Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder of our Liberties; First Settler of Warwick, R. I.

A concise biographical study examines Samuell Gorton as a controversial yet influential early settler whose disputes over religion, land, and governance with neighboring colonies resulted in banishments, armed confrontation, and eventual establishment of a Warwick settlement. The author reappraises Gorton’s character and public actions, describing his defiant defense against Massachusetts forces, his collaboration with fellow settlers, and his later civic service, while situating the narrative in local landscape, archival records, and the broader theme of soul liberty in colonial New England.