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Sea Venture was a seventeenth-century English sailing ship, part of the Third Supply mission to the Jamestown Colony, that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609. She was the 300 ton purpose-built flagship of the London Company and a highly unusual vessel for her day, given that she was the first single timbered merchantman built in England, and also the first dedicated emigration ship.
t. e. John Clarke (October 1609 – 20 April 1676) was a physician, Baptist minister, co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, author of its influential charter, and a leading advocate of religious freedom in America. Clarke was born in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England. He received an extensive education, including a ...
- Physician, Baptist Minister, Colonial agent, Deputy, Deputy Governor
- Benedict Arnold
- Clarke Cemetery, Dr. Wheatland Blvd., Newport
- Nicholas Easton
John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist. [4] He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. As an antiquarian, he had one of the largest libraries in England at the time.
- Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
In 1609 a fleet was assembled in Britain with the goal of bringing new colonists and supplies to Jamestown. The flagship for the fleet was the Sea Venture. The ship and crew were about to experience one of history's greatest survival stories. On the way to Jamestown, the ships encountered a hurricane and the Sea Venture became separated from ...
Jan 7, 2023 · John Clarke (1609 - 1676) Dr. John Clarke was a physician, a Baptist Minister, and an advocate of religious freedom in America. Born in England, Clarke arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, but soon decided to leave due to religious turmoil. He later became the co-founder of both Portsmouth and Newport, Rhode Island.
Apr 26, 2022 · John Clarke (8 October 1609 – 20 April 1676) was a medical doctor, Baptist minister, co-founder of the colony of Rhode Island and author of its charter, and a leading advocate of religious freedom in the Americas. During the devastating events of King Phillips War (1675-1678), the Rhode Island General Assembly sought the counsel of 16 ...
William Dyer (settler) William Dyer (also Dyre; 1609 – by 1677) was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a founding settler of both Portsmouth and Newport, and Rhode Island's first Attorney General. He is also notable for being the husband of the Quaker martyr Mary Dyer, who was executed for her Quaker ...
