Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Roger Williams
Abt 1606 - 1683 (~ 77 years)-
Name Roger Williams [1] Alternate birth Between 1605 and 1606 [2] Birth Abt 1606 [3] Gender Male Death Between 27 Jan 1683 and 15 Mar 1683 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
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Siblings1 sibling Person ID I39906 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD Last Modified 9 Jan 2024
Father James Williams, b. Abt 1560 d. Between 7 Sep 1620 and 19 Nov 1621 (Age ~ 60 years) Mother Alice Pemberton, b. Bef 18 Feb 1565 d. Between 1 Aug 1634 and 26 Jan 1635, London, England (Age > 69 years) Marriage Abt 1590 [2] Family ID F23435 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Bernard, b. Bef 24 Sep 1609 d. Aft 1683 (Age > 75 years) Marriage 15 Dec 1629 All Saints, High Laver, Essex, England [2, 3, 4] Children + 1. Mary Williams, b. Aug 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. 1681 (Age ~ 47 years)Family ID F23433 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Jan 2024
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Notes - He and his wife arrived in New England at Nantucket, 5 Feb 1631, on the Lyon. They lived first at Salem, then Plymouth later in 1631, Salem again in 1633, and Providence in 1636. He returned to England twice, once in 1643-44 to obtain a charter for the colony of Rhode Island, and once in 1651-54 to settle his dispute with William Coddington over the governance of the colony. He is one of the most important and consequential individuals in the early history of New England.
From Wikipedia (accessed 9 Jan 2024):
Roger Williams [...] was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with the Native Americans.
Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he established Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he termed "liberty of conscience". In 1638, he founded the First Baptist Church in America in Providence. Williams studied the language of the New England Native Americans and published the first book-length study of it in English.
- He and his wife arrived in New England at Nantucket, 5 Feb 1631, on the Lyon. They lived first at Salem, then Plymouth later in 1631, Salem again in 1633, and Providence in 1636. He returned to England twice, once in 1643-44 to obtain a charter for the colony of Rhode Island, and once in 1651-54 to settle his dispute with William Coddington over the governance of the colony. He is one of the most important and consequential individuals in the early history of New England.
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