Roger Williams

Abt 1604 - 1683  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Roger Williams
  Birth	Abt 1604	London, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 16 Jan 1682/83 and 16 Apr 1683	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I6627	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family	Mary Barnard,   b. , , England d. 1676, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Marriage	15 Dec 1629	Church of High Laver, Essex, England
  Children	+ 1. Mary Williams,   b. Aug 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts d. 1681, , , Rhode Island (Age ~ 47 years) + 2. Freeborn Williams,   b. Oct 1635, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   3. Providence Williams,   b. Sep 1638, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. Mar 1686 (Age ~ 47 years) + 4. Mercy Williams,   b. 15 Jul 1640, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1705, , , Rhode Island (Age 64 years) + 5. Daniel Williams,   b. 5 Feb 1642, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 14 May 1712 (Age 70 years) + 6. Joseph Williams,   b. 12 Dec 1643   d. 17 Aug 1724, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F3765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1604 - London, London, England Marriage - 15 Dec 1629 - Church of High Laver, Essex, England Death - Between 16 Jan 1682/83 and 16 Apr 1683 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.), 2:22 !SOURCE: World Book Encyclopedia. Gives birth in London, England, about 1603, death in 1683. !SOURCE: Israel Wilkinson, _Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America_ (Jacksonville, Ill.: Davis & Penniman, 1869), p. 284. Gives birth in Wales, 1598; death in Providence, 1682. !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Nov 2001. Cites Roger Williams Association; Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. !SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003. !IDENTITY: Founder of the colony of Rhode Island.