Williams, Roger
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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WILLIAMS, ROGER c.1603 1683, clergyman...religious freedom, founder of Rhode Island , b. London. A protege...Massachusetts Bay colony in 1631. Williams became a teacher (1632...patent (1644) uniting the Rhode Island towns of Portsmouth...