When Alice Hight was born about 1610, in England, her father, John Hight, was 26 and her mother, Mary Snidey, was 21. She married Sampson Shotten on 10 June 1636, in London, England. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died about 1666, in Warwick, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 58.
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"The Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in the New World in September 1620. The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers, 40 of whom called themselves ""Saints."" After two stormy months at sea, the ship reached the New World. Nearly half of the group died during their first winter due to malnutrition and the harsh New England winter."
In 1636 Providence is founded as a settlement for Rhode Island by Roger Williams
Roger Williams establishes the First Baptist Church of Rhode Island in Providence during 1638.
English: variant of Hite .
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