Canonicus
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Canonicus was a chief of the Narragansett people. He was wary of the colonial settlers, but he ultimately befriended Roger Williams and other settlers.
Roger Williams and Narragansetts
The original 1636 deed to Providence, signed by Chief Canonicus
Roger Williams
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Roger Williams was an English-born New England minister, theologian, author, and founder of the Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the
Canonicus
…Canonicus (c. 1565 – June 4, 1647) was a chief of the Narragansett people. He was wary of the colonial settlers, but he ultimately befriended Roger Williams and other settlers. Canonicus was born around 1565, but nothing is known of his early life. He was chief of the Narragansett tribe when the Pilgrims…
Roger Williams (1872)
Williams attended Pembroke College, Cambridge
The Jonathan Corwin House was long purported to be Williams's residence in Salem
The Banishment of Roger Williams (c. 1850) by Peter F. Rothermel