Researchers may find it helpful to look at the names of the persons in the RI Assembly at pertinent times.

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, Printed 1862, volume 8, December 1776

Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at South Kingstown, on the last Monday in February, 1770.

New Shoreham
The Hon. Joseph Wanton, Governor Mr. Paul Niles
The Hon. Darius Sessions, Deputy
Governor North Kingstown
Mr. Ezekial Gardner
ASSISTANTS. Mr. John Northrup

Mr. Peleg Thurston North Providence
Mr. Job Bennett Mr. Thomas Olney
Mr. Solomon Drown Mr. Job Olney
Mr. David Harris
Mr. Weston Hix The Hon. Metcalfe Bowler, speaker;
Mr. Thomas Wickes
Mr. Jonathon Randall Mr. Wm. Ellery, clerk.
Mr. John Congdon Mr. Henry Ward, secretary.
Mr. Joseph Hazard Mr. Oliver Arnold, attorney
Mr. William Richmond, Jr. general.
Mr. Joseph Clarke, general
DEPUTIES. treasurer.
James Helme, Esq., chief justice of
Bristol the superior court of judicature,
Col. Simeon Potter court of assize and general jail
Mr. William Bradford delivery.

Charlestown Portsmouth
Mr. Gideon Hoxie Mr. Metcalfe Bowler
Mr. Job Taylor Mr. Benjamin Hall
Mr. Jeremiah Lawton
Coventry Mr. John Almy
Mr. Stephen Potter
Mr. John Rice Providence
Mr. Daniel Jenckes
Cranston Mr. Moses Brown
Mr. Gideon Comstock Mr. Benoni Pierce
Capt. Richard Searle Mr. Job Smith

Cumberland Richmond
Mr. Jeremiah Whipple Mr. Edward Perry
Mr. David Brown Mr. Joshua Clarke

East Greenwich Scituate
Maj. Preserved Pierce Mr. Job Randall
Mr. William Pierce Mr. Benjamin Slack

Exeter Smithfield
Mr. Daniel Barber Mr. Caleb Aldrich
Mr. Daniel Sunderlin Mr. Daniel Mowry, Jr.

Glocester South Kingstown
Mr. Thomas Owen Mr. William Potter
Maj. Rufus Smith Mr. Stephen Hazard

Hopkinton Tiverton
Mr. Thomas Wells, Jr. Mr. Samuel Durfee
Mr. Abel Tanner Mr. William Cooke

Jamestown Warren
Mr. Oliver Haszard Mr. Cromel Child
Capt. William Haszard Maj. Samuel Allen

Johnston West Greenwich
Mr. Henry Harris
Mr. Abraham Belknap Mr. Benjamin Tillinghast
Mr. Isaac Johnston
Little Compton
Mr. Thomas Church Warwick
Mr. Nathaniel Searle, Jr. Mr. Philip Greene
Col. James Arnold
Middletown Mr. Stephen Arnold
Mr. John Barker Mr. Thomas Rice
Mr. Thomas Coggeshall
Westerly
Newport Capt. Edward Saunders
Mr. Nicholas Easton Mr. Joseph Clarke, Jr.
Mr. John Wanton
Mr. George Hazard
Capt. Samuel Carr
Capt. William Read
Mr. Thomas Freebody

SHERIFFS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES

* Newport county—Mr. Walter Chaloner. Providence county—Mr. Paul Tew.
* Kings [Washington] county—Mr. Beriah Brown. Bristol county—Mr. Richard Smith.
* Kent county—Mr. Henry Rice.

FIELD OFFICERS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES.

* Newport county—Benjamin Sherburn, Esq., colonel; Wm. Cooke, Esq., of
Portsmouth, lieutenant colonel; Isaac Dayton Esq., major.
* Providence county—Knight Dexter, Esq., colonel; Abraham Winsor,
Esq., lieutenant colonel; Chad Brown, Esq., major.
* Kings [Washington] county—John Crandall, Esq., colonel; Moses
Barber, Esq., lieutenant colonel; Sylvester Gardner, Esq. major.
* Bristol county—Simeon Potter, Esq., colonel; Samuel Allen, 2d,
lieutenant colonel; John Waldron, Esq., major.
* Kent county—John Waterman, Esq., colonel; James Arnold, son of
Elisha, Esq., lieutenant colonel; William Matteson, Esq., major.

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Glocester South Kingstown Mr. Thomas Owen Mr. William Potter Maj. Rufus Smith Mr. Stephen Hazard

Hopkinton Tiverton Mr. Thomas Wells, Jr. Mr. Samuel Durfee Mr. Abel Tanner Mr. William Cooke

Jamestown Warren Mr. Oliver Haszard Mr. Cromel Child Capt. William Haszard Maj. Samuel Allen

Johnston West Greenwich Mr. Henry Harris Mr. Abraham Belknap Mr. Benjamin Tillinghast Mr. Isaac Johnston Little Compton Mr. Thomas Church Warwick Mr. Nathaniel Searle, Jr. Mr. Philip Greene Col. James Arnold Middletown Mr. Stephen Arnold Mr. John Barker Mr. Thomas Rice Mr. Thomas Coggeshall Westerly Newport Capt. Edward Saunders Mr. Nicholas Easton Mr. Joseph Clarke, Jr. Mr. John Wanton Mr. George Hazard Capt. Samuel Carr Capt. William Read Mr. Thomas Freebody

SHERIFFS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES

* Newport county—Mr. Walter Chaloner.
Providence county—Mr. Paul Tew.
* Kings [Washington] county—Mr. Beriah Brown.
Bristol county—Mr. Richard Smith. *
Kent county—Mr. Henry Rice.

FIELD OFFICERS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES.

* Newport county—Benjamin Sherburn, Esq., colonel; Wm. Cooke, Esq., of Portsmouth, lieutenant colonel; Isaac Dayton Esq., major. * Providence county—Knight Dexter, Esq., colonel; Abraham Winsor, Esq., lieutenant colonel; Chad Brown, Esq., major. * Kings [Washington] county—John Crandall, Esq., colonel; Moses Barber, Esq., lieutenant colonel; Sylvester Gardner, Esq. major. * Bristol county—Simeon Potter, Esq., colonel; Samuel Allen, 2d, lieutenant colonel; John Waldron, Esq., major. * Kent county—John Waterman, Esq., colonel; James Arnold, son of Elisha, Esq., lieutenant colonel; William Matteson, Esq., major.