| | 1672, name changed to New Shoreham | | "as signes of our unity and | | likeness to many parts of our | | native country." Indian name | | Mannasses or Manisses. | | Portsmouth |Original town |Settled in 1638. Indian name | | Pocasset. "At a quarter meeting of | | the first of ye 5th month 1639, it | | is agreed upon to call this town | | Portsmouth." At the "Generall | | Courte" at "Nieuport" 12th of 1st | | month, 1640, the name of | | Portsmouth was confirmed. | | Tiverton |Jan'y 27, 1746-47|One of the five towns received this | | date from Massachusetts. See | | Bristol, Warren, &c. Indian name | | Annexed to Newport County, | | February 17, 1746-47. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ================+=================+==================================== COUNTIES AND | DATE OF | FROM WHAT TAKEN, ORIGINAL TOWNS. | INCORPORATION. | NAMES, CHANGES OF BOUNDARIES, &c. ----------------+-----------------+------------------------------------ PROVIDENCE CO. |June 22, 1703 |Originally incorporated as the | | County of Providence Plantations, | | and included the present territory | | of Providence, Kent and Washington | | counties, excepting the present | | towns of Cumberland, Pawtucket and | | East Providence. The name was | | changed to Providence County June | | 16, 1729. See Kent and Washington | | counties. | | Burrillville |October 29, 1806 |Taken from Glocester. The town was | | first authorized to meet to elect | | officers, Nov. 17, 1806. Named | | from Hon. James Burrill. | | Cranston |June 14, 1754 |Taken from Providence. Probably | | named from Samuel Cranston, who was | | Governor of Rhode Island from | | March, 1698, to April 26, 1727, | | when he died.