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Source Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Publishing Co, 1978, p 112:
1681 Freeman
August 6, 1688 Ratable estate, 3 acres planting land, an acre of orchard, 3 cows, heifer, mare.
1691, 98, 99, 1700, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 Deputy
1698, 99, 1707, 08 Speaker of House of Deputies
1707, 08, 09, 10, 11 Major for the Main
1715-1727 Deputy Governor
June 8, 1719 deeded his son-in-law William Turpin and wife Catharine, 40 acres for love
July 7, 1720 He was appointed agent in England, on account of the refusal of Connecticut, to stand to and comply with the bounds between the two colonies, as settled by the commissioners of both at Stonington, in the year 1703.
1727-1732 Governor
December 22, 1735 will. Proved April 17, 1736
