native Americans living on the Eastern Seaboard & the European colonizers. The first war was the “Pequot War”, fought in 1637, only seventeen years after the arrival of the Pilgrims on Cape Cod. The decisive battle was the surrounding and burning of the Pequot fort at Misistuck, (current Mystic, CT), by order of Captain John Mason. The result was a massacre, with only seven survivors out of 600 to 700 Pequot.

Mason, like Increase Mather, attributed his victory to God: “Thus did the Lord judge among the Heathen, filling the place with dead bodies”.

To read Captain John Mason’s book, please go to http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/42, please see Page 6-9

The Pequot Tribe was essentially eliminated in this first conflict with the Europeans. It has only been in modern times that the descendants have regained a Tribal Cohesiveness. The European expansion continued unabated. There are those who believe that Metacom (King Philip) saw that the only way to preserve the Native American way of life was to drive the Europeans back to wherever they came from.

In the end he was shot and quartered. (cut into 4 pieces) His head was cut off and exhibited on a pole for decades in Plymouth, the settlement his father Massasoit saved from disaster 56 years before. His hands were cut off, and shipped to Boston. The mighty Narragansett Tribe was reduced to a few hundred men who endured.

Had all the tribes united, that surely would have been the result. As it was, the desperate tenacity of both sides in this second Indian war is revealed by comparing the estimated casualty statistics for America’s 5 deadliest Wars.

KING PHILIP’S WAR: Indigenous Deaths 3,000, Population 20,000, D. per 100,000 = 15,000

KING PHILIP’S WAR: European Deaths 800, Population 52,000, D. per 100,000 =1,538

CIVIL WAR: Deaths 305,235, Population 35,630,885, D. per 100,000=857

WORLD WAR II: Deaths 291,557, Population 141,183,318, D. per 100,000=206

AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Deaths 4,435, Population 2,464,250, D. per 100,000=180

Statistics Source: Please see “King Philip’s War”, by Schultz & Tougias, Page 5

Walter Giersbach, author of the article “Philip’s War: America’s Most Devastating Conflict” summarized the war as follows:

(Please Google “Military History Online King Philips War”)

“In all, more than half of New England’s 90 towns were assaulted by native warriors. For a time in the spring of 1676, it appeared to the colonists that the entire English population of Massachusetts and Rhode Island might be driven back into a handful of fortified seacoast cities. Between 600 and 800 English died in battle during King Philip’s War. Measured against a European population in New England of perhaps 52,000, this death rate was nearly twice that of the Civil War and more than seven times that of World War II. The English Crown sent Edmund Randolph to assess damages shortly after the war and he reported that 1,200 homes were burned, 8,000 head of cattle lost, and vast stores of foodstuffs destroyed. One in ten soldiers on both sides was injured or killed.

Nathaniel Saltonstall noted in 1676, the Indian attacks left “in Narraganset not one House left standing. At Warwick, but one. At Providence, not above three. At Potuxit, none left…. Besides particular Farms and Plantations, a great Number not be reckoned up, wholly laid waste or very much damnified. And as to Persons, it is generally thought that of the English there hath been lost, in all…above Eight Hundred.”

The outcome of King Philip’s War was equally devastating to the traditional way of life for Native people in New England. Hundreds of Natives who fought with Philip were sold into slavery abroad. Others who might be rehabilitated, especially women and children, were forced to become servants locally. As the traditional base of existence changed due to the Colonists’ victory, the Wampanoag and other local Native communities had to adapt certain aspects of their culture in order to survive.

It is curious that such a conflict is little remembered today, not because of its bloody devastation but for the extent that such a great proportion of the population—English and Native American alike—was affected.

Jacques Arsenault, writing for the University of Georgetown, indicates this is because many of the realities of King Philip’s War do not fit the classical myth of America as the Land of the Free.

He states, “The final reason for the poor understanding of King Philip’s War is that the events of the war really don’t fit into American Mythology. The evidence of King Philip’s resistance to an encroaching colonial population would not sit well with peaceful images of the first Thanksgiving, or with the vision of the founders of our nation gathering together to create a nation of freedom, equality and liberty.””

Lexicon of Narragansett words used in this story

A-chi-e-no-ná-um-wem, I speak the truth
A-nûk-qua-que Wus-ke-é-suck, Long Eye
Au-pûm-in-ea-naw-saûmp, Dried & ground corn, boiled in water
Aû-sup, Raccoon
Ké-e-suck, Sky, Heavens
Ma-nus-qus-sé-dash, Beans
Mat-ta Nip-pán-na-wem, I am not lying
Mish-án-ne-ke, Squirrel
Muck-qua-shím, Wolf
Pau-Waw, or Paw-waw, Medicine Man, Healer ,Priest, Consulter of Spirits, Sorcerer, Advisor to the Chief. The Paw waw was concerned with everyone in his clan about matters of Spiritual & Physical Health. He was viewed as a concerned friend, although he held great power.
Pus-sough, Cougar, Panther
Sa-chem, Chief
Táu-qus-fin, Deep
Waum-pe-shau, White Man
We-é-kan, Sweet
Wut-tá-him-ne-ash, Berry, Strawberry

The People Before…

By HHA Member Bob Miner

This is a transcribed oral history of three generations of a Tomaquag Valley Farm Family

It is an excerpt taken from the book “Walking Together In Tomaquag Valley”, by Tom Helmer

“Solitude Springs” Bob Miner’s Farm Hopkinton, Rhode Island

The incidents recorded in this history took place within the scope of this picture, or nearby,

Tomaquag Valley is a lot bigger than most people think. Most don’t even realize they are living in Tomaquag Valley. What’s to remind them? You go downstream and your address is Bradford. My address is Ashaway. Upstream it’s called Hopkinton City. We loose track of the lay of the land. Our daily concerns easily distract us from the simple, natural rhythms of life where we live.

Old Times, So Sweet & Simple On The Surface

A long time ago there was a sycamore tree up my driveway. I remember my father getting honey out of that huge old tree, which is now long gone. Honey comes in a jar at the store now, with no bees standing guard. But the old tree had a lot of honey comb in there, and it got spread around among our family After it toppled down, a sprout came out, and got to be 30 feet tall and ten inches in diameter, before that tree also snapped off.

This year the honey bees aren’t quite as dense as they used to be, but right now they are busy with the white clover, later on they get into the pepper bush, the summer sweet and goldenrod. Early on they get into the Black Locust. That’s some of the natural flow out there that is closer to the surface down in the Valley compared to the city. And season after season, year after year, the Valley follows the sun for us, for my grandfather, and for the people who lived before them.

The “King’s Highway” And Environs Have Their Own Stories

Right down here is where the “King’s Highway” came through. It ran East to West, say from Jamestown all the way out into Connecticut. You can see our current bridge over the brook. According to my father and grandfather, that was the main way in and out of this part, the Middle part of Tomaquag Valley, years ago, but no one uses the old road now.

Right down there, where the old road came through the garden, I found an 1801 penny, and a 17 Hundred and something penny. (The last two digits were worn off) Holding those coins in my hand and you can feel the story of some poor soul who stopped for a second, and lost his two cents worth! Later on, I found a diamond ring that fits very nicely on my grand daughter’s hand.

The coins, the ring, they can take you back to 1801, or later. That was before Lewis and Clarke, before the Louisiana Purchase! You bypass Time and connect with someone traveling this road and lost two cents. They were big, the size of Quarters today, and those two cents mattered to the person who lost them. I imagine the woman who lost her diamond ring had to be frantic!

My brother in law had a nice coin collection, so I gave them to him, and of course he lost his complete coin collection, plus my two cents worth, so that’s gone. But in the same area, I found arrow heads. And there were other artifacts from before 1801 scattered all around the farm.

My father had a pantry drawer full of arrow heads and other artifacts. I used to dump the drawer out on the kitchen table and play with them when I was a kid. A traveling salesman came along and bought the whole thing for $35 dollars for the entire box, but at that time $35 dollars might have been a week’s paycheck!

The Tomaquag Sycamore Trees

Along the King’s Highway there is the sycamore, a huge tree, that was a landmark in the 1800’s down to today. In the center of Hopkinton City, they planted one in the exact same spot at their 4 Corners, on the Right hand side heading East. We had that big sycamore honey tree up this driveway . Near the King’s Highway 4 Corners there is another one before you get to the road junction. Way up on Wellstown Road, there was a huge sycamore in the field; they used to call it the “Buttonwood Lot” They were obviously all planted. Maybe it was the same group of people, or they carried out the same idea. And down East on this old highway, on the other side of Tomaquag, I don’t know how many more are out there.

The Seasons: Mud Time

But getting back to the bridge, when My grandfather and father came here in 1923, there was an antique automobile stuck off to the side of the road, and it sank deeper into the dirt year by year, and it’s still there today but below the soil. In the wintertime, when the frost is coming out of the ground, and in the early Spring, that is Mud Time around here.

When my grandfather moved here, he was going up Maxson Hill Road with a truck, loaded with furniture and cows and whatever they had, traveling back and forth, and they got stuck on Maxson Hill. The old farmer came out with his team of horses and got them out of the mud.
My father warned me when I was a little kid “Be careful out there, because there’s quicksand out there.” It was mud that got the car, but there is quick sand in the Valley.

Besides the car that got stuck there, a buggy got stuck over here; so the people that lived here before we moved in ran afoul of places where you would just sink in. And they never got out, using what they had to get things out back in those days. And that car or buggy, tipping over and sinking in, was a constant reminder of the hazards of the same Seasons we ignore now.

In talking about quicksand and mud, it wasn’t just the new gasoline powered trucks and automobiles that got stuck, or the old horse and buggies before the autos were invented.

Back when the Van Vlecks were the family’s neighbor to the North of our home, they had a horse get stuck in the bog, and by the time they got it out, the horse was dead.

A friend of mine I got to know later on, who was only eight or nine years old at that time, came walking down the road, and the Van Blecks were cooking up their horse in wash tubs. They weren’t about to waste anything if they could help it. I imagine they cut themselves a few steaks that went down good.

So we have a car down here, stuck. Two hundred yards further, the old buggy, stuck. I’ve taken a lot of parts from both out of the ground. And fifty yards up from there the horse got stuck and paid for it with his life.

So looking back, you go from “one horse power”, to antique internal combustion vehicles, and now we’re racing back and forth in cars with satellite radios in them. The roads are smooth, hard all seasons asphalt. But there’s a lot of transportation artifacts from before out there, hidden in the mud and brush.

The people before us had to be careful and think whenever they traveled, because you could loose everything to the Valley if you weren’t careful.

The Seasons: Fall, Spring & Tomaquag Brook

Besides the Spring mud, you get the Summer low water and drought, and the Fall or Spring storms that bring seasonal High Water or Major Flooding, scouring down the Valley. We had the neighbor’s bridge come floating downstream. Our bridge washed away. The bridge down below, that went out in the late 1800’s and they gave up on it and built a brand new road with a brand new bridge which we call Collins Road today.

The Seasons: A Mid Summer’s Day At A Valley Farm

So you know what is happening while you are reading this, as Bob talks to me, a flock of Canadian Geese veer, bank in a group turn, and spray slide into the pond. Bob says it’s their break time. The picture of Bob Miner’s Farm at the front of this conversation shows where he found the pennies, the current bridge, where the automobile sank, some of his pastures, and far off, the gate where King’s Road continues on as part of the Hopkinton Land Trust trails.

Tomaquag Brook has been widened out into a lengthy 2 acre pond. And we just had our second flight of geese come in for a landing. There are lily pads in blossom, there is clear, deep water where the geese are. The abundant water is a draw for all sorts of wildlife in every Season.

Where we are sitting, in Bob’s gazebo, there is a vast collection of mud dauber’s nests clinging to the roof. We have a steady supply of yellow jackets that fly in to investigate us. Some of them land at the table, a few land on us, but we are both predominantly indifferent to them and let them alone. They find us incredibly boring and leave.

At any given moment there are at least 3 Humming Birds loitering at the multiple feeders. There is a butterfly bush ten feet away, with Humming Birds, Humming Bird Moths, and a-flutter with August’s Butterflies. And we two are sitting here, talking about Paradise spread out around us.

Even The Changes Change Over And Over

Before, where you are sitting now, it was just dirt. The old barn was off to your right, everything in there was hand hewn, the pegs, trunnels, were whittled and malleted into the hand made mortise and tennoned beams. Everything was much older than the house.

Later on, my father put in a milk house where we are sitting now. And when all of that went, I just had to level the floor out and do the stone work around the outside to make this a comfortable place to get out of the sun and maybe catch a breeze in the afternoon. Sometimes we will have so many humming birds in here that you can’t begin to count them. This is basically a humming bird house now, but they let us use it for a short time.

But you do see a little bit of everything out there! Mother Nature’s otters, beavers, mink, a little bit of everything. Raccoons, getting the duck eggs, getting the ducks, mink killing the chickens. We still have a lot of the same problems today that they had centuries ago.

Beavers

I believe “Tomaquag” is the Indian word for “Beaver”. And you can see places, which are part of the Hopkinton Land Trust now, that were flooded when the beavers had the brook dammed up, and the water killed everything. Who knows how long that beaver pond was in existence. And now, in the last couple of hundred years, the trees are coming back. The water is running free through there now.

We’ve had beavers down in here that have dammed this up and flooded this area. We lost a lot of trees heading down towards Collins Road where the beavers had the brook downstream dammed. Even Swamp Maples can’t take it too long before they die, and then you have their skeletons out there. Eventually they will drop down, and the area will fill back in again through the centuries. There is a lot of Natural History out there, just happening for free if you care to look for it.

There are two species of animals that actively and deliberately alter the natural environment to suit their needs: People and Beavers. When they say busy as a beaver, they mean it! I’ve pulled a dam out here a good many times, and the next day they had it built back up again. It’s nice to have these creatures but some times they are destructive.

If you are going to do non lethal battle with beavers, it helps to have an electric fence set about six to eight inches off the grass. In this case it was snow, and you could see the beaver tracks coming up , and their wet nose hitting that electric fence. Then you could see their tracks when they scurried back to the pond again. They decided not to come back because my remaining apple trees weren’t worth it after that! In the mean time, I lost a few trees that got girdled, and they took some down by the time I made the decision to set up the posts, insulators and wiring for the electric fence.

The Seasons: Winter

This was a Dairy Farm, and before that, it was a Self Sustaining Farm, just the same as a Colonial Farm. You lived off the land. You did the best you could with what you had. Little things made a big difference. You had to look out for predators, which you still do, but you depended upon your own labor to get by as comfortably as circumstances would allow in what ever year it happened to be. The Seasons ran your life, not your own wishes and whims.

And our neighbors after the Van Vlecks moved were the Lindh family. I can remember them outside making soap. And they had a little smoke house built inside a wooden shed, made with a lot of stone, and close to the house. That was where they had to wash and preserve their meat.

You can look out your toasty, warm, living room window and watch the grey squirrels collecting nuts so they can get through the Winter. Well, the old time self sufficient farmers had to do the same thing. They had to get their Winter food ready, canned preserves, squash and potatoes in the root cellar, crocks of salt pork, maybe some horse that died in the bog! You had to smoke the meat because they had no electricity. We had a big wood shed right in back of me, and we kept it filled, mainly wood, and then with coal. Nowadays, with the price of oil at $4 dollars a gallon, you might want to go back to wood again. We did last year. But then, things always change.

Electricity Comes To The Farm

We didn’t get electricity down here deep in the Valley until the fifties. We were way down Tomaquag Road, and way off the road to make it down to the farm! It was real expensive to run the wires for us and the neighbor to finally get hooked up. No electricity means oil lamps and candles, no running water, no refrigerator, no Howdy Doody or Davey Crockett on a TV which we didn’t have, or the Internet and E Mail, both necessities which no one ever heard of. It IS amazing that anyone bothered to even try and live back then, isn’t it? (That was said with Bob’s characteristic smile in his eyes!)

The “Back House”

We had a real nice, fancy “Back House”, which was a three seater, all plastered on the inside. It was beautiful, with a window on the side, a cozy, picturesque, vine covered “Out House”.

Cousin Gilbert

This all brings back memories of my cousin Gilbert, who was four years older than me. Gilbert was always pulling tricks on me. One day he spotted Aunt Alice going into the back house. “Hey Bobby, why don’t you climb up the vine and see what she’s doing?” So of course I climbed up, and pretty soon there came:

“ROBERT!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING!”

Medicine

So when I look around the farm, it’s loaded with memories, here, over there, everywhere, there are memories of those old days. I had another cousin, older than Gilbert, Frank Fitch. He and his two brothers lived here when their mother died, before I was born. Medicine back then wasn’t the way it is today.

The Ashaway Fair

Frank would tell me about my grandfather Miner taking them on the horse and buggy, and going out the back way, which at the time may not have been the back way, taking the King’s Road from East to West, all the way down into Ashaway, to the Ashaway Fair Grounds. This was down on that triangle of land where the Fire House is now. Of course that was a big treat for the kids to hop on the buggy and travel all the way to “downtown” Ashaway and their Fair.

So that’s the way it was for cousin Frank, everything was horse and buggy when he was a kid.

But after the Ashaway Fair would come all the harvest work and buttoning up for the Winter.

Tomaquag One Room School House

And cousin Gilbert, who got me in trouble, his mother, Aunt Marjorie, was a teacher up at the one room school house at the corner of Tomaquag and Collins. I have a lot of her cassettes she recorded after she went blind. She moved to Florida, and she would send us letters done as “Voice Mail Tapes”. She would talk about the school, and the old times. I have pictures of the school when she was there, and pictures from before that, when it was much smaller.

I guess there were several one room school houses in this area. I have a map which shows where they were. Aunt Marjorie tells of some of the kids walking, or coming in on horses. The famous “Tarzan” Brown, who won the Boston Marathon twice, went to school there. A lot of people you talk to remember that their parents went there, or with the “Old Timers”, they went there.

Guns In Schools

One of the things you see on TV today is the kids who bring a gun to school and shoot their classmates. When she got the job, it was because the male teacher got sent out to Rockville because he brought a gun to school. Which was probably a fairly normal thing to do back then. At recess, or lunch, you’d go out back and do some target practice, the boys, maybe even some of the girls. You just learned how to shoot back then in the country.

But parents got together and figured you really shouldn’t have a teacher bringing a gun to school. And that’s when she got the job. There are a lot of memories in town about the Tomaquag School. People remember the big white oak as the recess shade tree, and playing on the big boulder. They are still there in the trees, directly across Tomaquag Road from the white house.

Cellar Holes

I have an old map upstairs, and it shows some of the old places, like the Joe Hall place up here off of Tomaquag Road. But there was one special cellar hole, it’s not on the map, and no one knew who lived there, but there was wood left inside from the house. And there are a lot of other foundations, cellar holes, with no wood, and you can see the tell tale signs of a fire.

When I took the old barn down, you can see on the granite where there was a fire. Now when a fire gets pretty hot, the granite will even shale, flake off, and break apart. It will turn red too. And you can see a lot of it right down in this barn foundation, where I know what happened.

But over at this one place, when I was fifteen or sixteen, out hunting rabbits with my rabbit hounds, and the wooden stairs were still there! They went to the upstairs, but the rest of the upstairs part of the building was gone. I could climb up the stairs. There was a landing at the top, facing the North, and I could stand on that. It was like a tree stand, just a little wobbly.

But there was no sign on that map of this house at all. But that wood, some of it is still there today! You remember you saw some when we went there. So whoever built that house, they had a nice two story home , and they used some really good wood. I don’t know what it was, but it certainly wasn’t pine, because that would have rotted out in no time. There was a lot of Black Locust around here, and if they had a sawmill cut that up, it would last forever almost. Of course Red Cedar lasts a long time also. And you see other foundations where there is no sign of a fire, and no sign of any wood. I mean it is just gone, all of it.

Predators: The Panther

The house next door, they still call that Panther Orchard today. Mrs. Lindh told me about what happened on her land back in 1824 when a family named Allen owned it long before her. I got the story the same way you are getting the story, by somebody passing it on.

Everybody had gone to church, except for the two Allen boys, 12 & 9 years old. They saw this Panther, a Mountain Lion, up in a tree, and the older boy rested the rifle on the younger boy’s shoulder and shot it. It caused such a hub bub that the Allens exhibited it to the public! They picked up enough money to buy some apple trees, and they planted an apple orchard. And so they called it Panther Orchard Farm, which it still is today. Now it’s a writer’s retreat.

Predators: The Wolf

They had a lot of serious predators in the Valley. There were Wolves! Another cousin saw somewhere that the Town of Hopkinton had a twenty dollar bounty on wolves. Keep in mind that twenty dollars back then was a whole lot of money!

Predators: The Coyote

Now, some of the coyotes we have in the Valley are almost as big as a wolf. The other name for them is the Eastern Brush Wolf. They are much bigger than the Western Coyote.

But even a Western Coyote is still pretty tough. They are used to living out doors all year round. If it came down to a fight, well, a big German Shepherd wouldn’t have much of a chance against one. The shepherd is fed dog food, he lives soft and comfy in the owner’s house. He goes outside for his business, and to sniff around. But the coyote has to take care of everything himself. He has to scrounge for what opportunity presents itself. They are active predators in the Valley.

Predators: The Panther, Part II

And there is a chance Mountain Lions are still around. My wife saw one on a “Moon Bright” Winter’s night, right there. I was working 2nd shift when it crossed the small pond. There was ice on the pond, with a quarter inch of crusty snow on top of the ice. When I got home, she told me all about it. She chased it off with a broom! She’s much braver than I am!

She didn’t realize what it was. Something was clinking and clanking at the dog’s metal food dish on the front door stone steps. This was a hungry Mountain Lion! She said whatever it was, when she opened the door, it took off running straight across the pond. Before it came to the fence it leaped. Then she noticed that long tail when it was flying through the air. It sailed over the fence and came down far way on the other side!

I followed the tracks across the pond to where they stopped. It was quite a ways from the fence. At the fence you could see where it landed, way on the other side.

About the same time, within a week, somebody up on Woodville Road said there was something scratching at their door, which they didn’t know what it was. And the artist down on Pine Hill Road, Solace Lovin, she reported Mountain Lion sightings. So you still never know. I mean they are nocturnal, and you can walk right by something and not see anything, but they see you.

The Goats Of Jurassic Island

We have an island down here in the pond, where the brook comes through. We’ve planted trees and shrubs, but the brush takes over . Somebody gave me a Pigmy Goat, which I put on the island, and I got a second one, and I used to go over there in the canoe or kayak to give them some grain to tame them up. They had plenty to eat with the brush and browsing. So I went over to put some more grain, and they had been there perhaps two months, but when I checked back, they never touched it. So I searched the area and there were no goats there!

I looked all around the area, the Dog Pound isn’t too far north of here, it’s just woods. My cousin’s farm is right over there. But nobody saw those goats. You couldn’t find hide nor hair of em. Something took them off the island. They had too much if they were gonna swim off this way, and nobody ever saw them the other way. Something must have chased them off and killed them, or dragged them off.

Predators: The Black Bear

From time to time you read in the paper about black bear in Hopkinton. As a matter of fact, close to Kingsbury’s, (there’s a house there now), my dog was driving something heading down Tomaquag Brook over here, getting near the other bridge. And I was following as close as I could keep up.

There was one clear spot that I could look through, and he was driving towards that spot. Very shortly this black object crossed that clear spot. It wasn’t that big, but it could have been big enough to have been a small bear.

I was seventy five, a hundred yards off. It was the only spot you could look through, and the dog was driving it. As soon as it got near the brook, the dog stopped driving it and came back.

It might have been a bear, and it was right across from Kingsbury’s

The Stone Stories Of Tomaquag: Part I

Look at the circular window frame behind you. That is an iron tire off a big, heavy duty wooden wagon wheel. It’s a bit more than four feet in diameter, and very wide. That was from one big wagon. You can hear these people now, the guy who got stuck over here, the guy stuck over there, the guy with his horse stuck, this guy who lost his tire, I can still hear them cussing!

That might have been from an old dump wagon with a bed that will tilt backwards and dump a full load of heavy rock. You see a lot of places where the farmers cleared a field and they’d dump smaller stone off in a corner or along a wall. Most picked rocks in the Spring, the men, women and kids, everyone following a Rock Sled dragged slow behind a horse or a mule.

The Stone Stories Of Tomaquag: Part II

Then you see places where the Native Americans would build a nice stone cairn, stone on top of stone, and they’d build it on a good footing, ledge or whatever, and so it stayed up. Even with trees coming down on top of it, through who knows how long, maybe for many centuries. So those stones talk to us of way back, all the way back to the ‘Peoples Who Were Here Before’. In the Valley, there is always something to whisper in our ears “Before”.

And we try to figure it out, like these stone shelters out back that you’ve seen. They are big enough to have a body in there prone, which is a good way to describe them. They are stoned over on top, facing the Southwest, if that means anything.

And there is one that is a semicircle of stone with no top, and some of the so called Experts call that “The Queen’s Seat”, or they have a theory about this or that, but we all have our theories.

But there is so much else here in the Valley! This had to be a special place.

So many important artifacts, that we know about, are all clustered together within a country mile of each other, all near where we are sitting now. Like the big serpent, which you haven’t seen, which is a hundred and fifty feet long! It’s just like the little serpent we saw together. The Stones are laid out on the ground, zigging and zagging across the land. It’s obvious, once your eye gets to seeing it.

There was a reason for that effigy, maybe like the Serpent Mound in Ohio that is twelve to fourteen hundred feet long, every foot of it hand made, every foot of it needing a lot of willing hands sharing in the hard labor for a reason. Nobody knew that was there either! They thought it was a glacial outwash stream bed. You could walk around on it, but it was only when you got up in the air and looked down, that you could see it in it’s entirety as a monster serpent.

The Stone Stories Of Tomaquag: Part III

In back of this effigy, or “Petriform”, in it’s head area, there are four basketball sized stones. They aren’t round, but they are about that size. They lead to a split boulder right next to it. All of the smaller rocks were placed there by hand. There are a lot of Theories for What & Why, but not a lot of answers.

It is also in an area with a lot of underground springs. Like over where the stone rabbit is. You look at the rabbit and within a few feet or so there is a big man made cairn with a big arrow head on top. So you know that was man made.

Then you look at your panther down in the Valley, pecked out here and pecked out there, sticking out of that cliff.
Then you have this rock pecked out in the shape of a rabbit.

Then you got the Turtle Cairn way over there, which is still in very good shape, built on a piece of ledge.

The thing I first noticed out there was the half buried triangular stone, a good sized boulder, with the two drill holes in the top. They look like they were pecked in by hand, because they don’t look like they were made with an iron drill. And they are in a place where it wasn’t useful for a white person, they are more like eyes. And they are looking at the Big Turtle Cairn.

And one more thing that you can see, which the white man didn’t do, is the ledge platform is bigger than the stones. If it was a rectangle, they only used half of it, and they built that nice Turtle Cairn there. A white man wouldn’t build a turtle. So That goes along with the stone serpent, that you know no white man did, out in the swampy area.

My grandfather and father would talk about those stoned over enclosures, the chambers which are back over there. “What could they have been?”

Were they built for turkeys to have a nest in? No. Because there is only one way in! I mean if a turkey or a goose had a nest in there, in this out of the way spot, the wolves, the mountain lion, the raccoon, they would have eaten them in no time. There’s no way out!

Even a woodchuck will have two entrances to his den. If you come knocking at his front door, he’s going out the back door. You have to catch him out here in the open, before he gets to either of his entrances.

So these were Native American, as well as a lot of other stuff out here that you haven’t seen, and stuff that I haven’t seen. That Petriform of the Serpent, I didn’t see that until maybe three years ago, when I was cutting across the land at a different angle, even though I had often been within twenty feet of it a good many times! Big trees have grown up over the top of the serpent’s ins and outs, and now, it’s unders.

Seeing The People Before

A lot of seeing the things from the people before depends on having a trained eye, and a lot of it also depends on just being fortunate at the right time of day and the right way the sun hits it. A lot of times you can be right in front of something, but you won’t see it, you can’t see it. Then you go around the other side, and there is the man made stuff.

Playing Dice With The Past

So it is remarkable when you come upon these things in the woods. No one knows how old they are. They don’t come with signs that say they were made in 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue. And yet we find some things perfectly preserved, exactly the way they were left.

Well, some of them are, but some of them are long gone. You see a lot of sites today where the bulldozer has gone through, or the excavator has gone through. And the highways and shopping centers have paved over a lot of stuff.

What happened here was all that land was worthless to the farmer. It’s a glacial dump. This whole area with the Serpent and the Rabbit, it’s a glacial dump. You can walk clear across it on boulders and stones and never have your feet ever touch dirt. There’s a lot of water and underground springs Then there is quick sand. There are a lot of places like that, but in these areas, it’s not a place where you could farm.

Up here, where these artifacts are, there is nothing the farmer could do with that land except maybe log some trees and drag them out. You couldn’t cultivate, you couldn’t pasture. It’s an area that the farmer couldn’t use. You might walk through it because it’s part of your property, and you might wonder “What was here before?” Because somebody built that. It’s all hand placed stones, and someone had a reason for making it.

Raising Sheep

Maybe you could run sheep through there. It wouldn’t make much sense, but you could do it. But then you have to fence them in, and then you have to put them up safe at night. Because if you leave sheep out at night, dogs, even farm dogs, they are bad on sheep. And the people before had wolves, coyotes and mountain lions way back when. When a predator shows up, sheep will turn tail and run. That’s how the aggressor gets them, in the rear end and drags them down.

So if you went to the trouble of fencing them in, and sheltering them at night, you could graze them there for a while. Deer and goats will browse from 8 inches on up, but sheep are different. They browse from 8 inches on down. Then you have to move to a new spot.

My father had a pretty good sized flock. He grazed them on that real fine pasture land and drove them into shelter at night. Even so, dogs got into them, and he had to get out of the sheep business. And that was just dogs, never mind wolves and everything else with teeth and claws.

Forget Why, How About When?

When did they make it? We don’t know that either. You can date the trees that are growing on top of these things, but you can’t date when someone put the rocks there. And the turtle cairn, that’s on a solid ledge foundation, the same with the big stone cairn. So they are going to stay there. We just don’t know when these things were built. The written history of the Colonists only meshes with the oral history of the Native Americans for a brief moment in the recent past. We just don’t know when these things were built.

Abundance, Seen and Unseen

And you pick up little artifacts, small things that could have been a tool. When you pick up an arrow head, you know it was man made. There used to be a lot of them. And we’re still finding things, like yesterday, when I was down with the Hopkinton Land Trust group, doing a little trimming in Tomaquag on the other side of Collins. There was a lot of stuff I’ve never seen.

Years ago, I was putting a water line in through the field, and there was a pile of stone a foot underneath the soil, which went down three feet, because that was how deep I was setting the water line. Somebody put those rocks there, besides Nature. It just happened to be where I was coming through with the water and I hit it.

What was the purpose of that deliberate pile of rocks? There was nothing out there that needed a dry well. And that pile would be inadequate for that purpose.

That also is right along side the King’s Road, which more than likely was built on top of an old Indian Trail, which maybe was a game trail before that. So we have all these “IFS”, “WHENS”, and “WHATS” surrounding these things we find today.

How many years did it take to build up two feet of topsoil to cover over that pile of stone I hit with my pipe line? And over there, it’s a level field. It had to take a lot of time to change and bury those rocks. It’s a flood plain, maybe the Valley dropped a lot of silt. Things change.

Like this little spot here where we are talking, it was just dirt. Then the Milk House was built to expand the old barn. Now the old barn is gone. The milk house is gone We are now sitting in a rest area for people that changed into a hummingbird cafeteria. The silos that were over here are gone. The wood shed is gone. The corn crib is gone…

Our home today was a new house in the 1850’s, but the old barn was much older than that. Looking at the foundation under our house, there was another house here, before, before…

Then you go back to the Native Americans. Whatever they had when they were here, they had to have a place to sleep. Where did they live? We know they moved in harmony with the rhythm of the Sun, Moon, Stars and Seasons. But where did these thousands of people live? We can see their hands all around us, but can we say “This Is Where They Lived.” We have Theories.

Like the stones you see up on a boulder. If you wanted to lay down there, you’d pick them up and put them out of the way on top of the big rock.

Some places you have boulder after boulder with stones on top, little tiny stones where maybe they cultivated.

Their life was going on for centuries all around here, but you don’t know the “When” for any specific event or artifact. All we have is our theories

Those big boulders are glacial erratics, and they have been here for ten thousand years. And sometime between then and now, someone came along and made these objects or picked up those stones and set them just so for a reason. Even big boulders, like this table, would become a man made thing when they placed a semi circle of rocks around that boulder, and roofed it over with flat stones to become “What?”. Always there is “Before”, a “What?” and a “Why?”

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See also death records A-C • D-L • M-Z

See also death records A-C • D-L • M-Z

See also death records A-C • D-L • M-Z

Tomaquag Walking the Past; Framing the Future

List of Freemen living on the North side of the Pawcatuck River 4 April 1757

Added on 1 June 1757 by the Westerly Town Clerk – Silas Greenman

Propounded to be Free and Free

The Wish

The Deeds

Neighbors and Family

Walking into the Past

The Man Who Mapped the Past

The Cemetery by Colonial Village

Nathan Porter’s Grist Mill?

Still Searching

John Who?

Serendipity Leads North

More Clues

The Driftway

False Alarms and Lauri’s Discovery

Questions and Answers

2nd Search Along The Driftway

Hoppity-Kickity

Revolutionary Times

Susannah’s Lands

Bob Miner Remembers

Helper of Lost Souls

John Porter’s Burying Place

The Homestead and White Oak Tree

Full Circle

Connecting

The Bothum Home’s Fall Preparations

The Winter Wolf

Becoming A Neighbor

Building Trust

The Friends (Ne-tom-pa-ûog)

Increase Mather

The War News Letter from Dighton

King Philip’s War

The High Cliff Cougar

The Disremembered Legacy Of “King Philip’s War”

Lexicon of Narragansett words used in this story

Old Times, So Sweet & Simple On The Surface

The “King’s Highway” And Environs Have Their Own Stories

The Tomaquag Sycamore Trees

The Seasons: Mud Time

The Seasons: Fall, Spring & Tomaquag Brook

The Seasons: A Mid Summer’s Day At A Valley Farm

Even The Changes Change Over And Over

Beavers

The Seasons: Winter

Electricity Comes To The Farm

The “Back House”

Cousin Gilbert

Medicine

The Ashaway Fair

Tomaquag One Room School House

Guns In Schools

Cellar Holes

Predators: The Panther

Predators: The Wolf

Predators: The Coyote

Predators: The Panther, Part II

The Goats Of Jurassic Island

Predators: The Black Bear

The Stone Stories Of Tomaquag: Part I

The Stone Stories Of Tomaquag: Part II

The Stone Stories Of Tomaquag: Part III

Seeing The People Before

Playing Dice With The Past

Raising Sheep

Forget Why, How About When?

Abundance, Seen and Unseen

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