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Bartholomew WEST was born abt. 1627 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, New England. Bartholomew WEST was the child of ? and ?
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Bartholomew married Catherine ALMY abt. 1653 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Catherine ALMY was born abt. 1645 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Catherine died abt. 1703 in Rhode Island, USA. Catherine was the child of William ALMY and Audry BARLOWE.
Bartholomew WEST died abt. 1703
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America - Did you know? President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were so afraid of the electric lights that had been newly...Read MORE...The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state
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