Barrington - Credits and Research Sources
Written by Stephen Venuti, President of Barrington Preservation Society Edited by Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Associate Professor of History, Roger Williams University
Research Sources
- MONUMENT TO NEGRO SLAVES.: First Memorial of the Kind in This Country Erected at Barrington, R.I. New York Times (1857-1922); Jun 15, 1903; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times, Page 3.
- Address At Dedication Of Memorial Monument To The Negro Slaves Of Barrington, R.I., June 14, 1903. Hon. Thos. W. BicknelI., A. M. I.L. D., Ex-Commissioner Of Public Schools, Rhode Island. The Colored American Magazine. September 1903, Page 628.
- Rhode Island Colonial Census of 1774, James Brown, Barrington, Rhode Island, British America, Ancestry.com, Page 236
- Findagrave.com/memorial/19136823/james-brown
- Probate Records 1687-1916; Index 1687-1926; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts); Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol Massachusetts. James Brown, ancestry.com/imageviewer/cpllections/9069/images/0461882-00315
- Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1916; Index 1687-1881 [Bristol County Massachusetts]; Author; Massachusetts Probate Court (Bristol County); Probate Place: Bristol Massachusetts. Lydia Brown, ancestry.com/imageviewer/cpllections/9069/images/0571358-00782
- A History of Barrington, Rhode Island, Bicknell, Thomas Williams, Snow & Farnham Printers, 1898
- Mister Myles His Negro No Hope of Life, In American History, Yalebooks.com, John G. Turner, April 13, 2020
- John Myles, the early New England Baptist, and Liberty, Patheos.com/Blogs/Anxiousbench; John Turner, January 17, 2019
- In A Place Called Swansea; John Raymond Hall, Gateway Press, Inc., 1987
- Captain Thomas Willett First Mayor of New York, New York History, Vol.21, No. 4, pp. 404-417; Elizur Yale Smith; Cornell University Press, October 1940
- Soldiers in King Philip’s War, A Critical Account of That War; George Madison Bodge, A.B., Published By Author, 1896
- Notes for Immigrant-Capt. Thomas Willet; Will and Inventory of Thomas Willett, 1674; Ancestry.com
- Sowams with ancient records of Sowams and parts adjacent; Bicknell, Thomas Williams;
Associated Publishers of American Records, New Haven, Conn. 1908. - The Will of Rev. John Myles: “Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3CL?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-F29%3A338083801 : 20 May 2014), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 549 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
- The Will and Inventory of Thomas Willet: “Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-V3LL?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-F29%3A338083801 : 20 May 2014), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 364 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
- Forgotten Patriots, African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War; Eric G. Grundset, Editor and Project Manager; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; 2008
- The Name of War, King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity; Jill Lepore; Vintage Books division of Random House, Inc., New York; 1998
- Atlantic History; Trevor Burnard, Editor in Chief; https://www.oxfordbibliogr
