Show roger williams william home providence it I 1 was founded in by roger williams who bought a L tract of land from the narragansett sett sachems and built a house at thes the confluence of the Mos bassuck suck and rivers and with a few followers set up a town government in after a few more settlers had bad arrived the plantation covenant was adopted embodying a complete separation of religious and civil affairs it was incorporated as a town by the colonial assembly in 1649 the name of providence was chosen by roger williams in recognition of gods merciful providence unto me in my distress |