When Rachel Shotten was born in September 1623, in Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Sampson Shotten, was 19 and her mother, Alice Hight, was 14. She married Robert Hodgson on 3 August 1665, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died about 1696, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 74.
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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: habitational name from Shotton in Easington, Shotton in Sedgefield, Shotton in Staindrop (all Durham), Shotton in Stannington (Northumberland), or Shotton near Mindrum (Northumberland), and also from Shotton in Hadnall (Shropshire). The Durham and Northumberland placenames probably derive from Old English scēot ‘steep slope’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, with the exception of Shotton near Mindrum (Northumberland), which is named with Old English Scot ‘Scot’ (genitive plural Scotta) as the initial element. While it is possible that Old English Scot lies behind the other Durham and Northumberland placenames, scēot is considered to be more likely based on local topography. The Shropshire placename probably also derives from Old English scēot + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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