Society of Mayflower Descendants in The State of Rhode Island

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The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was established in 1901.

10/21/2026

Spent a couple days over in Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow. A few pictures for spooky season. Who else really likes Washington Irving? 👻🦇🎃

10/17/2026

🎃 Fingers crossed this photo was from Halloween 👻

10/11/2026

By 1640, there was no question that the Narragansett Nation was the strongest tribe in southern New England. Their rise to dominance started with a bit of luck as they managed to avoid the epidemic of 1616-1619 that decimated the tribes on the east coast, one of those being their biggest rival, the Pokanoket Nation. This enabled the Narragansett people to expand their territory and add more tribes into their tributary/alliance network. Then, through the great leadership of their Co-Sachems, Canonicus & Miantonomi, they rapidly began expanding their influence by developing strong trade partnerships with the Dutch to the southwest and the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the east. By the time English colonists began taking up refuge in present day Rhode Island during the mid to late 1630s they were very much visitors in Narragansett territory.

🎧To learn more about the Narragansett Nation during the 17th century listen to Season 1 of the Story of Rhode Island Podcast (link in bio).

10/09/2026

On this day in 1635, Roger Williams, an English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state, as well as a student of Native American languages and an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land which had not first been bought and paid for. He was tried by the General Court and convicted of sedition and heresy. The Court declared that he was spreading "diverse, new, and dangerous opinions" and ordered him to be banished. (This order was not repealed until 1936 when Bill 488 was passed by the Massachusetts House).

10/07/2026

Phineas Pratt is Buried here. Must be many of his Descendants here. 🙂

The Charlestown Historical Society will host its annual Phipps Street Burying Ground Lecture and Tour on Saturday, October 24, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., offering visitors a rare opportunity to explore one of Boston’s oldest and most historically significant burial grounds.

Tickets are available through Eventbrite. Link below⬇️

The burying ground is ordinarily opened only by advance request, making the annual tour a particularly special chance to experience the site from inside its gates. Led by Dr. Timothy B. Riordan, a historian, author, archaeologist and Vice President of the Charlestown Historical Society, the tour will explore the people, gravestones and stories that make Phipps Street an extraordinary surviving landscape of early Charlestown.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-phipps-burial-ground-lecture-and-tour-tickets-2002178573009

Address

P. O Box 147
Wakefield, RI
02880

Website

http://www.rhodeislandmayflower.org/

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