Add YOUR Family To This Page

History of Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

Journey back in time to Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

(Adamsville)

Visit Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

Where is Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA?

• 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 Plymouth Colony who sought to expand their land...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• In 1682, Sakonnet was incorporated by the Plymouth Colony and renamed Little Compton.
  
  www.wikipedia.org
  
  
• 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.
  
  www.wikipedia.org
  
  
• 1819 - Little-Compton
  Little-Compton is a wealthy maritime and agricultural township, situated in the southeastern extremity of the county and State, 30 miles southeast of ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1829 - Attempted Murder
  Hesekiah Willibor, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, has been tried at Newport for an attempt to commit murder, found guilty, and sentenced to pay...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Little Compton
  Little Compton, a post-township of Newport co., Rhode Island, on the Atlantic, 30 miles S. S. E. from Providence. Pop., 1462.
  A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  
  
• Sakonnet Light, built in 1884, is a sparkplug lighthouse near Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island, on the eastern side of the state.
  
  www.wikipedia.org
  
  
• 1895 - Little Compton / Adamsville
  "Little Compton, a post-township of Newport co. R.I. is on the Atlantic Ocean, about 7 miles E. of Newport. It is the S.E. extremity of the state. It ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  Betty Alden House, Little Compton, R. I.
  Postcard
  
• 
  1906
  Postcard
  
• 
  M.E. Church
  Postcard
  
• 
  "Redrock", 1910
  Postcard
  
• 
  South Shore, Little Compton, R. I.
  Postcard
  
• 
  "Sunny Mead", 1915
  Postcard
  
• 1916
  Little Compton, a post-township (town) of Newport co., R.I., is on the Atlantic Ocean, about 7 miles E. of Newport. It is the SE. extremity of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  Sakonnet Golf Club, Sakonnet, R.I., 1920s
  Postcard
  
• 
  Estate C. R. Wilbur, Store & Res., 1920s
  Postcard
  
• 
  United Congregational Church, Little Compton, R.I.
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Commons, Little Compton, R.I., 1927
  Postcard
  
• 
  Village Improvement Society, 1940s
  Postcard