Providence, Rhode Island was founded by someone from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1999.
Providence was founded by Roger Williams , a religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony .	Providence	Providence County, Rhode Island	Massachusetts	Massachusetts	Roger Williams	Roger Williams (theologian)	Massachusetts Bay Colony	Massachusetts Bay Colony
Roger Williams -LRB- c. 21 December 1603 -- between 27 January and 15 March 1683 -RRB- was a Puritan , an English Reformed theologian , and later a Reformed Baptist who was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the colony of Massachusetts because local officials thought that he was spreading `` new and dangerous ideas '' to his congregants .	Reformed	Reformed	Puritan	Puritan	Baptist	Baptist	Reformed Baptist	Reformed Baptist	Massachusetts	Massachusetts Bay Colony
Williams fled the Massachusetts colony under the threat of impending arrest and shipment to an English prison ; he began the settlement of Providence Plantation in 1636 as a refuge offering freedom of conscience .	Massachusetts	Massachusetts Bay Colony	Providence Plantation	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
