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INDEX

TWELFTH GENERATION

2116. John Steere

2117. Jane Peter(s)

REF: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/dodge/0998.htm#i719; http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/noted9999/genealogy/JaneCotterRobinsonAncestors.htm#i719

2118. Rev. William Wickenden

"WICKENDON or WICKINGTON, more common. WICKENDEN, (2118) WILLIAM, perhaps of Salem 1639, but was of Providence 1640, a strong friend of Roger Williams, and oppon. of Samuel Gorton, d. 3 Feb. [[vol. 4, p. 538]] 1670, had three ds. (2119iii) Plain, who m. (2119ii[1]) Samuel Wilkinson; (2119i) Ruth m. (2119i[1]) Thomas Smith; and (1059) Hannah m. (1058) John Steere. An extravag. tradit. assigns th name of his first ment. d. to her want of beauty, but as a descend. rejoices in our day in the same prefix, we may give less than the usual credit allowed to such tales."

-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary Of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/

2119. unknown

"At a Town Meeting Dec. 23, 1663, William Wickenden, of Providence, R. I. hath this day declared his intentions of marriage with Elnor Sheringham, of New­port, R. I."
(315)

-- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mylines/dungan089.htm

"...Last year a fomenter of error came here. He was a cobbler from Rhode Island in New England & stated that he was commissioned by Christ. He began to preach at Flushing and then went with the people into the river and dipped them. This becoming known here, the Fiscaal proceeded thither and brought him along. He was banished from the province. (Documentary History of New York, III, Albany, 1851)

"This cobbler was none other than William Wickenden, the pastor of the church in Providence. He was one of the foremost men in Rhode Island, and had served the State in various important positions. In 1656 he visited Flushing, dipped his converts in the river and administered the Lord’s Supper. O’Callagan, under date of November 9, 1656, gives an account of these occurrences. "The Baptists at Flushing," says he, "were the next to feel the wrath of the law. William Hallett, sheriff of the place, ‘had dared to collect conventicles in his house, and to permit one William Wickendam (Wickenden) to explain and comment on God’s Holy Word, and to administer sacraments, though not calling thereto by any civil or clerical authority.’ He had, moreover, assisted at such meetings and afterward, ‘accepted from said Wickendam’s hands the bread in the form and manner of the Lord’s Supper as usually celebrated.’ For this violation of the statute Hallett was removed from office and fined fifty pounds, and failing to pay he was to be banished" (O’Callagan, Laws and Ordinances o f the New Netherlands, 1634-1678; Broadhead, History of the State of New York).

"When the Council was informed that he was a very poor man, "with a wife and many children, by profession a cobbler, which trade he neglects, so that it will be impossible to collect anything from him," the costs of the fines were remitted. He was condemned November 11, "to immediate banishment, under condition if ever he be seen again in the province of New Netherland he shall be arrested and kept in confinement till the fine and costs are paid in full" (Albany Records, VIII.)

-- "A History of the Baptists, Chapter VII, The Baptists in New York, Delaware, Connecticut and Vermont"

2122. Benjamin Hearnden/ Harrington

SRC: Austin, John O., Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887, p. 95.

2123. Elizabeth White

(2122) Benjamin Hearnden was in Providence, RI, in 1646, Lynn, MA, in 1647 and removed to Providence shortly afterwards.

REF: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=3963721;
SRC: Browne, William Bradford, "Chad Browne of Providence, RI and Four Generations of His Descendants", NEHG Register #80, p. 73, 1926

 

From the Harrington Family Gazetteer (1941):

"(2122) Benjamin Harrington went to live with his uncle, when about 15 years of age. [Benjamin] embraced the Baptist faith, then under ban in Massachusetts. The uncle remonstrated with him, but without effect and as a final resort his uncle tied him to a post and administered a most unmerciful flogging, and then threatened to turn him over to the authorities if he persisted in his heretical opinions.

"Soon after, the lad arranged to escape, stealing away from his uncle's house, penniless and alone. With his Bible, a fishing line, a few articles done up in a handkerchief, and a scant supply of food for a few days, he started for Roger William's settlement in Rhode Island.

"When hungry, footsore and weak from exertion, Benjamin fell in with a family of Quakers traveling towards the same goal. They welcomed him to their midst, gave of their simple fare, and cared for him in his enfeebled condition. In a short time he was strong and vigorous as before and was able to repay his benefactors in labor, caring for the team which was always overburdened and helping to load and unload the wagon, and carrying household chattles over logs and steep banks. At times a more pleasing task befell him, that of carrying (2123) Elizabeth, the oldest daughter, across streams and bog holes. On account of the excessive load on the wagon, the family was required to travel mostly on foot. The acquaintance, thus begun, with Elizabeth White ripened into love and not long after their arrival in Providence, Rhode Island in about 1642, they married."

-- Bobbie Coray bcoray@aol.com c/o http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?

Other,/a> records cast doubt on the above story:

Benjamin was probably living in Essex County, Massachusetts in Dec. 1647 -- when he was presented in Lynn for beating his wife, as witnessed by Ezekiel Gilbert and Henry Collins. Apparently, Elizabeth was not free from scandal herself. She was presented for stealing clothes from (2123[2][1]) Mary Pray (probably the wife of her future husband) and was ordered to make double restitution. (Essex Court Files, 1:133,137)

Benjamin first appears in Providence, Rhode Island in 1651 when he had a privilege of 25 acres for which he paid and received quittance in March. On 17 Feb. 1659, Benjamin was brought into court by a œ10 bond to answer to "the breach of peace and fright comitted on the family of (4244) William White (his father-in-law), of this Towne." William White was also bonded œ10 to appear at the next town court in Providence to prosecute Benjamin. (EPR, 15:75-76)

-- Perry Streeter streeter@acccorp.com http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?
 

2124. Thomas Angell

"ANGELL, ...(2124) THOMAS, Providence, one of the earliest sett. with Roger Williams, one of the freem. 1655, and constable, had (1062) James and (2125i) John, wh. there dwelt 1676, and did not rem. in Philip's war, beside ds. (2125ii) Amphyllis, (2125iii) Mary, (2125iv) Deborah, (2125v) Alice, and (2125viii) Margery, whose descend. are num. He d. 1694, as is thot. for his will was pro. 18 Sept. of that yr. He came from London, as serv. or apprent. of Roger Williams, as one tradit. has it, but ano. tradit. says, of Richard Waterman. John took o. of alleg. June 1668, and so may have been elder, for James is thus mark. May 1682. Alice m. 26 Jan. 1670, (2125v[1]) Eleazer Whipple of P. and Mary m. (2125iii[1]) Richard Arnold."

-- James Savage, op. cit.

2125. Alice Ashton

REF: http://www.genweb.net/~samcasey/angell.html#P3886

2126. Rev. Gregory Dexter

REF: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/bender/17754

"DEXTER, ...(2126) GREGORY, Providence, preach. in the bapt. ch. 1643, had been a printer and stationer in London, there brot. out that curious book, Roger Williams's Key into the lang. of America, and his admirat. of the author induc. him to foll. or accomp. him; was town clk. 1654, and Presid. the yr. bef. d. at 90 yrs. it is said, in 1700. His ch. by w. (2127) Abigail were (2127i) Stephen, b. 1 Nov. 1647; (2127ii) James, 6 May, perhaps 1650, but the yr. is not plain; (2127iii) John, 6 Nov. 1652; and (2127iv) Abigail, 24 Sept. 1655, wh. m. (1062) James Angel. But in the later days, a descend. of the sixth generat. from Gregory has enlarg., the fam. with (2127v) Peleg, 1658. Thomas, I. 418. Knowles, 253, 270."

-- James Savage, op. cit.

2127. Abigail Fullerton

REF: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/inger/6662; http://www.gendex.com/users/clbates/lovitt/d0003/g0000053.html#542


The First Baptist Church

(2116) William Wickenden] is stated to have settled at Salem, Mass., in 1636, but did not remain there long, as we find his name is in a list of the first settlers of Rhode Island, Aug. 20, 1636, and also in the list of Roger Williams' associates, to whom he transferred land. No date, but supposed to be about 1638... [On] 5/27/1640, he signed the Arbitration Agreement.

Wickenden was a strong friend of Williams and opponent of Sam Gorton. He succeeded Roger Williams as Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Providence in 1642. He was ordained in 1647.

On Nov. 8, 1656, while on a visit to Flushing, L. I., [(2116) William Wickenden] was arrested along with the Schoute, William Hallet; the charge being

"that the prisoners had the audacity to call and hold conventicles and gatherings in disobedience of published and repeatedly renewed placats of the Director Generall."

They were heavily fined and ordered to be banish"ed from the Province of New Netherland. It appears, however, that Governor Stuyvesant relented when he ascertained that Wickenden was a poor man with a wife and several children, and remitted the fine, but on condition that if he was caught again he must pay.
(152 Vol. XIV, p. 369).

On 13 March 1656/7, Roger Williams brought a presentment against Thomas Harris, (2118) William Wickenden and (2124) Thomas Angell, charging them as ringleaders in the new division in the colony. Harris was charged with treason as a result of his view of liberty, which differed from those of Williams, but the charge was dropped. The three men appeared in court and three times an appeal was made for the prosecutor to come forward, but Williams did not come and no other appears to [have] take[n] his place, so the men were dismissed. The divisiveness in question was a matter of teachings on the nature of liberty, Angell apparently being a strong adherent of Harris' rather than an originator of the concepts involved.

(2126) Reverend Gregory Dexter was a stationer (printer) and a Baptist minister in London. He came to Rhode Island with Roger Williams and signed the Rhode Island Charter in 1644, having been a friend and trans-atlantic correspondent with Mr. Williams. He was described as a man who was well-educated, possessed handsome talents, and was a destinguished character of the community. He was remarkably pious - he was

never observed to laugh, seldom to smile, but was always a very pleasant, friendly and agreeable man.

He also later became Pastor of the First Baptist Church.

-- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mylines/dungan089.htm; http://www.genweb.net/~samcasey/tangell.html


 

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