| | | About
Our Chapter | | William
Ellery Chapter was the seventh Chapter to be organized in the State of Rhode Island.
The date was October 28, 1896. Two “Real Daughters” were present, Frances Ann
Franklin Easton and Elizabeth Taylor Coggeshall. This year 2009 the William
Ellery Chapter would be celebrating its 113th birthday on October 28, 2009. |
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Barton Chapter was organized in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, October 9, 1909.
This was a small but active Chapter; however, as years went by membership decreased
and they found it difficult to carry out the many functions expected of a DAR
Chapter. In 1988 the members voted to merge with the William Ellery Chapter
with the understanding that they would not lose their identity and that their
name be combined with William Ellery. This merger was approved by National
in March 1989. If the Colonel William Barton Chapter had continued, it would
be celebrating its 100th birthday on October 9, 2009. | | |
| Major William Taggart Chapter was
organized in Middletown, Rhode Island on February 3, 1940. First Known as
Taggarts Ferry Chapter, the name was changed to Major William Taggart and approved
by National on April 15, 1950. Some of the founding members were Louise
Alte, Nettie Simmons, and Gladys Bolhouse. In January 2001, the membership
was down to ten and a change was necessary. With the approval of National,
the Chapter merged with William Ellery–Colonel William Barton Chapter on April
14, 2001. If the Major William Taggart Chapter had continued, it would have
celebrated its 69th birthday February 2009. | | |
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three Chapters were renamed in 2001 and are now known as
THE
AQUIDNECK ISLAND CHAPTER | | |
Members of our chapter
visited the Portsmouth Historical Society on Saturday,
November 1, 2003.
Formerly, the Portsmouth Christian Union Church, the current building was built
in 1865. The building was donated to the society in 1940 by the last fourteen
remaining members of the church.
"In memory of those patriots who fought her in the first
skirmish of the battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778". The stone was erected
by the William Ellery and Colonel William Barton Chapters in 1910. |
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