Stukely Westcott
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Stukely Westcott was one of the founding settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and one of the original members of the first Baptist Church in America, established by Roger
St John's Church in Yeovil, Somerset, England where Stukely Westcott and Juliann Marchante were married in 1619
Original town layout of Providence Plantations, showing Westcott's lot near the middle, to the left of the letter "C" in the word "Providence"
Narragansett Bay
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Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 square miles, 120.5 square miles of which is in Rhode Island. The bay forms New England's largest estuary, wh
Providence, Rhode Island's capital city, sits at the head of Narragansett Bay.
The name of Rose Island is attributed to the island's rose shape at low tide.
The Charles Blaskowitz Chart of Narragansett Bay published July 22, 1777, at Charing Cross, London