Dear Karen,
Here is the direct quote of Susan Rothchild;
"In 1636 Capt. Roger Williams, who had abandoned the sea, moved from Salem,
bringing with him a colony of Friends, and settled with us, and set up a
school free for all, young and old. The same year he bounded the state and
called it Rhode Island, and named our place Bristol. He also surveyed and
laid out towns and gave them names."
I believe what Susan is stating is the Roger Williams set actual boundary
lines for Rhode Island. I also think (I could be wrong) that all the
colonies were considered "states" before they officially joined the union.
Hope this helps.
Bill
In a message dated 6/19/99 5:31:50 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time,
K6364(a)aol.com writes:
Subj: [CARR-L] Question about Carr Family by E.C. CARR 1894
Date: 6/19/99 5:31:50 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time
From: K6364(a)aol.com
To: CARR-L(a)rootsweb.com
Hello to all fellow Carr researchers:
I have a question for those of you that perhaps have been able to see the
book written by E.C. Carr in 1894 on the Carr Family. I have the book
Little
Compton Families and under the Carr family it cites from the above Carr
book
the following:
There is an old Bible that came down from William Carr, dated 1585, On the
first blank page written in a woman's hand is the following. "My maiden
name
was Susan Rothschild and born in Devonshire 30 April 1598. I married 16
May
1619 William Carr of London. ......... In 1636 Capt. Roger Williams, who
had
abandoned the sea, moved from Salem, bringing with him a colony of friends
and settled with us. The same year he founded the state of Rhode Island
and
named our place Bristol."
I am sure most of you have seen this somewhere. My question is. Does
anyone
have a copy of this book and if so does it actually say "The same year he
founded the state of Rhode Island ...." As a direct quote from this
woman?
My cousin, who is far more learned than I when it comes to history, says
that
if it really states this, than more than likely it is a false document.
Seeing as Rhode Island did not even become a state until 1790, it would
have
been impossible for this woman Susan Rothschild to have written this in a
bible sometime in the 1600's.
Perhaps this has just over the years been misquoted and was maybe
originally
in the book with () as an explanation and not as a quote from the bible.
Thanks so much for everyones time.
Karen
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