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2. John Whipple (settler) - Wikipedia

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   John Whipple arrived in New England on 3 November 1631 aboard "The Lyon," which also carried Roger Williams and John Eliot. [3] The first mention of Whipple's name in colonial records was in October 1632 when he was ordered to pay a small fine for wasting powder and shot of his master, the Dorchester mill owner, Israel Stoughton, for whom Whipple worked as a carpenter. [2]

3. Thomas Hopkins (settler) - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Hopkins (1616–1684) was an early settler of Providence Plantations and the great grandfather of brothers Esek Hopkins, the only Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, and Stephen Hopkins who was many times colonial governor of Rhode Island and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

4. Pardon Tillinghast - Wikipedia

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   Pardon Tillinghast (1625–1718) was an early settler of Providence, Rhode Island, a public official there, and a pastor of the Baptist Church of Providence.A cooper by profession, he immigrated to New England about 1645, and became a successful merchant.

5. List of early settlers of Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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   The early Rhode Island inhabitants named in the Rhode Island Royal Charter, dated July 8, 1663 and signed with the royal seal by King Charles II; this charter was the basis for Rhode Island's government for nearly two centuries: [38] Author: John Clarke; Governor: Benedict Arnold; Deputy Governor: William Brenton; Assistants: William Baulston ...

6. Thomas Cornell (settler) - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Cornell is an ancestor to a number of prominent and notorious Americans: Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University; William Ellery, signer of the Declaration of Independence; Ezekiel Cornell, a Revolutionary War general who represented Rhode Island in the U.S. Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782; [4] Bill Gates; Presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon; First Ladies Elizabeth ...

7. American-French Genealogical Society - Wikipedia

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   It was founded by members of the Le Foyer Club in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Its headquarters are in nearby Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Its vast resources include more than 10,000 volumes of repertoires (marriage records), genealogies, biographies, histories, genealogical journals, and publications of regional, national, and ...