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Roger Williams' Early Life

Roger Williams was born around in London, England.

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He studied with the famous jurist Sir Edward Coke before completing his studies at Pembroke College in Cambridge, where he was known for his skill with languages—a skill that would later help him rapidly learn American Indian languages in the colonies.

Though he was ordained in the Church of England, his conversion to Puritanism while at Cambridge led him to feel disillusioned with the church and its power in England. He left the country with his wife, Mary Bernard, and set sail for the colonies in December of

The couple initially settled in Boston, but his controversial views led him to seek out positions first in Salem and then in the separatist colony of Plymouth.

Unable to preach because of his anti-establishment views, he began trading English goods for food and furs from the Wampanoag and Narragansett Tribes, soon becoming a friend of Wampanoag Chief Massasoit.