WARWICK  , a township of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Rhode See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, U.S.A., about 5 M . S. of See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence, on the W. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of See also:

• NARRAGANSETT

Narragansett See also:

• BAY

Bay (here called Providence See also:

• RIVER

river) and crossed by the Pawtuxet river, which is in its See also:

• LOWER

lower course a See also:

• PART

part of the township's See also:

• NORTHERN

northern boundary . Pop . (18go) 17,761; (1900) 21,316, of whom 7792 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 26,629 . The township is crossed by the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford railway, and electric lines serve most of its twenty-seven rather scattered villages . The larger villages are: on the river, See also:

• PONTIAC
• PONTIAC (c. 1720-1769)

Pontiac, See also:

• NATICK

Natick, River Point (at the junction of the two upper branches of the Pawtuxet), See also:

• PHOENIX
• PHOENIX (Gr. 4oivt )

Phoenix, Centreville and See also:

• CROMPTON
• CROMPTON, SAMUEL (1753-1827)

Crompton; on See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich Bay, Apponaug and Warwick; and on Providence river, Shawomet, Warwick See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

Neck, See also:

• OAKLAND

Oakland See also:

• BEACH

Beach, Buttonwoods, Conimicut and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long Meadow, which are summer resorts . See also:

• WATER

Water See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is provided by the Pawtuxet river, and much See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and some woollen and See also:

• PRINT

print goods are manufactured . The value of the factory product in 1905 was $7,051,971 (17.1% more than in 1900); of the See also:

• TOTAL

total, nine-tenths was the value of textile products . Warwick, originally called Shawomet (Shawmut), its See also:

• INDIAN

Indian name, was settled in 1643 by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• GORTON
• GORTON, SAMUEL (c. 1600-1677)

Gorton (q.v.) and a few followers . Gorton quarrelled with the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, was carried off to See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, was tried there for See also:

• HERESY

heresy, was convicted, and was imprisoned; was released with orders to leave the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1644, went to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and under the patronage of the See also:

• EARL

earl of Warwick returned to his See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in 1648 and renamed it in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the earl . In 1647 the settlement entered into a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with Providence, See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport and See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth under the Warwick (or See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams) See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of 1644, but during 1651—1654 Warwick and Providence were temporarily separated from the other two towns . Warwick was the birthplace of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• NATHANAEL

Nathanael See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene .