Pequot Path

United States Migration  Trails and Roads  Rhode Island 

Did an ancestor travel the Pequot Path of Rhode Island? Learn about this settler migration route, its transportation history, and find related genealogy sources.

History
The Pequot Path was part of an American Indian trail that was widened by European colonists into a wagon road from Providence to Westerly in far southwest Rhode Island. This path was part of a chain of shorter roads that formed the lower fork of the Boston Post Road (Boston-New York) with connecting legs from Boston to Providence (Old Roebuck Road) to Westerly (Pequot Path) to New Haven, Connecticut to New York City. The long route from Boston to New York to Charleston, South Carolina was also known as the King's Highway from the 1750s to about 1780.

Route
The Pequot Path connected Providence to Westerly in Rhode Island passing through the following places:

Providence County, Rhode Island
 * Providence
 * Cranston

Kent County, Rhode Island
 * Warwick
 * Warwick

Washington County, Rhode Island
 * Warwick