Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census. Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after Providence;
Town Hall
Portsmouth Compact memorial at Founder's Brook
The Second Empire mansion at Borden Farm was built c. 1865
The Friends Meeting was built c. 1699–1700
Anne Hutchinson
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Anne Hutchinson was an English-born religious figure who was an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the nascent Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong relig
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
…Portsmouth was settled in 1638 by a group of religious dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony, including Dr. John Clarke, William Coddington, and Anne Hutchinson. It is named after Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Roger Williams convinced the settlers that they should go there instead of settling in the Province…
Anne Hutchinson on Trial
Marshalsea Prison, London, where Hutchinson's father was detained for two years for "heresy"
Reverend John Cotton was Hutchinson's mentor and her reason for emigrating to New England.
Reverend John Wheelwright was an ally of Hutchinson during the Antinomian Controversy, and both were banished.