I live in Providence, Rhode Island, where I research and write about history and genealogy.
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Robert Coles (c. 1600 – 1655) was a 17th-century New England colonist who is known for the scarlet-letter punishment he received in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and his role in establishing the Providence Plantations, now the state of Rhode Island.
John Smith (c. 1595 – c. 1649) was a founding settler of Providence in what would become the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Smith joined Roger Williams at the Seekonk River in 1635 after both were expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony. In early 1636 they crossed the river to found Providence where Smith later built and operated the town's gristmill.
Mathew Waller (baptized September 18, 1617 – May 26, 1680) was an early settler of New London, Connecticut Colony. He was among the six hired in 1650 by John Winthrop Jr.–the founder of New London (then Pequot Plantation)–to build the town's first gristmill. Before settling in New London, Waller lived in Salem (Massachusetts Bay Colony) and Providence Plantations.
Joseph Jenckes Sr. (baptized August 26, 1599 – March 16, 1683), also spelled Jencks and Jenks, was a bladesmith, blacksmith, mechanic, and inventor who was instrumental in establishing the Saugus Iron Works in Massachusetts Bay Colony where he was granted the first machine patent in America.
Joseph Jenckes Jr. (baptized October 12, 1628 – January 4, 1717), also spelled Jencks and Jenks, was the founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he erected a forge in 1671.
Joshua Verin (c. 1611 – 1695) was a founding settler of Providence in what would become the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He is best known for being disfranchised for violating his wife's freedom of conscience by severely beating her when she refused to stop attending prayer meetings held by Roger Williams.
Capt. Jonathan Alden Sr. (c. 1632 – February 14, 1697), the son of Mayflower immigrants, was a military officer and farm owner in Plymouth Colony. The home he built in the late 1600s is now a National Historic Landmark in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Timothy Foster (May 14, 1720 – April 3, 1785) and his family were the first colonial settlers of Winthrop, Maine. He was a captain in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War.
August Spångberg (29 March 1893 - 19 June 1987) was a Swedish labor politician. He was a member of the Riksdag (Swedish parliament), elected initially as a Communist and later as a Social Democrat.
Lieut. Joseph Judson (c. 1619 – October 8, 1690) was an early New England colonist best known for co-founding the town of Woodbury, Connecticut.
Greenwood Farm is a historic property and nature reserve located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which is owned by The Trustees of Reservations. The farm is 216 acres of gardens, pastures, meadows, woodlands and salt marsh and it features the Paine (or Paine-Dodge) House, a First Period farmhouse constructed in 1694. (rewrote existing article)
Francis Weekes (c. 1616 – c. 1689), also spelled Wickes, was a founding settler of Providence in what would become the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Gregory Dexter (1610 – c. 1700) was a renowned printer of important and controversial books and pamphlets in London and an early settler in Providence. He is best known as the printer of Roger Williams's book A Key into the Language of America in 1643. (rewrote existing article)
William Mann (c. 1610 – 1650), alternatively spelled Man, along with his wife Frances (née Hopkins) Mann, was among the original settlers in 1636 who founded Providence in the future Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
