Tag: Samuel Skelton
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New England Genes: Roger Williams, Banned In Boston Part 1
It is believed that Roger Williams was born in December of 1603. The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I passed away the previous March and King James I was crowned that July. Roger’s father was a successful fabric merchant, who apprenticed his intelligent son to the hard-nosed lawyer Sir Edward Coke. In 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh, English…