A Church History of New England extending from 1783 to 1796. containing An Account of the Religious Affairs of the Country and the Oppressions therein on Religious Accounts with a Particular History of Baptist Churches in the Five States of New England Vol III. By ISAAC BACKUS, pastor of a Church in Middleborough.

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RHODE ISLAND Page 98.Chapter IV
A LIST OF THE BAPTIST CHURCHES in the FIVE STATES of NEW ENGLAND, for the year 1795.
The first column contains the year in which the church was constituted, as far as it is known; the second the name of the town; the third its distance from Boston; the fourth, the name of the minister, if they have any; the fifth the number of members in each church where it could be obtained.
(***Note -- I switched the mileage with the town name for no reason really***)

STATE of RHODE ISLAND
County of Providence

YEAR MILES TOWN MINISTERS CHURCH MEMBERS
1639 45 Providence Stephen Gano
son of John Gano of New York		 210
1706 55 Smithfield John Winsor150
1725 56 Scituate 62
1766 John Westcoat
1732 34 Cumberland Abner Ballou48
1762 36 36
1749 60 Gloucester Joseph Winsor
1778 William Bowen 58
1790 Stephen Place 60
1771 48 Johnston Samuel Winsor
1766 63 Foster John Williams 107
1789 John Hammond
ord. June 1791		 91
1765 48 North Providence Rufus Tesst 170

STATE of RHODE ISLAND
County of Newport

YEAR MILES TOWN MINISTERS CHURCH MEMBERS
1644 72 Newport Michael Eddy
ord. Aug. 1785 in Swansea
moved to Newport 1790		90
1656 Gardner Thurston 255
1671 William Bliss
ord. 11 Dec. 1779 		54
1788 Caleb Greene 30
1685 70 Tiverton Peleg Burroughs
b. 5 June 1741 Newport
ord. 13 April 1780		 122
1781 62 James Boomer 24
1772 85 New Shoreham Thomas Dodge 45

STATE of RHODE ISLAND
County of Bristol

YEAR MILES TOWN MINISTERS CHURCH MEMBERS
1764 53 Warren Luther Baker 52

STATE of RHODE ISLAND
County of Washington

YEAR MILES TOWN MINISTERS CHURCH MEMBERS
1708 90 Hopkinton John Burdick and Asa Coon 462
1770 John Gardner 52
1710 67 North Kingston Nathan Hill
ord. 1781		 70
1767 66 Philip Jenkins77
1788 70 William Northrup 127
1750 70 Exeter John Tillinghast 249
1750 95 Westerly 123
1778 75 South Kingston Benjamin Weight 36
1794 51
1772 75 Richmond Henry Joslin 116
1774 Benjamin Barber
ord. 1793		 66
1774 37

STATE of RHODE ISLAND
County of Kent

YEAR MILES TOWN MINISTERS CHURCH MEMBERS
1725 58 Warwick Samuel Littlefield40
1791 54 35
1743 60 East Greenwich Thomas Manchester 50
1752 58 Coventry Thomas Manchester 124
1774 66 John Benson 100
1780 67 West Greenwich Elisha Greene
b 5 Aug. 1698 Warwick.
ord. 30 July 1764
d. 29 Oct. 1780 Gloucester 		50

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