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the Lord, the Word from Him was, "Cut through and steer your straightest course, and mind nothing but Me." Again he says, "When we had been five weeks at sea; when the powers of darkness seemed in the greatest strength against us, having sailed but about three hundred leagues, Humphrey Norton, falling into commun- ion with God, informed me that he had received a comforting answer, and that on such a day we should land in America, which was even so fulfilled." Four of this little band came to Newport. Rhode Island seemed to be the most favorable spot in America for the Quakers to light upon; for, as we have foretold, there had been going on unconsciously for a score of years, a preparation for sowing this very seed. Some of the foremost families of the Rhode Island colony appeared to have accepted the Quaker Faith as soon as they heard it.
A Monthly Meeting was organized among Friends of Rhode Island as early as 1658. It was the first Monthly Meeting in America for the purpose of caring for the local business of the Society. The Rhode Island Quarterly Meeting was organized in 1699.
The New England Yearly Meeting which met annually at Newport until 1902 was begun about 1661, as it appears from a letter written by George Rofe, an English Friend, to Richard Hubberthorne, in 1661, in which he says, "We came in at Rhode Island, and we appointed a general Meeting for all Friends in those parts, which was a very great Meeting, and very precious and con- tinued four days."
This gathering continued annually from this time on, and soon became known as the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. By the year 1743, they had so increased in numbers, that it was not an uncommon thing for five thousand Quakers to gather in New- port to attend their Yearly Meeting. As the new territories of the West were opened for settlement, Friends began leaving Newport with a feeling that they had a message given of God for all the
world, and that they should be "about their Father's business," taking heed to the command, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature."
In 1672, George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, visited the island, attending a "Yearly Meeting" at the house of William Coddington, at Newport, and another Meeting at the old Mott house on the west side of the town of Portsmouth. Meetings of the society were originally held at the houses of Friends, very frequently at the houses of John Easton, Matthew Berdin and Jacob Mott.
In the early part of 1692, a lot, two and a half by six rods in size, with a house upon it, was purchased from Robert Hodgson for a men's meeting of Quakers for seven pounds. Necessary repairs were made which swelled the cost to thirty pounds, eight shillings, one pence. In 1697 one half acre of land was bought from Robert Fish for a Meeting House. In this same year - 1692 - 5th month, there was a deed to Matthew Berdin, William Wodell, and Gideon Freeborn for land four rods square for a burial lot "For the love I have to the truth and the people of God which are in scorne called Quakers." - Robert Dennis.
Under date of 8 mo. 17, 1699 is found this record: "Friends have laid out the appointed place where the Meeting House shall stand, and have brought great stones and other stones to lay the foundation." About April, 1700, the Meeting House was sold to Joseph Mosey for eleven pounds, fourteen shillings and the pro- ceeds applied to the new Meeting House. The new house was probably so far completed as to be used within a year or two after the date last mentioned. In 1703, John Warner, a Friend from North Carolina, kept a private school in the Meeting House. Sheds for horses were provided near the House in Oct. 1701, at which time it is probable the House was in use.
April 19, 1705, the Meeting "granting liberty to the Ports- mouth Friends to build an addition to their House" for the con- venience of the women's Meeting.
"As our Meeting House hath at this time a number of soldiers in it, it renders it inconvenient to proceed to business, therefore this Meeting is adjourned to the breaking up of the Meeting for worship at Newport next 5th day."
The Friends addressed a memorial 1 mo. /2/1777 to Lieut. General Henry Clifford, then in command of the British forces, asking for protection. The record 8 mo. /25/1778, speaks of com- munication between Newport and Portsmouth Friends being "ob- structed." On the 9th of the 9th month, the Meeting was very small on account of the difficulties remaining. "Jacob Mott, who died 1 mo. /24/1799 was not buried at the Friends' burying ground, because it and the House were occupied by a number of German troops."
Tradition states that the American troops also occupied the House at one time. This was doubtless true when Sullivan and his men were on the Island just before the memorable battle of 1778.
Friends' Yearly Meeting Boarding School, now Moses Brown of Providence, was founded at this house, Nov. 8, 1784, of which Isaac Lawton was the principal. The island inhabitants had become impoverished by the Revolutionary War to the extent that after four years, the school had to be suspended for lack of financial support.
Until 1890 there were no salaried ministers, but that year Seth and Huldah Rees were called to this work. During their three years' stay, the parsonage was built north of the Meeting House, and the Meeting House itself was moved back from the road about thirty feet and remodeled inside. The rough timbers were covered with beautiful oak wood and the old fire-places, replaced with brick ones. Since then a good furnace and electric lights have been installed.
From 1893 to 1917, Jay Edwin Lord, Ezra Pearson, Osborn Hoffman, Samuel Hodges, James and Exie Estes and A. Edward Kelsey served as regular ministers from one to three years each.
Friends have always recognized the ministry of women and in 1918, Elizabeth J. and Adda Mary Trout were called from Cleve- land, Ohio, to this pastorate and continued until December, 1934 when Adda Mary Trout died. Since that time Elizabeth J. Trout has continued the work alone.
After two hundred and sixty-eight or more years of continued service for the Lord in Portsmouth, this Friends' Meeting still supports the rugged Truths of the Bible, and is heartily in sym- pathy with the first "Declaration of Faith" ever issued by Quakers either in America or in England. This declaration was issued by Christopher Holder and John Copeland in 1657. These two minis- ters were among the number that came over in the good ship "Woodhouse."
"We do believe in the only true and living God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ - Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days hath spoken unto us by His Son - the which Son is that Jesus Christ Who hath born of the virgin; Who suffered for our offences, is risen again for our justification, and is ascended into the highest heavens, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father even in Him do we believe, Who is the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. And in Him do we believe alone for Salvation; by Whose blood we are washed from sin. We believe in the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth that proceedeth from the Father and the Son, by Whom we are sealed and adopted sons and heirs of the kingdom of heaven, by which Spirit the Scriptures are given forth - The Scriptures we own to be a true Declaration of the Father, Son, and Spirit, in which is declared what was from the beginning, what was the present and what was to come."
St. Paul's Church
(From the Episcopal Recorder, Jan. 1, 1834.)
"On Christmas Day last, S. Paul's Church, Portsmouth, R. I. was opened for the worship of Almighty God. It is a neat and com- modious edifice, of the gothic order, after a plan of the architect, Mr. Warren of Providence. It will accommodate from three to four hundred persons, and is so constructed as to be advantageously susceptible of enlargement. It is waiting the visitation of the Bishop of the diocese for consecration, which will take place so soon as S. Michael's of Bristol, and S. Luke's of East Greenwich, shall be ready for the same. It has been occupied previously to its being consecrated from the circumstance that the only place the con- gregation had for public worship was a small schoolhouse, which was inadequate to ordinary occasions, and especially so for the peculiar one of Christmas."
It is an interesting fact, that the Rev. Mr. Honeyman, who was appointed by the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, their first missionary to Newport, in 1704, as we are informed in "An historical account of the Society, by David Humphreys," &c (page 319-20) "set up, in 1712, a lecture and preached once a fortnight, at Portsmouth, a town at the farthest end of the island, and soon found very great encouragement to continue it - an unexpected and surprising large audience of people of many persuasions." So that the ground entered on by the Church, in 1712 has been re-occupied and permanently possessed in 1833.
When the church was built it had two buttresses on each side and two front doors but no Chancel or Vestry room. The pews were the old fashioned high kind entered through a door. The windows were of plain glass with inside blinds, the church being lighted with whale oil. There was no organ, such was the
simplicity of the times that a writer in a Boston paper says: "Saint Paul's Church, Portsmouth, is one of the neatest and prettiest Churches in the diocese."
The earliest record gives Rev. John Fenner as beginning re- ligious services July 7, 1833, in a schoolhouse standing near the Church which was opened for divine services Christmas Day, 1833, as before stated and consecrated by Bishop Griswold March 5, 1834.
The following persons with their families were connected with the Church from the beginning and were conspicuous in carrying through the early struggles, hindrances and triumphs; Stephen Thomas, John C. Burrington, Oliver D. Green, William Barker, Joseph Thomas, John G. Childs, Benjamin Greene, Borden Chase, Albert C. Greene, Parker Hall, Albert G. Cook, Henry Lawton and others.
Christ Church, Portsmouth, R. I.
The first church known in Portsmouth was a gathering of people united in prayer with God and called the Union Church.
Authentic records shown that in 1810 the Christ Church was formed. The founders were the following: Job Cook, Sally Cook, Nancy Cook, Hannah Newman, Ester Baley, Brother Elder P. Hathaway and Brother Benjamin Taylor. This lasted until 1816.
On May 27th, 1834, a meeting of a number of persons as Christians met in the Union Meeting House in this place and started the old Union Church. Elder Saloman Toby, (Minister), Samuel Clarke, Secretary.
In 1837 the Union Church turned into the Christian Church. As at that time records show that a member was selected to attend the Christian Conference in another city. The pastor of the church at that time was John Taylor.
During the war and later in 1866 when Reverend William Miller came to Portsmouth, they built a new church.
St. Anthony's Parish
St. Anthony's parish was for many years a mission of St. Mary's Church of Newport. As early as 1798 Newport was visited by Catholic priests. Archbishop Carroll, near relative of Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, stopped there in 1803, on his way from the dedication of Holy Cross Church in Boston. For years Newport had taken care of a small mission at Portsmouth known as the Coal Mines. From the beginning of the century Bishop Cheverus and Father Byrne of Boston and Father Matignon had visited the Coal Mines. Later the mission was en- trusted to the priests of St. Joseph's parish. In 1882 a chapel was built at the Coal Mines and Mass was said there once a month. In 1901 Portsmouth was made a separate parish under the patronage of St. Anthony. On May the first, 1908, at the request of Bishop Harkins the Holy Ghost Fathers took charge of the parish. The Rev. Christopher Rooney, C. S. Sp., who had been chaplain at the palace of the King and Queen of Portugal was appointed first pastor. Father Rooney who won the confidence of his people and the deep respect of those of the community not of his faith labored here until his death May 31, 1919. Father Rooney was succeeded by the Rev. Cornelius O'Rorke, C. S. Sp., a graduate of the National University of Ireland. Father O'Rorke remained here until 1925 when he was transferred to St. Christopher's Church at Tiverton. The Rev. Louis J. Ward, C. S. Sp., was then appointed pastor. From 1925 until his death in 1935 Father Ward was pastor of St. Anthony's. After his death the Rev. Bart Buckly, C. S. Sp., who had been his assistant for more than 3 years was appointed pastor.
St. Mary's Parish
In November, 1843, at the invitation of the Rev. Francis Vinton, then rector of Trinity Church, Newport, the Rev. Hobart
Williams came to South Portsmouth to organize a mission of the Episcopal Church. Services were first held in what was then known as the Church Farm, a tract of land with an old farm house, adjacent to Oakland. This property was purchased by Miss Sarah Gibbs of Oakland Farm in the spring of 1844 for the purpose of building a church and seminary.
In October, 1844, Miss Gibbs signed a deed of trust whereby St. Mary's parish, as it was to be known, received the Church Farm and other properties "to aid in the furtherance of the Gospel, and in the maintenance of the doctrine of the Protestant Episcopal Church."
The year 1847 saw the beginning of the new church and in September of that year the Rt. Rev. John P. K. Henshaw, Bishop of Rhode Island, laid the cornerstone of what he described as "a tasteful and commodious structure of stone." From then until now St. Mary's has been one of the beauty spots of the Island. Today, surrounded as it is with the lovely churchyard of stately elms and magnificent beeches and many fine spruce and Japanese maple trees, it is by many considered one of the loveliest country parish churches in this part of the country.
Over the course of nearly one hundred years it has had eleven rectors, beginning with the long rectorship of Hobart Williams, for forty years its pastor and with Miss Sarah Gibbs, its co-founder.
Associated with St. Mary's Church is the Church of the Holy Cross, Middletown. Built in 1845, it has together with St. Mary's formed St. Mary's Parish. These churches have had an intimate and interesting part in the developing of Portsmouth and Middle- town. Names like Coggeshall, Gifford, Chase, Manchester and Sherman, some descendants of the early founders of Portsmouth, are to be found among the first wardens and vestrymen. Many parishioners of St. Mary's trace their ancestry back to the very earliest days of Rhode Island and from then until now, these men
and women have contributed much to the culture, religious and economic life of their community and church.
Today, St. Mary's with its lovely church, adequate Parish House and progressive spirit continues to take its place, at the be- ginning of the fourth century of the town's life, in furthering the high ideals of good citizenship, and good churchmanship which from its inception it has stood for with faith and devotion.
It is fitting to say in closing this article that in the churchyard, God's Acre, lie the earthly remains of many people well known in the diocese, among them the venerated Bishop of Rhode Island, the Right Reverend Thomas March Clark.
Activities connected with Portsmouth Tercentenary Celebration First: Campaign for money. Chairman, Mrs. Walter Gurnee Dyer Captain-Mrs. Alexander Boone Lieutenant-Mrs. Frederick Webb Assistants-Mrs. Frank Lang Miss Mary Escobar Captain-Mrs. B. W. Storrs Lieutenant-Mrs. Arthur Sherman Assistants-Mrs. Charles Holman Mrs. Herman Holman Captain-Mrs. Jack Garfarth Lieutenant-Miss Eleanor Barker Assistants-Mrs. Benjamin P. Phillips Miss Mary Pierce Captain-Mrs. Howard Hathaway Lieutenant-Miss Rebecca Anthony Assistants-Miss Mary Coggeshall Mrs. Alice De Langie Captain-Mrs. George Draper Lieutenant-Mrs. Carl Anthony
Assistants-Mrs. Arthur Roebuck Mrs. William Barclay
A meeting in St. Paul's Parish House under the auspices of St. Paul's Guild. At this meeting there was a display of historic objects and pictures. Many of the ladies were in authentic old costumes. Several speakers spoke on the history of the early settlement and tea was served by the ladies.
A meeting was held on May 16th in the home of Mrs. Dan Jones, who followed Mrs. Dyer as Chairman. This was largely attended and was the nucleus of what was afterwards the executive and general committee for Portsmouth Tercentenary Activity formed the same night at the Town Hall. Mrs. Dan Jones was elected Chairman, Mrs. Alexander Boone, Secretary, and Mr. Walter Gurnee Dyer, Treasurer. Dr. Berton W. Storrs was unan- imously elected chairman of Founder's Brook activities as was Mrs. Howard Hathaway and Mrs. Abner Anthony, the chairman and secretary, of old houses and old sites to be marked. Mrs. Arthur Smith, publicity. Town Council, Mr. Howard Hathaway.
The general committee is as follows: Mrs. Borden Anthony, Mrs. A. Harry Draper, Mrs. Storrs, Mrs. Charles Holman, Mrs. Howard Hathaway, Mrs. William Barclay, Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mrs. Godfrey De Langie, Mrs. Abner Anthony, Miss Rebecca Anthony, Mrs. Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Edward West, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, Mr. J. Fred Sherman, Mrs. Kate Thurston, Mrs. Carl Anthony, Miss Annie Almy, Miss Evelyn Chase, Mrs. Robert Wilkey, Mrs. Clara Chase, Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mrs. William Lawrence, Mrs. Fred- erick Webb, Mr. Alonzo Borden, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Holman.
Mr. Dyer reported that the town had contributed $200.00 and that the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims had given $81.00 toward a memorial tablet.
It was decided that a bronze tablet be placed on the face of the old "pudding rock" located at "The Wattering Place," now known as Founder's Brook, the latter name having been voted upon as the most fitting by the general committee.
The inscription on the tablet is as follows;
1638-1936.
"Erected to honor the memory and perpetuate the spirit and ideals of the Founders of the First Government in the world to allow and to insure its citizens civil and religious liberty established on this site in the year 1638.
PORTSMOUTH COMPACT.
We whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves with a Bodie Politick and as He shall help, will submit our per- sons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those per- fect and most absolute lawes of His given us in His Holy Word of Truth to be guided and judged thereby.
William Coddington, John Clarke, William Hutchin- son, Jr., John Coggeshall, William Aspinwall, Samuel Wilbore, John Porter, John Sanford, Edward Hutchin- son, Jr., Esq., Thomas Savage, William Dyre, William Freeborne, Phillip Shearman, John Walker, Richard Carder, William Baulston, Edward Hutchinson, Sen'r, Henry Bull, Randall Holden, Thomas Clarke, John Johnson, William Hall, John Brightman, Esq."
The committee met on the following dates: May 27th, June 3rd, June 11th and June 23rd.
It was decided that July 8th should be the day for the unveiling of the tablet and a program was arranged as follows:
Selection
Naval Training Station Band
National Anthem
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Naval Training Station Band
Invocation Rev. Wilbur Nelson, John Clarke Church, Newport President of Town Council of Portsmouth
Mr. Howard Hathaway
Master of Ceremonies Dr. Berton W. Storrs His Excellency Governor Theodore F. Green Rev. Gideon A. Burgess
Unveiling Ceremonies by Pauline Wilhelmina Wilkey and Ann Stanborough Towle (Direct Descendants)
Salute Oration
Hon. Charles P. Sisson
Benediction Rev. Gideon A. Burgess
"My Rhode Island" Sung by Assemblage
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Fairest of all the forty-eight That cluster on old Glory's breast Rhode Island's star marks this our state Our star of hope we love the best.
Rhode Island, Rhode Island, I love each bay and highland, Your hills and trees, your sunlit seas-Oh homeland dear, you're my land.
Rhode Island, Rhode Island, I love each bay and highland, Your hills and trees, your sunlit seas-Oh homeland dear, you're my land.
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Her men are brave, her women fair, Their ancient hymn thus filled the air When men are fair and women brave Then, then shall Rhody rule the wave.
3 Aye brave to conquer in the right, Old foes to fell, old wrongs to right,
Then welded in one army strong, Join hands and sing our marching song.
4 March on, we march victorious, Rhode Island day dawns glorious From hill to hill, from shore to shore, Our hearts are hers forever more.
It was also decided that on June 18th there should be a picnic supper at Founder's Brook, at which time all those interested in giving stepping stones in memory of Founders or early settlers could bring their stones and picnic with others in the historic old spot. The result is a memorial walk composed of the stones leading up to and around the rock. This proved far beyond the committee's expectations and is one of the outstanding activities connected with Founder's Brook.
The day of the dedication exercises dawned bright and clear and the ceremonies proceeded as planned with no interruptions. There were representatives from many towns and many state offi- cials not on the program were honored guests. The occasion drew a large attendance.
The St. Paul's Guild in conjunction with the Tercentenary Celebration had arranged a clambake which officially opened their excellent County Fair of three days. Many who attended the Brook ceremonies proceeded to the bake. Enough cannot be said of the excellent display of historic and complete early American rooms arranged upstairs in the gallery of Mayer Hall at the Fair Grounds. In the evening there was a costume parade of 70 people in addition to the general dancing and a quadrille of three sets with the par- ticipants in costumes.
Thus closed the day which officially marked Portsmouth's share of the Rhode Island Tercentenary.
Another important activity in Portsmouth was the historic pageant connected with the Tercentenary held by the pupils at Anne
Huchinson's School. No detail was omitted to make the pageant correct in every way and the children and teachers showed them- selves capable of a keen appreciation of the important events which they portrayed.
LINEAL DESCENDANTS WHO PLACED STONES AT FOUNDER'S BROOK
It was not only gratifying that every founder was remembered, some by six or seven stones, but that other early settlers had step- ping stones placed to their memory.
The Lineal Descendants Who Gave Stones Are As Follows:
Miss Helen Allen Mrs. William Allen
Miss Anne Rebecca Almy
Mr. and Mrs. Abner Anthony
Mr. Benjamin Earl Anthony
Mrs. Byron Boyd Miss Ethel Boyd
Mr. Harry Boyd
Miss Camilla Boyd
Mr. Charles E. Boyd, 3rd.
Mr. and Mrs William Kenyon Boyd
Miss Barbara Briggs
Mr. Barclay Mervyn Briggs
Mr. Ernest L. Briggs
Mr. Frederick Holman Briggs
Mr. Borden C. Anthony Miss Clara Anthony Mrs. Fanny Thomas Anthony
Mrs. Marguerite H. Briggs Mr. Mervin Clifton Briggs
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Anthony
Mr. William W. Anthony Mrs. Amy Francis Ashley Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Brownell Ashley Miss Ann Agnes Austin
Mr. Rathbone Ballou Mr. and Mrs. John Herbert Barker Mr. James Maxson Bell
Mrs. Carlotta Coggeshall Bickford
Mr. Alonzo E. Borden
Mr. Gerald Horace Borden
Mr. Richard Chase Borden
Mr. Benjamin Earl Anthony, Jr. Miss Augusta Anthony Miss Christine Anthony
Miss Julia Sheffield Anthony
Miss Oriana Watson Anthony Mr. Warren Anthony, Jr.
Miss Barbara Anne Anthony Miss Pauline Anthony Miss Betty Anthony
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Brownell
Mr. Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Mrs. Bertha L. Burdick
Mrs. Norma F. Butler
Mrs. Alice Cafferty Miss Ruth Cahoon Mr. Wilbur Tripp Cahoon Mr. Frederick Arthur Carlow Mr. and Mrs. William H. Chace
Mr. Abner Chase Mr. Arthur Leslie Chase Mrs. Clara N. Chase Miss Evelyn Baylies Chase Mr. George Mason Chase Miss Hephzibah Chase Mr. James Chase Mr. Luther Chase Mrs. Luther Paul Chase Miss Mary Louise Chase Miss Mary Chase Mr. Reginald Chase Mr. Walter Bradford Chase Mr. William Alfred Chase Mrs. Charles Gardner Clarke Mr. Charles Gardner Clarke Miss Fanny T. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. William Borden Clarke Mrs. John Rogers Coggeshall Miss Mary A. Coggeshall
Mrs. Helen Comstock Mrs. Fred C. Cooke Mr. Robert Remington Covell Mr. William King Covell Mrs. Helen M. Crowley Mr. John D. Crowley Mrs. Oliver W. Cushman
Mrs. Adelaide W. Danforth Miss Eliza Maxson Dawley Mr. Perry Bliven Dawley Mr. W. S. H. Dawley & Family Mrs. Walter Dyer Mr. Walter Gurnee Dyer
Miss Joy Anthony Earle Dr. Crawford Esterline Master Charles Crawford Esterline
Mrs. Anne R. Fish Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fish Mrs. Edith F. Fish Mr. Ernest R. Fish Mr. Isaac L.Fish Mr. Isaac L. Fish, Jr. Mrs. Mary A. Fish Mr. Whitney A. Fish Mrs. Charles L. Freeborn
Mr. Jack Payne Garforth, Jr. Miss Elizabeth Ruth Garforth Mrs. Susan W. Gee
Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Hazard Gifford
Mr. Clayton Hazard Gifford Miss Eileen Gorton Mr. John Barton Gorton
Mr. Lucius Hall Gorton
Mr. Thomas Slade Gorton
Mr. Vernon Lewis Gorton
Mrs. Ida Grinnell Mr. and Mrs. William Freeborn
Grinnell
Mr. Alfred C. Hall Mr. Alfred C. Hall, Jr. Mr. Gordon B. Hall Mr. Howard W. Hathaway
Mr. George R. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Greene Hicks Miss Amy L. Holman Mr. Charles A. Holman Mrs. Sarah U. Homer
Mrs. Doris Braley Johnsson
Mrs. Kenneth Morse Lang Mrs. Lena Morse Lang Mrs. Mary Lauder
Mrs. Arthur H. Lawrence Miss Cordelia Lawrence Mr. John W. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lawrence Mr. Harry Legender
Mr. Joseph W. Mackenzie Mr. Carlton Macomber Mr. Isaac Borden Macomber Mr. Morris Macomber Miss Doris M. Manchester Mrs. Edith M. Manchester Miss Mary Louise Miles Mrs. Owen Miles Mrs. Owen Miles, Jr. Mrs. Harriet Reed Morse Mrs. Annie Fish Mott Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mott Mr. Alfred John Mott
Mrs. Hetty W. Newton
Mrs. Marion Ohlrogge
Mr. and Mrs. Jethro Harrison Peckham Mrs. Anne T. Tucker Mrs. John Peckham Mrs. Howard A. Pierce Miss Muriel C. Pierce Mrs. Margaret Potter
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Covell Ramsey Mrs. Agnes Robinson Mrs. May White Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rodgers
Miss Harriet Frances Sanford Mr. Arthur Almy Sherman Mr. Fred James Sherman
Miss Hazel Lawrence Sherman Mr. and Mrs. James Fred Sherman Miss Jeanette Sherman Mr. John Alden Sherman Mr. and Mrs. John Lester Sherman Mr. James Rathbone Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sherman Mr. John LeRoy Simpson Mr. Borden Lawton Sisson Mrs. Hannah Hall Sisson Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smiley and 5 daughters Miss Elizabeth Smiley Mr. Allen Carter Smith Mrs. Arthur Ogden Smith Rev. James Harry Smith Mr. William Arthur Smith, Sr. Mr. William Arthur Smith, Jr. Mr. William T. H. Sowle Mrs. William T. H. Sowle
Mr. Abner Tallman Mrs. Kate Almy Thurston Miss Ann Stanborough Towle Mrs. Kenneth Towle
Miss Elizabeth G. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Minot Aldrich Tucker
Mrs. Eunice Morse Ware Mrs. Iverne Morse Ware Miss Barbara Jane Ware Mr. John Coggeshall Weiss Mr. Edward H. West Mrs. Mary Anthony Wheeler Mrs. Edward H. West Mrs. Robert Tyson Fitzhugh (Dorothea H. West) Mr. Reginald Anthony Wheeler, Jr.
Miss Pauline Wilhelmina Wilkey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur Wilkey Mrs. Claude G. Williams
Miss Gwendolyn Williams Mr. Perry Williams Miss Elizabeth Maxson Wood
Mrs. George C. Wood
Stones placed at Founder's Brook
Mrs. Borden C. Anthony Mrs. Mary C. Anthony Mrs. Warren Anthony
Mrs. Mary J. Berlenback & Family Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Boone Mrs. Charles Boyd
Mrs. Frederick Chase Mr. Frederick C. Cook Cadets of Temperance Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De Costa
Miss Kate Durfee
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Fereira Friends Meeting
Mrs. Alfred C. Hall Mr. Edgar Woodard Hardy Mrs. Charles Holman
Mrs. Dan W. Jones
Mr. Colby Mitchell
Mr. Augustus R. Pacheo Mr. Benjamin Phillips Mr. Howard A. Pierce
Mr. Antone M. Rezendes Mr. Antone Rezendes, Jr. Mr. David M. Rezendes Mr. John Rezendes Mr. Manuel Rezendes
Mrs. Arthur Sherman Mrs. Minot Steele Dr. and Mrs. Storrs Mr. Joseph A. Sullivan Mrs. Olmstead Sutton
Mrs. Moses Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt
Mr. Frederick Webb Mr. Frank W. Wheeler
The following list of sites and old houses were marked
1. Richard Sisson 270
2. Phillip Sherman 200
3. Battle of Rhode Island
4. Boyd House
Site-same tract Site-Turkey Hill Site-First Methodist Meeting Common Fence
5. Town Common Property
6. Mrs. Charles H. Borden
Hedley
7. Quaker Meeting House
First Town Hall
8. Stub Toe Lane Trout Methodist Meeting House
9. Gardener Sherman 1774
10. W. W. Anthony 250 years
11. Isaac Hathaway 1755
12. Oliver Hicks 1780-90
13. George Anthony 1730
14. Redwood
15. Lawrence
1700 Silk Mill
16. Fred Holman
1782
original
17. Silas Davol place
1st private school
18 Whipping Post
1st Town Hall
19. Glen
William Baulston-1st House of Entertainment
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