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OWNERS and OCCUPANTS of the LOTS, HOUSES AND SHOPS in the TOWN of PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND IN 1798
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OWNERS and OCCUPANTS
of the LOTS, HOUSES AND SHOPS in the TOWN of PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND IN 1798
LOCATED ON MAPS OF THE HIGHWAYS OF THAT DATE
ALSO OWNERS OR OCCUPANTS of HOUSES IN THE COMPACT PART OF PROVIDENCE IN 1759 SHOWING the LOCATION AND IN WHOSE NAMES THEY ARE to be FOUND ON THE MAP OF 1798
COMPILED BY HENRY R. CHACE PROVIDENCE
Copyright, 1914 by HENRY R. CHACE Providence, R. I.
Printed by Livermore & Knight Co., Providence, R. I. and New York
Tyson- 5-00
1134422
To my daughter LOUISE CHACE
whose assistance has been such a help in the compilation of this volume
INTRODUCTION
T
HE historic compilation in the following pages has been made from several sources: First, the record books at the City Hall.
Second, the Acts of Congress approved July 9 and July 14, 1798, and now obsolete-one to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses and the enumeration of slaves, and the other to lay and collect a direct tax of two million dollars within the United States, and apportioned to the States respectively in the manner following:
New Hampshire $77,705.36
Delaware $30,430.79
Massachusetts 260,435.31
Maryland 152,599.95
Rhode Island 37,502.08
Virginia 345,488.76
Connecticut 129,767.60
Kentucky
37,643.99
Vermont 46,864.18
North Carolina 193,697.96
New York 181,680.77
Tennessee
18,806.38
New Jersey 98,387.25
South Carolina 112,997.73
Pennsylvania 237,177.72
Georgia 38,814.87
The first Act provided for commissioners who were to reside in the district where they served, and were to value and to enumerate every dwelling-house above one hundred dollars in value, with out-houses appurtenant, and the lot on which such dwelling-house and out-houses were erected, not to exceed two acres in any case, such dwelling-house with the lot and appurtenances aforesaid to be valued at the rate they were worth in money, with a due regard to situation.
All lands except the above were to be valued by quantity (acres or square feet) at the average rate which each separate and entire tract or lot was worth in money.
Slaves over the age of 12 and under 50 years of age to be enumerated and assessed 50 cents each.
The commissioners were to require separate and written lists specifying:
First. Dwelling-houses.
Third. Slaves.
Second. Land.
In respect to dwelling-houses, the lists to specify:
First. Situation.
Second. Dimensions or area.
Third. Number of stories.
Fifth. Materials, whether built of wood, brick or stone. Sixth. Names of owners or occupants.
In respect to lands, the lists were to specify the quantity of each tract or lot and dimensions of all wharves and buildings thereon, except dwelling-houses, with the names of the owners or occupants.
The assessment was to be made on the following scale:
$100 to $500 2-10 of 1% of the valuation
$10,000 to $15,000 7-10 of 1% of the valuation
500 to 1,000 3-10 of 1% of the valuation
15,000 to 20,000 8-10 of 1% of the valuation
1,000 to 3,000 4-10 of 1% of the valuation
3,000 to 6,000 1-2 of 1% of the valuation
20,000 to 30,000 9-10 of 1% of the valuation 6,000 to 10,000 6-10 of 1% of the valuation
30,000 and above 1%
John Dorrance was supervisor of the valuation of the Providence District, and Daniel S. Dexter Collector of Revenue in 1798.
The index map shows the Town of Providence divided into eighteen numbered sections in order to indicate at a glance the part of the town to be examined. The separate plates numbered I-XVIII show that the area on one map over- laps the area on another, and that the east and west lines on Plat One do not exactly coincide with the east and west lines on Plat Two. The same may be said when comparing other plats, all of which is a matter of regret, but the amateur who did the work for his own diversion did not at the time anticipate public examination of the maps.
Continued inspection of the plates will show that houses in the old part of the village of Providence were located along the one main highway of the town, which had been called for a hundred years or more the "Town Street," but in 1798 was called Water, Main, and Constitution Streets, from the south to the north for about two miles. To find where the houses were located on these streets will require the use of Plates I, III and VI.
At right angles to the Town Street and across the Great Bridge, was Weybosset Point. It had been called that since 1638, and had been used for a hundred years as a landing-place for cattle when fording the river in going to and from the village to the farms west and south in the country.
Fourth. Number and dimensions of windows.
It was marsh-land back from the river for about half a mile, with one crooked cart-road through the marsh leading to Pawtuxet and the west. There were in 1730 but four houses on this point.
This same area is shown on Plate XI in 1798 covered with houses, highways, lanes and wharves. There had been no reclamation of land as there has been since, but there had been a great increase in improvements and inhabitants.
This increase was due to the advent of Deacon Snow and his son, the Parson, combined with the revival of religion of 1744, which caused great unsettlement throughout the New England Colonies and to the great benefit of the Town of Providence.
Plate XII illustrates the tendency of the newcomers to the town to settle in neighborhoods near relatives and former friends.
When the John Field farm was opened for settlement at Cowpen Point, the Eddy family established a shipyard there, and so many of this name were engaged in building vessels and houses that soon the "Point" was called "Eddy's neigh- borhood" or "Eddy's Point." South of Eddy's Point, almost to the Cranston line, there was little but salt marsh and river mud.
The same tendency to settle in neighborhoods is shown on Plate XIII in the case of the collection of houses near Ebenezer Knight's Old Store, opposite the junction of the Cranston and Plainfield roads and "Martha Brown's Tavern," later called "Hoyle's Tavern." Ebenezer Knight was the ancestor of Ebenezer Knight Dexter, the benefactor of the Town of Providence, and his house and store had been for seventy years a center of attraction for the farmers.
My desire for diversion has been fully rewarded by the information received while doing this work relating to Old Providence.
I wish the by-product relating to the political, religious and social conditions of the town could be made half as graphic for those curious about the happenings in the town in former days.
It may occur to others to seek relief in extending these researches back to an earlier period, even to the planting of the town. This would be desirable in order to obtain valuable data for a history of Providence for the coming celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of its settlement.
Until after the Revolutionary War, the struggles of the political, social and religious elements of the town were unique, and the effort to extract the facts from the fog of tradition, inexact statement, and prejudice, would be worth making, and the result would be materials to make the early history of Providence more interesting than ever.
HENRY R. CHACE.
STATISTICS
of TOWN of PROVIDENCE in 1798 from TAX LIST
Owners of land and improvements
874
Houses occupied by owners
564
Houses occupied by others
306
Houses vacant
24
Not stated
56
One-story, 206 Two-story, 580 Three-story, 52 Total number of houses
894
Shops or Stores
185
Wharves
58
Total area
253112 acres
Total value
$1,195,923.00
College and Mansion 2 Toll Bridges 2
Air Furnace 1
Grist Mills 3
Meeting Houses
Hospitals (old and new) 2
Bake Houses
4
Old Dye House
1
Baptist
1
Burying Grounds
5
Distill Houses
7
Ice House
1
Presbyterian
1
Rope Walks
4
Sugar Houses 2
Stone Ware Kiln 1
Kings Chapel
1
Tanyards 3
Currier Shops 4
Old Oil Works
1
Friends Meeting
1
Bark Houses 3 Coopers' Shops 15
Soap Shop
1
New Light Bank
1
Parsonage
1
Blacksmith Shops 13
Mill Site
1
Town House
1 Exchange Coffee House 1
Blockmakers 4
Salt Shed
1
Theatre
1 Fulling Mill 1
Screw Houses for Hay 2
110
Other shops used by carpenters, weavers, printers, etc.
Paper Mills 2
Ship Yard
1
1
Slaughter Houses 6
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS
of the LOTS, HOUSES AND SHOPS in the TOWN of PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, in 1798
EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS
H House
M
Mill
L Land
HS House and Shop OB Owner of Barn or Stable
S Store or Shop
G Garden
HL House and Land
HBS House, Barn and Shop OW Owner of Wharf
B Barn or Stable
T Tenant
BL Barn and Land
OH Owner of House OL Owner of Land
W
Wharf
0
Owner
SL Shop and Land
OS Owner of Shop or Store OF Owner of Farm
These and other combinations of the capital letters occurring, refer to the preceding name, to indicate what improvements were on the land, and who the owner or tenant was. Ebenezer Frost was tenant on Nathan Angell's land, who also owned the house. Silas Fish was tenant on Felix Frazier's land, but he owned 12 a house with N. D. Greene, and B. Knowles lived in the house.
Abbot, Daniel, House III
B4
Old Home
Allen, Abel . . III
B1 HSB
Unfinished
Daniel .
II
B5
L
Water Lots
Amos VI
B6
HS C. G. Bowler
T
Farm XI
A4
XIII
VI
B6
HS
Parade XI B6
Benjamin . . III B1
VI
E5 L
Olney Lane Peter Randall OH
Aborn, Benjamin
XI .
D4
HSW
Darius III
B1
HB
B. & E .
XI
D4
T
Long Wharf
Gabriel
. XI
C5
T J. Fenner OH
XI
D4
T
Whipples
OW
adjoining R. Taylor
Daniel
XIII
H
Benjamin Whipple
T
III B6
H
Edward
XI
D4
W
B. & E. Aborn
T
James
XI
B4
L
II A4
L
Lydia
III A1
HB
Jr.
XI
A4
L
Paul
XI
B4
HB
Lowrey
XI
D4 HW
2-11 Young Orchard
VI
B4
L
Samuel
III
B5
HL
Samuel
XI D4
H
Benj. Keene
T
William
. III
B3
H
XI
D4
H
T. H. Condy
T
XI
D4
H Thos. Philbrook
T
Zachariah . , III
B1
H
XI
D4
S
. E. Johnson
T
III
B2
H
XI
D4
S
T
III
B1
H
N. Crawford
T
XI D4
T
S. Aborn
OS
III
B2
HB
J. Fenner
T
XI
B5
T
J. Munro
OH
III
B5
H
I. Greenwood
T
Aborn Street
XIII E3
III
B2
S
Distill House
Adams, Ephraim
. I
E4
H
III
A2
S
Sugar House
Adams & Lothrop
III B4 T
Saml. Ames
OH
I B3
S
Adye, John
XI
D4
H
E. Thompson
OL
III
B5
W
Susanna Crawford
Air Furnace
II
B4
III
E2
L
Aldrich, Esec
XI
D4 HS
XI
D1
I
John
II
A4 H
Alverson, William
XI
C4
T
Simeon
VI C3 H
J. Philips
T
Ames, Asa
XI
D4
HS
1-3 of 1-7 Long Wharf
Samuel
III
B4
H
Alexander, Henry
. III D6 H
VI
B5
H
Moses Brown
OL
XII
C2
L
Dye House OL
Amidon, Alpheus
. III
B2
T
Henry Rice's Hotel
OH
III B3
I. Pitman
OS
Andrews, Seth . . XII
A4
T
George Field Farm
.
Stephen
. III D5
H Daniel Hayford Sarah Gray T
T
OL
Caleb . VI C3
T
XI
D4 E5
T
E. Aborn OW
Joseph . III B1
H Adj. T. L. Halsey Mrs. Heath T
S. Harris OL
XI
A5 LH
XI
A5
T J. Munro
OH
I
E4
L
III
E3
L
Wm. Thurber
T
Whipple Island Theo. Foster OH
Adams & Lothrop N. Waterman OL
T
Alger, Benjamin
XI
D3
T
John Fitton OS
Almy & Brown . III
B3
T
III
E4 T T
XI
D4 W
S. Aborn, Jr.
N. Waterman OL
II B1
L
H
Thomas
IX B6
S
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS IN THE TOWN OF PROVIDENCE IN 1798
Andrews, William I
E4
II
Arnold, Welcome Heirs III B6
H
Zephaniah XI XI
D4
HIS J. W. Coy TOH
III
B4 B6
H
B. Laroche
T
Angell, Elisha
. VI C5 L
Abner Metcalf T
III
C6
H
John Green
T
Emor
XIII D6 HS
III
A4
Isaac
. VI
C4
H
Unfinished
III
B6
VI C4
H
III
B2
VI C3
H
T
IV
B6
Farm
III
C6
B
Nathan
III B3
HS H
N. Angell, Jr.
T
I
D3
L
III
A3
H
E. R. Frost
T
II
B1
L Young Orchard Abbot Farm
III A3
L
D. Walker
S
XV
D2
L
XI D4
W
1-7 Long Wharf
II
A5
III
B3
S
J. Healey
T
I
B4
W
III B3
S
A. Wright
OS
I
B4
H
12 J. Corlis, Mrs. Fenner T Capt. Cary T
XI XIII
SL L
Robt. Durfee
OS
Mrs. Holloway T
XVI
C3
L
III
B6
L
XIV C2
L
XI
A6
H James Bird T
Jr.
XI
D4
XV
C5
T
J. Whitman, Jr.
OF
III
B6
WS
Angell Lane
XVII
E3
III
B5
WS
Street
. III
C3
Ann Street
II
A4
Arnold Street
I
D3
Anthony, David
. III C3
HB
Lane
XI
D3
XI
D4
1-7 Kinnicut Estate
Ashton, William
. I
B2
H
Joseph .
XII C2
HL
I
A2
WS Wm. Holroyd T
HS
12 R. Anthony
I
B2
L
Nicho. Mathewson TS
Richard
XII C2
HSL 1/2 J. Anthony
T
D2
L
6 Acres Home Lot
Anthony & Pitman .
VI D1
I
B2
H HB
Hannah .
VI
D2
H
1/2 Wm. Earl
XI
C4
H
John Harris T
Farm .
VII
C1
L
XI C4
H
Jona Wallen
T
Ruth
VI
D2 HL
C4
H
Stephen
I C4 HL
C1
L
Christopher I
B2
HL
Christopher Godfrey
T
XI
C4
S
I
B2
H
12 Sally Godfrey
M . XVI
C1
L
I
C2
H
I
C3
T
Joseph Baker OH
Atwood, David
XVI
D1
L
I D3
L
James XIV
B1
H
Amos Chafee T
David
XIII D5
L
Back Street . XI
E2
Bacon, Elijah XI
B5
H
George
XI
HB
John Pope
T
Josiah
XI
A6
T
E. Hawkins OH
James Estate
I B4
See C. Arnold
Joshua
II
B5
Joseph
I A1
H
Lot
II
C5
H
T John Brown OH
Moses II
A5
L
William
. XI
B5
HB
John Henry T
Nathan
XI A5
HB
L. Westcott
T
Bailey, Benjamin
XII C3
Oliver . XI
A4
L
O. & E. Arnold
E. .
VI
A5
L
heirs . III
A2
HB
A. Larned
T
John
XIV
B1
H
Polly, O. Arnold
ho. III
A2
HB
12 Wait Arnold
O. & E.
XI
A4
L
See Oliver Arnold
IV
A6
L
Polly
VI
C3
H
Bussell
T
Baker, Joseph I C3
H
Thomas VI
C5
H Mary Balch
T
I C3
H
Amos M. Atwell T
VI E1
T Moses Brown
OL
Josiah
I C2
H
Just raised
IX
B6 H
Wm. Balcome
T
Balch, Mary
VI
C5
T
Thos. Arnold OH
III
B4 S
12 Mary Brown
Balcome, David . IX
B6
T
Sarah Gray OH
III
D3
L
Undivided
William IX
B6
III
B5
Olney Winsor
T
.
III A2
HB
12 Polly Arnold
Bank
Bank Lane
III
B5
T Town of Providence
T
III B3
L
A. Daggett
OS
B5
III C6
H
Mrs. Cozzens
C6
H Benj. Howland
T
A4 XIV E3 BG
1-3 Proprietors
BG
I D3
=
Vacant
W LB
LS L
James .
XV C5 H
II
A4
L
III
B3
. VI
D1
Atwell, Amos
.
XI
C4
C3
L
Arnold, Caleb .
III
C6
T
James Berry
OH
XIII
XI
D4
H
Opposite Long Wharf
I
C3
T
J. Ormsbee
OH
T John Brown OH
XI D3
HWS
T. Reilly
T
II
C5
B5
H
Wm. West T
R. Borden Heirs Wm. Wheaton 1/2 Saml. Weeden adjoining Jos Allen 12 Saml. Weeden
T
Nathaniel III
B1
H
Abbot Farm Blacksmith Shop
I A2
WS 1/2 Sally Godfrey
I
C4
L
H HS
Jr.
III
B5
W
N. Tingley, P. Cushing T
1-7 Kinnicut Estate
A. Westcott OH
Thomas
.
Wait
T Thomas Arnold OH
O. Arnold Heirs
H Sarah Jeffers
T
III
XI
XVI B1
H
C4
XI XVI
Aplin, Benjamin .
XII C2
W Fox Point Undivided Distill Ho. 12 J. Corlis
B. Olney
9
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS IN THE TOWN OF PROVIDENCE IN 1798
Baptist Meeting House III B3 HL
Black, James . XI C4 HS
XI C4
H Michael Pitts T
William
VI B6 T
William Smith
OL
XI C4 H
Mrs. Ewing
T
Barber, Joseph V
C3 T Moses Brown
OHBL
VIII BCD T
Moses Brown
O Land
Bark House .
. VI
D1 S
Aaron Masons
XI C4
L
Saml. James TOS
Barker, Andrew
(or Parker) III A1
T
Thos. Green
OH
XI C4
L
John Chiddle T
William . III
B3
H
See next below
T
III B3
T
Knight Dexter
OH
Barnes, David L. . III
VI
C6 L
Boorum, Isaac . III B5
T
John Rogers
OH
Basto, See Barstow
Barton, John
XVI
D2
L
William
III
B5
HL
XI
D4
H
Wanton Steere
T
Bosworth, Joseph R. XI
C5
L
Lewis . XI
B5
T
Abm. Smith House
XI
A6
L
Bourne, Benjamin . XVI
B4
L
Barstow, Caleb
XI
B6
T
J. L. Munro
OH
Bowen, Ephraim . . III
B4
H
Samuel
III
B2
H
John Mawney
OL
I
B3
W
1/2 Clark and Nightingale Elijah Williams T
Map. E. Brown in error
Bates, Asa
XIII E3
L
Jonathan
II
B5
T
Luthana
VI
A4
H
Major II
D6 H
Toll Keeper
Isaac
. III
C6
H
Jabez
III
B4
H
Old Home D. Abbot
Clark & Nightingale OH
III
B5
H
Elizb. Smith T
Beverly, George
XI
C4
HI
Beneficent Society XIV
E3
L
Burying Ground
III
C4
L
III D2
III
B4
WHS Edw. Dexter T
Joseph
. III
B1
HL
Oliver . VI
X E3
L
Beneficent Society
Parsonage
XII
B2 H
Benevolent Society . III
C5 H
XIV D3
BG
IV A6
D6
L
Benefit Street .
VI
C6
Bennets Brook
XVII
B6
Hill
XVII C6
Lydia . XII
C2
L
Bennett, Thomas
I
C3
H
Benson, George
III
C3
HB
William P. R. III D5
Unfinished
Metcalf XIII
E5
T
D. Sprague OHB
Box, Daniel
XI
A6
T
J. L. Munro OH
Boyer, Mrs. . XI
C5
T
Turpin Smith OH
T Zeph. Brown OH
T Zephaniah Brown OH
Mrs.
. VI
D2
T
Aaron Mason
Bicknell, Peter
I E4 HB
Billings, William .
XI
A6
H
III
B3
H
XI
B4
L.
Bishop, Demus
. III
B5 S
Moses Brown OL
E. Williams & Son T
Steph. Harris OL
Martin Page OH
Lemuel I B3 HWS
Bissell, William
II
B4
L
H C. Sheldon
OL
XIII
B6
T Saml. Pearce OH
Brittain, Robert J. . II
B5
H
J. Woodward
T
Blodgett, William III D5
L
XI
A5
L
Henry
XIII D6
H
John Brown OH
II A5 LH
XIII D6
SB
Battey, Benjamin XII C3
H
Becford, Mrs.
XI
A5
T
III
B4
H
Edw. Mason
T
H George Sugden T
L
See "Wilson's" New Light
Worship 70 x 51 Tower 16 x 16
66 Windows 24 panes 7 x 9 4 Windows 16 panes 7 x 9 See New Light Church
Pardon III
III
E6
L
Also XVIDI
William III
B4
H
H Capt. Trowbridge T
John Mincher T
J. & W. Bowen, backland
III II
B4 C5
H
Bowler, Cornelius G. VI
B6
T
Amos Allen
OH
Joseph XII
B2
H
Bentley, Christopher I
C2
L
Berry, James
III
C6
H
Jas. Sherman T
Caleb Arnold T Bradford, George XI
XI
C4
Bradford Street XVI
D1
Branch, Daniel XIV
E1
H
Nicholas XIV
E1
H
Sanford . III
D5
Brayton, Daniel VI
B6
HL
See D. B.
Bridge
I
D2
II
D6
I
D3 B6 S
Arnold St. Also D 2
Bridgham, Samuel W. VI
Briggs, Randall . XVI
D1
L
Blinn, Robert Heirs
I C3
Joseph Jenckes
OH
Rebecca
XI I B1
C4
H
Mrs. Holmes TH
T Rebecca Williams OH
Borden, Richard Est. . VI A5
X D3
H Wm. Valentine and Others L Wm. Valentine and Others
Thomas .
XI
C4
L
T. L. Halsey
OS
XI C4
L
Coville Dana T
H
XV D4
L
III B2 T
Henry Rice - OB
Jr. . III B3
H
John Mawney OL
30 x 28 John Field 87 x 71 Meeting House for Public Worship Burying Ground
OL
III
B4
III B4
H
L
Benevolent Street . III
Bowers, Joseph
XIV XVIII D5
E2 L
L.
H
III
C6
H
Beverly, Stephen XIII E5 T John Thurber See OL John Pitman in error
Jacob Whitman, Jr. OL
D. Branch OL
John St.
India Point
III
B6 T
XI C4 H Sundry Persons do.
T T
XI C4 H
XI B6 H
Meeting House for Public
XI B4
B5
HL Slaughter House and Tanyard
H Quaro Butler T
B4
C4
Benedict Pond XVIII A6
B4 T
Bardine, Comfort VI B5 H
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OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS IN THE TOWN OF PROVIDENCE IN 1798
Broad Lane x
Brown, Joseph Heirs
1/2 N. Power
T
Mary
III
B4
HWB Thos. Arnold
T
Street
XII
A1 D4
H
VI
B5
H
Avis
III B3
T
Nicho. Brown
OH
Moses .
V
III B5
L
Benj. Reynolds
OS
Benno
VI
B6
T
Moses Brown
OH
III
B3
H
Almy & Brown
T
Bonner
VI
D4 H
John Mawney
OH
III
A3
L Wm. Holroyd OS
XII C2 T
Geo. Wakefield
OS
VI
D1
H
John Healy T
I B2 T
Saml. Godfrey
OH
VI
B6
H
Benno Brown
T
Cudge
VI .
D4
T
Moses Brown
OL
V C3
HB Jos Barber
T
Dexter .
VIII
A3
H
H Preserved Davis
T
III
E4
L
L
10 Acres
Elisha
. VI A6
H
Jere Brown
T
IX
A6
L
3 Acres
Jr.
VI
B5
HS
VI A6 T
Thomas Green
OH
III
B5
W Grinnell & Taylor
T
Benj. Stille
OL
III
B3
S
2-3 Almy & Brown T
Esec Heirs III A2
H
Dr. Levi Wheaton
T
VIII
BCD L
Jos. Barber
Ichabod
III C6 H
H
Oliver Brown
T
III
B5
L
Demus Bishop
T
Isaac Heirs
VI D3
S
Widow Brown
T
Nathaniel
XIII
D5
T
Josiah Miller OH
III B5
WB
Thos. L. Halsey
T
Nicholas . . III
III
B3
HB
Avis Brown
T
VIII A2
L
3 acres
III
D6
L
James, Heirs XIV
C6
L
E. Brown Work House
Newport . III
C5
H Jos. Brown Heirs
OL
Heirs VII C3
F
D. Howell
OF
Oliver
III
C6
Ichabod Brown OH
John
I
B1
HB
Pardon
XI
B5
T
Benj. Talbot OH
III
B5
H
Peter
VI
E4
H
I B3
WS D. Whiting
T
Phineas
VIII
B2
HL
78 Acres
III
B6
H
James Gardner
J
Richard
VIII
E1
HL
71 Acres
XI
C6
B
Amos Chace
J
III B5
SW
Edw. Dickens
Samuel
I
C3
HB
Error Smith Brown
III B6
SW
Toll Bridge, $5,000.00
2d . III B2
HB
Dr. Levi Wheaton
T
II
B4
Air Furnace
Smith . . VI
B5
H
John Teal
T
II B4
L
Partly Made Land
VI
B5
H
Benj. Thayer
T
II B5
S
Spermaceti Works
VI
B5
H
4-10 Yerrington
T
VI ยท B6 SL
Old Baptist Meeting House Wm. Warner T
William S.
III
B5
Brown & Ives
. III
B4
H Abijah Warren
T
II C5
H
Stukley Wyatt
III
B6
H Cyprian Sterry
T
II
B5
H
Joshua Bacon
T
II B5
H
Jona Bates
T
II C5
H
Lot Bacon
T
II C5
I.
Woodward
T
Brown, Zephaniah . XI
XI
C4
H Geo. Bradford
T
XI C6
L
XI C4
S
Peter Taylor 1-7 Long Wharf
T
I D1
L
X C5 L
Joseph Heirs . III
HW
Jos. Brown Heirs
OHW
Brownell, Loring R. . XI
B3
S
Bake Ho. Almy & Brown
XI B4
William XIII D6
HB
IV C5
B6 WS
Thos. L. Halsey
T
III
B5
WS
A. Larned
T
Brulius, John
II A4
T
III
B5
S
Young Seamans
T
Bucklin, Daniel
I
A1
H
III
C5 L
James Manning
OH
III C5
L
Newport Brown
OH
Budlong & Earl . III
C6
HL
II
B3 H 12 Nicho. Power
Rope Walk
Bullard & Williams . III
B3
T Wm. Goddard
OL
II A4 H John Brulius
Bullock, Jabez . I
B3
HSW
S
Benefit St.
XI
B4
Garden
Jeremiah .
III
B5
H
B5
HWS
VI C2
B
III C5
L
Isaac
III C6 SB
III
B5
L
Wm. S. Brown
T
VI
E1
L
Mary Brown Life Int.
VIII B4
L
Also VII E2
IX
A5
Barney Clark
VI
E1
L Thos. Arnold
T
VI
D4
L
Cudge Brown
T
III C6
L 37 Acres
XIII
B1
W
Brown, Ann
VI
Morris
VIII B1
H
Screw House Adj. Phineas
Farm 310 Acres
Benjamin . III B2 T
Dye Ho. Almy & Brown T
VIII A3
. VI A6
T
II II
D6 B5
Distill House
Wm. S. & Benj. XII C2
T
George Wakefield
OS
II C5
H
II C5
H
Charles Weeden
T
II C5
H
Robert Hudson
T
III B6
W3ST Cyprian Sterry
T
I
E5
L
I
C3
L
Coopers Shop
B5
H
XI D4 B6
WS H
III C6 L
L L
XVI XI S
D1
L John Mathewsons Power & Brown OH
I A1
WSB
III D6
L
C5
H
In Ruins, Vacant
VI
I
C3
Same
Mr. Whiting 12 Widow Jones T
I C2
HB
S Moses Brown OL
T
B6
Stephen III
III
. III C6
T
Martin Seamans
III A4
11
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS IN THE TOWN OF PROVIDENCE IN 1798
Burke, Jacob XIV
H
Carlile, Benjamin I
C2
HB
Richard
I
H
B. S. & J. . I A1
John
I B1
James
III B1 H
Heirs
I
B1 H
Wm. Peck T
Joshua
VI C4
T
Levi
VI C5
HL
an error
Lydia .
VI
C4
HLH
Joshua Burr
T
Kinsley . XI D3
HL 12 Dunwell Ho.
William
VI B5
H
Burrel, Cato
VI C4
T Ph. Martin OH
XI D3
H
John Gibson T
Burrill, James
XI C4 HB
XV C3
L
HB Jno. Lawrence
T
Oliver . XI XIII
B6
L
XIII C6
L
Tanyard, J. Harmon T
XIII C6
L
J. I. Clark
T
Jr.
. XI
B4
H
Mrs. Smart
T
XIII B6
L S. W. Greene T
XI
B4
H
Mrs. Smith
T
XIII D6
HSB
Wheelwright
XI
A5
L
William XVI D1
L
III D3
L
XI A5
T
John Keene OH
C5
L
Zachariah . I C3
H
John
HW
Carrington & Bowen III
B4
S Arthur Fenner OL
Bussell .
.
VI C3
T Polly Arnold
OH
Carter, John .III
B3
HB
Arnolds
Carter & Wilkinson III
Chace, Jonathan . . IX
B6
H
Benevolent
Amos XI
C6
T
John Brown OB
XIV E3
Beneficent
Cat Swamp Lane VIII
B3
Central Bridge
V
E4
III
D3
Friends
Chaffee, Amos
XIV B1
H
12 Wm. Church
John Mawney
OL
XI A6
Old
Chareteau, Mons . III
B6
T
S. H. Smith
OS
XIII E5
Old
Charles Street . VI
B5
Charleston Plat X
E2
Chase, Amos
XI
C6
John Brown
OL
Chiddle, John XI
B4
T Mary Mathewson
OH
Chilson, David
IX
B6
T
Peter Randall OH
Chiddle, John
XI
C4
T
J. Black OL
I B3
III
B4
Watermans
Church, Nathaniel
I
C3
H See Wm. Church
See Mary Butler
William
I
B3
T John Davis OH
1-3 Church & Chaffee
Church Lane III
Church, St. Johns III
Clapp, Deborah III B5
Isaac
XIII
B6
T
12 P. Williams OH
Clark, Barney .
VI
B5
T
E. Brown, Jr. OH
Robert Davis
T
Ellenor
III
B1
T D. Wheaton OH
Prime Rhodes
T
Henry
VI
C5
H 1/2 J. Harris
XI
C4
Sons Mansion
T
John .
XI
A6
T
H. Seaver OH
VI
E1
VI
D4
John I.
XIII
C6
L
Oliver Carpenter OL
J. Whitman OL
XI
L
Thomas P.
, XI
C6
L
J. P. Clark, error
M. Dawless
T
Moses Lippitt
T
Robt. Carr
T
Samuel Green
T
Butler,
Wheaton & Jackson I B2
W
J. & S. Davenport
T
Seth Wheaton
J. Mawney OL
I
A2
Callender, Mary VI
C4
H
Carr, Robt. .
I A1 T
Card, Potter
XIV
C2
T
N. Waterman OL
I
B3
Carder, Esther
XI
B5
HS
Thos. Printice
T
Cary, Jonathan
XIII B6 T
Knight Dexter
OS
I B3
W
Distill House
II
D6
H
Mary
VI D4
HL
Patience
VI
C4 H
Quaro
III
B4
T
OH
Samuel
XI
D4
H
XI
D3
H
XI
A5
L
L L HL
John Dunwell 1-7 Long Wharf
Samuel .
XI
D4
H
XI D4
S
William .
VI
B5
H
XIII E3
L
Abbots Farm
Clark & Nightingale I C3
I
A1
H
A1
H
B1
H
A5
H Mrs. Beckford
T
I D2
Vacant Vacant
I B2
W
Cady, Jonathan III
B2
HS
Clark & Nightingale OH
I
A1
WS
W Distill House 12 S. Nightingale
I
E3
Sheldons
Chocolate Mills
VI
B2
Butler, Abner
VI D4 A6
HL L
VI
I C3
H
B1
B1
H
John I.
I
C2
HB
XI
D4 B4
Jr.
I
B2
W Butler, Wheaton & Jackson
Butts, Isaac .
. XIII D5
Tanyard 12 Wm. West
I
III
XI
I D3
H H WSS
Coopers Shop
I A1
WSS Block Makers Shop
S Clark & Nightingale W
Burr, Ezekiel VI D5 Edward Burr, Error H
III B2 T
Eliphalet Dyer Lydia Burr
OL
I B1 H H Samuel .
Carpenter, John XI B5
SL Job Carpenter
L HL Housewright
XIII C6
4 Acres
III I B3
Burying Ground
I E3
B4 Arthur Fenner S OL
I E2
Ashtons
XIV E3
III
B1
Kings Chapel
North
Champlin, George III
B2
S
IX XIV E3
New
Christopher III B2
S
John Mawney
OL
I B1
Power
XIV E3
Proprietors D. Martin
Z. Andrews
Wm. Peckham
I E3
Cookes
T Jas. Atwood OH
William I
C3
XI D3
Z. Carpenter, error
VI C5 B4
Burrough, George .
D1 E4
W
Tillinghast
David
See Abner Butler
Pardon Bowen
H
12
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS IN THE TOWN OF PROVIDENCE IN 1798
Clark & Nightingale
VI
E4
L
I D3
I
III E2 L
XIV D2 L
Claverick Street .
. XI A6 XIV E1
Clemence, Ephraim
XI B4 II
Lane .
. XI
B4
L
Clifford, Elizabeth . XI
C5
H
Abm. Smith House
Cranston Line .
XVIII
B6
Road XVI C3
Coggeshall, Cato
VI B4
H
Charles
III C5 H
III B5 S Ebenezer Tyler OL
IV A6 L
Cole, Andrew I B2
H
Cyrus Cole
Cyrus
I B2
T Andrew Cole
OH
Ichabod Wade
T
Susanna . III A1
H
J. Weight
T
John
II A4 L
Joseph and Cyrus I
C3
H
1/2 Each
III
B5
H H
XI
A5
H
Vacant
Currie, James VI B5
Robert V
C4 HB
Cole Street
II A4
Coleman, Eber
I
C3 H
College Street III B4
Cushing, Benjamin Est. See Hannah Cushing
Hannah . III
B2
HL
LS Noah Smith T
Condy, T. H. XI
D4
T
Saml. Aborn
OH
III E3
L
John Smith T
Congdon, Ephraim . I
B2
H
Elizabeth Congdon
III C2
L
Jonathan
III C3
H
D1 H Conners, Widow VI
Nathaniel III
B2
HSB
Constitution Street VI
Prince III
B5
H
Welcome Arnold OH
Curry Shop
VI
D2
Cooke, Hezekiah .
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