The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-07-21

hat your sn( (<stoE Moges Williams, lived 10
house whjeb was q tho east side Of the MIN
Street, sii1le soutb ofshe Eplnk opal Churc IL,
TOO ybund 5(icn Whsreof then se,n.,oed, which
she showed me, within sight Of ~ house,
|and which IbeIievois also now removed, ss
! saw noihine Of Il, on looking for il, tie last
simS, was in Providence. So irsnsitofy arc
all things pertaining to humanity! She elto,d
me there was no doubi that MI. Williams
was buried a, the place which have meniion-
ed; that she had always been told so, sDd that
she remembered seeing frui, trees gF6wipg
there when che was young girlj that her la
ihcr. once owned that snd the estate where
Moses Brown, Esquire, Eow lives; and that
there was a gADgwsy, ID feet wide, south Of
Mrs. Tiipc's house, glven'by Mr.. Williams,
to 60 bis sp'iDg, originally laid out from river
TO river, near which gangwsy his house siood.
have an original letter, IN The haDd-writ.
ipg of Mr. Williams, 10 tho ffeemen u the
town oil Providence dated g IL, 8, CO.,"
March O. 1850 claiming the possonal estate
OF John Cowson who bad been murdered by
Wau- s-.op, an Indian, on the 9th day Of the
preceding Jsnusry, contsining additional! proof
that Mr.. Williams then lived near the sp,Ing
before mentioned.
1 Gao give no satisfactory Information rsla.
live to the other queries in your letter, buI
what may he derived from The records of Prov
idence; nor have eny recollection OF any cir.
cumstaDce which indicates that Mr.. Williams
left will.
I, gives re pleasure TO be able TO furnish
useful Information to any OF my f,iends, from
documenls ia my posscssion.-Though IN
haste, 1 have written diffuseiy, in answer 10
Ian Co far ~ n hsl he
information ], contains Is correct. Tha. il
Insy, IN somc degree, answer your expccta-,
tioDs, and the purpose for which you, wanved
IL, is the wish Of Yours, respectfully,
THKODORE FOSTER.
MIR. Williams sold from his estate lot, 40 feet
vide on the street, 10 Mr. Gabriel Beruon, avery
respectable French genlenDan, OF grert properly
and sincere religion. Who came iroW Rochelle
(France) where lac had suffered much, and had
been imprisoned two ycs.s, on account of his reG-
ion, winch led Mr. Williams greatly to esteem and
respect him. lie was born at Rochelle, April 4,
6&f--lyed ten years in Newport and Nstragsnsel,
and died in Providence, February /, 1856. in the
Odd year Of his age HE had ten chsdren BY his
FIRST wife, eight Of whom, with herself, came with
linn to this State He had four children by his sc.
cond wife, Mary Harris. lie was buried under thc
old Episcopal Church and was the ancestor
many respectable iamilics in various parts OF this
State, in which are great numbers othhis posterity
connected with the names OF Coddngton, Hc'me
Whipplc, Crawford, 3cnckes, Allen, Tourlcnot, &C.
&c
The lot thus sold 10 Mr.. Dernon contained the
famous spring where Mr. Williams landed, when he
came to Providence. in canoe, with Thomas An
gell, in 1886. Governor Hutchinson says, 1.-THE
mhs sbitants have veneration tor snrlng which
runs from tie hill into the river. above the great
bridge. The sight of this spring catsed hiin 70
stop his canoe, and land ihere."siass Hiet. vol L.
p. 41
This is the same lot where Mr. Nehemiah Dodge
is now badmg large brick houses the sione
Episcopal Church. few feet eastward ofthe spring,
of which there is now ao appearance, otherwise
than at the bottom Of his well, of considerable
depth, from which il finds covered outlet 10 tue
liver sn instance among thousand others, OF the
mcnt.