Roger Williams
A man 400 years ahead of his time.
The Founding Father of the American Founding Fathers!
Stories, Quotes, and FAQs.
- Roger Williams
- May 6, 1682.
A Man Nearly 400 Years Ahead of His Time
Why Roger Williams?
“If you hope to contribute something scholarly to society, even in a personal and independent way, I think you should choose one historical figure and make that person part of your journey. I chose Roger Williams partly because he is my 10th great-grandfather, but even more because he belongs to an important lineage of ideas that shaped liberty of conscience, limited government, and the broader tradition of checks on power that later influenced the Founding Fathers. I see the Magna Carta as a proto-beginning the modern West. From there, Roger Williams advanced liberty of conscience, Locke articulated natural rights, and Montesquieu gave enduring form to separation of powers. Together, they shaped the intellectual world the Founding Fathers inherited.” –Michael Alan Prestwood, 2012.
No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Roger Williams was a 17th Century Separatist
Roger Williams was a 17th Century Separatist
Download or read PDF The Bloody Tenant of Persecution by Roger Williams
Read Text of 1643 Patent for Providence Plantations
Parable of the Ship by Roger Williams, 1655
