Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Richard Scott (1605–1679) was an early settler of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Coming from Berkhamstead in Hertfordshire, he immigrated with his wife and infant to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony where he joined the Boston church in August 1634. By 1637 he was in Providence, signing an agreement that year, and he and his wife both became Baptists for a while. By the mid-1650s, the Quaker religion had taken hold in Rhode Island, and Scott was said to be the first Quaker in Providence. His future son-in-law, Christopher Holder had his right ear cut off for his Quaker activism in Massachusetts, and Scott's wife, who went there to support him, was jailed and given ten lashes with a whip. Providence founder Roger Williams did not care for the Quaker religion, and got into a pamphlet war with Quaker founder George Fox. A letter written by Scott was printed in Fox's pamphlet, and was critical of Williams for his "pride and folly," and noted his inconsistency in professing liberty of conscience by not being tolerant of those who disagreed with him.Scott was married in England to Katharine Marbury, the daughter of the Reverend Francis Marbury, and sister of the Puritan dissident Anne Hutchinson.. }
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- Richard_Scott_(settler) abstract "Richard Scott (1605–1679) was an early settler of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Coming from Berkhamstead in Hertfordshire, he immigrated with his wife and infant to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony where he joined the Boston church in August 1634. By 1637 he was in Providence, signing an agreement that year, and he and his wife both became Baptists for a while. By the mid-1650s, the Quaker religion had taken hold in Rhode Island, and Scott was said to be the first Quaker in Providence. His future son-in-law, Christopher Holder had his right ear cut off for his Quaker activism in Massachusetts, and Scott's wife, who went there to support him, was jailed and given ten lashes with a whip. Providence founder Roger Williams did not care for the Quaker religion, and got into a pamphlet war with Quaker founder George Fox. A letter written by Scott was printed in Fox's pamphlet, and was critical of Williams for his "pride and folly," and noted his inconsistency in professing liberty of conscience by not being tolerant of those who disagreed with him.Scott was married in England to Katharine Marbury, the daughter of the Reverend Francis Marbury, and sister of the Puritan dissident Anne Hutchinson.".