Tag: Providence Plantations

  • Quaker Genes: The Quakening, Part 4, featuring Daniel Gould

    Mary Dyer disembarked from the Woodhouse to find things much changed in Newport. There was new construction everywhere, including the mooring dock on which she stood. Word of their arrival electrified Newport Town, and before long Mary could see her husband striding towards her, trying his very best not to break into a run. BTW,…

  • New England Genes: Roger Williams, Banned in Boston Part 2

    Continued from Part 1 It seemed banishment was unlikely to stop the pugnacious Roger Williams, so a scheme was hatched to kidnap him and place him on a ship back to England where he would surely be imprisoned, if not executed, once they explained his crimes to the King. His old friend John Winthrop, who…