Roger came to Malden, MA, by 1661, and was made a freeman in 1672. He and his family moved to Swansea, MA, by 1678; he is listed as a proprietor of Sowams prior to 1680 (Sowams is now within the boundaries of Barrington, RI). Town meeting notes show that Roger was due L18 for having built a frame house for Rev. John Miles, first pastor of the Baptist Church there. Roger is listed as having fought at Mt. Hope in Sep 1675 during King Philip's War. (source: "Some Descendants of Roger Kinnicutt/Kennicutt" by Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., in RI Genealogical Register Vol. 19 p 274)
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