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Streets of Providence, 1806

April 24, 2021 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

I was recently sent a list of street-names established by the Town Council in Providence in 1806, copied below. The list of re-named streets was published in the Providence Phoenix, Saturday, June 14, 1806, page two. Thanks to Cherry Bamberg for passing on this interesting list.

In the years after 1800, Providence grew rapidly as a busy port and industrial center. There would be many new streets in the coming decades as the center city expanded in all directions.

To see maps before and after 1806

If you want to locate the streets in the long list with their place on a map, here are maps from 1798, 1803, and 1823.

**1798**: The above map is a snippet of one of the many maps, with owner/tenant information, in Henry R. Chase and Albert L. Bodwell’s Owners and Occupants of the Lots, Houses and Shops In the Town of Providence, Rhode Island, In 1798: Located On Maps of the Highways of That Date; Also Owners Or Occupants of Houses In the Compact Part of Providence In 1759, Showing the Location and In Whose Names They Are to Be Found On the Map of 1798 (Providence: Printed by Livermore & Knight Co., 1914). See the full book with 1798 maps:
https://archive.org/details/ownersoccupantso00chac/page/n5/mode/2up

**1803**: The above map is a snippet from Anthony, Map of Providence. 1803, Providence Public Library Digital Collections | John Hutchins Cady Research Scrapbooks Collection To see full 1803 map:
https://provlibdigital.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A5681

**1823**: The above map is a snippet from Anthony, Daniel. Map of the town of Providence: from actual survey. [Providence: Daniel Anthony, 1823] Map.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2011589249

A painting of Providence looking up at College Hill, 1809

For a depiction of downtown Providence in 1809, looking up at college hill, preserved on a theater backdrop curtain owned by the Rhode Island Historical Society, see this 2019 news article:
https://apnews.com/article/64bcddaaf7f5413e9d5626e0bf54e699

Street names in 1806

– from the Providence Phoenix, Saturday, June 14, 1806, page two. My notes and links for further reading or images in italics.

The following are the names of the streets in this town, as the same were lately established by the Town Council.

1. The streets formerly called Water-street, King-street, Williams-street, Constitution-street and part of Prince-street, and the new street at the north end, extending from Wickenden-street at the south end, to the town line near the house of Jeremiah Dexter, at the north end, be altogether called Main-street.

2. The street next eastward from Main-street, leading from Wickenden-street by the dwelling-house of Louis Ormsbee, northward, to its junction with Main-street on Constitution-hill, Benefit-street.

3. The street from Olney’s lane southward to Angell-street, near the Powder-house, Prospect-street.

4. The street extending southward from Olney’s lane, over Tackwotton to the shore (heretofore called Second Back-street) including the street formerly called West-street, Hope-street.

5. The street from George to Benevolent-street, westward from the school-house, Megee-street.

For a recent update on this street name, see the City of Providence Open Meetings portal.

6. The street from Power to Benevolent-street, westward of Mr. Ives’ new house, Brown-street.

7. The street from Arnold to Power street, between the houses of Mr. Burrow and Mr. Ellis, Thayer-street.

8. The street from Wickenden-street at the house belonging to Captain Joseph Peck, northward, to Williams-street, Brook -street.

9. The street from the south end of Main-street, at the foot of the lower wharf, eastward to Hope-street, Wickenden-street.

10. The street from Benefit-street, between the house of Nicholas Stilwell and the shop of Pitcher and Daggett to Hope-street, Sheldon-street.

For pictures of Sheldon street, see this page at the Providence Preservation Society.

11. The street leading eastward from Main-street, between the houses of Captain Power and John and Israel Davis, to Hope-street, Transit-street.

12. The street from Benefit-street, by Christopher Arnold’s house to Hope-street, Arnold-street.

For recent pictures of Arnold Street, see the Providence Preservation Society.

13. The new street from Main to Benefit-street, by the house of the late James Arnold, Esq., James-street.

14. The street from Benefit-street, next south of the dwelling-house of John Innis Clark, Esq. to Hope-street, John-street.

Providence Preservation Society covers several houses on John Street in its Fox Point section.

15. This-street established in the year 1794 by William Ashton’s house from Main to Benefit-street, together with the street from Benefit to Hope-street and heretofore called Williams-street, to be both together called Williams-street.

16. The street from Main to Hope-street, passing by the mansion house of the late John Brown, Esq. Power-street.

17. The street leading southward between Main and Benefit-street, from Power to Williams-street, Well-street.

See a charming picture of Well Street.

18. The alley leading from the last mentioned street, by the house of William Harding to Main-street, Harding’s-alley.

19. The street from Main to Benefit-street, by the mansion house of the late Welcome Arnold, Esq. Planet-street.

See an explanation of the “Planet Street” name on Small State Big History.

20. The street from Benefit to Hope-street, between lands of the Benevolent Congregational Society and land of the heirs of Joseph Crawford, deceased, Benevolent-street.

21. The street from benefit two hope-street, next south of the College, George-street.

22. The street from Main to Benefit-street, between the dwelling houses of Dr. Henry Sterling, and the late Gov. Hopkins, Hopkins-street.

23. The street from Main-street to the College, part of which was formerly called Hanover-street, College-street.

24. The street from Main to Benefit-street, next south of the Baptist Meeting-House, President-street.

25. The street from the Baptist Meeting-House eastward to Hope-street, by the Rev. Dr. Gano’s, Angell-street.

26. The street from Main to Benefit-street, next north of the Baptist Meeting-House, Thomas-street.

27. The street from Main to Hope-street, next south of the Quaker Meeting-House, Meeting-street.

The Providence Preservation Society offers the story of the Meetings Street Steps and also The Old Brick School House, 1769.

28. The street next south of the Court-House, from Main-street across Benefit-street into Meeting-street, South Court-street.

29. The street next north of the Court-House, from Main to Benefit-street, North Court-street

30. The street from Main to Benefit-street, next south of the mansion house of the late Dr. Benjamin Bowen, Bowen-street.

31. The alley next north of Ezra Hubbard’s house, from Main-street to Benefit-street, Howland’s-alley.

32. The street from Main to Benefit-street, next south of the Episcopal Church, Church-street.

33. The street from Main to Benefit-street, next north of the last mentioned-street, Star-street.

See a picture of an early Star Street residence from the Providence Public Library John Hutchins Cady Research Scrapbooks Collection. The Whipple Website features a 1912 image of the intersection with Main Street.

34. The alley from Main to Benefit-street, by James Currie’s house, Short-alley.

35. The lane from Main-street by George Olney’s house eastward, toward Dexter Brown’s, Olney’s-lane.

36. The lane on the north line of the town from Jeremiah Dexter’s eastward, Harrington’s-lane.

37. The street lately established on the east side of the Cove upon the water’s edge, from Weybosset Bridge to the Gangway by Jonathan Tillinghast’s, Water-street.

For more about Weybosset Bridge, see the book Weybosset Bridge in Providence Plantations 1700-1790 by Arthur E. Wilson (Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1947).

38. The street from Main to Charles-street, over the Mill Bridge, Mill-street.

39. The street formerly called Stamper’s-lane, upon the hill immediately westward of the Montgomery Tavern and nearly parallel with Main-street, Stamper’s-street.

40. The street leading from Main-street, southward over Stephens Bridge, Stephens-street.

41. The street from Main-street near Sylvanus Martin’s, over Randall’s Bridge to Charles-street, Randall-street.

42. The street from Main-street by the house of the late Amasa Gray, northward to the Burying Ground, by Uriah Hopkin’s, Sexton-street.

43. The alley next northward of the late Amasa Gray’s house, from Sexton to Main-street, Cozzen’s-alley.

44. The street along the bank eastward of the Mill Pond, from the Mill Bridge to Stevens-street, Bark-street.

Theodore Coleman provides background to the Bark Street area in “Camp Hill, Hardscrabble, and Addison’s Hollow in Early Providence” on Small State Big History.

45. The street leading from the west side of the Work House, along the western bank of the river, by Steven’s Bridge, to North Providence line, towards the house of the late Esek Hopkins, Esq. Charles-street.

46. The street leading from Main-street over the bridge by the Work House, up the hill westward, Smith-street.

47. The street from Charles-street, westward by the house of Philip Martin, to North Providence line, Martin-street.

48. The street from Charles-street, westward to Fenner Angells, Orms-street.

49. The street from Smith to Orms-street, by the house of Benjamin Smith, Ben-street.

50. The street from Main-street over Weybosset Bridge, westward to Whitman’s Corner, Market-street.

51. The streets formerly called Weybosset-street, Broad-street and part of High-street, extending from Whitman’s Corner to the junction of Westminster and High-streets, Weybosset-street.

52. The street from Market-street at the Exchange Bank, straight westward, to its junction with High-street, Westminster-street.

53. The street from the westward ends of Weybosset and Westminster-streets to Tar Bridge, High-street.

For reminiscences of Providence streets in the early 1800’s including High Street, see Henry A. Howland’s “Providence in 1810 and Later,” Narragansett Historical Register, v. 4 (1888), p. 111.

54. The street from High-street at the Hoyle Tavern, towards Monkey-Town, Cranston-street.

For more about the Old Hoyle Tavern, see “Hoyle Tavern” at Old Providence. The Oldpvd.com website helps you navigate Providence streets, landmarks and buildings through the centuries.

55. The street leading from Weybosset-street by George Batty’s house, towards Pawtuxet, Pawtuxet-street.

56. The new street laid from the road to the new Hospital, and extending northeastward to Muddy-Dock, being the first street southward from Weybosset and Pawtuxet-streets, Pine-street.

57. The street next southward of Pine-street and running parallel therewith, extending from the road to the new Hospital to the salt water, southward of Muddy Dock, Friendship-street.

58. The street from Westminster-street, between the houses of Mr. Burrill and Mr. Gladding, across Weybosset-street to the salt water, Orange-street.

See more about Providence’s Arcade, the original shopping mall constructed in 1828, near Orange Street.

59. The street northward from Weybosset-street, between the houses of Thomas S Webb and Gershom Jones, Pleasant-street.

60. The street from Weybosset-street northward between the houses of Captain Turpin Smith and Capt. Bowler and across Westminster-street to the salt water, Union-street.

61. The lane called Clemense-lane, extending from Westminster-street northward and Sugar-lane extending southward from Westminster to Weybosset-street, Sugar-lane.

See more about early Westminster Street, with an early image, in Providence Magazine, vol. 29 (April, 1917), page 217.

62. The street leading northward from Westminster-street by the house late of Paul Allen, deceased, and the street leading southward from Westminster-street, by the Theatre to Weybosset-street, Mathewson-street.

63. The street leading northward from Westminster-street, by Edward Aborn’s house, Aborn-street.

64. The street from Westminster-street, southward to Weybosset-street, between the houses of Captain James Monro and Capt. Cole, Snow-street.

65. The street leading northward from Westminster-street, between the houses of Ephraim Walker and Captain Cole, Walker-street.

66. The street running southward from Westminster-street, by Weybosset-street, by the lots of Deacon Fuller and James Burrill, jun. Burrill-street.

67. The street leading from the salt water, westward, by the house of Col. John Mathewson, and by the Ropewalk, Washington-street

68. The street leading southward from Weybosset-street, by the mansion house late of Capt. William Rhodes, Rhodes-street.

For more about Rhodes Street National Register District, based on later large homes built in the area, see the Providence Preservation Society.

69. The street passing between the house of Samuel Ames and that of Phinehas and Joseph Potter, Potter-street.

70. The street leading southward from Weybosset-street, between the houses of Samuel Ames and that of Capt. Cory, Page-street.

71. The street leading southward from Weybosset-street, and heretofore called Richmond-street and sometimes Claverack-street – Richmond-street.

72. The straight part of the street formerly called Shipyard-street, at the northerly end of said street, together with the late continuation of said straight part, Chestnut-street.

73. The remaining part of said Shipyard-street, extending from Chestnut-street down to Eddy’s Point, Ship-street.

74. The street leading from Ship-street eastward, across Richmond-street to the salt water, and heretofore called Prospect-street, Prime-street.

75. The street at Eddy’s Point, extending southward next the shore, Eddy-street.

76. The street leading southward from Ship-street and next westward from the last mentioned street, Field-street.

An earlier street list, 1772

A similar list of the names of the streets and lanes of the tow, approved by the Townsmen in Town meeting, 1772, was contributed by Howard W. Preston to the Rhode Island Historical Society Collections, vol. XX, no. 3, July, 1927, p. 69 “Providence Street Names.”

Later expansions of Providence

Do the Providence streets mentioned here seem to run into the next town before you think they should? This map, below, displays the changing town boundaries which eventually brought some property back into the city of Providence.

Providence Public LIbrary Digital Collections | John Hutchins Cady Research Scrapbooks Collection Map Showing Re-Annexations to Providence, 1765-1919
https://provlibdigital.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A4677

Learn more about Providence’s early streets:

David Brussat’s book Lost Providence
Contribute to Maureen Taylor’s Old Providence website, oldpvd.com
Florence Simister’s Streets of the city: An anecdotal history of Providence (1968)
Learn more about streets and houses at the Providence Preservation Society
View photos and images at the Providence Public Library Digital Collections
John Hutchins Cady’s The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence, 1636-1950.

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Rhode Island Naturalization Records

March 4, 2021 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

Great news!

As the Family History Library moves its microfilm holdings to the web, record sets are becoming newly available to logged-in FamilySearch.org users AT HOME. Naturalization records of our ancestors, including Declarations of Intentions and Petitions for Naturalization are coming online but many of them are unindexed, so will not come up in any search. To use unindexed records, look for record sets which contain original indexing on their pages, then, with a page or form number found for your ancestor, look at other record sets which contain the forms or record books.

Links to a number of record sets, for each Rhode Island county and the federal record index sets related to Rhode Island are available below. When using a record set on FamilySearch, click on the CAMERA icon to see the images; if the camera shows a LOCK, you will need to either log in or use the records in a Family History Library Affiliate Library. The links below are for FamilySearch microfilm, but note that the large sets for the federal and state records related to Rhode Island also are held on Ancestry.

It will take some trial and error to match an index entry with a record page; be sure you are looking at records for the same court (Common Pleas, Superior or Supreme) and if you cannot make a match, try inquiring at the State Archives. For federal court records (Circuit Court and District Court), the major indexing sets are now available online, linked below, and are very helpful, but for the full papers, inquire with the National Archives at Waltham, Mass.

The U.S. naturalization process is the path to legal citizenship for those who qualify and apply. The process included “first papers” or an initial statement of intention to become a U.S. citizen, followed, later on, by a final decree of naturalization. These petitions and decrees are court proceedings, so, the records are court records. Since the beginning of the United States, county, state, and federal courts have all been utilized for this process although after 1906, the federal government controlled it more tightly, but still not exclusively. All of those settings should be reviewed for the desired papers, but a general rule is to look at the court that might have been the easiest for your ancestor to access. Check the 1920 federal census for a year of naturalization (and other state and federal census years for year of immigration). Note that we may find American-born women in these records in the early 1900’s, as their citizenship was linked to their husbands’ for a couple of decades.

State and county naturalization records

Here is a guide to the pre-1950 naturalization records created in Rhode Island, and how to find them. In all cases you will need to find an INDEX entry, then try to find a petition or certificate FORM online (although those may not be available in every case). Read the record set descriptions on FamilySearch carefully, if available.

First, let’s use any index sets for state and county court records, usually sorted by county. I’ve included record sets of petitions, declarations and other Naturalization materials, for use after you have found a record in the index. I have maintained the record set names as used by FamilySearch.org even though they look a little confusing here. In some cases it will not be clear how to take the INDEX from a certain court and find the RECORDS for that same court; I would suggest really looking around and trying things.

INDEX sets in RED below.

BRISTOL COUNTY

Rhode Island, Bristol County, Bristol, Supreme Judicial Court, naturalization records, 1804-1842. Supreme Court
Bristol (R.I.) naturalization records (1890-1902) and index (1896-1998) –, 1890-1998. Superior Court
Rhode Island, Bristol County, Bristol, Court of Common Pleas, naturalization records, 1806-1893. Court of Common Pleas (Bristol County)
Rhode Island, Bristol County, Bristol, Supreme Court, naturalization records, 1843-1903. Supreme Court

KENT COUNTY

Naturalization petitions, 1793-1958 [Kent County, “Wisconsin” – should say “Rhode Island”] Court of Common Pleas (Kent County); Supreme Court; Superior Court
Rhode Island, Kent County, Supreme Court, naturalization records, 1854-1903. Supreme Court
Rhode Island, Kent County, Court of Common Pleas, naturalization records, 1868-1892 Court of Common Pleas (Kent County)
Rhode Island, Kent County, Superior Court, naturalization records, 1905-1906. Superior Court
Declarations of intention, 1917-1929 [Kent County, Rhode Island]. Superior Court
Naturalization petitions, 1917-1947. Superior Court
Declarations of intention, 1929-1951 [Kent County, Rhode Island]. Superior Court
Naturalization petitions, 1923-1960. Superior Court

NEWPORT COUNTY

Rhode Island, Newport County, Superior Court, naturalization records, ca. 1792-1906. Superior Court
Naturalization petitions, 1793-1921 [Newport County, Rhode Island] Court of Common Pleas (Newport County)
Naturalization index, 1793-1942 [Newport County, Rhode Island] Court of Common Pleas (Newport County); Supreme Court; Superior Court
Naturalization index, 1793-1981 [Newport County, Rhode Island] Court of Common Pleas (Newport County); Supreme Court; Superior Court
Rhode Island, Newport County, Supreme Judicial Court, naturalization records, 1799-1811. Supreme Court
Rhode Island, Newport County, Court of Common Pleas, naturalization records, 1802-1903. Court of Common Pleas
Rhode Island, Newport County, Supreme Court, naturalization records, 1809-1905. Supreme Court
Declarations of intention of naturalization 1888-1905 Court of Common Pleas (Newport County)
Declarations of intention, 1890-1929 [Newport County, Rhode Island]. Superior Court
Naturalization petitions (Newport County, Rhode Island), 1915-1929. Superior Court
Naturalization papers index, soldiers and sailors, 1918-1919 [Newport County, Rhode Island] Court of Common Pleas (Newport County)
Declarations of intention (Newport County, Rhode Island), 1929-1941. Superior Court
Naturalization petitions (Newport County), 1929-1945. Superior Court
Declarations of intention (Newport County, Rhode Island), 1929-1941. Superior Court

PROVIDENCE COUNTY

Naturalization and citizenship index. 1793-1892 [Providence County, Rhode Island]. Supreme Court
Naturalization petitions, 1793-1892 [Providence County, Rhode Island]. Supreme Court
Naturalization and citizenship index, 1793-1905 [Providence, Rhode Island]. Court of Common Pleas (Providence County)
Rhode Island, Providence County, Supreme Court, naturalization records, 1793-1903. Supreme Court
Rhode Island, Providence County, Court of Common Pleas, naturalization records, 1818-1893. Court of Common Pleas (Providence County)
Naturalization petitions, 1820-1893. Court of Common Pleas (Providence County)
Rhode Island, Providence County, Superior Court, naturalization records, 1905-1906 Superior Court
Declarations of intentions (Providence County, Rhode Island), 1917-1927 Superior Court
Naturalization petitions (Providence County, Rhode Island), 1917-1929. Supreme Court
Declarations of intention, 1928-1949 [Providence, Rhode Island] Superior Court
Naturalization records, 1930-1946. Superior Court
(see additional Providence County records under the federal records, below.)

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Rhode Island, Washington County, Supreme Judicial Court, naturalization records, 1817-1819. Supreme Court
Rhode Island, Washington County, Court of Common Pleas, naturalization records, 1842-1899. Court of Common Pleas (Washington County)
Rhode Island, Washington County, Supreme Court, naturalization records, 1847-1905. Supreme Court
Declarations of naturalization intention, 1881-1900. Court of Common Pleas (Washington County)
Rhode Island, Washington County, Superior Court, naturalization records, 1905-1906. Superior Court
Declarations of intention, 1917-1929 [Washington County, Rhode Island]. Superior Court
Naturalization petitions, 1917-1929 [Washington County, Rhode Island]. Superior Court
Declarations of intention, 1930-1952 [Washington County, Rhode Island]. Superior Court
Naturalization petitions, 1930-1945. Superior Court

Federal naturalization records

These index records are for United States Circuit Courts or District Courts located in Rhode Island.

Index to Rhode Island naturalizations, 1918-1968. Rhode Island: United States Circuit and District Courts filmed at NARA, Waltham, Mass. OVERALL SET SEARCHABLE BY NAME.

Contains:

Index to Military Naturalizations, 1918-1940
Index to Military Naturalizations, 1943-1945
Index to naturalizations outside of the United States, 1953-1956
Cancelled declarations, ca. 1942-1948
Index to women’s repatriations, 1936-1968

I ndexes to naturalization records for the District Court, 1906-1991, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, Rhode Island : NARA RG21 publication M2084. SEARCHABLE BY NAME.

Contains:

Index to naturalization petitions
INDEX TO DECLARATION OF INTENTIONS, 1906-1939, UNITED STATES CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS
INDEX TO DECLARATION OF INTENTIONS, 1940-1984, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS

Naturalization index card to Federal District Court Record

A large index to New England naturalization petitions have been available online for some time:

Index to New England naturalization petitions, 1791-1906 SEARCHABLE BY NAME.

Some record sets found for U.S. District or Circuit Court:

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Find Rhode Island Probate TODAY

January 13, 2021 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

The most frequent query about Rhode Island genealogy is this: I have an ancestor with x name in x town (often in New York state or Vermont), born say, 1760 in Rhode Island, and I need to find the parents of this person. Solid evidence often exists in probate (say, an 1801 receipt for proceeds from an estate, signed by person x of x town, N.Y.). Often, the correspondent is aware of this possibility but will tell me “oh, I’ve searched on Ancestry but found no probate.”

Virtually ALL existing pre-1900 Rhode Island probate is online at Ancestry.com. They do not always have every part of the probate packets (sometimes you will want to gain access to additional records on FamilySearch.org) but they have enough to identify the recorded probate activities.

But searching on Ancestry won’t work in many cases. We need to tackle Ancestry in a completely different way. A paid account, or access through a local library, will be needed. What you are looking for is not any kind of summary or data, you are looking for the ORIGINAL probate pages, records, administration/guardianship records, inventories, auction lists, packets or receipts.

Here are the steps to FIND THE PROBATE RIGHT NOW:

Know what town you want. All R.I. probate is filed originally by town, but Ancestry lumps all the record sets for one county together, and, unfortunately, almost no record set has a title that includes the town name. So if you pull up Washington County, you will see dozens of record sets with no idea which sets belong to which town. Go to Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932. Find on the screen the “Browse this collection” link in the side column.
Pull down the county name in the side column.

Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932. Choose the county then look for the exact title.

ALL the record sets for that county will come up in a long list below the county name (see all those arrows in my illustration, above). CHECK MY GUIDE at the bottom of THIS web page, the page you are on right now, find your county, find your town, and locate a useful record set, say, an index set, and remember the name of it. FIND that exact name in the box on Ancestry that is pictured and linked above. (When using Providence, give it time, the list of record sets is VERY long and takes a minute to show up).
If you found an index book, and now know a volume and page you need, use the same system of finding the titles by town, below, then locating the desired title under the county on Ancestry.

You CAN find your Rhode Island probate! After your first session or two trying this, you’ll realize it’s all there and you’ll get used to using this guide. Good luck with your probate research.

Four additional tips:

When possible, try to drill down by town on FamilySearch.org and uncover some probate packets or books not available on Ancestry. Often, those FamilySearch records are restricted to in-library use only.
Note that some of these record sets are EARLY TOWN RECORD BOOKS – those can be helpful and revealing too.
Remember, SOME digital indexing has been done, so try that, but it covers maybe 20% of names. Learn to make use of the original index pages from the books you will be perusing.
Sometimes, if a first name is unknown, you need to go through every probate during a time period for the last name you seek. You can do it! Also, for this problem, remember that heirs were often mentioned in the ORIGINAL book index pages – look for those!

BRISTOL COUNTY [All titles below will be found in a single list on Ancestry for Bristol County – this list helps you find the title you want.]

Barrington

Deed Records, Vol 13, 1882-1890; Vol 14, 1890-1891
Probate Index, Abatantuono, Ann-McCabe, Ann M,
Probate Index, McCabe, Ann M-Zukowski, William Joseph
Probate Records, Docket 1-7, 1874-1923
Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1830-1869
Town Council Records, Vol 1-4, 1770-1891

Bristol

Administration and Testamentary Letters, 1810-1871
Administrator Accounts, Vol 11-12, 1899-1920; Letters of Administrator, Vol 7-8, 1901-1917
Administrators Accounts, 1811-1852
Administrators Accounts, 1852-1870
Administrators Accounts, 1870-1877
Deeds, Wills, Inventories, Administrations, Grand Deeds and Grand Articles, 1680-1808
Estate Deeds, Vol 5, 1909-1917; Warrants, Vol 1, 1896-1916; Admin Account, Vol 11, 1892-1899; Etc
Inventories, Vol 1-4, 1811-1867
Letters of Administration, Vol 5, 1870-1906
Original Land Records, 1690-1703, 1886
Probate and Town Records, Vol 2-3, 1760-1825
Probate and Town Records, Vol 4, 1825-1838
Probate Bonds, 1817-1890 Probate Bonds, 1858-1885
Probate Index, Dixon, Ezra-Morris, Harriet P
Probate Index, Morris, Harriet P-Zych, John
Probate Records, Vol 6-8, 1855-1877
Wills, Inventories, 1746-1793
Wills, Inventories, 1746-1845
Wills, Inventories, 1845-1881

Warren

Accounts, 1832-1876; Commissioners Reports of Claims, 1843-1913
Accounts, Vol 11, 1878-1891; Vol 12, 1891-1912; Vol 13, 1912-1947
Bonds and Letters Testamentary, 1811-1836
Bonds, 1875-1892; Vol 3, 1892-1905; Vol 4, 1906-1917
Index to Vol 2-3 of Probate Proceedings, 1808-1851; Probate Proceedings, Vol 2, 1808-1839
Letters of Guardianship, 1840-1900; Letters and Bonds to Return Inventory, 1823-1839
Probate Index, Vol A-H, 1746-1859 Probate Index, Vol H-Z, 1746-1859
Probate Proceedings, Vol 7-8, 1868-1879
Probate Proceedings, Vol 9, 1825-1833; Probate Proceedings, 1819-1828, 1833-1839
Probate Records, Vol 12, 1892-1906; Vol 13, 1897-1904; Vol 14, 1904-1909; Vol 15, 1909-1914
Probate Records, Vol 14, 1903-1908; Vol 15, 1908-1911; Vol 16, 1911-1914; Vol 17, 1914-1916
Probate Records, Vol 17, 1916-1918
Wills and Inventories, Vol 1-2, 1746-1808 Wills and Inventories, Vol 3-4, 1806-1893
Wills, Vol 9, 1880-1890; Vol 10, 1902-1918

KENT COUNTY [All titles below will be found in a single list on Ancestry for Kent County – this list helps you find the title you want.]

Coventry

Probate Records, 1764-1824
Probate records, 1825-1841
Probate Records, 1841-1871
Probate Records, 1856-1932
Probate Records, 1869-1878
Probate records, v.10, 1878-1883
Probate Records, Vol 11-13, 1883-1906
Probate Records, Vol 14-15, 1906-1922

East Greenwich

Probate Files, 1-87, Adams-Brayton, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 88-178, Briggs-Congdon, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 179-243, Congdon-Freeborn, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 244-320, Freeborn-Hawkins, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 320-394, Hawkins-Kelly, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 394-447, Kelly-Mawney, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 447-524, Mawney-Pitcher, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 525-611, Pitcher-Spencer, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 612-695, Spencer-Wells, Early to 1885
Probate Files, 695-725, Wells-Wood, Early to 1885
Probate Index, Abar-Tortolani, 1872-2002
Probate Index, Tortolani-Zubee, 1872-2002
Probate Records, Vol 4-5, 1784-1819
Probate Records, Vol 6-7, 1819-1850
Probate Records, Vol 8, 1847-1875
Probate Records, Vol 9, 1875-1891
Town Council Records, 1865-1873

Warwick

Guardianship, 1896-1923 Testamentary, 1856-1891 Testamentary, 1891-1909 Testamentary, 1909-1931
Miscellaneous, 1839-1856; Administration, 1856-1932; Guardianship, 1856-1896
Probate Bonds, Vol 1, 1873-1889; Vol 2, 1885-1897; Vol 3, 1897-1905
Probate Bonds, Vol 4, 1895-1903; Vol 5, 1903-1908; Vol 6, 1908-1915
Probate Bonds, Vol 7, 1915-1921
Probate Docket Books, 1839-1925
Probate Proceedings, Vol 13, 1907-1912; Vol 14, 1912-1918, 1947, 1955; Vol 15, 1918-1924, 1953
Probate Proceedings, Vol 16, 1924-1938; Vol 17, 1925-1928; Vol 18, 1925-1934
Probate Proceedings, Vol 19, 1918-1928; Vol 20, 1928-1930; Vol 21, 1928-1931
Probate Proceedings, Vol 21, 1929-1931; Vol 22, 1929-1930; Vol 23, 1930-1931
Probate Proceedings, Vol 8, 1876-1880; Vol 9, 1880-1881; Vol 10, 1882-1894
Town Council Records 1853-1877
Town Council Records Vol 1, 1742-1770
Town Council Records, Vol 3, 1804-1822
Town Council Records, Vol 7, 1870-1879
Wills and Probate Proceedings, 1804-1820
Wills and Probate Proceedings, 1820-1839
Wills and Probate Proceedings, 1839-1861
Wills and Probate Proceedings, 1861-1869
Wills and Probate Proceedings, 1869-1876
Wills, Vol 1, 1703-1745
Wills, Vol 2-4, 1745-1797
Wills, Vol 5-6, 1797-1816
Wills, Vol 7-8, 1816-1831
Wills, Vol 9-10, 1831-1847
Wills, Vol 11-12, 1845-1859
Wills, Vol 13-14, 1859-1868
Wills, Vol 15-16, 1868-1879
Wills, Vol 17-19, 1879-1898
Wills, Vol 20-22, 1898-1909
Wills, Vol 23-24, 1909-1917, 1953

West Greenwich

Wills, vol 6-10, 1822-1890

West Warwick

Docket 1913-1923; wills 1913-1919; bonds 1913-1919; letters of administration 1913-1923
Testamentary Letters, 1914-1923; Guardianship Letters, 1913-1923; Probate Proceedings, 1913-1924

NEWPORT COUNTY [All titles below will be found in a single list on Ancestry for Newport County – this list helps you find the title you want.]

Jamestown

Index to Land Evidence Records, Vol 1-14, 1680-1903
Probate Files, Carr, Isaac-Larkin, Eliz B
Probate Records, Vol 6-9, 1887-1915
Town Council and Probate Records and Index, Vol 2-4, 1767- 1874
Town Records, 1744-1796; Town Council Records, 1746-1766; Index

Little Compton

Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 1-2, 1746-1781
Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 8, 1832-1841; Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1841-1854
Vols. 14-15 (1900-1915)

Middletown

Books, Vol 12, 1894-1902; Vol 13, 1902-1908; Vol 14, 1908-1910
Cemetery Records; Wills, Early-1800; Wills, 1745-1894; Deaths and Marriages
Court Records, 1751-1785, 1813-1833
Docket 1, 1896-1936
Town Council Records, Vol 3-5, 1793-1838
Town Council Records, Vol 6-8, 1838-1879

Newport

General Probate Index, Vol A-B, 1779-1973
General Probate Index, Vol C-H, 1779-1973
General Probate Index, Vol I-R, 1779-1973
General Probate Index, Vol S-Z, 1779-1973
Index to Town Council Records
Index to Wills
Land Evidence Records, Vol 48-49, 1878-1880
Miscellaneous Records, 1701-1776
Probate Index, Aaron, Harry Solomon-Brown, Sophia Augusta
Probate Index, Abate, Salvatore A-Richmond, Henry I
Probate Index, Brown, Sophia Augusta-Crosby, Sarah C
Probate Index, Crosby, Sarah C-Francis, Hariet H
Probate Index, Francis, Harriet H-Hobbs, Caroline M
Probate Index, Hobbs, Caroline M-Limmer, Edward F
Probate Index, Limmer, Edward F-Mullaney, Johanna
Probate Index, Mullaney, Johanna-Ray, John Lewis
Probate Index, Ray, John Lewis-Sousa, Telma Garcia
Probate Index, Richmond, Henry I-Yetman, Walter Minor
Probate Index, Sousa, Telma Garcia-Virgadamo, Lucia G
Probate Index, Virgadamo, Lucia G-Zuill, Elizabeth W
Probate Records, Vol 10-11, 1834-1838
Probate Records, Vol 11, 1854-1876; Town Council Records, Vol 3, 1841-1880
Probate Records, Vol 12-13, 1838-1844
Probate Records, Vol 1-3, 1779-1802
Probate Records, Vol 19, 1858-1859
Probate Records, Vol 20-21, 1859-1863
Probate Records, Vol 22, 1862-1865
Probate Records, Vol 23-24, 1864-1867
Probate Records, Vol 28-29, 1872-1875
Probate records, vol 30, 1877
Probate Records, Vol 31-33, 1877-1880
Probate Records, Vol 41-43, 1887-1890
Probate Records, Vol 4-5, 1802-1819
Probate Records, Vol 48-50, 1894-1896
Probate Records, Vol 52-55, 1898-1900
Probate records, vol 55-57, 1900-1902
Probate Records, Vol 60-62, 1904-1906
Probate Records, Vol 62-64, 1906-1908
Probate Records, Vol 71-73, 1913-1915
Probate Records, Vol 8-9, 1818-1834
Town Council Records, Vol 12-16, 1756-1771
Town Council Records, Vol 1-3, 1702-1719
Town Council Records, Vol 17-18, 1702-1776
Town Council Records, Vol 4-7, 1714-1735
Town Council Records, Vol 8-11, 1735-1755

Portsmouth

Council and Probate Records, Vol 6-9, 1764-1822
Probate Bonds, 1829-1926
Probate Bonds, 1869-1926
Probate Index Cards, A-Z, 1700-1996
Probate Records, Vol 2-5, 1834-1868
Probate Records, Vol 6, 1845-1880
Town Council Records, Vol 10, 1822-1862
Town Council Records, Vol 13-15, 1893-1930

Tiverton

Appointment Book of Administrators, Borden, Benajah-End, 1830-1844; Vol 11-14, 1832-1876
Land Records, Vol 27, 1877-1879
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 2 and 4, 1747-1792
Probate Index, 1700-1902
Probate Records, Vol 13-14a, 1848-1866
Probate Records, Vol 14, 1866-1876
Probate Records, Vol 14-15, 1844-1850
Probate Records, Vol 15, 1876-1883
Probate Records, Vol 16, 1884-1890; Vol 17, 1890-1896; Vol 18, 1896-1902
Probate records, vol 2 and 4, 1747-1792; town council probate, 1776-1789; vol 5-6, 1792-1814
Town Council Records, Vol 1-4, 1776-1903
Town Council Records, Vol 5-6, 1903-1929
Town Meetings and Probate Records, 1776-1789; Town Meetings, 1804-1889

MISC:

A Book of Records For the Proprietors of the Lands Containing the Names of the First Proprietors
Durfee and Stafford Genealogy and Allied Lines from 1600

PROVIDENCE COUNTY [All titles below will be found in a single list on Ancestry for Providence County – this list helps you find the title you want.]

Burrillville

Administration Letters, Vol 1, 1907-1916; Warrants, Vol 1, 1896-1906; Bonds, Vol 1-2, 1873-1916
Letters of Guardianship, Administration, Testamentary, 1862-1917; Probate Bonds, 1873-1898
Probate Docket, Vol 1-2, 1900-1956; Wills, Vol 6, 1891-1916; Admin Letters, Vol 1, 1862-1907
Probate Journals Vol 1-3, 1806-1883
Probate Journals, Vol 4-6, 1883-1918; Probate Docket, Vol 1, 1896-1900
Probate Records, Vol 3-4, 1842-1871
Probate Records, Vol 5, 1871-1891
Town Meeting Records, 1806-1881

Cranston

Bonds to Probate Court, Vol 1, 1873-1892; Probate Index
Estate Files, 1064-1404
Estate Files, 1-372
Estate Files, 1405-1685
Estate Files, 1686-2074
Estate Files, 2075-2656
Estate Files, 2657-3090
Estate Files, 3096-3421
Estate Files, 3422-3687
Estate Files, 374-645
Estate Files, 648-1064
Inventories, 19, 1890-1899; 21, 1898-1905; 29, 1906-1911; 35, 1910-1913
Inventories, Reports, Accounts, Vol 16, 1873-1888; Wills, Vol 17, 1875-1894
Inventory, Accounts, Etc, Vol 10, 1849-1862; Admin and Guardianship Letters, Vol 11, 1849-1869
Letters of Administrator and Guardianship, Vol 14, 1867- 1892; Vol 15, 1873- 1887
Letters, 20, 1899-1919; Testamentary, 22, 1892-1915; Misc Bonds, 23-24, 1892-1914; 2, 1888-1896
Probate Bonds, 2 and 27, 1893-1923; Probate Bonds, 31 and 33, 1904-1919; Will, 25, 1892-1895
Probate Index, Aaronian, Evelyn H-Burton, Joseph
Probate Index, Burton, Joseph-Deluca, Giovanni
Probate Index, Deluca, Giovanni-Gill, William C
Probate Index, Gill, William C-Karnegie, Benjamin
Probate Index, Karnegie, Benjamin-McCann, Irene
Probate Index, McCann, Irene-Peterson, Annie
Probate Index, Peterson, Annie-Shaw, Harriet
Probate Index, Shaw, Harriet-Walton, Thomas
Probate Index, Walton, Thomas-Zwoden, Arden; Hildebrant, Katharine M; Hulton, Chester
Probate Records, Vol 12, 1861-1873; Inventories, Reports, Accounts, Vol 13, 1863-1874
Probate Records, Vol 1-4,1798-1832
Probate Records, Vol 5-7, 1832-1849
Probate Records, Vol 8, 1849-1861; Wills, Vol 9, 1849-1875
Records of Will, 25, 1895-1908; Records of Will, 32, 1908-1916
Town Council Records, 1754-1793
Town Council Records, 1854-1865
Town Council Records, 1865-1877

Cumberland

Letters, 1895-1925; Wills, 1905-1919; Probate Docket Book, Vol 1-2, 1896-1924
Miscellaneous Bonds, 1874-1923
Probate Records, Vol 21-23, 1856-1866
Probate Records, Vol 24-25, 1866-1877
Probate Records, Vol 26-27, 1877-1885
Probate Records, Vol 28-30, 1885-1891
Probate Records, Vol 31-34, 1894-1916
Probate Records, Vol 6-10, 1784-1815

East Providence

Assignment of Wages, Vol 1-2, 1885-1939; Inventories, Vol 3-4, 1889-1906
Deed Records, Vol 1, 1862-1879; Vol 2, 1879-1896
Letters, Vol 2-4, 1882-1923; Vol 1-2, 1862-1935; Vol 3-4, 1896-1916; Wage Assignment, Vol 1, 1885
Probate Bonds, Vol 3-5, 1894-1941; Probate Warrants, Vol 1-2, 1899-1917
Probate Court Bonds, 1873-1885
Probate Court Journal; Letters of Guardianship, 1862-1892
Probate Docket, Vol 1-3, 1896-1920; Probate Journal, Vol 3-4, 1892-1901
Probate Index, Abajian, Charles-Cooke, Charlotte, 1862-1998
Probate Index, Cooke, Charlotte-Harrington, Francis 1862-1998
Probate Index, Harrington, Francis-McGuigan, Matthew, 1862-1998
Probate Index, McGuigan, Matthew-Rose, Adelaide G, 1862-1998
Probate Index, Rose, Adelaide G-Zwolinski, Florence 1862-1998
Probate Journal, Vol 4, 1901-1904; Vol 5, 1904-1910; Vol 6, 1910-1915; Vol 7, 1915-1919
Probate Wills, Vol 2-3, 1894-1917; Probate Bonds, Vol 2-3, 1885-1897
Wills and Letters Testamentary, 1862-1894

Foster

Deeds, Vol 17-19, 1893-1900
Foster Historical Cemeteries
Probate Records, Vol 10, 1864-1873
Probate Records, Vol 1-2, 1781-1814
Probate Records, Vol 12-14,1888-1915
Probate Records, Vol 3-4, 1814-1826
Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1826-1836
Probate Records, Vol 7-9, 1836-1864

Gloucester

Town Council Records, 1731-1892

Johnston

Executor, Administrations, Guardianship Records, 1826-1898
Letters of Administration, Wills, Inventories, Etc, 1840-1882
Probate Records, Minute Books, Inventories, and Commissioners Reports, 1871-1898
Town Council Meeting Records, 1772-1817
Wills, Inventories, Etc, 1759-1817
Wills, Inventories, Etc, 1798-1852
Wills, Inventories, Etc, 1821-1870
Wills, Inventories, Etc, 1882-1898
Wills, Inventories, Letters of Administration, Etc, 1871-1889

Lincoln

Probate docket and index, 1895-1915; Wills and index, 1895-1915; Inventories, 1895-1915
Probate Mtgs, Vol 1, 1895-1915; Admin Bonds, Vol 2 and 4, 1895-1915; Testamentary, Vol 3, 1895-1915
Probate Records, Vol 18-21, 1890-1896
Probate Records, Vol 25-27, 1902-1904, 1904-1907, 1907-1909
Probate Records, Vol 28-30, 1909-1912, 1912-1913, 1914-1917

North Providence see Pawtucket

North Smithfield

Deed Index and Records, Vol 11, 1894-1901; Vol 12, 1894-1901; Vol 13, 1896-1900; Vol 15, 1897-1900
Probate Index, Greene, Marion Da-Zygmunt, Joseph

Pawtucket or North Providence (these records are for one or the other; it was hard to distinguish)

Administrators Bonds, 1873-1889
Appraisers Warrants and Record of Accounts, 1873-1890
Council and Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1799-1855
Council and Probate Records, Vol A-C, 1765-1828
Council Records, Vol 9-11, 1855-1874
Executors Bonds to Return Inventory, 1873- 1907
Guardianship Bonds, 1873-1905
Husbands, Guardians, Administrators, Other Probate Bonds, 1873-1905
Index to Probate Records, 1765-1874; Index to Council Records, 1765-1874
Letters Testamentary, 1873-1883; Probate Bonds, 1872-1874
Probate Docket, Vol 1, 1-2176, 1896; Vol 2, 3617-4737, 1898-1906; Vol 3, 4738-5713, 1906-1912
Probate Docket, Vol 12, 1895-1896; Vol 13, 1896-1897; Vol 14, 1897-1899
Probate Docket, Vol 15, 1896-1903; Vol 16, 1899-1905
Probate Docket, Vol 17, 1899-1900; Vol 18, 1900-1901; Vol 19, 1902-1903
Probate Docket, Vol 22, 1905-1906; Vol 23, 1906-1906; Vol 24, 1906-1908
Probate Docket, Vol 29, 1910; Vol 30, 1910-1911; Vol 31, 1911; Vol 32, 1912
Probate Docket, Vol 33, 1912-1913; Vol 34, 1913; Vol 35, 1913-1914; Vol 36, 1914
Probate Docket, Vol 37, 1914-1915; Vol 38, 1915; Vol 39, 1915-1916
Probate Docket, Vol 4, 1877-1880; Vol 5, 1880-1883
Probate Docket, Vol 4, 5714-6791, 1912-1926
Probate Docket, Vol 9, 1889-1891; Vol 10, 1891-1893; Vol 11, 1893-1895
Probate Files, 1, 5-85
Probate Files, 1079-1185,
Probate Files, 1185-1230,
Probate Files, 1230-1256,
Probate Files, 1256-1365,
Probate Files, 1365-1471,
Probate Files, 144 (2)-198,
Probate Files, 1471-1570,
Probate Files, 1570-1655,
Probate Files, 1655-1733,
Probate Files, 1733-1811,
Probate Files, 1811-1887
Probate Files, 1887-1973
Probate Files, 1973-2070
Probate Files, 198-281,
Probate Files, 2071-2147
Probate Files, 2148-2207
Probate Files, 2208
Probate Files, 281-371,
Probate Files, 371-457,
Probate Files, 458-544,
Probate Files, 544-639
Probate Files, 640-725
Probate Files, 726-858
Probate Files, 85-144 (1)
Probate Files, 858-973
Probate Files, 973-1079
Probate Records Index, A-Camoes, Mary
Probate Records Index, Camp-Fitzsimons, Wam
Probate Records Index, Fl-Gizelsky, A
Probate Records Index, Li-Pakuris, Nicholas
Probate Records Index, Pal-Tavernier, Kevin
Probate Records Index, Tay-Z
Probate Records, 1862-1877
Probate Records, Vol 11-12, 1865-1871
Probate Records, Vol 13-14, 1870-1874
Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1855-1865
Record of Wills, Vol 1-2, 1870-1897
Record of Wills, Vol A31, 1897-1902

Providence

Administration Accounts, 10, 1843-1848; 11, 1849-1851; 12, 1851-1854
Administration Accounts, 14, 1856-1858; 13, 1854-1856; 15, 1858-1860
Administration Accounts, 16, 1860-1862; 17, 1862-1864; 18, 1864-1866
Administration Accounts, 19, 1866-1868; 20, 1868-1869; 21, 1869-1872
Administration Accounts, 22, 1872-1874; 23, 1874-1876; 24, 1876-1878
Administration Accounts, 26, 1880-1882; 25, 1878-1880; 27, 1882-1884
Administration Accounts, 28, 1884-1890; 29, 1891-1895; 30, 1896-1899
Administration Accounts, 4, 1832-1835; 5, 1835-1837; 6, 1837-1839
Administration Accounts, 7, 1839-1841; 8, 1841-1843; 9, 1842-1846
Administrators Records, 1898-1899
Commissioners Probate Reports, Vol 1-3, 1820-1878; Miscellaneous Commissioner Reports, 1898-1899
Index to Probate Records, 1646-1899 [copy of a printed book]
Indexes to Wills, Vol O, 1872-1886; Vol 1, 1886-1897; Vol 2, 1901-1906; Vol 3, 1905-1914
Indian deeds, 1659-1662
Letters of Administration and Guardianship, 1804-1840
Letters of Guardianship, 1840-1864
Letters of Guardianship, 1864-1889
Letters of Guardianship, 1889-1898
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 10-12, 1872-1897
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 13-15, 1873-1898
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 1-5, 1873-1898
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 16-19, 1873-1899
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 20-22, 1873-1893
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 23-26, 1873-1899
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 28-30, 1890-1899
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 31-38, 1893-1899
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 39-41, 1896-1899
Miscellaneous Bonds, Vol 6-9, 1872-1897
Miscellaneous Files, A4802, 1823-1888
Miscellaneous Guardians, 1898-1899
Probate Docket Books, Vol 35-37, 12001-14450, 1909-1912
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 15-18, 12426-15149, 1879-1886
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 19-21, a15150-A17754, 1886-1891
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 22, a17755-A18992, 1703-1883; Vol 23-24, 1-2000, 1891-1894
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 25-27, 2001-5000, 1894-1899
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 28-30, 5001-8000, 1899-1903
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 31-33, 8001-11000, 1903-1907
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 34, 11001-12000 1907-1909
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 37-39, 14450-17000, 1912-1915
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 40-42, 17001-18500, 1915-1916
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 43-44, 18501-19500, 1917-1918; Vol 45, 19501-2000, 1918-1919
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 46-48, 20001-21500, 1919-1920
Probate Dockets of Estates, Vol 49, 21501-22000, 1920-1921
Probate Dockets, Vol 10-12, 9103-11078
Probate Dockets, Vol 1-3, 1-4596
Probate Dockets, Vol 13-14, 11079-12425
Probate Dockets, Vol 4-6, 4597-6902
Probate Dockets, Vol 7-9, 6903-9102
Probate Files, A1-A484, 1646-1885
Probate Files, A485-A881, 1646-1885
Probate Files, A882-A1200, 1769-1785, 1898
Probate files, A1040, A1403, A1416, 1779-1788; A1455-A1583, 1794-1797
Probate Files, A1201-A1454, 1785-1794
Probate Files, A1584-A1630, 1797-1799
Probate Files, A1680-A1730, 1799
Probate Files, A1680-A1730, 1799-1800
Probate Files, A1888-A1981, 1800-1812Probate Files, A1982-A2058, 1897-1899
Probate Files, A2058-A2132
Probate Files, A2133-A2330, 1826-1850
Probate Files, A2330-A2440, 1850-1855
Probate Files, A2441-A2541, 1854-1861
Probate Files, A2542-A2663, 1861-1876
Probate Files, A2664-A2788, 1867-1874
Probate files, A2789-A2912, 1874-1877
Probate Files, A2913-A3046, 1880-1885
Probate Files, A3047-A3182, 1885-1890
Probate Files, A3183-A3350, 1890-1894
Probate Files, A3351-A3544, 1894-1888
Probate files, A3545-A3691, 1888-1804
Probate files, A3692-A3850, 1804-1808
Probate Files, A3851-A3971, 1809-1886
Probate Files, A3972-A4102, 1809-1810
Probate Files, A4103-A4200, 1814
Probate files, A4201-A4309, 1815-1816
Probate Files, A4310-A4411, 1816-1817
Probate Files, A4412-A4498, 1818
Probate Files, A4499-A4593, 1819-1823
Probate Files, A4594-A4717, 1820-1822
Probate Files, A4718-A4804, 1822-1826
Probate Files, A4805-A4889, 1826 4833
Probate Files, A4890-A4969, 1827-1828
Probate Files, A4969-A5047, 1826-1827
Probate Files, A5048-A5144, 1827-1828
Probate Files, A5145-A5229, 1828-1829
Probate Files, A5230-A5319, 1829-1831
Probate Files, A5320-A5385, 1831-1832
Probate Files, A5386-A5448, 1832
Probate Files, A5449-A5498, 1832-1835
Probate Files, A5499-A5551, 1835-1836
Probate Files, A5552-A5606, 1834-1836
Probate Files, A5606-A5660, 1836-1839
Probate Files, A5660-A5719, 1836-1839
Probate Files, A5720-A5776, 1836-1841
Probate Files, A5776-A5824, 1839-1841
Probate Files, A5824-A5872, 1839-1840
Probate Files, A5872-A5924, 1839
Probate Files, A5925-A5982, 1839-1845
Probate Files, A5982-A6035, 1840-1845
Probate Files, A6036-A6070, 1841-1842
Probate Files, A6071-A6123, 1841
Probate Files, A6124-A6168, 1841-1842
Probate Files, A6169-A6224, 1842-1843
Probate Files, A6224-A6274, 1843-1845
Probate Files, A6275-A6332, 1844
Probate Files, A6333-A6384, 1844-1845
Probate Files, A6385-A6441, 1845-1847
Probate Files, A6387-A6544, 1845-1847
Probate Files, A6441-A6486, 1846-1848
Probate Files, A6545-A6599, 1847
Probate Files, A6599-A6649, 1847-1848
Probate Files, A6650-A6699, 1847-1849
Probate Files, A6700-A6750, 1849-1850
Probate Files, A6751-A6777, 1849
Probate Files, A6778-A6825, 1850-1852
Probate Files, A6826-A6869, 1850-1852
Probate Files, A6870-A6908, 1850
Probate Files, A6909-A6948, 1850
Probate Files, A6949-A6988, 1851-1852
Probate Files, A6989-A7030, 1851-1852
Probate Files, A7031-A7060, 1852
Probate Files, A7061-A7105, 1855-1856
Probate files, A7106-A7149, 1852-1855
Probate Files, A7150-A7190, 1854-1861
Probate Files, A7191-A7236, 1854
Probate files, A7237-A7254, 1854
Probate Files, A7275-A7317, 1854
Probate Files, A7318-A7536, 1854-1855
Probate Files, A7357-A7400, 1855
Probate Files, A7401-A7450, 1855
Probate Files, A7451-A7494, 1855-1858
Probate Files, A7495-A7550, 1856
Probate files, A7551-A7597, 1856-1857
Probate Files, A7597-A7648, 1857-1865
Probate Files, A7649-A7690, 1857
Probate Files, A7691-A7738, 1857
Probate Files, A7738-A7787, 1857-1858
Probate Files, A7788-A7845, 1858
Probate Files, A7846-A7876, 1858-1859
Probate Files, A7877-A7910, 1858-1859
Probate Files, A7911-A7958, 1859
Probate Files, A7959-A7992, 1859
Probate Files, A7993-A8044, 1859-1861
Probate Files, A8045-A8092, 1860
Probate files, A8093-A8142, 1860
Probate Files, A8143-A8181, 1860-1861
Probate Files, A8182-A8232, 1861
Probate Files, A8233-A8289, 1861
Probate Files, A8290-A8322, 1861-1862
Probate Files, A8323-A8376, 1862
Probate Files, A8377-A8427, 1862-1867
Probate Files, A8428-A8467, 1863-1864
Probate Files, A8468-A8519, 1863-1864
Probate Files, A8520-A8579, 1863
Probate Files, A8580-A8642, 1863-1864
Probate Files, A8643-A8704, 1864
Probate Files, A8705-A8759, 1864
Probate Files, A8760-A8818, 1864-1865
Probate files, A8819-A8879, 1865
Probate Files, A8880-A8922, 1865
Probate files, A8923-A8984, 1865-1867
Probate Files, A8985-A9044, 1866
Probate Files, A9045-A9104, 1866
Probate Files, A9105-A9173, 1866
Probate Files, A9174-A9219, 1866
Probate Files, A9220-A9271, 1867
Probate files, A9272-A9325, 1867
Probate Files, A9326-A9386, 1868
Probate Files, A9387-A9409, 1868
Probate Files, A9420-A9479, 1868
Probate Files, A9480-A9438, 1868
Probate Files, A9539-A9605, 1868-1869
Probate Files, A9606-A9662, 1869
Probate Files, A9664-A9731, 1869
Probate Files, A9732-A9771, A9773-A9797, 1869
Probate Files, A9798-A9867, 1870
Probate Files, A9868-A9939, 1869
Probate Files, A9940-A10017, 1869
Probate Files, A10018-A10090, 1869
Probate Files, A10091-A10150, 1870
Probate Files, A10151-A10228, 1871
Probate Files, A10229-A10309, 1871
Probate Files, A10310-A10367, 1872
Probate Files, A10368-A10423, 1872
Probate Files, A10424-A10504, 1872
Probate Files, A10505-A10584, 1872
Probate Files, A10585-A10644, 1872
Probate Files, A10645-A10725, 1873
Probate Files, A10726-A10802, 1873
Probate Files, A10803-A10882, 1873
Probate Files, A10883-A10966, 1874
Probate Files, A10967-A11065, 1874
Probate Files, A11088-A11151, 1874-1875
Probate Files, A11152-A11233, 1875
Probate Files, A11234-A11329, 1875
Probate Files, A11330-A11415, 1875
Probate Files, A11416-A11508, 1876
Probate Files, A11509-A11590, 1876
Probate Files, A11591-A11679, 1877
Probate Files, A11680-A11768, 1877
Probate Files, A11769-A11853, 1877
Probate Files, A11854-A11932, 1877
Probate Files, A11933-A12004, 1877
Probate Files, A12005-A12100, 1877
Probate Files, A12101-A12175, 1877
Probate Files, A12176-A12270, 1878
Probate Files, A12271-A12351, 1878-1879
Probate Files, A12352-A12437, 1879
Probate Files, A12438-A12524, 1879
Probate Files, A12525-A12612, 1879
Probate Files, A12613-A12699, 1880
Probate Files, A12699-A12775, 1880
Probate Files, A12776-A12869, 1880-1881
Probate Files, A12870-A12946, 1881
Probate Files, A12947-A13017, 1881
Probate Files, A13018-A13094, 1881
Probate Files, A13095-A13170, 1882
Probate Files, A13171-A13254, 1882
Probate Files, A13255-A13331, 1882
Probate Files, A13331-A13423, 1882
Probate Files, A13424-A13515, 1882
Probate Files, A13516-A13593, 1883
Probate Files, A13594-A13673, 1883
Probate Files, A13674-A13766, 1883
Probate Files, A13767-A13842, 1883
Probate Files, A13843-A13929, 1883
Probate Files, A13930-A14016, 1883-1884
Probate Files, A14017-A14099, 1884
Probate Files, A14118-A14180, 1884
Probate Files, A14181-A14251, 1884
Probate Files, A14252-A14330, 1884-1885
Probate Files, A14331-A14417, 1885
Probate Files, A14418-A14501, 1885
Probate Files, A14502-A14569, 1885
Probate Files, A14570-A14657, 1885
Probate Files, A14658-A14760, 1885
Probate Files, A14761-A14843, 1886
Probate Files, A14843-A14933, 1886
Probate Files, A14934-A15017, 1886
Probate Files, A15018-A15104, 1886
Probate Files, A15105-A15196, 1886-1887
Probate Files, A15197-A15286, 1887
Probate Files, A15287-A15375, 1887
Probate Files, A15376-A15455, 1887
Probate Files, A15456-A15550, 1887
Probate Files, A15551-A15644, 1887
Probate Files, A15644-A15737, 1887
Probate Files, A15738-A15831, 1887-1888
Probate Files, A15832-A15920, 1888
Probate Files, A15921-A16008, 1888
Probate Files, A16009-A16090, 1888
Probate Files, A16091-A16174, 1889
Probate Files, A16175-A16276, 1889
Probate Files, A16277-A16387, 1889
Probate Files, A16388-A16478, 1889
Probate Files, A16480-A16575, 1889
Probate Files, A16576-A16661, 1889
Probate Files, A16662-A16735, 1889
Probate Files, A16736-A16821, 1890
Probate Files, A16798-A16865, 1890
Probate Files, A16865-A16927, 1890
Probate Files, A16927-A17006, 1890
Probate Files, A17006-A17078, 1890
Probate Files, A17078-A17146, 1890
Probate Files, A17146-A17224, 1890
Probate Files, A17224-A17304, 1890
Probate Files, A17304-A17377, 1890-1891
Probate Files, A1731-A1750, 1799-1800
Probate Files, A17377-A17461, 1890-1891
Probate Files, A17461-A17522, 1891
Probate Files, A1750-A1888, 1899
Probate Files, A17522-A17591, 1891
Probate Files, A17591-A17669, 1891
Probate Files, A17669-A17747, 1891
Probate Files, A17747-A18144, 1828-1848
Probate Files, A18144-A18433, 1839-1862
Probate Files, A18433-A18632, 1862-1875
Probate Files, A18632-A18867, 1875-1884
Probate Files, A18867-A19035, 1884-1899
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 1, 1819-1824; Vol 2, 1824-1828; Vol 3 1828-1834
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 12, 1857-1859; Vol 13, 1859-1862; Vol 14, 1862-1865
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 15, 1865-1867; Vol 16, 1867-1870; Vol 17, 1870-1873
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 18, 1873-1876; Vol 19, 1876-1878; Vol 20, 1878-1881
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 21, 1881-1883; Vol 22, 1883-1885; Vol 23, 1885-1888
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 24, 1888-1890; Vol 25, 1890-1893; Vol 26, 1893-1898
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 26-28, 1878-1882
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 27, 1892-1893; Vol 28, 1894-1896
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 29, 1896-1898; Vol 30, 1898-1899
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 29-31, 1882-1887
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 32-34, 1888-1891
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 35-37, 1891-1894
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 38-39, 1894-1896
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 4, 1834-1838; Vol 5, 1838-1841
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 40-41, 1896-1899
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 6, 1841-1844; Vol 7, 1844-1848; Vol 8, 1848-1850
Probate Inventories of Estates, Vol 9, 1850-1853; Vol 10, 1853-1855; Vol 11, 1855-1857
Probate Proceedings, Vol 100, 1906-1908; Vol 101, 1885-1908; Vol 102, 1906-1908
Probate Proceedings, Vol 103, 1908-1909; Vol 104, 1909; Vol 105, 1908-1909
Probate Proceedings, Vol 109, 1910; Vol 110, 1910-1912; Vol 111, 1905-1911
Probate Proceedings, Vol 11-12, 1845-1848
Probate Proceedings, Vol 115, 1910-1911; Vol 116, 1911; Vol 117, 1911-1912
Probate Proceedings, Vol 1-2, 1798-1817
Probate Proceedings, Vol 121, 1907-1913; Vol 122, 1904-1913; Vol 123, 1911-1913
Probate Proceedings, Vol 124, 1913; Vol 125, 1913-1914; Vol 126, 1913-1914
Probate Proceedings, Vol 127, 1914; Vol 128, 1914-1915; Vol 129, 1903-1914
Probate Proceedings, Vol 13, 1848-1850
Probate Proceedings, Vol 130, 1914-1915; Vol 131, 1915; Vol 132, 1897-1915
Probate Proceedings, Vol 133, 1915; Vol 134, 1915; Vol 135, 1915
Probate Proceedings, Vol 136, 1914-1916; Vol 137, 1915; Vol 138, 1916
Probate proceedings, Vol 139, 1916; vol 140, 1916; vol 141, 1916
Probate Proceedings, Vol 14-15, 1850-1853
Probate Proceedings, Vol 142, 1916; Vol 143, 1916; Vol 144, 1916-1917
Probate Proceedings, Vol 145, 1916-1917; Vol 146, 1916; Vol 147, 1917
Probate Proceedings, Vol 148, 1917; Vol 149, 1917; Vol 150, 1917
Probate proceedings, Vol 151, 1917; vol 152, 1915-1917; vol 153, 1911-1918
Probate Proceedings, Vol 154, 1914-1918; Vol 155, 1914-1918; Vol 156, 1916-1918
Probate Proceedings, Vol 157, 1916-1918; Vol 158, 1918; Vol 159, 1915-1918
Probate Proceedings, Vol 160, 1911-1919; Vol 161, 1919; Vol 162, 1919
Probate Proceedings, Vol 16-17, 1853-1855
Probate Proceedings, Vol 163, 1918; Vol 164, 1919; Vol 165, 1919
Probate Proceedings, Vol 166, 1919-1920; Vol 167, 1919-1920; Vol 168, 1919-1920
Probate Proceedings, Vol 18, 1855-1856
Probate Proceedings, Vol 19-20, 1856-1858
Probate Proceedings, Vol 21-22, 1858-1860
Probate Proceedings, Vol 27-28, 1865-1868
Probate Proceedings, Vol 29-30, 1868-1871
Probate Proceedings, Vol 31-32, 1871-1874
Probate Proceedings, Vol 33-34, 1874-1876
Probate Proceedings, Vol 3-4, 1817-1828
Probate Proceedings, Vol 35, 1876-1877; Vol 36, 1877; Vol 37, 1877-1878
Probate Proceedings, Vol 41, 1882-1883; Vol 42, 1883-1884; Vol 43, 1884-1885
Probate Proceedings, Vol 44, 1885-1886; Vol 45, 1886-1887; Vol 46, 1887
Probate proceedings, Vol 46, 1887-1888; vol 47, 1888-1889; vol 48, 1889
Probate Proceedings, Vol 52, 1892-1892; Vol 53, 1892-1893; Vol 54, 1893
Probate Proceedings, Vol 5-6, 1828-1836
Probate Proceedings, Vol 61, 1897; Vol 62, 1897-1898; Vol 63, 1898
Probate Proceedings, Vol 64, 1899; Vol 65, 1884-1899; Vol 66, 1892-1899
Probate Proceedings, Vol 73, 1901; Vol 74, 1901; Vol 75, 1900-1902
Probate Proceedings, Vol 7-8, 1836-1840
Probate Proceedings, Vol 79, 1890-1903; Vol 80, 1903; Vol 81, 1903
Probate Proceedings, Vol 82, 1903; Vol 83, 1903-1904; Vol 84, 1904
Probate Proceedings, Vol 88, 1882-1994; Vol 89, 1902-1905; Vol 90, 1905
Probate Proceedings, Vol 91, 1899-1905; Vol 92, 1905; Vol 93, 1906
Probate Proceedings, Vol 9-10, 1840-1845
Probate Proceedings, Vol 97, 1903-1907; Vol 98, 1907; Vol 99, 1895-1907
Wills and Index, Vol 10-11 1805-1815
Wills and Index, Vol 12, 1815-1819
Wills and Index, Vol 13, 1819-1839
Wills and index, vol 14-15, 1836-1848
Wills and Index, Vol 16-17, 1848-1856
Wills and Index, Vol 18-19, 1856-1862
Wills and Index, Vol 20-21, 1861-1867
Wills and Index, Vol 22-23, 1867-1872
Wills and Index, Vol 24-25, 1872-1877
Wills and Index, Vol 3-4, 1726-1754
Wills and Index, Vol 5-6, 1754-1785
Wills and Index, Vol 7, 1785-1797
Wills and Index, Vol 8-9, 1796-1805

Scituate

Probate and Council Records, Vol 1-3, 1731-1799
Probate Records, Vol 13, 1905-1906; Vol 14, 1906-1912; Vol 15, 1913-1919
Probate Records, Vol 6, 1837-1848
Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1865-1881
Town Council Records, Vol 5-6, 1820-1886

Smithfield

(note older Smithfield records are held at Central Falls and will show that location)

Abstracts Copied From Council and Probate Records 2
Council Journal, 1871-1877 [= actually Smithfield 1845-1861, 1870-1871, and LINCOLN 1871-1877 (thx reader Rebecca Smith)]
Council Journal, Vol 5-6, 1822-1845
Probate Files, 1-99, 1871-1885
Probate Files, 99-171, 1871-1885
Probate Index, Abbatematteo, Kathleen Frances-Laposta, Maria, 1871-2003
Probate Index, Laposta, Maria-Zylinski, Mery, 1871-2003
Probate Records, Vol 11-12, 1859-1867
Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1871-1912
Probate Records, Vol 2, 1749-1768
Probate Records, Vol 2, 1769-1797
Probate Records, Vol 3-4, 1791-1827
Probate Records, Vol 4-5, 1903-1921
Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1826-1844
Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1853-1859

Woonsocket

Probate Bonds, Vol 1, 1872-1883
Probate Files, 1-79
Probate Files, 79-161
Probate files, 162-265
Probate Files, 266-342
Probate Files, 343-425
Probate Files, 426-526
Probate Files, 527-601
Probate Index, Abatantuono, Constanza-Brien, Delphine
Probate Index, Brien, Delphine-Dulac, Madeleine
Probate Index, Dulac, Madeleine-Kappelle, Rosilda
Probate Index, Kappelle, Rosilda-McDonald, James H
Probate Index, McDonald, James H-Smith, Matilda S
Probate Index, Smith, Matilda S-Zydem, Simon
Probate Records, Vol 1-2, 1867-1878

Misc from Rhode Island Historical Society:

Genealogical Record Book, Vol I
Index to Cemetery Records, Wills, Record Books, Vital Records and Historical Events, Vol A [=Briggs Collection]
Index to the Probate Records, 1646-1899 [Providence]
Minutes and Acts of the General Council, 1667-1753
Probate Records and Index, to 1775 [Providence, a handwritten abstract]
Wills, Vol A-C [BRIGGS Collection]

WASHINGTON COUNTY [All titles below will be found in a single list on Ancestry for Washington County – this list helps you find the title you want.]

Charlestown

Probate Records, Vol 1-3, 1798-1837
Probate Records, Vol 4-6, 1837-1878
Town Council and Town Meeting Records, 1-67, 1787
Town Council and Town Meeting Records, 1788-1800

Exeter

Council and Probate Records, Vol 12-14, 1830-1850
Council and Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1743-1786
Council and Probate Records, Vol 15-17, 1850-1878
Council and Probate Records, Vol 5-8, 1786-1816
Council and Probate Records, Vol 9-11, 1816-1830
Exeter, Rhode Island, death records and index: 1903-1915

Hopkinton (lucky Hopkinton researchers can bypass all this by using the transcribed records from the Hopkinton Historical Association (free!) – Probate 1757-1850 HERE).

Bonds, Vol 1-3, 1872-1915; Docket Books, Vol 1-2, 1895-1928
Probate Index Cards, 1757-1993
Probate Records, Vol 11-12, 1862-1876
Probate Records, Vol 13-14, 1876-1888
Probate Records, Vol 15-16, 1888-1898
Probate Records, Vol 1-6, 1751-1841
Probate Records, Vol 17-18, 1899-1911
Probate Records, Vol 19, 1911-1920
Probate Records, Vol 7-10, 1839-1863
Town Records, 1743-1920

Narragansett

Probate Bonds, Vol 1, 1899-1908; Vol 2, 1908-1915
Probate Files, Annie Thompson Case 10-Edward J Davis Case 61, 1800-1915
Probate Files, Edward J Davis Case 61-James A Northup, 1800-1915
Probate Files, Edward W Watts-Radel Andrew, 1800-1915
Probate Files, James A Northup-Edgar W Watts, 1800-1915
Probate Files, Rose, Joshua-Wright, Thomas
Probate Records and Index, Vol 1 1884-1901; Vol 2 1898-1913; Vol 3 1913-1915

New Shoreham (Block Island)

Probate books, vol A-C, 1798-1840
Probate Books, Vol H-I, 1902-1923
Probate Files Early-1885, Coe, Benjamin T-Littlefield, Nathaniel (Guardian)
Probate Files Early-1885, Littlefield, Nathaniel (Guardian)-Rose, John

North Kingstown

Death records, vol 5, 1910-1915
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 14-20, 1796-1817
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 21-25, 1817-1829
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 26-29, 1829-1845
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 30-32, 1845-1858
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 33-36, 1858-1871
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 5-8, 1692-1756
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 9-13, 1756-1795
Probate Index, 1696-1903
Probate Index, Abbott, Marie-Guada, Marlene Iris, 1896-1997
Probate Index, Guada, Marlene Iris-Zwolinski, John, 1896-1997
Probate Records, Vol 39, 1877-1881; Vol 40, 1881-1885
Probate Records, Vol 40, 1885-1886; Vol 41, 1886-1889; Vol 42, 1862-1893; Vol 43, 1894-1895
Probate Records, Vol 43-47, 1895-1923
Probate Records, Vol 47, 1907-1924; Vol 48, 1918-1924; Vol 49, 1915-1933
Probate records: Bonds 1 (1873-1890) ; bonds 2 (1890-1907) ; docket 2 (1896-1930) ; index 1 A – Z (books 1-45) 1696-1907.

Richmond

Index of Land Evidence, Vol 2, 1853-1935; Land Deeds, 1896-1900
Probate and Town Records, Vol 10-12, 1861-1877
Probate and Town Records, Vol 1-3, 1747-1783, 1812-1818
Probate and Town Records, Vol 4-6, 1818-1834
Probate and Town Records, Vol 7-9, 1834-1861
Probate Bonds, 1873-1914

South Kingstown

Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 4-5, 1743-1772
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 6-7, 1772-1854
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 6-7, 1825-1863
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 8-10, 1863-1876
Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 8-9, 1854-1886
Town Council Records Index, 1704-1917
Town Council Records Index, 1705-1943

Westerly

Estates, Vol 1, 1872-1888; Vol 2, 1888-1906; Vol 3, 1906-1915; Vol 4, 1915-1916
Indexes of Town, Land, Probate, and Vital Records, 1661-1745
Probate Files, Drawer 3
Probate Files, Drawer 4
Probate Files, Drawers 1 and 2
Probate Records Index, Abbossa, Rosa-Lysobey, Daniel
Probate Records Index, McAndrew, Joseph L-Zippo, Theresa M
Probate Records, Vol 2-3, 1811-1841
Probate Records, Vol 4, 1832-1852
Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1853-1877
Probate Records, Vol 7, 1874-1885; Vol 8, 1882-1889; Vol 9, 1888-1894
Town and Council Special Proceedings, Vol 1, 1869-1888; Town Meeting Record, 1669-1694, 1818-1904
Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 2-4, 1699-1736
Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1745-1787
Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 7-8, 1787-1818

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Stories of Rhode Island’s Diverse Heritage

December 3, 2020 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

The Rhode Island Heritage Commission (now merged with the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission) produced numerous interesting booklets about the diverse ethnic heritage communities in Rhode Island. Published a few decades ago, they are now available online.

These little booklets offer an historical perspective on the communities and neighborhoods as they developed in Rhode Island along with illustrations including some maps, churches, portraits and street scenes although the images did not reproduce well in these copies.

Each volume offers a valuable bibliography (from a few decades back) which may point out some lesser-known resources for the history of these groups.

Follow the links to the volumes, below, or see the whole set at the RIHPC website.

The full list of booklets:

The Arabic-Speaking People in Rhode Island (1986)
The Armenians in Rhode Island (1985)
The Cape Verdeans in Rhode Island (1990)
The French in Rhode Island (1988)
The Germans in Rhode Island (1985)
The Greek People in Rhode Island (1994)
The Irish in Rhode Island (1986)
The Italians in Rhode Island (1990)
The Jews in Rhode Island (1985)
The Lithuanians in Rhode Island (1992)
The Portuguese in Rhode Island (1985)
The Southeast Asians in Rhode Island (1988)
The Ukrainians in Rhode Island (1988)

Although these booklets will seldom name individuals and definitely don’t contain any records, they are a guide to the kind of background and history that’s needed for setting a family’s story in the perspective of time and place.

See also my prior listing for the town-by-town guides to historic neighborhoods and architecture: A Sense of Place.

Thanks to Sara Campbell for alerting me to the appearance of these ethnic heritage books online.

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Did Your Ancestor Make Medical History?

August 2, 2020 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

Rhode Island medical history

The Rhode Island Medical Society has published the Rhode Island Medical Journal for over 100 years. Every issue is interesting and might contain something helpful such as a mention or obituary if your ancestor was part of the medical community.

Former home of the Rhode Island Medical Society, Francis Street, Providence.
“Rhode Island Medical Society Library Building,” VM013_GF3185, Rhode Island Photograph Collection, Providence Public Library, provlibdigital.org.

But one special section, “Heritage,” offers stories of Rhode Island’s medical past, on subjects that might easily include our broader set of ancestors: early hospitals, medical education, fresh-air schools, sanitariums, and military medical service. Maybe an article will give you insight into the experience of your ancestor.

The issues containing the articles listed below are located on the R.I. Medical Society website by using the “Archives” link on the Rhode Island Medical Journal page. Issues since 2001 are available there. All of this material is, of course, copyright protected. Some additional copies of this journal may be found at Archive.org.

For some early out-of-copyright issues, see this link on Hathitrust. For an earlier journal, also called the Rhode Island Medical Journal, 1900-1917, see this page on Hathitrust.

Stories of interest to genealogists

Stories of interest to genealogists in the last two decades are listed below. Click through to the journal, go to Archives, and find the issue.

100 Years Ago – Dr. Harriet Alleyne Rice of Newport: The struggles of an African-American physician. Her brother George pursued medicine in Scotland under Dr. Joseph Lister. By Mary Korr. 98:1 (Jan 2015)
- Dr. Rice was the first African-American woman to graduate from Wellesley College, in 1887

The Purloined Corpse: A Winter’s Tale. By Mary Korr. 98:2 (Feb 2015)
- A 1799 death was followed by grave robbing and a far-ranging Rhode Island scandal

Ramon Guiteras, MD: Surgeon, Statesman, Big-Game Hunter. Bristol native founded the American Urological Association. By Mary Korr. 98:3 (Mar 2015)
- A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr Guiteras had a marital connection to the Wardwells

100 Year Ago – July 1915: A Floating Hospital for Children Launches in Narragansett Bay: Chair of RIMS pediatric section heads the medical effort. By Mary Korr. 98:7 (Jul 2015)
- A day trip for city children and their mothers launched The Floating Hospital Association and, eventually, a summer camp called “Sunshine Island.”

A Century Ago, Fresh Air Camp Opens for Consumptives in Foster. By Mary Korr. 98:8 (Aug 2015).
- The story of Pine Ridge Camp, opened in 1903

Charles V. Chapin. *The Sources and Modes of Infection*. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1910.

Charles V. Chapin, MD: ‘Dean of City Health Officers.’ By Mary Korr. 98:9 (Sep 2015).
- Dr Chapin, Providence’s second superintendent of health beginning in 1884, is a recognizable name to genealogists, but he was also an influential force in the field of public health

1780: American dentistry had its roots in RI during the Revolution. By Mary Korr. 98:11 (Nov 2015).
- At a military hospital in Brown’s University Hall, a French dentist trained two Rhode Islanders in the art of dentistry

The early physicians of Washington and Kent Counties: They fought in Civil War, served on Supreme Court, rounded on horseback. By Mary Korr. 99:1 (Jan 2016).
- Tales of some early physicians, including a few women

The Leper Boy of Pawtucket: Mass. leper colony off nearby New Bedford, Mass., refuses to accept patient. By Mary Korr. 99:2 (Feb 2016).
- Massachusetts refused to treat Harry Sheridan of Darlington, so Rhode Island placed the boy in the empty Pawtucket Pest House for the remainder of his life

1916: RI doctors mobilized on Mexican border in hunt for Pancho Villa. By Mary Korr. 99:3 (Mar 2016).
- R.I. National Guard units served in the Mexico Punitive Expedition

Haines State Park: The Fresh-Air Legacy of Dr. George B. Haines. By Mary Korr. 99:2 (Feb 2016).
- A Valley Falls doctor leaves a lasting legacy with his retirement home in Barrington

The graduates of the first medical school at Brown: 1811–1826. By Mary Korr. 99:5 (May 2016).
- Some background, pictures, and reference to a helpful issue of Rhode Island Historical Tracts

A Last Hurrah: Memorial’s Nurse Alumni Association Celebrates Centennial. By Susan McDonald. 99:6 (Jun 2016).
- Includes photographs and details of the nursing school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

1915: Poison Pies on the Fourth of July Create Panic in Westerly & Stonington, CT. By Mary Korr. 99:7 (Jul 2016).
- Mysterioius deaths resulted from eating pie at Alexander Ray Gavitt’s restaurant

Fighting TB with Fresh-Air Schools: RIMS’ doctors launch a movement. By Mary Korr. 99:9 (Dec 2016).
- Doctors Mary S. Packard and Ellen A. Stone launched the nation’s first fresh air schol for tubercular children in Providence, 1908

Newport Hospital in Rhode Island.jpg — Newport Hospital, from an early post card.

Some 2017 issues featured a section of historical ads, news, and stories from the past.

Some highlights:
- A Chronology of Rhode Island Hospitals. Also, Rhode Island’s First Hospitals By Stanley Aronson. 100:1 (Jan 2017)
  - A look at the formation of each Rhode Island hospital
- Unique hospitals dotted RI medical land and seascapes in 1917. By Mary Korr. 100:2 (Feb 2017)
  - Some private facilities and even a quarantine vessel are detailed
- Poster for the U.S. Army Medical Department, 1917. 100:3 (Mar 2017)
- American Red Star Animal Relief forms first branch in Providence. By Mary Korr. 100:4 (Apr 2017)
  - Caring for sick and disabled Army horses and mules; image of poster included
- Hopeworth Sanitarium in Bristol offered rest and work cures: Founder grew up in Civil War field hospitals, orphan asylum. By Mary Korr. 100:6 (Jun 2017).
  - The story of a Bristol private sanitarium
- Images from the Past. 100:7 (Jul 2017).
  - Features nurses marching on Arminstice Day, 1923, and the 1920’s dining hall of the Cranston State Hospital
- Practicing Medicine in 1917 Rhode Island. by Todd M. Olszewski, PhD. 100:12 (Dec 2017)
  - Highlights of Rhode Island medicine during an eventful era

December 1917: RI Medical Teams Rush to Halifax Disaster: Described as the most devastating pre-atomic blast ever recorded. By Mary Korr. 101: 9 (Nov 2018)
- Dr. Darrell Harvey led a team of medical personnel to his hometown of Halifax

Remembering Isaac Ray, MD, as Butler launches its 175th anniversary celebration: Past president of RIMS was pioneer in medical jurisprudence. By Mary Korr. 102:3 (Apr 2019)
- The story of Dr. Isaac Ray

Vintage Ambulances: From horse-drawn to airborne. 102:4 (May 2019)
- A photo collection

A Walking Cane Leads Down Memory Lane to Dr. Lewis Leprilete Miller. By Mary Korr. 102:6 (Aug 2019)

Martha H. Mowry, MD: Pioneer in Medicine, Suffrage Movement. By Mary Korr. 103:1 (Feb 2020)

Quarantine & Infection Control: From the ‘Black Death’ to the 21st Century. By Mary Korr. 100:3 (Apr 2020)
- Highlights of early quarantine practices

Rhode Island Hospital, from an early post card.

Other sources of information

Some copies of the earlier Transactions of the Rhode Island Medical Society are available on Hathitrust.
The Providence Medical Journal is on Hathitrust.
Sketches of Rhode Island physicians deceased prior to 1850 by Parsons, Usher, 1788-1868; Rhode Island Medical Society, 1859.
The Rhode Island Historical Society Mary Robinson Research Center holds numerous books, manuscripts, organizational records, and directories pertaining to the Rhode Island medical community.
Peirce’s colonial lists : civil, military and professional lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island colonies, comprising colonial, county and town officers, clergymen, physicians and lawyers ; with extracts from colonial laws defining their duties. 1621-1700 by Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver, 1822-1903. 1881.
Physicians’ and dentists’ directory of the New England states : Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut, 1910.
The 1905 issue of The Providence Society Blue Book including Suburbs in Rhode Island together with Fall River and the Attleboros, Mass. Some sanitariums and treatment venues are advertised in the Blue Book.
“The Bonesetter Sweets of South County, Rhode Island” by Martha R. McPartland, Yankee Magazine, January, 1968. I have seen some copies of this article reproduced around the web.

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What Was Your Rhode Island Ancestor Doing in 1834?

July 20, 2020 by Diane Boumenot, One Rhode Island Family

In 1834, numerous petitions were produced in the states urging the U.S. Congress to take certain positions regarding the Bank of the United States. Many such petitions were copied at some point into books of congressional business published in Washington DC.

In this manner, a petition from Providence, 1834 survives in which the signers, a group of “Mechanics and Artisans,” sought to back up their request by listing their occupations, thereby, one assumes, strengthening their case by demonstrating that their trades were suffering.

The individuals were “assembled from various towns in the State, at Providence, on Monday, March 24” [1834] so it should not be assumed that they were Providence residents. All appear to be men. Two facts which CAN be gleaned are:

in many cases, an occupation was given; this is likely their own designation
proximity of names in the list, like proximity in any such list, may mean something, or might not. But seeing two men with the same last name and similar occupations, next to each other or within a few names, suggest the possibility of family relationship. It’s a clue, but would have to be weighed against all other evidence.

There are perhaps 2200 names on this list of Rhode Island mechanics and artisans. To find a name of interest, it may be best to use a “Find on this page” utility in your web browser. The full text of the petition appears at the bottom of this post.

The Document

The 2200 names from the petition are listed below. Pages and columns refer not to the original document, which I have not seen, but to this pdf copy of the transcribed pages:

Pages from 1834 RI petition Bank of the US Download

Source: Executive Documents, 23rd Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives. Volume 5. Document No. 378. Full volume here.

This document was kindly sent to me by Rhode Island Roots editor Cherry Bamberg. You should check that pdf if you find a name of interest, to make sure I copied it correctly. Cherry found this document to be extremely interesting for the troublesome pre-1850 period, when we struggle to account for many details of our ancestors’ lives. In my case, I found some names on here I did not expect; a set of two people I thought arrived in Rhode Island 10 years later than this. I’m hoping you find something interesting too.

Note:

“do” means ditto, that is, the same occupation from the line above.
In a few cases, I added a different spelling of a name if I suspected that a Washington scribe, not familiar with Rhode Island names, transcribed it incorrectly; for these I left “mis-transcription?” notes.
In many cases, spellings varied; I left those as is, so be sure to search broadly.
Any notes about “illegible” were from the person transcribing into the printed book.
Some portions of the list do not mention occupations; it is unclear why.

The Petition

23d Congress, 1st Session [Doc. No. 378. ] Ho. of Reps.

RHODE ISLAND.

RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIAL OF A CONVENTION OF MECHANICS AND ARTISANS,

In favor of the restoration of the deposites to, and the recharter of, the Bank of the United States.

MAY 5, 1834.

Read, and laid upon the table.

NAMES AND OCCUPATIONS.

Page 3, col 1

Jabez Gorham, jeweller
B. T. Yewinton, do
Ezra Hubbard, do
Henry L. Webster, silversmith
James H. Isaacson, do
W. H. Quinby, do
Joshua Godfrey, jeweller
Owen Salisbury, silversmith
Seth Yates, painter
Stephen Yates, painter
George Wheaton, watch maker
Henry Packard, tailor
Jonah Steere, saddler
Abner Benson, carpenter
Samuel E. Hamlin, pewterer
James M. Warner, 2d, do
William N. Amsburg [mis-transcription of Amsbury?], tailor
Jesse Amsbury, do
Jeremiah Amable, cordwainer
James Mumford, jeweller
Louis Leveck, do
Henry H. Giles, do
James B. Potter, do
Harvey Brown, do
Isaac H. Pinkney, do
William H. Fish, do
James M. White, do
John Easton, cordwainer
John W. Lowden, jeweller
Major W. Shaw, do
Ferdinand S. Eddy, do
Robert Recit, do
Nathaniel G. Holme, iron safe maker
Asa DodJe, blacksmith
George Cuzzine, millwright
S. W. Jorden, iron safe maker
Arnold Whipple, jeweller
William H. Standish, blacksmith
Alonzo Brown, iron founder
John Hallam, cutler
Josias L. Luther, blacksmith
Joseph E. Winsor, housewright

Page 3, col. 2

Alfred Potter, blue dyer
William Pierce, tanner
Corlis Barret, blue dyer ·
Samuel Whelden, jun. mule spinner
Alexander Burgess, cotton spinner
David Taylor, cotton spinner
Alpheus Burges, picker maker
Silvanus Baker, cotton spinner
Benjamin Hathaway, shoemaker
Arnold Wilkinson, mechanic
John Gorham, picker maker
Gideon Palmer, Jun. do
Alfred Adams, do
Albert Holbrook, do
L. D. Maynard, jeweller
George W. Eddy hatter
Edward P. Knowles, jeweller
Obadiah P. Osborn, housewright
Arthur Snow, tanner
Enos H. Briggs, founder
Lewis Cathean, weaver
Jabez Gorham, 2d, jeweller
Elisha Dillingham, cordwainer
Asa Scott, butcher
Benjamin Tuells, cooper
J. A. Wilkinson, civil engineer
William Bullas, file cutter
William Bullas, Jun., pearl engraver
William G. Angell, house carpenter
Nicholas N. Tuells, engraver
Edmund Sheffield, tanner
Thomas C. Hull, baker
Joseph Hammond, do
James H. Lindley, do
Rufus Burton, machinist
Dexter Angell, iron founder
William A. Hill, machinist
James A. Smith, blacksmith
Hiram Hatheway, machinist
Ebenezer Carey, do
Ebenezer Wakefield, do
Alfred M, Price, blacksmith

Page 4, col 1

Eleazer Holbrook, machinist
John Wakefield, do
Henry C. Hill, pattern maker
Cornelius Mahony, carpenter
John Coggershall, machine maker
Ponley Batchelder, smelter of iron
Winsor Anyell [mis-transcription of Angell?], carpenter
Edward Galloway, moulder
Jordan Taylor, do
Nelson Law, do
Joseph Barber, machinist
David A. Cleaveland, turner of wood
Timothy J. Aldrich, furnace man
Joseph Yates, hatter
Albert Young, top roll coverer
Amasa Slocum, barber
Jesse Angell, machinist
Jeremiah Whipple, carpenter
Lewis 0. Brown, boat builder
Albert Ballou, do
Eli Brown, silk dyer
Benjamin Newton, blacksmith
Alexander Hunter, goldsmith
John Cross, tailor
Asa Woolley, machinist
William Arnold, cooper
Isaac Angell, machinist
Ethan Whipple, miller
Samuel T. Manchester, machinist
Edmund Angell, do
Elijah Alba, dyer
John McPhail, calico printer
Alpheus Fuller, shoemaker
James Gould, baker
John [illegible] painter
John H. Briggs machinist
Thomas R. Holden, tailor
Cyrus Fisher, mason
William C. Barker, tailor
Barzillai Cranston, printer
John S. Hammond, do
William S. Aldrich, hatter
John Johnson, comb maker
Joseph Grant, hatter
Sylvanus Tingley, stone cutter
Willard Chace, do
Gideon Davenport, carpenter
Thomas F. Potter, baker
Josiah Keene, coppersmith
Caleb Earle, housewright
Oliver Windall, bookbinder
Samuel Tingley, Jun., stone cutter
William B. Cranston, do
Christopher Burr, engraver & jeweller
W. A. Handy, tailor
Samuel J. Bower, sign painter & gilder
Charles P. L. Percival, burnish gilder
Robt. Manchester, Jr., house carpenter
David Whipple, hat manufacturer

Page 4, col 2

Alonzo Draper, tailor
B. Thomas, do
George S. Tompkins, watch maker
Sam’l H. Wales, clock & watch maker.
William R. Frost, jeweller
Judson Blake, cabinet maker
William C. Force, cutler
Joseph Dorr, housewright
Gardner Vaughan, cordwainer
Caleb Allen, cabinet maker
Dexter Daniels, housewright
Josiah Whitaker, jeweller
George H. Bradford, housewright
Charles H. Harnor, hatter
Alfred Hicks, tailor
Ebn. N. Padelpin, tailor
Weston A. Fisher, mason
Anthony Gardner. Jun., mason
Philip Luther, do
Ebenezer C. Cook, cabinet maker
Leonard Blodget, mason
Daniel Hale, do
John Calders, coppersmith
Thomas Phillips, plumber
Richard Salisbury, Jun., machinist
Henry D. Beckford, founder
George E. Cleaveland, cabinet maker
Allen Baker, carpenter
James R. Budlong, do
Cornelius Fuller do
Thomas Charnley, engraver
Sidney Smith, do
Joel Metcalf, Jun., tanner
Joseph G. Metcalf, currier
George Gurnett, do
Lucius Warner, do
Daniel B. Hawes, carpenter
Whiting Metcalf, goldsmith
Peter Church, do
William Calder, jeweller
George Hunt, do
Edwin S. Bradford, do
Nathan B. Parks, housewright
William Collins, carpenter
Jesse Lumpson, do
Stephen A. Bowen, cabinet maker
Stephen Olney, chaise maker
Cyrus Cleaveland, cabinet maker
Jesse Metcalf, tanner and currier
Pardon Brown, baker
William Barnes, shoemaker
Daniel Armington, engineer
George Livingston, do
Thomas G. Stoddard, bleacher
George H. Bush, leather manufacturer
Philip B. Sherman, morocco dresser
Eliphalet Horton, mason
John B. Dexter, jeweller
Lewis Thayer, dyer

Page 5, col. 1

William P. Farnum, machinist
Welcome Angell, carpenter
William W. Chace, [stray mark here on transcription?] do
Joseph Fletcher, manufacturer
George A. Payne, carpenter
Simeon Barker, housewright
W. John Tilley, tailor
William Tilley cabinet maker
Alba D. Parker, do
James Millerd, do
Benjamin Hubbard, housewright
William C. Davenport, do
Henry Miller, do
Abial Tupp, [mis-transcription of Tripp?] do
Philip H. Durfee, do
Robert Tripp, do
Darius E. Barker, do
Oliver C. Nye, painter and glazier
Jam Hinckley, housewright
Sturgis P. Carpenter, do
Samuel D. Lindsey, tobacconist
George W. Bennet, painter and glazier
James Luther, do do
George W. Harris, comb maker
James Wheaton, coppersmith
Edward Luther, do
Edward Billings, painter and glazier
Thomas G. Nye, tanner
Isaac Thusbel, iron founder
William W. Burr, do
Henry Knowles, tm plate worker
Henry Hopkins: machinist
John Aylesworth, do
Barton Burlingame, do
Nicholas R. Easton, do
J. A. Arnold, 1st, do
Daniel S. Olney, do
Stephen Angell, do
Greene Clapp, do
Bradford Briggs, furnace man
Albert Angell, pattern maker
Alba Peters, machinist
William A. Hopkins do
Waldo Stone, do
Calvin Richards, 2d do
Ed. F. Richardson, do
George Johnson, moulder
Peter Hall, iron melter
Chandler Hall, do
William Stafford, moulder
Pardon Clarke, painter
Thomas Seekell, mason
Thomas Snow, segar maker
John M. James, barber
Olney Read, carriage maker
Isaac Kendall, do
William A. Peirce, do
Jacob Garland, saddler
S. Gladding, barber
James Luther, Jun., mason

Page 5 col. 2

Thomas J. Gardner, tailor
David Jackins, [mis-transcription of Jenkins?] mason
William B. Mason, do
Pardon Mason, do
Simeon Arnold, housewright
Dexter Spencer, baker
Nicholas Peters, cordwainer
Jeremiah Hammond, tanner and currier
James W. Tibbitts, mason
William W. Butts, baker
Samuel Carpenter, mason
Isaac Field, tool maker
John Searle, carpenter
Philip Snow, do
Elisha S. Evans, barber
Edward Burrows, housewright
Stephen Wardwell, baker
Benoni Lockwood, surveyor
Job Seekell, mason
Apollos Seekell, do
Allen Shaw, painter
Wm. Harris, mason
D. L. Winslow, cordwainer
Stephen Bosworth, housewright
Israel Pierce, do
Ira Pierce, do
David M. Hamilton, mason
James Allen, cordwainer
Benjamin Smith, housewright
Benjamin Eddy,
Arnold Irons, machanic
Bradford Hodges, painter
Briggs B. Gray, do
John Miller, printer
Daniel Martin, merchant tailor
Augustus Wood, smith
Francis Bourn, carpenter
Perley Hall, cabinet maker
Joshua Smith, tallow chandler
Elisha A. Chace, mason
Erastus S. Wilcox, do
Charles C. Lee, cabinet maker
William N. Douglass, do
Caleb C. Cook, do
Nicholas Carr, do
George E. Chedel, mason
George Andrews, cabinet maker
John Prentice, tailor
Daniel Tibbits, do
Isaac N. Hallett, painter
Daniel C. Prentice, tailor
John T. Jackson, brass founder
Josiah F. Everett, baker ·
Joseph Rawson, Jun.
Rhodes Allen, rope-maker
George B. Holmes, iron founder
C. S. Tompkins, machinist
James W. Holmes, iron founder
George Pierce, iron founder

Page 6, col. 1

Samuel Kilverts, iron founder
Augustus M. Wheeler, iron founder
Gideon Wilson, iron founder
Daniel Hull, iron founder
Leonard Carter, iron founder
Martin Kinsby, pattern maker
Edmund H. Perkins, iron founder
James Salsbury, shipwright
Willard Johnson, pattern maker
Robert Matteson, machinist
Samuel L. Spencer, machinist
John T. Walker, machinist
Lemuel Wyatt, machinist
Solomon D. Walker, blacksmith
H. M. Peck, pattern maker
Lemuel Sawyer, machinist
Otis Taber, machinist
George Horton, house carpenter
Joseph Cobb, iron founder
William Field, carpenter
Henry D’Erfield, painter
John A. Townsend, painter
Thomas G. Griffin, painter
John Durrwell, blockmaker
John Church, carpenter
Christian M. Westell, ornamental pt’r and gilder
William F. Greene, cordwainer
H. Stilwell, bookbinder
Isaac Wilcox, bookbinder
O. Kendall Jun., printer
Henry A. Howland, tin plate worker
James Brown, carpenter
Albert Snow, painter
Samuel Rawson, cabinet maker
George B. Rawson, cabinet maker
Edwin H. Lyman, cabinet maker
James Snow, tool maker
Esek Eddy,
Samuel Proud, chair maker
John Taber, [transcription might say Tahor] Jun., cordwainer
Seth Spooner, baker
J. J. Gladding, tailor
Joseph S. Davis, jeweller
Thomas M. Hawkins, jeweller
Henry R. Warren, mechanic
William Hubbard, carpenter
John S. Allen, carpenter
Benjamin Tallman, carpenter
William Darnley, carpenter
Newman Thurber, engraver
Samuel Reynolds, nail maker
Edwin Fitch, machinist
Joseph Reynolds, machinist
Alexis Ladd, carpenter
S. Reynolds, machinist
James Martin, glazier
Joshua Brown, mason
Ephraim Harksom, brass founder

Page 6, col. 2

Thomas Boyd, tinner
James Brown, brass founder
Samuel Mason, hatter
Samuel Pearson, hatter
John F. Page, watchmaker
Russel Clapp, shoemaker
William Johnson, jeweller
Edward Billings, carpenter
William Tallman, carpenter
Russel Warren, carpenter
James C. Bucklin, carpenter
Norris Abbott, carpenter
Stary [mistranscription of Sterry?] Kelley, carpenter
Samuel Kelley, carpenter
E. Tallman, housewright
Esek Tallman, housewright
J. Congdon, house carpenter
Freeman Pease, carpenter
John G. Phillips, carpenter
John W. Field, carpenter
Stephen Brownell, carpenter
Franklin Maguire, carpenter
Henry Harden, carpenter
Samuel D. Allen, carpenter
Allen T. Manchester, carpenter
John D. Jenckes, carpenter
John Clarke, carpenter
Samuel F. Randall, carpenter
William Warren, draughtsman
William H. Clark, painter
Watson D. Hatch, painter
Osborn S. Warren, carpenter
William P. Shaw, painter
Charles Robbins, tailor
Nathaniel F. Potter, mason
Jos. A. Andrews, mason
Joseph F. Gilmore, mason
Nicholas Whitford, stone cutter
John A. Darling, brush manufacturer
Waterman Irons, currier
Peleg Johnson, house carpenter
William Semer, cabinet maker
Nathaniel Fuller, glazier
William L. Martin, do
William T. Olney, do
George W. Gilmore, blacksmith
Lewis Carr, jeweller
Calvin Dean, tanner and currier
Robert G. Corp, baker
Arnold Potter, segar maker
Wm. K. Thurber, organ manufactuer
Thomas Burse, segar maker
Henry Baker, mason
Gardner M. Burgess, house carpenter
Nathan Simmons, do
Pasco Hanes, segar maker
Peleg Shearman, cordwainer
Joseph L. Denise, painter
John C. Cady, tobacconist

Page 7 col. 1

William Gonsolve, Jun. segar maker
John M. Fanning, segar maker
Theodore B. Talbot, jeweller
Jeremiah C. Bliss, jeweller
Grenville Harden, jeweller
George Peck, stone cutter
Pardon P. JilIson, baker
Ezek. H. Jillson, house carpenter
David Winch, housewright
William A. Potter, mason
Douglas F. Seamans, house carpenter
Alvan S. Arnold, house carpenter
Joseph R. Budlong, house carpenter
David Briggs, house carpenter
David Orswell, wheelwright
Henry Hedly, 2d, wheelwright
Benjamin Orswell, wheelwright
James S. Burgess, house carpenter
Gardner Chilson, carver
Christopher E. Potter, mason
Dennis P. Hunt, mason
James A. Potter, mason
William T. Brownell, house carpenter
Clark Oundell, [mis-transcription of Crandall?] mason
John Peckham, shoemaker
Thaddeus Curtis, brush maker
Alden Pabodie, tailor
William Harding, house carpenter
William Trescott, hatter
Samuel G. Butts, tailor
John P. Hunt, mason
George Hill, soap and candle manuf’r.
E. Potter, mason
Stephen Trowbridge, hatter
John Baggs, cooper
Stephen D. Olney, painter and glazier
William Taylor, tailor
Edward S. Folger, confectioner
William L. Worinton, mason
William Slardenburgh, mason
Amos Jillson, cooper
William Derby, chairmaker
Leonard Whitney, cooper
Edwin G. Metcalf, painter
Aaron Wood, chair seater
Harvey M. Cole, blacksmith
Welcome Matteson, stone cutter
George B. Corp, harness-maker
Stepljen B. Jenks, confectioner
Alexander D. Folger, confectioner
Clement Folger, cooper
Francis Anderson, Jun., rope maker
William 0. Jillson, baker
William W. Crandell, brass founder
William H. Gale, housewright
John Sherman, tailor
George Davis, jeweller
James Eames, tin plate worker
John Andrew, do do

Page 7, col. 2

Anson Lewis, tin plate worker
Elijah Pomeroy, do do
John Collum, do do
William T. Sargent, do do
Joshua K. lngalls, do do
Charles H. Allen, do do
Samuel A. Briggs, do do
Isaac Cooke, do do
Rowland Duckworth, Jun. do
James H. Eames, do do
[Illegible]
C. Barstow, house carpenter
Samuel Stone, chaise and harness mak.
Thomas Fenner, Jun. do do
Edward Stone, do do
Albert Pollard, do do
Frederick A. Parks, do do
Ebenezer Johnson, tin-plate worker & gunsmith
Nathan Irvine, lamp maker
Seth B. Cook, Jun. lamp maker
James E. Budlong, jeweller
Otis H. Cushing, blacksmith
John Irvine, mason
Edward Eddy, painter
Thomas M. Parker, chair maker and painter
Francis Salmon, painter
John Hazard, house carpenter
Reuben Brown, house carpenter
Anthony P. Shaw, tin plate worker
G. I. Nottage, tin plate and sheet iron worker
Samuel S. Robinson, house carpenter
William Newton, blacksmith
J. B. Nichols, jeweller
Henry L. Kendall, tallow chandler
Emmons Partridge, blacksmith
Henry D. Davis, do
Smith Potter, wheelwright
Ira L. Beckwell, chaise maker
E. W. F. Rice, painter
Gardner Z. Swart, baker
Charles Davis, blacksmith
Samuel Smith Partridge, do
Albert Corliss, do
William H. Ireland, painter
Nathaniel Lang, harness maker
Freedom Nason, do
John Clemmons, tailor
Ferdinand Barber, painter
Charles T. Martin, do
William H. Murray, turner
Stephen Horton, bricklayer
Nicholas Stillwell, tin plate worker
John Babcock, machinist
Robert L. Thurston, do
William Howard, do
Otis B. Salisbury do

Page 8, col. 1

Fenner Salisbury, machinist
Richard Baker, do
Calvin W. Richards, do
John A. Hopkins, do
Addison M. Fairbanks, do
John P. Jones, tinner
James Wheaton, machinist
Simeon Briggs, carpenter
Nicholas D. Greene, tailor
James Sweet, cordwainer
Charles Greene, do
Jeffery Davis, carder
John Chappell, stone mason
William T. Wood, spinner
Nathan B. Wright, carpenter
George F. Goodwin, cabinet maker and upholsterer
Jeremiah S. Short, cabinet maker
George Atwood, do
James T. Monroe, carpenter
Jesse Bicknell, Jun. do
Samuel Peckham, mason
Osnant S. Fuller, carpenter
Alfred C. Sheldon, do
George W. Lovett, tailor
William H. Card, do
John M. Austin, do
Benjamin Paine, do
William James Holder, tin plate worker
Frederick Lathrop, do
Arthur Adlington, Jun. do
Freeman Nickerson, blacksmith
Adams Thompson, do
George Wilkins, harness maker
Albert Eaton, chaise painter
Daniel P. Fisk, painter
Robt. Aldrich, operator of water looms
Nelson Jencks, machinist
Hiram Paine
George Farnum, machinist
Aaron H. Cook, mason
Amos C. Burrill
George Jenckes
Christopher G. Staffor, carpenter
Jesse Ennis
James M. Warner, jeweller
Henry Cushing, paper stainer
George Baker, jeweller
Caleb Arnold, bootmaker
Hiram Hill, carpenter
Jacob Silloway, do
Ephraim Martin, do
Ebenezer Carpenter, do
W. Belcher, tin plate & sheet iron w’ker
Alphonso R. Janes, do
John Robertson, tin plate worker
Anthonr Wehosky, blacksmith
Henry D. Martin, glazier
William B. Dean, house carpenter

Page 8, col. 2

Charles W. Rhodes, carpenter
Horace Battey, do
Daniel E. Carpenter, do
Jonathan Drown, do
Samuel M. Taber, gold and silversmith
William E. Taber, do
George 0. Bowen, bootmaker
George Grafton, 2d, carpenter
Edward W. Billings, barber
Nathan O. Gilmore, mason
Joseph W. Davis, book binder
Ray Clapp, carpenter
Aaron B. Curry, chair painter
Nelson Pearce, mason
George T. Wheler, do
John W. Horton, do
Jonas R. Gale, plane maker
Isaac S. Battey, do
Luther Peirce, carpenter
William Billings, do
Albert T. Evans
John W. Arnold, carpenter
Josiah H. Martin, do
George Beverly, do
Joseph C. Fanning, do
Elias Barston, shipwright
William B. Wilson, carpenter
John F. Moore tailor
Samuel S. Lathrop, carpenter
Joseph Battey, do
Joseph Martin, goldsmith
Arthur M. Potter, Jun., jeweller
Jonathan R. Swan, carpenter
Samuel Boyd, baker
Josiah S. Wardwell, house carpenter
John C. Jenckes, jeweller
William T. Wardwell, cabinet maker
Oliver K. Wilbur, house carpenter
Alpheus Fenner, do
Joseph Fuller, blockmaker
Wm. P.R. Benson, house carpenter
Jacob Manchester, housewright
John G. Pettit do
Albert Messinger, carpenter
Samuel Munro, cooper
George E. Blake, house carpenter
William Weston, do
Russel Arnold, do
Alfred Sprink, carpenter
Charles W. Randall, house carpenter
Willard W. Fairbanks, boiler maker
Asa Pike, housewrigbt
Stephen Burr, cabinet maker
George Green, cooper
Luther Lyon, housewright
Laban Eastenbrooke [perhaps mis-transcription of Easterbrooke], do
James Perry Brett, ropemaker
William Woodward, ropemaker
Samuel A. Thomas, house carpenter

Page 9, col. 1

Henry Potter, housewright
Joseph C. Shaw, blacksmith
William Woodward, Jun., ropemaker
William Budlong, house carpenter
Samuel Warren, do
Jonathan Pike, housewright
Abraham B. Salsbury do
George W. Mason
Daniel Hale, millwright
Bradbury C. Hill, blacksmith
John Vannevar, bricklayer
Benjamin Gage, painter
Samuel Havens, carpenter
Peleg Fiske, machinist
Daniel Carpenter, machinist
Ezra Blake, carpenter
Job Luther, millwright
Daniel Follet, carpenter
Cyrus B. Hutchinson, blacksmith
Dexter Carpenter, machinist
Allen Haskell, do
Israel Tucker, do
Benjamin M. Darling, do
Stafford N. Congdon, do
Joseph K. Whipple, do
Lyman Burlingame, carpenter
Alexander Barney, shoemaker
Charles Bullar, tailor
Carleton Cushman, wheelwright
Thomas Jeffer, shoemaker
George Boss, machinist
John Tripp, ropemaker
Nathaniel Phillips, stone cutter
Samuel Sprague, mason
Nathan Young, carder
William Douglass, spinner
John Drape, mule spinner
Stillman Rand, do
Wm. Bamford, do
Caleb R. Bryant, weaver
John B. Vars, mule spinner
William Shortriggs, do
Samuel Francis, dresser tender
John M’Andervey, do
William W. Bube, do
Matthew Campbell, do
William M. Ward, clothier
William J. Phillips, weaver
Isaac Hessenden, woolstapler
Robert Stephenson, do
John R. Kerby, weaver
Joseph Kiner, wool dyer
John Payton, weaver
Thomas Gilmour, clockmaker
Dexter A. Edwards, dyer
Newel Lee, weaver
D. Christie, warper
Zebina Thwing, broadcloth shearer and presser

Page 9, col. 2

Caleb V. Waterman, wheelwright
S. E. Sweet, carpenter
Hazael H. Cary, wool spinner
H. Ballard, fuller of cloth
Consider W. Burt, carder
Edwin M. Sears, do
James Payton, cordwainer
C. C. Raine, woolstapler
Solomon Brown, woollen dyer
Lafayette Pierce, carpenter
John Wait, wood and iron worker
Jonathan Aldrich, cordwainer
E. Sweet, carpenter
David G. Fales, machinist
Alvin Jenks, do
Samuel S. Arnold, do
Daniel Tisdale, carpenter
Ebenezer Northup, machinist
George A. Bacon, do
L. P. Shepardson, do
Jubal Patt, carpenter
William Patt, do
Jerem. W. Patt, do
Albert Rogers, mule spinner
Ansel Baxter, do
Hiram Smith, overseer
Moses Smith, do
Peleg F. Wait, machinist
Luther Buffinton, cordwainer
Jonathan Brown, wheelwright
Ebenezer Ide, carpenter
Nathan Crowell, do
Nicholas A. Fenner, do
Weaver Carr, do
Wm. P. Young, carder
Horace P. Young, superintendent
John Boodry, carder
Benjamin Rogers, mule spinner
Robert Jordan, do
Samuel C. Collyer, superintendent
Thomas J. Benedict, carder
John T. Fales, carpenter
George Smith, machinist
William West, cordwainer
John Dickerson, miller
Sabin Allen, blacksmith
David Martin, turner
Samuel V. Medbery, housewright
Larned Scott, mechanic
Adam Passey
Orrin Packard
Wilder Whipple
Robert Whipple
Ethan Lawrence
William C. Burdick
Thomas Grayson
James Madson
[Pliny?] Ray
David Lawrence

Page 10, col. 1

Alonzo A. Wiley
James M. Patt
Simon Winsor
George H. Capron
John A. Polsey
John Dee
Joseph T. Hoxeil [mis-transcription of Hoxie?]
Pliny Bosworth
William Perry
Isaac R. Scott
George G. Ray_
Benjamin T. Marbee
Baytan [mis-transcription of Brayton?] Slater
Augustus Millerd
Sidon Adams
Arnold C. Hawes
Amos B. Hawes
Wm. H. Rhodes
Samuel W. Wiley
Olney Burlingame
Peleg H. Kent
John Brown
Job M. Knight
Thomas J. Arnold
Israel Arnold, Jun.
Edwin Smith
Jabez Hill
John Waterman
Elhanan Tucker
Haskins
George Butes
William Bartlett
James Langley
Wm. H. Brown
James D. Walcott
Samuel Young
Uriah Godfrey
Henry P. Greene
Lloyd B. Brayton, 2d
Eber Miller
James M. Patt
Stephen Dexter, mechanic
James Tyng, do
Levi Smith, do
Hiram Bowen, do
George Kelly, do
Jeremiah Patt, do
Seth Vose, do
Dixson Morris, artisan
Witham Jones, do
Bonaparte Bates, do
Thomas Williams, do
W. H. Brown, 2d do
Horatio H. Perry, do
Nathan Robbins, do
John Barna, do
Samuel Chace
Albert Barker
Jeremiah Pierce

Page 10, col. 2

David W. Gardner
H. Holden
Stephen Peck
Nathaniel W. Quint
William Alexander
Joseph C. Whipple
Shubael Jillson
Jesse Whiting. blacksmith
Jared Parker, housewright
Henry Williams, tailor
Warren Miller, do
Ellis Everett, do
George W. Trafford, do
William Lindsey, do
Arnold Reynolds, cordwainer
Grant, machinist
Stephen W. Sayles, do
Lyman Cooke, do
Ames Grant, do
Alexander Kennedy, do
Daniel Daggett, do
Arnold Cook, do
David D. Kent, do
Zadock Botterson, carpenter
Oliver Pain, do
Benjamin B. Slade, machinist
Augustus B. Copeland, do
Whipple Metcalf, do
William Metcalf, do
Israel Greene, tobacconist
Sabin P. Pond, painter
Hollis Allen, machinist
Spencer Mowry, housewright
Benjamin Green, painter
William N. Moone, machinist
Albert C. Vose, do
William Vose, do
Willis Cook, do
Ellis Day, blacksmitb
Waterman Thornton, do
Joseph Gould, do
Nelson Ballou, machinist
Edmund Bacon, iron founder
Lynum [mis-trascription of Lyman?] A. Cook, machinist
Osmon Hathaway, do
Daniel M. Paine, do
Dexter Hathaway, do
Luther Brist
Marble Dow, do
George W. Horton, iron founder
Charles F. F. Stebbins, do
Charles R Jordan, do
William Clifford, do
Richard Strange, do
William Hathaway, do
Derreck P. Brown, machinist
Andrew Kelly, iron founder
Alanson Kelly, do
Marvin W. Fisher, machinist

Page 11, col. 1

Benjamin [illegible] carder
Lebbens C. Tourtellot, machinist
Stephen P. Fisk, housewright
George A. Gillmor, machinist
George S. Stirrep, do
James M. Thorp, millwright
Ichabod Allen, housewright
Otis M. [illegible] bobbin turner
Elisha Sherman, machinist
Michael McCouen, weaver
Samuel Snee, carpenter
Jesse Calder, baker
John Brown, do
Luke Thayer, cordwainer
Olney Mason
Stephen A. Aldrick [mis-transcription of Aldrich?], carpenter
Charles Fish, chair maker
Silas Whalford, house carpenter
Stephen Hutchinson,
Charles D. Edmonds, cordwainer
Hiram Thayer, do
Alanson Smith, varnish maker
Leavit C. Cole, blacksmith
Wm. Whitman, Jun., wagon maker
Joseph Manchester, furnace man
Stephen G. Williams, mason
Daniel Ward, plough maker
Amos Fuller, house carpenter
Parmer Harrinton, blacksmith
Abram Chase, do
Hiram Walker, furnace man
B. B. Wood, furnace man
Levi Parker, chair painter
Israel Bennett, furnace man
Patrick Huse, do
Isaac Chase, do
Andrew Johnson, tinman
Moses G. Cady, do
Seth Walker, furnace man
Abraham H. Padelford, do
Hugh McCaffoy, do
L. Spalding, picker maker
John C. Sweet, dresser tender
Daniel Wheelock, master carder
Samuel D. Pierce, master weaver
William Tanner, machinist
John B. Arnold, tailor
George W. Whitman, salesman
William Clapp, accountant
Samuel S. Allen, carpenter
John Greene, blacksmith
Abel Tanner, mule spinner
Jeremiah Tanner, do
James Curtis, do
Oliver Wilbour do
Stephen Arnold, teamster
Sam. A. Tillinghast, teacher of youth
C. Olney Arnold, cabinet maker
C. W. Spalding, operative manufac’ter

Page 11, col. 2

Sylvester K. Merrill, machinist
Paul Wheelock, carder
Daniel Curtis, master weaver
Samuel Curtis, miller
Nelson B. Tanner, mule spinner
Daniel Tanner, master carder
Josiah Merrill, spinner
Joseph E. Lock, carder
Henry N. Greene, do
William G. Wood, mule spinner
James Woodmaney [mis-transcription of Woodmancy (Woodmansee)?], do
David Greene do
Joshua A. Johnson, sawyer
Israel Wood, shoemaker
Nicholas E. Gardiner, butcher
Sterry B. Fenner, carpenter
Walter Lawrence, mason
Henry Hamilton, carpenter
William H. Dyer, do
Benoni Harris, machinist
F. Briggs, do
Darius T. Johnson, do
Malachi Standish, blacksmith
James S. Davis, do
Joseph Colwell, wheelwright
Nelson Briggs, do
William Winsor, Jun., carpenter
Anson Tifft, wheelwright
Benoni Knight, blacksmith
Charles James Westcott, sailor
Olney Winsor, machinist
Horace Prior, clothier
Albert Fuller, blacksmith
Daniel Anthony, cotton spinner
Smith Williams, weaver
Charles Hunt, spinner
Lyman Dawley, do
Thos. S. Watson, do
Alfred Austin, dresser tender
Francis W. Gardiner, spinner
Wm. G. Shelden, dresser tender
Barton Tanner, spinner
Benjamin F. Knowles, weaver
Halsey Greene, dresser
Job Harkness, machinist
Joseph Watson, spinner
Jonathan Cord, dresser
Lawton Johnson, spinner
Joseph B. Rice, carder
William J. Greene, spinner
Robert K. Lewis, weaver
John Austin, carder
Gideon C. Briggs, spinner
Edward C. Briggs, do
Elisha Whitman, housewright
Martin Bradford, do
Wm. B. Babcock, dresser tender
Charles Harkness, machinist
John Wood, spinner

Page 12, col. 1

George J. Vaughn, carder
Samuel A. [illegible] machinist
Nathaniel Arnold, Sen., do
John Tew, blacksmith
Varnum W. Gannon, cotton picker
Elias Card, basket maker
Amos Moore, miller
Stephen Manchester, carder
John Place, carpenter
Abel Matteson, cordwainer
Job Albro, carpenter
Marcus Cornell, blacksmith
Enos Lapham, house carpenter
Earl Whiting, machinist
Stephen S. Waterman, machinist
George S. Knutton, machinist
Burrill Brown, machinist
Nathan Westcott, machinist
Henry Phetteplace, machinist
Thomas J. Mowry, machinist
Caleb Westcott, machinist
Leander Sweet, machinist
Henry Jenckes, machinist
George Boomer, artisan
Thomas W. Eddy, machinist
George D. Cole, artisan
Arnold Briggs, do
Philip F. Brayton, machinist
Preserved Sherman, machinist]
William Pooke, machinist
Reuben Salsbury, machinist
Dean Potter, machinist
James B. Coman, machinist
Elijah Dory, Jun. machinist
Ira Field, Jun. machinist
Hiram Hopkins, operator
William Brayton, machinist
Peleg Hopkins, machinist
John Hawkins, machinist
Jenckes A. Smith
Appleby Smith
Rhodes Hill, house carpenter
Jacob Briggs
Benoni Hopkins, blacksmith
William Swan, machinist
Stephen Austin, machinist
Elijah Day, house carpenter
Noah J. Arnold, overseer of power looms
Aaron Bowen, overseer of carding
Benoni Rogers, dresser tender
Robert R. Sunderlin, mule spinner
Daniel G. Chace, overseer of power-looms
Jacob Wood, Jun. mulespinner
Benjamin Greene, farmer
Abner Rogers, farmer
Paul Harrington, overseer of carding and spinning

Page 12, col. 2

G. B. Card, shuttle-maker and house painter
Job Card, machinist and shuttle-maker
Levi Johnson, mule-spinner
William Chace, dresser tender
Samuel Briggs, teacher of public school
John Willbur, blacksmith
Lowry Potter, blacksmith
Benjamin S. Briggs, blacksmith
Merit Andrews, overseer of carding and spinning
John P. Miller, cordwainer
Sterry Parker, cordwainer
Wills Reynolds, farmer and manufacturer
Luther Waldren, dresser tender
Samuel Bissel, overseer of carding
Timothy Carpenter, Jun. overseer of power-looms
Oliver Matteson, overseer of carding
Alban M. Stone overseer of looms, dresser tender, farmer, and merchant
Jeremiah B. Austin, tailor
Jesse Cooke, finisher and packer of goods
Owen Spencer, stone cutter
Anthony Tarbox, cashier and watch-maker
Charles Morse, Jun. bricklayer and plasterer
Russel Chace, house carpenter
Charles Morse, Jun. farmer and merchant
Benjamin Bently, overseer of power looms
Jonathan Franklin, miller
Thomas Goshen, farmer
Ira Baily, cordwainer
Giles S. Jenkins, bricklayer and plasterer
Isaac Hyde, overseer of spinning
Sheffield Andrew, mule spinner
Joseph G. Clark, mule spinner
Silas Wells, Jun. machinist
James M. Harrington, machinist
Jason Strait, dresser tender
William Matteson, picker-tender
John J. Kilton, carpenter
Joseph Jash
Asaph Bowen, farmer
Joseph Card, overseer of power looms
James Case, mule spinner
Martin S. Whitman, housewright
George T. Spicer, machinist
Thomas Covil, weaver
Scott W. Mowry, operative mechanic
Thomas Nutting, dressser of yarn
Thomas A. Oakley, miller
Amos Budlong, machinist

Page 13, col. 1

John Firth, carder
John Nutting, Jr. spinner
Isaac B. Howland, dresser
Thomas Covil, 2d. dresser
Charles W. Crary, weaver
Thomas D. Bentley, weaver
James Tanner, mule spinner
George W. Dyer, blacksmith
Wm. Clarke, clerk
Joseph Nutting, spinner
Joseph S. Budlong, yeoman
Alfred Jerauld, spinner
Albert D. Greene, weaver
Alden Arnold, weaver
Charles Slade, dresser tender
Albert G. Alexander, mule spinner
Anson Barnes, spinner
Henry Littlefield, spinner
Wm. Blanniher, trader
Ira Basto carder
Harmon C. Fisher, saddler
Jahleel Westcott, cordwainer
Josiah Weshott [mis-transcription of Wescott?], trader
John S. Taylor, painter
Thomas Taylor, chair maker
Daniel G. Bates, mule spinner
Alfred Read, machinist
Henry S. Wilbur, carpenter
John W. Tibbitts, physician
Arabert A. Wescott, weaver
Chester Wakefield, manufacturer
Rufus Grant, cordwainer
Stephen Sweet, carpenter
Philip Arnold, trader
Joseph Webb, mule spinner
William Randall, mule spinner
Levi Stafford, cloth dresser
Gorton Arnold, farmer
Ephraim Covil, do
Samuel Moor, do
Jeremiah Wilber, do
Benjamin King, do
Dutee Arnold, do
Joseph Hoann, Jr do
John Stone, spinner
Allen Hill, laborer
James Yeaw, farmer
Wm C. Ames, accountant
Robert Emerson, oper. Of power looms
W. Bailey, painter and glazier
George Babcock, laborer
Lawton Greene, do
Joseph Hart, do
William Atwood, mule spinner
Raymond Rathbone, do
Charles A Sweet, operator of spinning and weaving
Caleb Bennett, operator of carding
Rob’t W. Potter, practical manufact’r

Page 13, col. 2

Alex. M’Murray, operator of power-looms
Olney Briggs, laborer
Raymond Stone, machinist
Norris H. Church, laborer at a manufacturing establishment
John B. Whitehead, do do
George W. Whitehead, do do
Spencer B. Mowry, do do
Oliver Clark, do do
John Day, carpenter and machinist
Joseph W. Thornton, carpenter
William O. Gardner, blacksmith
E. H. Newbegin, comb maker
Jabez N. Horton, do
Edwin Vernon do
William Joyce do
Harmanus Karseboom, do
Thomas T. Beers do
James B. Beverly do
George Hull do
Samuel W. Wade, artisan
Albin C. King, do
Orrin Cahoon, do
Giles Pierce, do
Gardner Cahoon, do
James Webster, do
Laban Bennet, do
Mutin M. Bailey, do
Billings C. Kaighn, do
David Yeaw, do
Caleb Mowry, do
Samuel Hoyt, comb maker
Richard Bishop, do
Asahel Stone, do
Wm. L. Brown, do
Peleg Kaighn, do
James Lock, do
Alfred Parker, carpenter
James Westlute, blacksmith
Jonathan S. Killey, machinist
Charles King, do
Peter J. Briggs, do
W. N. Sherman, printer
Silas W. Wilder, do
Leprelt Fuller, carpenter
Aaron Rathbun, mason
Eli Pongt, Jun., painter and glazier
John Burnham, do
Philip B. Stiness, cloth dresser
Abijah B. Warfield, painter
Isaac C. Stetson, cotton worker
Lewis R. Blake, weaver
Rouse A. Northup
Arnold Chappells
Johnson B. Colerain
Zephaniah Sherman, carpenter-
Hervey Arnold, do
George Parker, machinist

Page 14, col. 1

William W. Spencer, machinist
George W. Davis, weaver
George Collins, mule spinner
Allen Briggs, machinist
Pardon Newell, do
Benjamin Snell, mule spinner
John Franklin, do
George W. Slade, spinner
Oliver Taylor, carder
George M. Collins, mule spinner
William Chappell, carpenter
Elias Fisher, dresser tender
Abner C. Manchester, carder
Robert Douglass, shoemaker
Henry W. Hoyle, machinist
Richard Sweet, carpenter
Job Manchester
Willet Young
John Weaver
George G. Warner
Samuel W. Wightman
Robert H. Niles
John Carr
Samuel J. Sherman
Christopher W. Sprague
Thomas Stafford
Richard W. Rhodes
Andrew B. Burlingame
Thomas Greene
Thomas R. Greene
Joseph Burrows
Allen E. Aylsworth
Gilbert Blanchard
Hosea Bicknell
Joseph Brady
E. P. Ellis
Peleg P. Cranston
William Spencer
Abel Slocum
Taber Hollis
Samuel Slocum
James Fisher
Welcome Bates
William U. Arnold
Joseph P. Cogshall
Joseph Cogshall
J. B. Cook
Remington Arnold
Jabez Holden
Benjamin M. Bourne
Wilkes Gardiner
Samuel Reynolds
David Wilbur
James W. Brayton
Christopher Briggs
Edward Grierman
Elisha Andrews
William Remington
Robert Thompson

Page 14 col. 2

Caleb L. Ormsbee
Thomas W. Greene
Joseph Budlong
Henry J. Wightman
(Name illegible.]
Sion A. Rhodes
Hales G. Ellis
Thomas Cleveland
Perez Peck, machinist
Isaac B. Aylsworth, do
Albert Anthony, do
M01es Haskell, Jun. do
Joseph Sisson, do
Job Russell, do
Cyril C. Bowen, do
Warren Wearer [mis-transcription of Weaver?], do
Charles Rouse, do
George Rouse, do
James C. Millerd, do
Benjamin Farries, do
Daniel Williams, do
Harry Howard, do
Edwin Johnson, do
Aldin W. Williams, do
Nathan Howard, do
Daniel Greene, do
George Aylesworth, blue dyer
Samuel G. Brayman, tailor
H. G. Dunham, harness maker
Isaac W. Clark, do
Raymond Smith, carriage maker
Albert Smith, carriage maker
John R. Allen, do
Ashbel Wall, millwright
Nathaniel Arnold, machinist
James Matteson, carpenter
George W. Bennet, do
Ezekiel Morse, do
Henry R. Remington, calenderer
Joseph Harvey, do
William Henry Anthony, weaver
Jabez Anthony, carder
Charles Anthony, spinner
Josiah W. Battey machinist
Cyril Babcock, machinist
Robert Levally, carpenter
Galusha W. Arnold, carpenter
B. Sherman, carpenter
James F. Hills, machinist
Ezra Bissell do
Daniel Town, do
Horatio S. Berry, do
Palmer J. Johnson, do
John Brower, carpenter
Zephaniah Ramsdel, carpenter
George Levalley, machinist
James Warner, Jr. do
Harris Lanphear, do
Henry R. Gorton, do

Page 15 col. 1

Nathaniel Millerd machinist
Ray Matteson do
Schuyler Skinner, do
Sheldon Colvin, blacksmith
Francis B. Atwood, bobbin turner
Thomas Arnold, machinist
Wm. D. E. Avery, do
Thomas P. Lanphear, do
Ray W. Atwood, shoemaker
Caleb Kilton, mason
Wm. M. Cooke, bleacher
G. J. Adams., machinist
Robert R. Knowles, tailor
Isaac Congdon, cotton manufacturer
Christopher Cory, laborer
Nathaniel Langley, weaver
Joseph Billington, farmer
Caleb R. Cahoon, carpenter
Reynolds Andrew, laborer
Samuel Gavit, laborer
John L. Clark, machinist
Rodmond Congdon, bleacher
Wm. Bowen, tanner
Nathaniel Chase, carpenter
Christopher Nicholas, carpenter
Arvin Potter, dresser tender
Daniel Knight, carpenter
Almon C. Whitman, carpenter
John A. Budlong, blacksmith
Obadiah Colvin, bleacher
H. G. Davis, shoe manufacturer
Richard Chappell, shoemaker
Stephen S. Potter, machinist
James Parkerson, tailor
James C. Greene, cordwainer
John G. Ladd, carpenter
Thomas Le Braton, tailor
John J. Simmons, tailor
Richard Spencer, cordwainer
Thomas L. Spencer, cordwainer
Nathan M. Spencer, do
Freeborn Johnson, Jun. carpenter
Martin Miller, cordwainer
Jeremiah L. Slocum, cordwainer
Isaac S. Whitford, cordwainer
J. W.Howland, do
Abiel Chandler, millwright
Kingsley Bullock, mason
John P. Roberts, watchmaker
William C. Greene, ropemaker
James Slocum, tailor .
James A. Capron, carpenter
Jonathan Johnson, carpenter
[Name illegible] machinist
Ezra Pollard, machinist
Nicholas Thomas, machinist
Oliver Weekes, Jr. cordwainer
Rufus King Foss, machinist
Samuel Harrington, machinist
Daniel Miller, carpenter

Page 15, col. 2

John M. Spence, bootmaker
William Tibbits, bootmaker
Samuel R. Rice, cordwainer
Rhodes W. Perkins, carpenter
William S. Roberts, segar maker
Thomas W. Gorton, cordwainer
David W. Hunt, painter
Fones G. Hill, carpenter
Gardiner Tanner, dresser tender
Elisha Potter, blacksmith
Elijah Bacon, mechanic
James Tenant, do
Perry Greene, do
Nicholas Dawley, carpenter
Gideon Willcox, blacksmith
Samuel R. Aylsworth, weaver
John F. Mar, do
Schuyler Fisher, smith
James Miller, cordwainer
Wm. J. Shelden, house carpenter
Thomas Lockwood, mason
Russel Young, do
Russell Johnson, wheelwright
William Burdick, machinist
Silas Weaver, tailor
Oliver A. Budlong, carpenter
Joseph W. Ladd, do
Ezra Simnons [mis-transcription of Simmons?], hatter
Caleb Simnons [mis-transcription of Simmons?], do
George Vaughn, carpenter
Thomas A. Howland, cordwainer
Job Whitmarsh, carpenter
Benjamin Burdine, cabinet maker
Oliver Weekes, carpenter
John Cornell, do
Richard Edwards, cooper
Silas B. Whitford, tobacconist
Jamu Buhee, carpenter
Oliver A. Whitman, blacksmith
J. Bundick, saddler
Gorton Spencer, machinist
Elisha May, do
Thomas Tiflinghast, carpenter
Arbe J. Place, blacksmith
Russel Card, cooper
Samuel Sweet, carpenter
Stephen Briggs, do
William Merrill, do
Rowland Greene, do
William Penniger, machinist
Cromwell T. Salisbury, brass founder
Oliver C. G. Arnold, machinist
John Weeden, carpenter
Daniel B. Bartholie, shoemaker
John W. Johnson, carpenter
Nathaniel H. Coles, do
John B. Carr, do
Jerah N. Gardner, do
Laton Greene, do

Page 16, col. 1

Bowen Hill, carpenter
Job Manchester, chairmaker
Anthony B. Fenner, carpenter
James B. Peirce, mechanic
Samuel Allen, machinist
Thomas R. Tilley, ropemaker
Thomas J. Johnson, mechanic
Thomas Peirce, shoemaker
Samuel R. Peirce, do
Augustus Spencer, carpenter
Emery Fisk, machinist
Ezra Spencer, mason
Joseph Greene, ropemaker
John Proud, chair maker
Daniel Briggs, carpenter
Edward Capron, do
Joel Parker
Preserved Briggs, machinist
Philip Tillinghast
Nelson H. Benson
William A. Hubbard, M. D.
Lodowick W. Shipper, machinist
Walter Spencer, carpenter
Benjamin Rogers, laborer
John Spencer, Jun., mason
Pardon Spencer, carpenter
Edward Bliss, mechanic
Reuben S. Peckham, machinist
William R. Budlong, machinist
Jesse Brown, Jun., mechanic
James Tilley, do
Samuel F. Carr, do
Green A. Sweet, do
Robert M. Bennett, carpenter
Daniel McIntosh, dyer
V. Field, carder
Joseph R. Stone, machinist
Joseph Taylor, laborer
Robert H. Coggeshall, carpenter
Benoni King, weaver
William C. Van Doorn, mechanic
Silas Clapp, farmer
Jeremiah Bailey, mechanic
Mason Smith, spinner
Thomas P. R. A. Knox, mechanic
John Dye, shoemaker
Sanford Durfee
Theophilus Crowell, laborer
Jonathan Andrew, farmer
Abiezer 0. Hood, machinist
Jona. Smith
Joseph Taylor, Jun., spinner
Alexander McDonald, dyer
James McEnerney, laborer
Michael Fitzgerald, do
Clarke Spink, do
Henry Case, do
William Rowley, cordwainer
Robert Lawless, laborer

Page 16, col. 2

Isaac Hall, carder
William Sweet, farmer
William J. Potter, do
Alanson Wood, carpenter
William M. Mowry, tailor
Henry Warren, caroer
Thomas Saunders, spinner
Horace Johnson, do
Randall Holden, machinist
Albert G. Smith, do
Fairbanks, do
William B. Corey, spinner
Nicholas Phillips, laborer
Jesse Brown, mason
William Rice, carpenter
James R. Whitman, farmer
Paul Spencer, machinist
Nathaniel H. Gardiner, farmer
Samuel L. Brayton, spinner
Thomas Taylor, mechanic
Perry Potter, laborer
Joshua Carpenter, do
Samuel Anderson, do
Jonathan C. Taylor, mechanic
William S. Holden, do
William Davis, machinist
Ebenezer Spencer, do
Elisha G. Smith, do
Wilhard Harding, spinner
Benjamin A. Briggs, machinist
Laiton Johnson, spinner
John Higgins, mechanic
Job Peirce, cordwainer
Jonathan Tiffany, Jun., mechanic
Stacy W. Remington, laborer
Benjamin Tabor, cordwainer
Thomas Reynolds, laborer
William Shipper, farmer
Amherst Hopkins, laborer
John Baker, mason
Austin Sawyer
William Tobey
Nelson Barnes
Ira Arnold
Emor Angell
America Wheeler
Luke Burbank
Pardon Angell
Joseph Turner
Samuel B. Ashton
Jeremiah Luther
Daniel Carpenter
Ethan Sweet
Albert B. Sweet
Joseph Munro
Waterman F. Brown
Benjamin W. Lang
Willard Usher
Edward Gavit

Page 17, col. 1

Ebenezer Perkins
Darius Colvin
Samuel E. Slocum
Thomas G. Pitman, tanner and currier
Robert P. Lee, mast and spar maker
Wm. W. Freeborn, tanner and currier
Joseph Lyon, coppersmith
W. H. Crandall, ship builder
William Weeden, housewright
Thomas W. Brown, tailor
Benjamin H. Tisdale, jeweller
James Atkinson, printer
Adam S. Coe, cabinet maker
Joshua Tripp, leather dresser
Wm. S. Nichols, gold and silver smith
Michael Freeborn, blacksmith
Anthony V. Taylor, cabinet maker
Erastus P. Allan, baker
John Stevens, tin plate worker
John Williams, cordwainer
Theophilus Topham, baker
Thomas Mumford, cordwainer
Zenas L. Hammond, painter
Peleg Sanford, block maker
Edward Smith, cooper
James B. Hoyt, blacksmith
George Freeborn, housewright
W. H. Gorton, painter
Thomas Swinburne, painter
Thomas Spooner, chairmaker
Edward Hammett, Jun., carpenter
William Briggs, carpenter
John Tompkins , block and pump mak’r
[Ill.] cabinet maker
Moses Norman carpenter
James Martin blockmaker
Charles H. Mumford, jeweller
Noah Barker, carpenter
Charles Lawton, tobacconist
John Horswell, tailor
Isaac R. Spooner, housewright
Wm. H. Greene, tailor
Samael H. Lawton, tobacconist
Edward T. Allan, baker
William Brownell, tin plate worker
Robert W. Hammett, carpenter
Albert Cottrell, do
Henry G. Tompkins, blockmaker
Hugh T Brightman, mason
William S. Carpenter, mason
Stephen M. Stedman, cabinet maker
C. A. Sweet, ship smith
Edward D. Jones, do
B. Trevett, cabinet maker
George N. Allan, baker
Wanton S. Sherman, butcher
James Holt, do
James Simmons, blacksmith
James W. Allan, baker

Page 17, col. 2

David Brannan, cordwainer
Samuel Vaughan, housewright
John B. Weeden, do
John B. Barker, house carpenter
Samuel H. Oxx, Jun., housewright
J. N. Coddington, chaise maker
Charles Babcock, housewright
Edwin Peabody, do
Josiah Tew, ropemaker
Henry Tisdale, jeweller
Thomas Harkness, rope maker
Jeremiah Goodspeed, housewright
Joshua Brannan, ship Joiner
Henry Hill, carpenter
Alexander Jack, cordwainer
E. Manchester, housewright
Joseph B Weaver, hatter
James M. C. Campbell, do
Alden S. Simmons, carpenter
Daniel B. Davis, cordwainer
John C. Ailman, do
Joseph Sanford, Jun,, housewright
Jeremiah Hazard, boot maker
Richard Clarke, cabinet maker
Jesse Dunham, chair maker
John Clarke, carpenter
Samuel Pratt, do
Thomas P. Rodman, printer
James A. Green, housewright
William Hall, mason
Robert Seatle, cordwainer
James W. Dennis, do
John Alger, mason
Giles Barney, blacksmith
John Clark, cordwainer
Wm. C. Thurston, housewright
John Clark, shoemaker
Robert M. Franklin, Jun., baker
Joshua W. Tripp, leather dresser
Cornelius B. Wilbour, blacksmith
W. S. Randolph, manufacturer
Benjamin R. Dawley, coach maker
Alexander Morgan, wheelwright
James Shaw, blacksmith
Perry C. Irish, shoemaker
Caleb Cranston, butcher
George W. Allen, blacksmith
Isaac Stall, coach maker
Israel F. Luke, cordwainer
lsaac Read, do
Ephraim B. lrish, shoemaker
Thos. Pitman, Jun., tanner and currier
Silas Ward, tallow chandler
R. G. Robinson, saddle & harness mak.
Eben Winslow, cordwainer
Henry J. Cranston, baker
J. B. Wilbour, clock and watch maker
Sylvanus Wilbour, do
Stephen Cahoone, painter

Page 18, col. 1

Caleb C. Mumford, cordwainer
Thomas Coggershall, do
M. McGregor, mason
John J. Allan, baker
Henry Holt, cooper
Wm. H. Melville, tin plate worker
John Marsh. tallow chandler
William J. Tilley, tailor
David H. Burdick, cordwainer
James Horswell, tailor
E. F. Newton, clock & watch maker
Henry G. Place. boot and shoe maker
Benjamin H. Ailman, do
Joseph B. Seatle, shoemaker
William W. Vernon, painter
William Swan, Jun., tailor
William Lovie, hair dresser
Glearer J. Read, painter
Charles E. Davenport, mason
Michael Molten, housewright
George H. Price, do
Samuel J. Marsh, chair maker
Samuel Freeborn, baker
William R. Atkinson, cordwainer
Joseph M. Marsh, house carpenter
Job Cornell, do
Thomas J. Manchester, do
Henry Barber, bookbinder
William A. Barber, printer
Henry J. Hudson, painter and glazier
Thomas M. Seabury, blacksmith
William Molten, housewright
William D. Boss, wheelwright
Abraham Almy, do
William D. Southwick, boat builder
James Albro, do
George W. Taylor, do
John Goff, brewer
Joseph Southwick, boat builder
Benjamin C. Eddy, goldsmith
Benjamin Marble, ship builder
Alim Cravell, do
Eliab King, ship carpenter
Nathaniel H. Read, house carpenter
Lewis Barlow, boat builder
Wm. Barlow, do
William Caswell, rope maker
Pitts Southwick, boat builder
Silas Southwick, do
Job S. Eldred, do
Lewis B. Caswell, do
Samuel Simpson, blacksmith
William K. Covell, boat builder
William F. Smith, do
John Hull, tailor
Benjamin Southwick, boat builder
Jeremiah Greenman, ship carpenter
Samuel Stanton, Jun., do
Isaac P. Maryott, do

Page 18, col. 2

Amos Crandall, shipwright
Isaac Manwaring, caulker
Henry L. Thurston, shipwright
John P. Cornell, do
Charles Barber, do
Ebenezer Coleman, do
Parmenus Skinner, ship joiner
George H. Lewis, shipwright
Joshua Wilbour, tailor
Jonathan Baker, mason
Arnold Draper, carpenter
Seth C. Bradford, housewright
Thomas Taber, do
John N. Barlow, house and ship painter
Thomas Burt, mason
Robert Dennis, baker
John S. Weeden, cabinet maker
James R. Newton, silversmith
James N. [illegible] shipwright
Philip Roach, ship carpenter
John Mills, spar maker
Walter W. Simmons, shipwright
George Cornell, do
Jared Barber, do
Raymond Durfee, do
Thomas Stevens, do
James Ailman, do
Patrick Boyles, do.
David W. Cornell, do
John W. Bacheller, do
Henry N. Merit, do
Alexander Christie, mason
Isaiah Goodspeed, carpenter
Josiah Sherman, do
Fenner Brown, manufacturer
Isaac Sisson, machinist
Charles Green, cordwainer
Abiel Spencer, cabinet maker
William S. Lawton, do
Thomas Goddard, do
Matthew Cozzens, hatter
John Cozzens, rigger
William B. Peabody, cordwainer
Philip Stephens, stone cutter
Hanson Hall, boat builder
Anthony Manuel, hatter
Stephen Goddard, do
Joseph C. Lawton, painter and glazier
Benjamin Anthony, carpenter
John D. Cornell, cabinet maker
Daniel Flanders, housewright
Perry W. Freeborn, coppersmith
William W. Freeborn, Jun., tanner
Peleg Coggeshall, cordwainer
John Barber, tailor
John N. Potter, cordwainer
Charles Sherman, butcher
William Lee, spar maker
Charles W. Burdick, cordwainer

Page 19, col. 1

Samuel Lee, spar maker
Thomas Hazard, house carpenter
Nicholas B. Anthony, spar maker
Peleg Clarke, cooper
Gideon C. Smith, cotton manufacturer
Albert Draper, dresser
John W. Wall, do
Michael Eddy, Jun., goods baler
William Lewis, mule spinner
John Millington, do
Benjamin D. Peck, do
Elisha A. Clark, weaver
John Glover, mule spinner
Patrick McNally, do
George Scott, do
John Pattinson, do
Francis Scott, carder
John Lewis, mule spinner
John Livsey, engineer
Benjamin S. Seatle, house carpenter
Joseph Clarke, cooper
John C. Clarke, Jun., block maker
Benjamin Taylor, carpenter
Charles C. Hammet, block maker
Alexander Murray, mason
Beriah Crandall, house carpenter
Christopher J. Bliven, house carpenter
Henry W. Vernon, cabinet maker
James E. Townsend, cabinet maker
Borden A. Norton, upholsterer
William S. Springer, cabinet maker
Peter Lawton, cabinet maker
William Jarvis, house and ship joiner
William A. Coggeshall, cabinet maker
John J. Weaver, hatter
Benjamin Marsh, Jun., boot and shoemaker
Henry W. Carr, shoemaker·
Isaac Pickett, shoemaker
John W. Stevens, distiller
Nathaniel Holt, butcher
Isaac Coddington, gold and silversmith
Ephraim Cobleigh, shoemaker
James Westgate, baker
William B. Lewis, shoemaker
Oscar F. Wentworth, painter
Gideon Lawton, house carpenter
William McKenzie, mason
John Nicol, do
Samuel A. Parker, hatter
George Read, mason
Gideon Gray, mason
Abraham Barker, upholsterer
Eleazar Allen, cooper
Parker Lawton, carpenter
Simeon Coggeshall, carpenter
Jonathan W. Coggeshall, carpenter
laaac Gifford, carpenter
Albert Coggeshall, carpenter

Page 19, col. 2

Charles Gifford, carpenter
Isaac Hedly, carpenter
Benjamin Easton, carpenter
Daniel M. Peckham, mason
Barker Fish, carpenter
Edwin J. Spooner, sailmaker
Job Tew, ropemaker
Joseph Tew, ropemaker
John Spooner, carpenter
William J. Holt, carpenter
William Burgess, carpenter
Alfred Hudson, ropemaker
Nathan B. Hammett, carpenter
Thomas Burk, leather-dresser
William Stevens, painter and glazier
Moses Woodbury, carpenter
Smith Busworth carpenter
William Coggeshall, cordwainer
Isaac C. Peckham, block maker
Joseph Nason, tin-plate worker
Andrew Melville, pewterer
Samuel A. Barnitt, clothier
Benjamin Price, baker
Samuel Tuell, blockmaker
Robert Sherman, 2d, butcher
Peter P. Remington, cordwainer
John Goff, sailmaker
William Goff, brewer
Samuel B. Harris, manufacturer
Nathaniel H. Langley, cooper
James W. Langley, cooper
William T. Burroughs, cooper
Peter W. Wilkey, cooper
William H. Ailman, cooper
James M. Tuell, block maker
John C. Thurston, carpenter
Edward Stanhope, Jun., machinist
John Henderson, cooper
James Henderson, cooper
Joseph Aylsworth, cooper
John W. Williams, sailmaker
Joseph Sanford, cabinet maker
John H. Hammond, blockmaker
Silas H. Cottrell, ship carpenter
William Kaull, blacksmith
Russel Cottrell, ship carpenter
Alfred Barker, upholsterer
John W. Davis, cordwainer
Thomas G. Brown, tailor
John Riley, shoemaker
Oliver Durfee, do.
Nicholas Powers, shoemaker
John Pitman, housewright
Joseph F. Havens, stone mason
Isaac W. Sherman, butcher
Christopher P. Boss, cordwainer
William Mitchell, cotton manufacturer
William Durfee, tobacconist
G. B. Reynolds, cordwainer

Page 20, col. 1

William B. Swan, tailor
E. J. Swan, tailor
R. Swan, do
James C. Swan, stock maker
William F. Barker, machinist
Samuel S. Mumford, tailor
Gilbert Tompkins, house carpenter
John Goff, tanner and currier
Abraham Tilley, ropemaker
Robert M. Simmons, do
Nicholas Alger, do
William Bacheller, do
Abrm. Tilley, Jun., do
John Lake, do
Joseph Freeborn, tanner and currier
James L. Tilley, ropemaker
John H. Moore, do
Joshua Stacey, do
Truman B. Spooner
Perry Sherman, butcher
Michael M. Friend, house carpenter
T. Stacey, Jun., confectioner
William Tilley, ropemaker
William Barber, printer
John Hammond, painter
Joseph King, caulker
Benjamin Hall, cordwainer
Fitzgerald Slocum, baker
Chester Clark, cabinet maker
Samuel H. Jack, plumber
William Fludder, mason
William Lee, 2d, spar maker
Robert Goffe, shoemaker
Thomas Roads, carpenter
Benjamin Clark, cooper
James B. Cahoone, carpenter
Stephen Thomas, carriage maker
Davenport S. Simmons, do
Edmund Freeborn, wheelwright
William E. Cook, blacksmith
Samuel Clarke, wool manufacturer
John H. Coggeshall, house carpenter
Thomas Gould, clothier
Isaac P. Durfee, do
Edward Coggeshall, house carpenter
Jesse T. Durfee, blacksmith
Richmond Carr, house carpenter
Martin Dedrick, cordwainer
Benjamin Pearce, cabinet maker
John Hedly, housewright
Isaac S. Corey, shoemaker
William Borden, blacksmith
Pardon Corey, shoemaker
David Fish, house carpenter
Henry Lawton, do
Noah Gray, blacksmith
Gideon Dennis, cooper
Preserved Fish, blacksmith
Isaac Freeborn, cabinet maker

Page 20, col. 2

George Dennis, weaver
Thomas Borden, blacksmith
Southwick Irish, boat builder
Joseph Irish, do
Isaac Borden, machinist
Nathan Dennis, cabinet maker
Henry Fish, housewright
Joseph Cornel, stone mason
Isaac Freeborn, cabinet maker
Peleg Hadly. 2d, wheelwright
Joseph Childs, shoemaker
Horace Lawton, blacksmith
William H. Driscol, cooper
John Luther, housewright
William Collins, Jun., cooper
Pardon Hiscox, boat builder
James Smith, Jun., tin plate worker
Samuel Blake, cordwainer
Reuel H. Baker, cooper
Henry W. Child, tailor
George Easterbrooks, housewright
Elisha Graves, cooper
Thomas Lisson, do
William Haile, Jun., housewright
Caleb Carr, shipwright
Caleb Carr, Jun., do
Hiram Andrews, cordwainer
Anthony Hallenbuke, do
Benjamin T. Cranston, sailmaker
Thomas Cranston, do
William L. Brown, housewright
Martin L. Salisbury, tailor
Charles Luther, carpenter
Benjamin M. Bosworth, machinist
John Pearce, Jun., housewright
Cromwell Barney, do
Joseph Short, cordwainer
Samuel Maxwell, housewright
Andrew Johonnot, do
Amos M. Bullock, do
Oliver Johonnot, saddle, harness, and trunk maker
Turner Carr, shipwright
William G. Hiscox, boat builder
Peleg Bosworth, machinist
Lewis Hoar, painter
Benjamin Cole, carpenter
William Cornell, cooper
Francis Marble, blacksmith
Enos Bart, shipwright
John G. Bowen, painter
Martin Salisbury, cooper
Luther Bosworth, do
John B. Mason, do
Jonathan B. Barton, do
Martin King, do
Rhodolphus Johnson, do
Jonathan Luther, housewright
James A. Thornton, cabinet maker

Page 21, col 1

George G. Johonnet, cabinet maker
George R. Peck, do
John Stockford, ropemaker
George Luther, cordwainer
Lawton Kelly, do
George Woodmancy, do
Stephen S [Swasey?]. cooper
William B Lawton, sailmaker
Nathan M Blake, blacksmith
Stephen Mason, tanner and currier
William Baker, cooper
Jeremiah Woodmancy, cordwainer
Lewis T Thorn, housewright
Nathaniel D. Maxfield, do
James E. Bowen, ropemaker
William R. Clarke, do
Benjamin Foster, do
George Butts, do
Henry S. [Busbee?] do
George S. Tilley, do
Pardon Hiscox, Jun., boat builder
Henry Bailey, housewright
Phineas Howard, do
Isaac L. Peck, tailor
John P. Winslow, brass founder
Josias L. Peck, blacksmith
Jonathan Simmons, [chaine?] maker
Marcus Read, housewright
Edwin Sanders, baker
Stephen Johnson, cooper
John H. Munro, tailor
Joseph Burt, housewright
John Pearce, do
Alvan Burt, rigger
Philip M. Baker, tailor
Benjamin Shearman, do
Nathaniel Adams, blacksmith
John Andrews, shoemaker
George Munro, cooper
John J. Bickner, do
Stillman Welsh, do
William B. Snell, cabinet maker
John Herley, carver
Samuel S. Driscol, printer
James Cole, cooper
John Butts, do
Sylvester S. Newman, shoemaker
Benjamin Child, ropemaker
George T. Gardner, cooper
George Thurber, cordwainer
Levi Wheaton, tailor
Sylvester Childs, watchmaker
Charles Randall, printer
Henry Sanders, baker
George W. Pearce, printer
Alfred R. Cornell, cooper
Leonard B. Bigelow, tool maker
James V. Cole, joiner
John H. Hart, do

Page 21, col. 2

Hiram Goff, joiner
Henry Cole, bootmaker
Gershom C. Jenckes, do
Richard Beers, do
Nathan L. [Barnes?], tool maker
Hollis Sawtell, blacksmith
Henry B. Salisbury, tailor
James L. Swetland, do
Ebenezer Luther, cordwainer
Daniel Bosworth, hatter
Ezra O. Child, cordwainer
Nathan Daval, shoemaker
Gardner Winslow, do
Ephraim French, saddler
John D. Tuell, coppersmith
Thomas K. Phinnas, mason
Benjamin C. Short, do
Gardner Munro, do
Henry W. Eddy, printer
Alvan Cole, boss cordwainer
William A. Wiley, cordwainer
Daniel T. Hubbard, do
Henry Parker, do
William H. Turner, housewright
Nathan Luther, shoemaker
Isaac B. Barrus, do
S. E. Newman, stock marker
William Harding, barber
Samuel Pearce, housewright
Shubael Burr, cooper
J. G. Salisbury, do
Allen Chase, do
Andrew B. Rood, shoemaker
Jacob Sanders, housewright
William H Bowen, do
Edward H. Thurston, tailor
Thomas Salisbury, hatter
T.C. Williams, tin plate worker
Joseph Luther, shoemaker
Samuel Thurber, mason
Elbridge Millerd, do
Alfred Bosworth, hatter
George A. Brown, machinist
Daniel R. Whitman, weaver
Ray G. Andrews, do
Varnum Dawley, do
William Tisdale, dresser tender
Daniel Dyer, carder
Bowen Angell, caprneter
William [illegible], mule spinner
Allen Whitman, machinist
James R. Case, do
John Allen, do
Seth J. Lawton, shoemaker
Joseph W. Holden, cloth trimmer
Charles Potter, mule spinner
William [Tourjee?], do
Nelson Williams, weaver
Geo. Bates

Page 22, col. 1

John B. [illegible,] cordwainer
Gorton Burges, woollen manufacturer
Amos Sherman, mule spinner
William Congdon
Joseph L. Davis, blacksmith
Benjamin [illegible,] mule spinner
Samuel T. Dedrick, machinist
Samuel P. Sweet, tailor
Lyman Barney, wheelwright
Ebenezer Williams, dresser tender
Stephen Thornton, cordwainer
Andrew Arnold, farmer
Horace Smith, blacksmith
Benjamin Read, weaver
Christopher Greene, Sen., carpenter
John H. Arnold, do
Nicholas Arnold, do
Otis Martin, do
William Stafford, painter
Edwin P. Macombar, artisan
Levi Bradford, carpenter
Ira D. Phillips, mule spinner
Samuel Tanner, mechanic
Benjamin Barber, mule spinner
Lillibridge Ward, do
Chester Fay, carder
Moses Whitman, carpenter
Thomas J. Rathbun, mule spinner

Page 22, col. 2

Thomas Johnson, mule spinner
Hiram Stephen, do
Isaac Nichols, carder
John T. Barnarda mule spinner
Sylvester Manchester, dresser tender
James Adams, dresser tender
Hozar Ennis, mariner
John Woodard, card maker
William Merrel, machinist
Amo West, mason
Stephen Albro, cabinet maker
Asa Crandall, artisan
Stevants Hines, dresser maker
Pardon Crandall, mule spinner
George Hamer, dresser tender
John Roward, do
Ebenezer Crojee, do
Amo G. Fenner, weaver
William Cranston, mule spinner
Patrick Dunn, artisan
Palmer Sheldon, cooper
Thomas Doyle, bookbinder
Samuel Pike, blacksmith
Piedman F. Claflin, tobacconist
Charles Jenks, Jun., cartwright
John Pike, turner
Phineas Potter, pump maker

This 1834 watch paper graphic was passed along by Cherry Bamberg who points out that its inner border reads reads “Personal Attention to Fine Watch & Clock Repairing, at Prices Conforming with the Depressed Times.” The graphic is part of a watch paper collection from the American Antiquarian Society. –Babcock, Fred W., “Fred W. Babcock Providence R.I.,” *Watch Papers Collection*, accessed July 30, 2020, https://americanantiquarian.org/watchpaperscollection/items/show/1976.

TEXT of the petition

Sir:                                                                 Providence, April -, 1834.

   The resolutions following were adopted in convention of mechanics and artisans, assembled from various towns in the State, at Providence, on Monday, March 24; and by direction of the convention, we now transmit you a copy.

   Whereas, a sudden and unexpected change in the condition and prospect of the mechanics and artisans of this State has been wrought within a few months past, without the occurrence of any natural calamity or the act of any foreign power: and whereas this portion of citizens residing in different parts of the State, have simultaneously entertained and expressed their views in relation to this change, which has resulted in the choice of delegates from several towns and villages in the State, to meet in convention in this city, to take into consideration the present depressed state of business, and to memorialize Congress for relief; and the delegates having now convened for this purpose; therefore, it is by this convention

   Resolved, That we consider the welfare of the people to be the object and the end of government; and that the condition of the people is the best evidence of the character of the Government.

   Resolved, That the present stagnation of business alike interests the agriculturist, the mechanic, and the laborer; for, amidst so general desolation, few escape.

   Resolved, That tho present suffering of every mechanical profession, and the want of employment for the industry and labor of our State, can be justly attributed to no other cause than the interference of the executive branch of the Government with the currency of the country, and the consequent distrust which pervades all business, and paralyzes all enterprise.

Resolved, That the experience of past years has fully shown the necessity of a National Bank, and that the currency and prosperity of a country should not be the subject of a speculative experiment.

Resolved, That the restoration of the public deposites to the United States Bank, with a renewal of the charter of that Bank, under such modifications as Congress in its wisdom may direct, or the incorporation of a new bank, presents the strongest hope of a revival of confidence, and of the return of a suffering people to their business and to the comforts of life.

                                                              STANFORD NEWEL, President.

THOHAS DOYLE, of Providence,

JAS. ATKINSON, of Newport,

Secreteries

[Gala & Seaton, print.]

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled:

The undersigned mechanics and artisans, residing in nearly all the towns in the

State of Rhode Island,

RESPECTFULL Y REPRESENT:

   That your memorialists are of the various occupations in life, embraced within the mechanical professions; and that the present unexampled distress, which pervades the whole country, has covered our community with gloom and sorrow, and presses with peculiar severity upon us who labor for our support. The present disordered state of the national currency, and the destruction of confidence in every department of business, have suspended enterprise, paralyzed industry, and left the honest poor without employment.

   Your memorialists disclaim all connexion with party politics, and with those questions which agitate the political divisions of society. If protected in their labor, and paid in sound and unshaken currency, they trust with confidence to their industry for a just reward.

   Our section is emphatically a manufacturing section of the country; and the manufacture of cotton alone is estimated to consume thirty thousand bales annually. In the erection of mills and dwellings, and in the manufacture of gearing and machinery, the carpenter and mason, the iron founder, machinist, artisan, and laborer, have hitherto found employment, and shared in the general prosperity. Every trade and occupation participated in the benefit common to all, and a sound and healthy state of mutual dependence and mutual interest gave assurance of continued success.

   Within the last five months the picture has become sadly reversed. Already have more than fifty thousand spindles been stopped, throwing out of employ a great number of persons, and at least as many more are running only in the hope of a favorable change. No new establishments are projected, and the mechanic is without employ; a numerous population, whose industrious habits of life and skill in the various mechanical operations arc not exceeded in our whole country, are thrown back upon the savings of years of unceasing toil, or cast upon the charity of a community whose sufferings are little less than their own.

   Your memorialists would further respectfully show, that in the various iron foundries in this State, in the years 1831, 1832, and the first half of 1833, the annual consumption of pig iron exceeded twenty-four hundred and seventy-five tons; a large portion of which was the product of our own country. The consumption is now at a less rate than three hundred and fifty tons per annum, and this quantity is daily decreasing. The number of hands heretofore employed in the same furnaces was three hundred, mostly heads of families; that number is now reduced to about fifty.

   In regard to the lumber business, your memorialists have procured statements from the lumber merchants in Providence only. It appears that, at this season of the year, they have hitherto been under contract for lumber to the amount of at least seventy thousand dollars; and at the present time have ordered but fourteen hundred dollars. They state further, that their retail trade has fallen off from fifty to seventy per cent. The master builders, some of whom, the last year, employed more than twenty journeymen, are now without any contracts; and, consequently, most of their hands have been discharged. In various furnaces and shops there have been annually consumed more than nine hundred tons of anthra cite coal from the mines in Pennsylvania, and one hundred and twenty tons of a bituminous quality from the coal mines in Virginia. The consumption of this article must have decreased more than fifty per cent. In wrought iron from the ore of the middle States, the quantity heretofore consumed in various mechanical uses has been large. The consumption has diminished nearly one-half. Indeed, in every branch of our various occupations, the materials used and the labor employed have decreased in an equal ratio to those before stated. This universal stagnation of business, and the deep distress which pervades all classes of the community, this system of contraction which has brought misery to all our dwellings, and condemned so many deserving poor to idleness and want, ought to arrest the attention of the constituted authorities of Government.

Your memorialists have sought the cause of this sudden and fearful change, and can attribute it only to the derangement of the currency, and the consequent derangement of commercial confidence, increased by apprehensions of future instability. Your memorialists can hope for no favorable change, unless through the interposition of Congress, as guardians of the general welfare. They, therefore, ask from Congress a consideration of the distressed condition of the country; trusting confidently in their wisdom to adopt such measures as will restore confidence, re-animate enterprise, and open to industry its accustomed channels of action and support.

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