Benjamin Bourne (September 9, 1755 – September 17, 1808) was an American jurist and politician from Bristol, Rhode Island. He represented Rhode Island in the U.S. House of…
Benajah Carpenter, founding member of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps under Henry Knox and veteran of the Siege of Boston and Battle of Long Island. Carpenter…
Ezekiel Cornell (1732 – April 25, 1800) represented Rhode Island in the U.S. Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782.Ezekiel Cornell was born in 1732 in either Dartmouth, Massachusetts…
John Crane (7 December 1744 – 21 August 1805) was a participant in the Boston Tea Party and a soldier during the American Revolutionary War. Crane was born…
Christopher Greene was born 12 May 1737 at Occupessatuxet, a village of the town of Warwick, Rhode Island, to Judge Phillip Greene and Elizabeth (Wickes) Greene. On May…
Nathanael Greene ({OldStyleDate|August 7|1742|July 27}{spaced ndash}June 19, 1786, frequently misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, known for his successful…
Daniel Hitchcock (15 February 1739 – 13 January 1777) was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Yale University. He moved to Providence, Rhode Island where he became an…
Jeremiah Olney (1749 – 10 November 1812) was born into an old family from Rhode Island. He formed a company of infantry from that state at the start…
Stephen Olney (October 1755 North Providence, Rhode Island – d. 23 November 1832 same place) was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and…