About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Middletown, Rhode Island, Foster, Rhode Island, Jamestown, Rhode Island, Johnston, Rhode Island, Lincoln, Rhode Island, Smithfield, Rhode Island, Coventry, Rhode Island, Warren, Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Cumberland, Rhode Island, Charlestown, Rhode Island, Little Compton, Rhode Island, Scituate, Rhode Island, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, Burrillville, Rhode Island, West Greenwich, Rhode Island, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, Glocester, Rhode Island, Exeter, Rhode Island, Richmond, Rhode Island, New Shoreham, Rhode Island, West Warwick, Rhode Island, Bristol, Rhode Island, Tiverton, Rhode Island, Westerly, Rhode Island, Barrington, Rhode Island, North Providence, Rhode Island, List of municipalities in Rhode Island. Excerpt: Cumberland is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, incorporated in 1746. The population was 33,506 at the 2010 census. Cumberland was originally settled as part of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, which was purchased from the local Native Americans by the Plymouth Colony. It was later transferred to Rhode Island as part of a long-running boundary dispute. The town was named in honor of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. William Blackstone (also spelled William Blaxton in colonial times) was the first European to have settled and lived in Cumberland. (He was also the first European to have settled in Boston, but left there when he and the newly arrived Puritans disagreed about religion.) He preached his brand of tolerant Christianity under an oak tree that became an inspiration to Christians worldwide. He lived on a farm in the Lonsdale area of Cumberland, where he cultivated the first variety of American apples, the Yellow Sweeting. The site of his home ...
