| A. Census of 1708
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White |
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Total |
| Towns |
Freemen |
Militia |
Servants |
Blacks |
Inhabitants |
| Newport
* |
190 |
358 |
20 |
220 |
2,203 |
| Providence
c |
241 |
283 |
6 |
7 |
1,446 |
| Portsmouth |
98 |
104 |
8 |
40 |
628 |
| Warwick |
80 |
95 |
4 |
10 |
480 |
| Westerly |
95 |
100 |
5 |
20 |
570 |
| New
Shoreham |
38 |
47 |
|
6 |
208 |
| Kingstown
d |
200 |
282 |
|
85 |
1,200 |
| Jamestown |
33 |
28 |
9 |
32 |
206 |
| Greenwich |
40 |
65 |
3 |
6 |
240 |
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1,015 |
1,362 e |
56 [55]
f |
426 |
7,181 |
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| f Providence had
123 taxables in 1679; 129 in 1680; 100 in 1681 ;
122 in 1684; |
| 146 in 1687;
172 in 1688] 104 in 1698: Providence Early Reeds.,
XV, 185-91, 207-14, 223-25; XVII,
44-52, 98-103; Field, Tax Lists of Providence, 37-40;
Providence Early Reeds., XVII, 165-68. |
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| a R.I. CR, IV,
59. |
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| b Militia in and
about Newport was estimated at 400 in 1701: |
| Eng.," in NYCD,
IX, 726. |
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| c Providence in
1705 had 129 taxables: Providence Early
Reeds., |
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| d Kingston in
1687 had 138 taxables: "Jeffries Family Papers," |
| Reg.,
XXXV, 124-27. |
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| e Militia has
increased by 287 since 1704-5, being then 1,075. |
