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(Quonochontaug)

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Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA - The Village Church

Charlestown is named after King Charles II, and was incorporated in 1738. The area was formerly part of the town of Westerly. It was in turn divided and the part north of the Pawcatuck River became the town of Richmond in 1747.

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Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA

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male ancestorRobert KENYON (10 January 1735, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 2 October 1805, Greenwich, New York, USA)
female ancestorNancy Ann GREENMAN (1764, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 1825, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township) )
male ancestorMichael CHAMPLIN (30 March 1767, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 3 February 1836, Earlville, Madison, New York, USA)
male ancestorStephen JOHNSON (1773, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 19 April 1856, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorPardon PERRY (1781, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 4 February 1863, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorNancy BASS (1781, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 21 November 1859, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorIchabod HOLLOWAY (1783, - 26 June 1875, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug))
female ancestorEliza DRISCOLL (1788, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 11 September 1865, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorPardon CARD (1798, - 7 December 1874, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug))

Ancestors Who Were Married in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA

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male ancestorCaleb Henry BENNETT (1835 - ) and female ancestorMary Lee HOXSIE (30 January 1837 - ) married 26 June 1867
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