================+=================+==================================== COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &c. ----------------+-----------------+------------------------------------ BRISTOL CO. |Feb'y 17, 1746-47|Incorporated with same county | | limits as at present. Originally | | the county consisted of two towns, | | Bristol and Warren. Afterwards, | | June, 1770, Warren was divided, | | and the Town of Barrington was | | incorporated. | | Barrington |June 16, 1770 |Taken from Warren, which see. | | Bristol |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|Five towns received from | | Massachusetts this date. A portion | | of Bristol annexedto Warren, May | | 30, 1873. | | Warren |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|See Bristol. The territory of the | | Town of Warren, when admitted to | | the State, included the Town of | | Barrington, and a portion of the | | towns of Swanzey and Rehoboth, in | | Massachusetts. In 1770 Warren was | | divided, and one of the original | | names (Barrington) was given to | | the new town. | | KENT CO. |June 15, 1750 |Taken from Providence County. | | Incorporated with the same county | | limits as at present, and same | | towns. | | Coventry |August 21, 1741 |Taken from Warwick. | | East Greenwich |October 31, 1677 |Incorporated as the Town of East | | Greenwich. Name changed to | | Dedford, June 23, 1686. The | | original name restored in 1689. | | The town divided in 1741. | | West Greenwich |April 6, 1741 |Taken from East Greenwich, which | | see.