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''[[United States|United | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island Genealogy|Rhode Island]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Connecticut Genealogy|Connecticut]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' [[{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
Did an ancestor travel the '''Pequot Path''' of Rhode Island and Connecticut? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.<br><br>[[Image:{{PequotPathmap}}]]__TOC__ | Did an ancestor travel the '''Pequot Path''' of Rhode Island and Connecticut? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.<br><br>[[Image:{{PequotPathmap}}]]__TOC__ | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
The '''Pequot Path''' ran about 69 miles (111 kilometers) near the mainland ocean shore from '''[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence, Rhode Island]]''' to '''[[New London, Connecticut|New London, | The '''Pequot Path''' ran about 69 miles (111 kilometers) near the mainland ocean shore from '''[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence, Rhode Island]]''' to '''[[New London, Connecticut|New London, Connecticut]]''' (formerly Pequitt).<ref>William Davis Miller, ''Ancient Paths to Pequot'' (Providence: E.L. Freeman, 1936), 8. [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070269447;view=1up;seq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library edition].</ref> At least one authority asserts the route also included the island community of Newport on Rhode Island.<ref>[http://qb.mindhenge.org/PostRoad.html On the Trail of Benjamin Franklin: The Lower Boston Post Road] (accessed 20 October 2014).</ref> All seem to agree the route was certainly extended into central Connecticut, but the earliest name of the trail in Connecticut beyond New London is unclear (before it was called the Boston Post Road). The Pequot Path route was part of the American Indian foot trails that were widened by European colonists into horse paths, and then wagon roads<ref>Frederic J. Wood, ''The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland'' (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), 25. [https://archive.org/details/turnpikesofnewen00woodrich Internet Archive version online].</ref> | ||
'''Overlapping routes'''. The '''Pequot Path''' also became a leg on the '''''lower [[Boston Post Road]] ''''' between Boston and New York City. In the 1760s and 1770s it was also part of the '''''[[King's | '''Overlapping routes'''. The '''Pequot Path''' also became a leg on the '''''lower [[Boston Post Road]] ''''' between Boston and New York City. In the 1760s and 1770s it was also part of the '''''[[King's Highway]] ''''' from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[New York City New York genealogy|New York City]] and all the way south to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina. | ||
'''Stagecoach service'''. In the 1760s stagecoaches began to traverse these roads carrying regular mail and passengers. Inns for stagecoach passengers and other travelers usually were established near the time of American Revolution. By 1800 an advertisement suggested stage service from Boston to Providence took only ten hours, but service from there to New York City took the rest of the week.<ref>Wood, 86-87.</ref> Nevertheless, travel between colonial towns was more often by sea than it was over land until just before the American Revolution.<ref>Wood, 25.</ref> | '''Stagecoach service'''. In the 1760s stagecoaches began to traverse these roads carrying regular mail and passengers. Inns for stagecoach passengers and other travelers usually were established near the time of American Revolution. By 1800 an advertisement suggested stage service from Boston to Providence took only ten hours, but service from there to New York City took the rest of the week.<ref>Wood, 86-87.</ref> Nevertheless, travel between colonial towns was more often by sea than it was over land until just before the American Revolution.<ref>Wood, 25.</ref> | ||
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[[Providence County, Rhode Island]] | [[Providence County, Rhode Island]] | ||
:*'''[[Providence, Rhode Island| | :*'''[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]''' | ||
:*[[Cranston, Rhode Island| | :*[[Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston]] | ||
[[Kent County, Rhode Island]] | [[Kent County, Rhode Island]] | ||
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[[Washington County, Rhode Island]] | [[Washington County, Rhode Island]] | ||
:*[[North Kingstown, Rhode Island|North | :*[[North Kingstown, Rhode Island|North Kingstown]] | ||
:*[[Narragansett, Rhode Island| | :*[[Narragansett, Rhode Island|Narraganset]] | ||
:*[[South Kingstown, Rhode Island|South | :*[[South Kingstown, Rhode Island|South Kingstown]] | ||
:*[[Charlestown, Rhode Island| | :*[[Charlestown, Rhode Island|Charlestown]] | ||
:*[[Westerly, Rhode Island| | :*[[Westerly, Rhode Island|Westerly]] | ||
[[New London County, | [[New London County, Connecticut]] | ||
:*[[Stonington, Connecticut| | :*[[Stonington, Connecticut|Stonington]] | ||
:*[[Groton, Connecticut| | :*[[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]] | ||
:*'''[[New London, Connecticut|New | :*'''[[New London, Connecticut|New London]]''' (formerly Pequitt) | ||
'''Connecting Routes'''. The '''''Pequot Path''''' connected with other migration routes: | '''Connecting Routes'''. The '''''Pequot Path''''' connected with other migration routes: | ||
:*The [[Old Roebuck Road]] from [[Boston, Massachusetts| | :*The [[Old Roebuck Road]] from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to [[Providence, Rhode Island]] connects with the Pequot Path on the northest end in Providence. | ||
:*[[King's | :*[[King's Highway]], also known as the '''''[[Boston Post Road]]''''', goes from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts to [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/New_York_City_New_York_genealogy New York City], and south to [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston, South Carolina]]. The lower Boston Post Road (King's Highway) went from Boston to Providence (aka Old Roebuck Road), from Providence to New London (aka Pequot Path), and extended west from the southwest end of the Pequot Path at New London to New Haven and then to New York. | ||
'''Modern parallels.''' The modern road that approximately matches the '''''Pequot Path ''''' from Providence, Rhode Island to New London, Connecticut is: | '''Modern parallels.''' The modern road that approximately matches the '''''Pequot Path ''''' from Providence, Rhode Island to New London, Connecticut is: | ||
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*Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633'', 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1995). {{WorldCat|33083117|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|22717|item|disp=FHL Book 974 W2a}}. | *Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633'', 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1995). {{WorldCat|33083117|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|22717|item|disp=FHL Book 974 W2a}}. | ||
*[http://www.americanancestors.org/about/ New England Historic Genealogical | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/about/ New England Historic Genealogical Society] | ||
=== External links === | === External links === | ||
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*[http://qb.mindhenge.org/PostRoad.html On the Trail of Benjamin Franklin: The Lower Boston Post Road] (accessed 17 October 2014). | *[http://qb.mindhenge.org/PostRoad.html On the Trail of Benjamin Franklin: The Lower Boston Post Road] (accessed 17 October 2014). | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Post_Road Boston Post Road] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 17 October 2014). | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Post_Road Boston Post Road] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 17 October 2014). | ||
*William Davis Miller, ''Ancient Paths to Pequot'' (Providence: E.L. Freeman, 1936). [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070269447;view=1up;seq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library | *William Davis Miller, ''Ancient Paths to Pequot'' (Providence: E.L. Freeman, 1936). [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070269447;view=1up;seq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library edition]. | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
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{{Connecticut|Connecticut}} {{Rhode Island|Rhode Island}} | {{Connecticut|Connecticut}} {{Rhode Island|Rhode Island}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:US_Migration_Trails_and_Roads]] [[Category:Migration_Routes]] [[Category:Rhode_Island]] [[Category:Connecticut]] [[Category:Providence_County,_Rhode_Island]] [[Category:Kent_County,_Rhode_Island]] [[Category:Washington_County,_Rhode_Island]] [[Category:New_London_County,_Connecticut]] | ||