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Rhode Island Bristol County Warren
| Warren, Rhode Island | |
| Map | |
 Location in Bristol County | |
 Bristol County's location in the state of Rhode Island | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | 1668 |
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| Seat | Warren |
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| Address | Warren Town Hall 514 Main Street Warren, RI 02885 |
| Website: townofwarren-ri.gov/ | |
Quick Facts
Warren was the site of the Indian village of Sowams on the peninsula called Pokanoket (the near parts now called Mount Hope Neck), and was first explored by Europeans in 1621, by Edward Winslow and Stephen Hopkins. By the next year, Plymouth Colony had established a trading post at Sowams. In 1623, Winslow and John Hampden saved the life of Wampanoag Sachem Massasoit with medicine, gaining an important native ally.
In 1636, Roger Williams, banished from Salem, fled to Sowams where he was sheltered by Massasoit until he settled at Providence.
Permanent English settlement east of the Indian village began. In 1653, Massasoit and his oldest son sold to certain Plymouth Colony settlers what is now Warren and parts of Barrington, Rhode Island; Swansea, Massachusetts; and Rehoboth, Massachusetts. After the death of Massasoit, relations between the Indians and the settlers became strained, leading to King Philip's War in 1675. The English settlement at Sowams was destroyed during the war, but rebuilt.
In 1668, the township was officially incorporated with the name Sowams; in 1691, the Plymouth Colony merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Warren was ceded to Rhode Island from Massachusetts in 1747. The town was named "Warren" after a British naval hero, Admiral Sir Peter Warren, after a victory at Louisburg in 1745. At the time of cession in 1747, Barrington, Rhode Island was unified with Warren, until it was separated again in 1770.
Warren was the original home of Brown University, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The school registered its first students in 1765. Brown was the Baptist answer to Congregationalist Yale and Harvard, Presbyterian Princeton, and Episcopalian Penn and Columbia. At the time, it was the only one of these schools that welcomed students of all religious persuasions (following the example of Roger Williams, who founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the same principle).
Resources
Archives and Libraries
- George Hail Free Library
Genealogy Resources
530 Main Street
Warren, RI 02885
Biography
- La Paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Warren, état du Rhode Island, 1877-1952 FHL Collection
First half of text in French; second half is English translation. Includes biographies of parish priests, professional people, nuns, outstanding parisioners, lists of parochial school students, members of the parish enlisted in the military, Franco-Americans in public office, censuses completed in 1888 and 1895, and memorials to their deceased parisioners.
Cemeteries
- Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission, required reading for anything concerning Rhode Island's cemeteries.
Barton Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #7, Long Lane and Barton Avenue
FindaGrave
cemetery database at Find A Grave.
Barton Family Cemetery database at Find A Grave.
Benjamin Barton Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #5, Barton Avenue
Brown Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #16, Long Lane
Butterworth
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #4, Long Lane
Captain Edward Mason Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #15, Market Street
Cole
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #12, Colonial Drive
Haile Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #2, Market Street
James Mason Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #6, Maple Road
Kickemuit
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #3, Serpentine Road
Later Handy Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #13, Adam Lane
North Burial Ground
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #1, North Main Street
Obadiah Bowen Family
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #14, School House Road and Market Street
Saint Alexander
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #8, Greenlawn Street, Off Vernon Avenue
Saint John the Baptist
(Saint Jean Baptiste) Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #9, Vernon Street
Saint Mary of the Bay
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #10, Vernon Street
South Burial Ground
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #11, Sowamset Avenue
Census
1850
- Census of 1850 FHL Collection
Microfilm of documents filmed at town hall, Tisbury, Mass.
1888
Biography
1895
Biography
Centennial Celebrations, etc
- 200th anniversary of Warren, Rhode Island: historical sketch, 1747-1947 FHL Collection
Church History and Records
Baptist
- A discourse delivered at the dedication of the new church edifice of the Baptist Church and Society in Warren, R.I.: May 8, 1845 FHL Collection
- The centennial discourse on the one hundredth anniversary of the First Baptist Church, Warren, R.I.: November 15, 1864 FHL Collection
Episcopal
- Historical discourse delivered in St. Mark's Church, Warren, R.I.: Sunday evening, November 10, 1878, being the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the parish FHL Collection The church closed the doors after last mass, 2 May 2010
Methodist
- First United Methodist Church of Warren
- The origin and progress of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Warren, R.I.: including notices of many clergymen and others who have contributed to its planting and growth FHL Collection
Roman Catholic
- La Paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Warren, état du Rhode Island, 1877-1952 FHL Collection
Court Records
Probate Records, Town Records and Vital Records
Directories
- Warren and Barrington Directory, 1897: comprising a complete general and business directory of the towns of Warren and Barrington, also, a record of the town governments, institutions, societies, etc. FHL Collection
- Bristol, Warren and Barrington (Rhode Island) city directories FHL Collection
Emigration and Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Biography
- Dedication of the Massasoit Memorial: at Warren, Rhode Island, October nineteenth, nineteen hundred and seven FHL Collection
- The history of Warren, R.I. from the earliest times: with particular notices of Massasoit and his family FHL Collection
Land and Property
- Mortgages 1752, 1755, 1786 FHL Collection
- Warren (R.I.) deed records (1744-1916) and indexes (1747-1982) --, 1744-1982 FHL Collection
Grantor and grantee index 1747-1895
Deeds 1744-1902
Warranties 1883-1916
Deed Grantor index 1747-1982
Deed Grantee index 1747-1982
Deed records 1898-1910
Maps
Military History and Records
- Militia rolls 1843-1878 FHL Collection
Revolutionary War
- The history of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783 FHL Collection
Naturalization and Citizenship
- Warren (R.I.) naturalization papers, 1898-1940 FHL Collection
Newspapers
Probate Records
- Probate records, 1746-1920 FHL Collection
Before 1799 the town council handled all probate matters.
Probate proceedings 1808-1879
Wills and inventories 1746-1851
Inventories 1831-1918
Executors, administrators and guardianship bonds 1872-1893
Bonds and letters of testamentary 1811-1836
Administration and testamentary letters 1810-1871
Accounts 1832-1947
Commissoners reports of claims 1843-1913
Letters of guardianship 1840-1900
Letters and bonds to return inventory 1823-1839
Probate index 1746-1859
Probate records 1879-1920
Wills 1880-1918
Bonds, numbered and un-numbered 1872-1917
Administration and letters testamentary index 1840-1849
Taxation
- Valuation List 1778 Genealogy Trails
Town Records
- Town meeting records 1746-1881 FHL Collection
- Financial records 1858-1908 FHL Collection
Probate Records
Vital Records
- Births, marriages, deaths 1730-1856 FHL Collection
- Births, marriages, deaths, 1850-1915 FHL Collection
Births 1850-1915
Marriages 1850-1915
Deaths 1850-1915 - Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island computer printout; births or christenings, 1851-1876 FHL Collection
- Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island computer printout; marriages, 1636-1885 FHL Collection
Societies, Libraries and Museums
Websites
References
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