History of the first 13 Colonies and the lives of famous Colonial people The colonization of America and interesting facts about the life of Roger Williams, a leader of the Rhode Island Colony Short Biography about Roger Williams
This article contains a short biography and fast facts and information about the early American colonist, Roger Williams. Who was Roger Williams and why was he famous? Roger Williams was famous as a leader of the Rhode Island Colony. Roger Williams (1603 - 1683) was a Puritan dissident and theologian who left England to migrate to the New World. He was a supporter of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636 his strong views clashed with those of John Winthrop, the governor of Massachusetts who banished him from the strictly Puritan colony. Roger Williams fled the Massachusetts Colony and established a colony for religious dissidents, which later became the state of Rhode Island. Rhode Island earned the nickname of 'Rogue Island' due to its mixture of settlers from all religious backgrounds. Facts about Roger Williams | | Roger Williams Fact 1 | Roger Williams was famous as the leader and founder of the Rhode Island Colony as a colony for religious dissidents
| | | Roger Williams Fact 2 | When was Roger Williams born? He was born on December 21, 1603
| | | | Roger Williams Fact 3 | Where was Roger Williams born? He was born in Smithfield, London, England.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 4 | His parents were James and Alice Williams. His father was a tailor.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 5 | Roger Williams was a bright child and became apprenticed to a famous lawyer names Sir Edward Coke. Sir Edward Coke became his patron providing the means for Roger to receive a good education at Charterhouse and also at Pembroke College, Cambridge
| | | Roger Williams Fact 6 | Whist Roger Williams was studying at Cambridge he became a Puritan.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 7 | After finishing his studies Roger became the chaplain to a wealthy Puritan, Sir William Macham.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 8 | Roger Williams married Mary Barnard (1609–76) on December 15, 1629 - they had six children together all of whom were born in America.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 9 | Roger and Mary Williams decided to leave England for the New World and arrived at Boston in the colony of Massachusetts on February 5, 1631
| | | Roger Williams Fact 10 | Roger Williams believed in religious freedom, and the separation of church and state. Puritans such as John Winthrop believed in a government and society tied to the church.
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The following facts about Roger Williams provide interesting facts and an overview and description of the life and times and his involvement in the early colonization of America and the Rhode Island Colony. Facts about Roger Williams | | Roger Williams Fact 11 | Roger Williams refused to work in the Boston Church, instead he went to the Plymouth Colony and eventually on to join the Salem church
| | | Roger Williams Fact 12 | In 1635, he was banished from Massachusetts for his teachings and went to Rhode Island, where he founded Providence. In keeping with his beliefs. Jews and Quakers later settled in Rhode Island.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 13 | Despite their differences, during the Pequot War, Roger Williams gave considerable help to the Massachusetts colony in his negotiations with the Narragansett Indians.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 14 | He wanted to set up a democratic land association and in 1643 he went to England to secure a charter for Providence
| | | Roger Williams Fact 15 | William Coddington had received a land grant from England which split the colony. In 1652 Williams returned to England and got Coddington's land title annulled.
| | | Roger Williams Fact 16 | Roger Williams united the colony and served as its president
| | | Roger Williams Fact 17 | Anne Hutchinson and her followers left Boston in 1638 and joined the settlement that had been established by Roger Williams at Providence, Rhode Island
| | | Roger Williams Fact 18 | Roger Williams died on April 1, 1683 in Providence
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