Family Migrations V: Rhode Island Connections

I've been amazed that so many of my families ended up in Rhode Island. Then again, that small group of settlers intermarried a lot. Although there were a few other one or two generational families, I'm focusing on a dozen of the most prominent. Rhodes, Remington, Gorton, Greene, Waterman, Williams, Holden, Dungan, Latham, Allen, Almy and Arnold

Rhodes: Immigrant Zachariah Rhodes came from Lancashire, England, landed at Plymouth and settled in Rehoboth. His opposition to strict Puritanism, led Rhodes to flee to Providence Plantation in 1646. He would call Newport and Pawtuxet home. Son John established the family in Warwick. The next three generations remained in Warwick. Zachariah Rhodes [b. 1784] followed the family's seafaring tradition, but in Baltimore, Maryland. He died at sea in 1815. Daughter Ann Bathia Rhodes married Isaac R. Prall and resided in Harford Co., Maryland and York Co., Pennsylvania. England, Plymouth Colony (MA), Providence Plantation-Rhode Island, Maryland [Pennsylvania]

Remington: The Remingtons came from Yorkshire, England and resided in Newbury, Rowley, Andover and Haverhill, Massachusetts before moving to Jamestown, Rhode Island in 1664. The Remingtons ended up in Warwick. John, Thomas and Daniel established their families there. Daniel's daughter Mary was Zachariah Rhodes' grandmother. England, Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Gorton: Samuel Gorton was born in Lancashire, married in London and settled in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Religious conflicts forced him to relocate to Plymouth and finally to Rhode Island, where son John established the family at Warwick. John's granddaughter, Anna married Daniel Remington. England, Massachusetts [Mass. Bay and Plymouth], Rhode Island

Greene: Dr. John Greene left Dorset, England for Boston and Salem. He followed Roger Williams to Providence. The Greenes would also settle in Warwick. John granddaughter, Catherine, married Charles Holden. (Dr. Greene was also the ancestor of Brig. Gen. Nathanael Greene) England, Massachusetts Bay, Providence-Rhode Island

Allen: William Allen, a Yorkshire, England native, seems to have bypassed Massachusetts and settled in Rhode Island. Daughter Mary married Thomas Remington. England, Rhode Island

Arnold: Immigrant William Arnold was born in Somerset, England. He settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 and in 1640 relocated to Providence Plantation. Daughter Joanna married Zachariah Rhodes. (William's son Benedict was the first in a long line of Arnolds with that given name, including Gen. Arnold of West Point fame.) England, Massachusetts Bay, Providence-Rhode Island

Almy: William Almy followed a similar path to most of the others. He was born in Leicester, England, settled first in Massachusetts, then Rhode Island. Daughter Annis married Dr. John Greene. England, Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Dungan/Latham: William Dungan, probably born in Ireland, died before the family left for the colonies. His wife, Frances Latham of Bedfordshire, England, made the trip with her 2nd husband. They settled at Newport, Rhode Island in 1637. Daughter Frances Dungan married Randall Holden. England, Rhode Island

Waterman: Richard Waterman, of Suffolk, England, was another to settle in Salem after arriving in Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was among those banished from the colony and joined Roger Williams in Providence. Resolved Waterman [son] married Roger Williams' daughter, Mercy. England, Massachusetts Bay, Providence-Rhode Island

Williams: London-born Roger Williams resided in Essex, England before sailing for America. He lived in both the Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony before being banished in 1636. He founded Providence Plantation as a haven for religious freedom. England, Massachusetts [Mass. Bay and Plymouth], Rhode Island