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Roger Williams ( c. 1603 – March 1683) [1] was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and ...
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded by Roger Williams. It was an English colony from 1636 until 1707, and then a colony of Great Britain until the American Revolution in 1776, when it became the ...
Rhode Island Colony period: 1636–1776. The original 1636 deed to Providence, signed by Chief Canonicus. In 1636, Roger Williams settled on land granted to him by the Narragansett tribe at the tip of Narragansett Bay after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views. He called the site "Providence Plantations" and ...
Thomas Cornell (settler) Joseph Jenckes Jr., early settler of Pawtucket, Warwick, and Providence. Stephen Northup, built house that remains as one of oldest in the state. John Steere, early settler of Providence and Smithfield, Rhode Island. Pardon Tillinghast, early pastor of the First Baptist Church in America.
November 10, 1970. The First Baptist Meetinghouse, also known as the First Baptist Church in America is the oldest Baptist church congregation in the United States. The Church was founded in 1638 by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island. The present church building was erected between 1774 and 1775 and held its first meetings in May 1775.
October 15, 1966. The Roger Williams National Memorial is a landscaped urban park located on a common lot of the original settlement of Providence, Rhode Island, established by minister Roger Williams in 1636. The national memorial commemorates the life of Williams, who co-founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and ...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – In 1638, two years after being convicted of heresy and banished from Massachusetts, Rhode Island founder Roger Williams found himself the recipient of an unusual gift.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, 1644. The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience, Discussed in a Conference between Truth and Peace is a 1644 book about government force written by Roger Williams, the founder of Providence Plantations in New England and the co-founder of the First Baptist Church in America.