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Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

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Where is Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA? 

Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Little Compton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was reported as 3,593 in the 2000 census. Little Compton is located in southeastern Rhode Island, between the Sakonnet River and the Massachusetts state border. It is the birthplace of the Rhode Island Red hen.wikipedia

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Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville) - Betty Alden House, Little Compton, R. I.
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

Betty Alden House, Little Compton, R. I.
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville) - South Shore, Little Compton, R. I.
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

South Shore, Little Compton, R. I.
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville) - United Congregational Church, Little Compton, R.I.
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

United Congregational Church, Little Compton, R.I.

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1674 - First European settlers arrive in Little Compton from Duxbury, Massachusetts.
The first European settlers in Little Compton were Englishmen from Duxbury, Massachusetts in the...Read MORE...

In 1682, Sakonnet was incorporated by the Plymouth Colony and renamed Little Compton.

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By 1747, Little Compton secured its own royal decree and was annexed to Newport County as a part of Rhode Island along with Tiverton and Bristol.

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1819 - Little-Compton
Little-Compton is a wealthy maritime and agricultural township, situated in the southeastern...Read MORE...

News  1829 - Attempted Murder
Hesekiah Willibor, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, has been tried at Newport for an attempt to...Read MORE...

Sakonnet Light, built in 1884, is a sparkplug lighthouse near Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island, on the eastern side of the state.

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1916
Little Compton, a post-township (town) of Newport co., R.I., is on the Atlantic Ocean, about 7...Read MORE...

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Ancestors Who Were Born Here

We currently have information about 91 ancestors who were born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville).
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Ancestors Who Died Here

We currently have information about 55 ancestors who died in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville).
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here


1698
Thomas BROWNELL (25 May 1674 - ) & Esther (Hester) TABER (23 February 1680 - )
married 15 November 1698

1713
Samuel WILBOR (WILBUR) (7 November 1692 - 28 April 1752) & Elizabeth CARR (29 July 1691 - March 1764)
married 24 December 1713

1716
Daniel SHRIEVE (15 October 1696 - 10 July 1741) & Mary SALISBURY (4 August 1699 - )
married 21 August 1716

1719
Job MILK (abt. 1694 - ) & Abigail DEVOL (abt. 1695 - )
married 12 July 1719

1727
John SALISBURY (2 October 1704 - ) & Abigail HEAD (24 December 1710 - )
married 6 March 1727

1729
Samuel ALMY (15 April 1701 - 31 January 1764) & Mary ALMY (20 June 1711 - 8 May 1800)
married 17 August 1729

1732
Joseph SALISBURY (30 June 1707 - ) & Innocent HEAD (13 May 1713 - )
married 22 January 1732

1743
Caleb MOSHER (8 September 1721 - 5 September 1793) & Elizabeth WILBOUR (WILBORE) (23 July 1723 - February 1786)
married 26 November 1743

1751
Canaan GIFFORD (15 June 1731 - 25 June 1786 ) & Abigail SALISBURY (16 October 1733 - 11 July 1765)
married 20 June 1751

1757
Gideon SALISBURY (20 August 1732 - bef. 1835) & Priscilla SHAW (11 March 1733 - )
married 22 April 1757

1758
Thomas WOOD (12 April 1736 - 4 May 1794) & Lydia KIRBY (20 November 1738 - )
married 15 May 1758

1764
Peter PITTS (15 September 1737 - 15 December 1812) & Abigail RICHMOND (26 February 1744 - 26 July 1807)
married 29 December 1764

1795
Cook ALMY (24 September 1765 - 25 February 1861 ) & Charlotte COOK (12 September 1773 - 23 March 1835 )
married 22 March 1795

1830
Samuel Elam ALMY (18 February 1800 - 17 August 1889) & Susan BATEMAN (11 September 1805 - 15 November 1865)
married 24 March 1830
 

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