TWELFTH GENERATION
"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/
27 Jan. 1659 Newport/ Providence, RI
"SMITH, ...CHRISTOPHER, Providence, in the list of freem. there 1655, had d. Susanna wh. m. Lawrence Wilkinson; engag. for alleg. to Charles II. June 1668. In 1672, his w. was Alice; but what was her fam. name, or whether she were first, sec. or later w. is unkn."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"SMITH, ...(2119i[1]) THOMAS, Providence, m. (2119i) Ruth, d. of (2118) William Wickenden, had John, b. 4 Aug. 1661; Thomas, 9 Aug. 1664; William, 10 Jan. 1667; and Joseph, 18 Feb. 1669; if the memory of the aunt (2119iii) Plain was correct, when she testif. to their age 14 Mar. 1670. Both he and his w. were drown. in Patuxet riv."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WILKINSON, often WILKESON, ...(2119iii[1]) SAMUEL, Providence, s. of Lawrence, engag. alleg. to the k. 29 May 1682; m. 1672, (2119iii) Plain, d. of (2118) William Wickenden, had Samuel, b. 18 Sept. 1674; John, 25 Jan. 1678; William, 1 Aug. 1680; Joseph, 22 Jan. 1683; (2119iii_a) Ruth, 31 Jan. 1685; and Susanna, 27 Apr. 1688. Ruth m. (2119iii_a[1]) William Hopkins, and thus bec. mo. of (2119iii_a2) Ezek. the first commodore of an Amer. fleet in 1776, and of the more disting. (2119iii_a1) Gov. Stephen, whose chirography is so sacred. legib. on the Declarat. of Independence."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
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"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."
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-- 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"
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