Roger Williams came to the colonies around 1632. He was born in
England around 1601.
He was a Baptist and was banished from Massachusetts. With a band of
others, went through
the wilderness and bought land in what is now Providence, RI. He is the
one who started
freedom of religion in the colonies. Where he settled it was named
Providence Plantation.
Some of the Thurbers who married Roger Williams descendants:
1. John | md. | Mary Brown |
2. John's dau. Anna | md. | James Bowen |
3. John's dau. Elizabeth | md. | Shubal Grant |
4. Hannah | md. | 1st, Charles Dyer, 2nd Davis Dyer |
5. Benjamin, Jr. | md. | Phebe Dyer |
6. Martha Ann | md. | Nelson Sayles Ballow |
7. Mary Ann Elizabeth | md. | George Olney |
8. Edmund Irvin | md. | Olive B. Olney |
9. William Gorham | md. | Alice R. Williams |
10. Chester | md. | Hattie Baker |