Tuesday, November 5, 2013

April 1742, Rhode Island

Chepachet, Rhode Island
Chepachet, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
April 18, 1742- Winchester Mathewson marries Mercy Harrington, daughter of Elisha Harrington & Susannah Ruttenburg, in Chepachet, Providence, Rhode Island.

"In 1742, the boundary line between the Colony of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, was settled at Providence, by commissioners appointed by the king..." - A Discourse, Embracing the Civil and Religious History of Rhode-Island ...By Arthur Amasa Ross

(Mercy Harrington is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Harrington & Elizabeth White.)
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