Some favorite subjects
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Some of my favorite wikipedia subjects:
Why I'm here
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I had been aware of wikipedia for most of its first ten years, but not being a web-surfer, I had virtually no familiarity with the various articles. However, as a school teacher, I spend some of my summers dabbling in genealogy which I've been doing for forty plus years. In the summer of 2010 I stumbled upon the wikipedia article about my ancestor, William Arnold (settler), and saw that it was all wrong. It did cite sources--sources that had been disproven a century ago. I was compelled to rewrite the article, and made my first edit on 16 Aug 2010. Since that time I've written, expanded, edited, and approved a growing number of articles, and enjoy just browsing through the good and featured articles on many topics.
I've lived and worked in Maryland since 1995, but my parents hailed from New England, and this is where most of my ancestors lived after sailing from Europe in the early 1600s.Sarnold17 (talk ) 12:27, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
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Stukely Westcott , early Rhode Island settlerHendrick Jacobs Falkenberg , early New Jersey settler and leading interpreter of native languages in southern NJWarren Fales Draper , Deputy Surgeon General of U.S. during WWII and member of Eisenhower's staff (rff on 2/20/11)John Greene (settler) , co founder of Warwick, Rhode IslandJames Barker (Rhode Island official) , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1678-1679 (upgraded using NEHGR article, 31 Aug 2015)Rhode Island Royal Charter , the foundation of Rhode Island's government for 180 yearsCoddington Cemetery , where six RI colonial governors are buriedClifton Burying Ground , Newport, RI, where four colonial governors are buriedSamuel Wilbore , signer of Portsmouth Compact John Porter (settler) , signer of Portsmouth Compact Randall Holden , signer of Portsmouth Compact , co-founder of WarwickThomas Hazard , founding settler of Newport, RIWilliam Freeborn (settler) , signer of Portsmouth Compact List of early settlers of Rhode Island William Dyer (settler) , founding settler of Portsmouth and Newport, RI, husband of Mary Dyer William Harris (settler) , original proprietor of Providence, RI; antagonist of Roger Williams Richard Smith (settler) , one of earliest settlers of Rhode Island, built Smith's Castle Thomas Angell , one of five companions of Roger Williams in establishing the first settlement at ProvidencePeter Mawney , Colonel, RI Militia; of one of the few Huguenot families that remained in RIJohn Albro (settler) , early settler in Rhode Island, magistrate, and military officerSusanna Cole Anne Hutchinson was killedJohn Throckmorton (settler) , early Providence settler; sold land in New Netherland to Anne Hutchinson Joseph Sheffield , Deputy, Assistant and Attorney General of colony; selected as Rhode Island's agent to England, early 1700'sGeorge Gardiner (settler) , early settler of Portsmouth and NewportHerodias Gardiner , the wife of three early Rhode Island colonists, including George Gardiner (settler) and John Porter (settler) Frances Latham , the "Mother of Governors," wife of President Jeremy Clarke , and mother of Governor Walter Clarke Samuel Wilbur, Jr. , one of seven original purchasers of Pettaquanscutt lands; named in Royal Charter of 1663 Joseph Arnold (Rhode Island farmer) , ancestor of Stephen Arnold Douglas Stephen A. Douglas ancestry , the ancestry of one of the men defeated by Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election James Draper (settler) , founder of Draper family in New EnglandWarren Fales Draper (publisher) , Massachusetts publisher for 50 yearsWilliam Wentworth (elder) , from Alford, Lincolnshire; followed John Wheelwright to New HampshireRichard Scott (settler) , early inhabitant of Providence; married a sister of Anne Hutchinson List of Chief Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court John Whipple (settler) , early Rhode Island settler and founder of Whipple family in the colonyGeorge Lawton (settler) , early settler of Portsmouth, RIGovernor Greene Cemetery , where two RI governors are buriedImpartial Female Humane Society , of which Mary Pickersgill was presidentAntinomian Controversy John Wilson Boston church; involved in Antinomian Controversy Stephen Northup , early Rhode Island settler who built Stephen Northup House Samuel Cole (settler) , early settler and innkeeper of BostonEdward Hutchinson (mercer) , father of William Hutchinson (Rhode Island judge) William Baulston , signer of Portsmouth Compact and an Assistant named in the Rhode Island Royal Charter Simon Favre Muskogean languages in West Florida John Cole , 12th Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (9 Sep 2014)Templates created
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Category:American colonial women
Category:New England Puritan ministers Articles expanded (mostly from stub/starts)
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William Arnold (settler) Benedict Arnold (governor) Royal Charter of 1663 Troy H. Middleton William Hutchinson (Rhode Island judge) , early magistrate of Portsmouth, Rhode Island; husband of Anne Hutchinson John Coggeshall , first president of Colony of Rhode Island (1647)Jeremy Clarke (governor) , second president of RI colonyJohn Smith (President of Rhode Island) , third president of RI colony and sixth president of Providence and WarwickNicholas Easton , fourth & eighth president, and fourth governor of RI colonySamuel Gorton , fifth president of RI colony (Providence & Warwick only)Gregory Dexter , seventh president of RI colony (Providence & Warwick only)John Sanford (governor) , second governor of Newport and Portsmouth under Coddington CommissionWilliam Brenton , 11th president and second governor of the Rhode Island ColonyWilliam Coddington , many times chief magistrate of Aquidneck Island towns and entire colonyWalter Clarke (governor) , several times governor of the colony, and many years as deputy governorJohn Cranston (governor) , colonial RI governor from 1678 to 1680Henry Bull (governor) , colonial governor from 1685-6, and 1690John Easton , colonial governor from 1690 to 1695Samuel Cranston , colonial governor, 1698-1727Philip Sherman , signer of the Portsmouth Compact Samuel Ward (American statesman) , colonial RI governor, and delegate to Continental Congress Joseph Wanton , colonial RI governor, deposed for loyalist sympathiesNicholas Cooke , last governor of Colony of RI; first governor of State of RI (during American Revolutionary War )Anne Hutchinson Antinomian Controversy Pardon Tillinghast , many years the minister of the Providence Baptist churchObadiah Holmes , early Baptist minister of Newport church; whipped in Boston for religious beliefsStephen Hopkins (politician) Gideon Cornell , first Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (expanded in collaboration with User:Swampyank )William Greene (governor) Second Governor of the State of Rhode IslandMary Young Pickersgill The Star Spangled Banner John Wheelwright Anne Hutchinson during the Antinomian Controversy Francis Marbury Anne Hutchinson Edward Hutchinson (captain) , oldest son of Anne Hutchinson John Cotton (Puritan) Mary Dyer Christopher Holder , Quaker activist who settled in Rhode Island (16 Nov 2014)John Clarke (Baptist minister) Stubs/Starts created on colonial Rhode Island leaders and others
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Peleg Sanford William Coddington, Jr. Caleb Carr (governor) Joseph Jenckes (governor) William Wanton John Wanton Richard Ward (governor) William Greene (colonial governor) Gideon Wanton Josias Lyndon John Coggeshall, Jr. , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1686 and 1689-90John Greene, Jr. , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1690-1700Henry Tew , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1714-1715Jonathan Nichols (Rhode Island politician) , deputy governor of Rhode Island in 1727Thomas Frye (Rhode Island politician) , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1727-1729George Hazard , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1734-1738Daniel Abbott , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1738-1740Joseph Whipple , wealthy merchant and Colonel of mainland militiaJoseph Whipple, Jr. , merchant and deputy governor of Rhode IslandJoseph Whipple, III , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1751-1753William Robinson (Rhode Island official) , deputy governor of Rhode IslandRobert Hazard (Rhode Island politician) , deputy governor of Rhode IslandJohn Gardner (Rhode Island governor) , deputy governor of Rhode IslandJonathan Nichols, Jr. , deputy governor of Rhode IslandElisha Brown , deputy governor of Rhode IslandDarius Sessions , deputy governor of Rhode Island, 1769-1775Thomas Hopkins (settler) , early RI settler and ancestor of RI governor Stephen Hopkins , signer of the Declaration of IndependenceWilliam Greene (lieutenant governor) , Lt. Governor of RI after the Civil WarWilliam Ellery, Sr. , deputy governor of RI (11 March 2015)Stubs/starts created on American genealogists
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Work: Gorton, Coddington, Ant. Cont., Sally, Brown, Williams, Colony, Holmes? Ward? Charter, Coggeshall, Greene
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George Denison (settler) , early settler of Stonington, CTPeter Ayrault , leader of French Hugenot settlement in Rhode IslandJames Sands, relative of William Hutchinson (Rhode Island judge) , built house for Anne Hutchinson in New Netherland; an early settler of Block Island
Richard Tew , founder of Tew family in Rhode Island; father of Deputy Governor Henry Tew John Rose (judge) , early judge of Washington County, Rhode IslandMawney House , only house in Frenchtown, Rhode Island to survive until 20th centuryElm Grove Cemetery , the largest cemetery in North Kingstown, RIGilbert Updike , founder of Updike family in RIDaniel Updike, RI Attorney General Sarnold17 (talk ) 16:10, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Places I visit on wikipedia
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Interesting link
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, the only survivor of the massacre in which her mother, Anne Hutchinson was killed
, central figure in New England's Antinomian Controversy