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2. 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 ...

3. John Greene (settler) - Wikipedia

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   John Greene Sr. (9 February 1597 – 7 January 1659) [1] was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the 12 original proprietors of Providence, and a co-founder of the town of Warwick in the colony, sailing from England with his family in 1635.

4. 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.

5. William Arnold (settler) - Wikipedia

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   William Arnold was born in Ilchester, Somerset, England on 24 June 1587 [1] to Nicholas Arnold (c. 1550–1623) by his first wife Alice Gully (1553–1596). [2] In about 1610, he married Christian Peak who was baptized 15 February 1584, the daughter of Thomas Peak of Muchelney, Somerset, [3] a village about six miles (9.7 km) west of Ilchester.

6. John Osborne Austin - Wikipedia

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   John Osborne Austin (December 28, 1849 – October 27, 1918) was a genealogist who wrote and published several books, primarily on the families of Rhode Island.The work for which he is best known is the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, published in 1887.

7. Arnold family - Wikipedia

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   The married or blood relationship to Benedict Arnold of all the persons below is not established. William Arnold (1587–1675/76), one of the founding settlers of Rhode Island, appeared on the initial deed for Providence signed by Roger Williams in 1638, established the settlement of Pawtuxet, becoming the first settler in what is now Cranston, Rhode Island.