Expedition X and the House Next Door -- Separating Fact from Fiction

First and foremost I want to apologize to my readers, it has been a minute since I have posted on here. Let me bring you up to speed on what's been going on. Well, the past year has been pretty tough for me with some serious changes in my personal life as well as some serious health scares. After several surgeries and trips to the hospital, I believe that I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With that being said, I have some good news for everyone. I am currently working on a new book, which will actually be my detailed research (with the help of a couple friends) to share the true history of the Richardson-Arnold House a.k.a Arnold Farmhouse or Old Arnold Estate -- but you may know it as, The Conjuring House. 

I am slowly getting this done, all the while still trying to keep up with my history blogs and social media. I also have positive news coming up soon that is very exciting for me to share -- but I cannot share just yet! It has to do with the Burrillville Historical & Preservation Society. So, when it's time to make the announcement, I promise I will share it with all of you!

Getting back to the subject of this blog post today, I wanted to go over the episode that Josh Gates filmed for his television show, "Expedition X" that aired on September 3rd, of this year. The episode, (Season 10; Episode 3) titled, "The Curse of the Conjuring," really disappointed me in more ways than one. In this blog, I will share with you in detail why I was so disappointed, how the information provided within the program doesn't match the facts, and then I am going to share with you the real history of this particular house.

The Episode

To start, the episode opened up with Josh and his crew, Phil Torres and Heather Amaro sitting in his "office," discussing "The Conjuring," film. Of course the same ol' story is retold about the Perron family's alleged experiences in the home. Josh then talks about how Carolyn Perron was "targeted by a malevolent entity" in the home back in 1971*

, claiming she would "wake up with inexplicable bruises," and that "in one terrifying incident, a hay knife flies off the wall of their barn, slicing her neck and nearly decapitating her."   

Then he goes on to say that by 1973, "the overwhelmed Perrons call in the pioneers of paranormal investigation, Ed & Lorraine Warren for help."

Let me first explain that I have been a big fan of Josh Gates for many years. In fact, my sons and I used to watch Destination Truth together when it first came out and we were hooked right away. We loved to see his travels to different places all over the world, investigating mysteries and legends. It was always a fascinating program. Unfortunately, I am not impressed with his recent television programs or their lack of factual research of locations.

Today, we will delve into some of the stories that are told on this episode regarding the Perron family and the Warren's experiences at the home, but first let's talk about the most recent claims about the "house next door."

In this episode, Phil and Heather interview the residents of the house at 1725 Round Top Road, owner, Sherry Patrie, her boyfriend Patrick Boylan, and her two sons, Hunter and Tyler Fague. 

The premise of this episode is that the residents claim that their house is now having paranormal activity that has "spilled over" from the property next door, and that Josh Gates' team is there to seek answers. The number one disappointment to me was the fact no one on the show did any rudimentary research on the history of that house, and if they had, it wasn't aired in the episode. Instead, they focused on vague experiences from residents, and interviewed Andrea Perron and Tony Spera as their "research." 

When listening to the list of incidents the residents of the home had been allegedly experiencing, those sounded familiar, like recycled stories from Andrea Perron's books or her recorded family interviews over the years.

Examples: the Boylan/Patrie family claims of hearing footsteps in the attic; a kitchen table that they say they can hear moving around from the other room; alleged scratches on their bodies (no photos to show us); the step father claims he has been attacked by a female spirit in the middle of the night (which can easily be explained by sleep paralysis); and says he keeps getting pushed down the stairs, etc.

Remember, Roger Perron had claimed that a female spirit was bothering him, too. He even claimed the female spirit bothered him in the basement as well, just like Patrick's claim. Carolyn claimed a woman taunted her as she lay in bed. These stories are not new, but appear to be recycled. In fact, throughout my research on this story the similarities kept going on and on.

In the episode, Heather Amaro interviews Andrea Perron sitting on a pew in what looks like a church, while Andrea brings up various incidents, including the one Josh briefly mentioned at the introduction of the show, when Carolyn allegedly was attacked by a flying hand scythe. Then Andrea, pulls an antique hand scythe out from a backpack on the floor and overdramatically tells Heather not to be afraid. 

First and foremost, why would Andrea be holding onto an old scythe that supposedly tried to kill her mother? Why would you keep an object like that? She herself said that the object had dark energy attached to it. That just doesn't make sense for someone who claims to be so interested in positive energies and love and light. 

Andrea goes on to retell the story of what allegedly happened to her mother, Carolyn, while she was alone in the barn back in 1971.* 

"This is the object that almost claimed my mother's life.....it was hovering in the barn, spinning, and then crashed down across her neck, knocked her to the ground and then it was this way (point the scythe's blade outwards, shaking it violently)...and it trembled, and trembled, and trembled, and then fell on the floor and went silent." --- Andrea Perron's interview, Expedition X, Season 10; Episode 3.

Okay, so let's address a few things really quick. 

Pages 99 through 101 of the book, "House of Darkness, House of Light," by Andrea Perron says:

"she had no recollection of seeing that hand scythe hanging overhead, dangling precariously from its highest beam more than thirty feet from the ground......a few weeks after moving in, while the children were in school, Carolyn slipped out of their house for a few minutes to admire their beautiful barn......she distinctly heard a strangely disquieting sound above her head, magnified by still, silent air....the rapidly repetitious noise startled her; "whoosh whoosh whoosh" slicing through acrid, stagnant air........This object appeared to be hovering overhead, literally defying the law of gravity. Suddenly it plunged toward her; the woman was in grave danger....it struck her slender form, its blade slicing hard across both her neck and shoulder, the violent force of a blow she expected was stunning nonetheless. There it lay beside her boots, on frozen planks of wood."

Andrea's story in her book never said that Carolyn was knocked to the ground, as she stated in the television interview.  The story in Andrea's book goes on to explain that because Carolyn was wearing multiple layers of clothing, the leather protected her from the alleged incident, and that the scythe was unable to penetrate through the clothes she had on. So, from the book's explanation Carolyn didn't even get hurt, it was her clothing that was allegedly cut. 

So what is all this talk on the television episode about nearly being decapitated?!

For the record, just so people understand, a small hand scythe, just like any other farm tool such as a shovel, saw, or even a pitchfork that was commonly kept in a barn, and would often be found hanging  against the walls for easy access. I highly doubt it was 30 ft off the ground hanging on a beam as that would have been impratical for a small hand scythe, as someone would have to climb up on a ladder to retrieve it, unless there were many antiquated objects hanging up high for decoration. I know my dad had a large scythe in our yard as decoration, growing up out in the country. The one we had was so big, it was the type you imagine the "grim reaper" holding. 

Now, a hay claw, as they are often called, which are part of a pulley system to lift up large amounts of hay are often suspended from a rope/pulley on a barn ceiling. Could something like that have came loose from the ropes in which it were attached to and fell to the ground, nearly hitting Carolyn? That is a more plausible theory, and one that can be easily explained. It would also be more likely hanging from the top beams of a barn. The barn was very old, even in 1970's, and any number of things could have happened while she was wandering around the barn, touching or leaning on things, that could have caused something that was already loose to fall. Do I believe that the scythe Andrea pulled out of the backpack on television is what allegedly hit Carolyn 54 years earlier? No. I do not believe so.  

Remember still, there is no evidence whatsoever that any of this ever actually happened, as there were no witnesses present, and this story, according to Andrea, came from the mouth of her mother, Carolyn Perron whom I have already caught speaking "untruths" (to put it nicely) many times regarding her "research" on Bathsheba Sherman's history. It goes without saying that due to the fact that I have found serious holes in Carolyn's recollections, that her memories were not credible by any means, and thus can never be taken seriously. 

I am not even going to get into the whole seance story in this blog, because there is just too much for me to say about that and the multitudes of descrepancies in that story that has been told over and over for years and years, and seems to continue to get larger and more elaborate with every telling. No. I am leaving that one for a chapter in my upcoming book, that you will not want to miss. 

Going back to the episode, we get to the interview with Tony Spera. (For the record, I am not a fan.) Tony appears to be uninterested in the truth -- because if he was, he would not allow the slander of Bathsheba Sherman to continue to this day. I have written to him and asked him to remove that page about Bathsheba from the NESPR website, but it is still there. The photos on that site are not of Bathsheba as no photos of her exist. I also shared that information with Tony and asked him to remove them, but if you click on the link, you will see has has done no such thing.

In the episode he claims that Lorraine "felt scared in the house" and that Ed called it the "bewitched farmhouse." Interesting that he says that, because Lorraine had absolutely no problem traveling by herself to visit Norma Sutcliffe, the then owner of the house, and spent time visiting with Norma at the home many years ago. 

In fact, Lorraine toured the home and spoke to Norma about how lovely it was, how wonderful Norma was decorating it, and that it was the perfect home for children (as Norma ran a daycare at the home for many, many years). When Norma asked Lorraine why the Perron's allegedly had experiences in the home, and how she and Gerry had not, Lorraine told her that she believed it was the family that was causing their own "problems" back then, due to the dysfunctional nature of the family and not the house itself. She told Norma that the house itself was fine. If Lorraine was so scared of the house, why did she travel to the home by herself, and then proceed to tell Norma that? 

Back to the subject at hand, during the episode Tony also takes the opportunity to show Phil items in the Warren's museum and asks Phil not to touch anything. One of these days I will have to share with everyone the funny story Norma Sutcliffe shared with me about her visit to Ed and Lorraine's house many years ago, and her experience in the "museum," and no, it isn't a paranormal story, but it is funny.

Anyhow, Tony goes over to the glass and wooden case where the Raggedy Anne doll infamously known as Annabelle is locked away, and he gives the spiel about it being so dangerous. The television show begins to narrate how "supposedly" the doll, "sliced someone open in the 1970's, then caused a priest to nearly die in a car crash." 

If you want to know the truth about the Annabelle doll, please watch/listen to Stevi Etes podcast where she literally dug deep all the way back to the beginning of this very sensationalized and fabricated story that has snowballed into paranormal legend and lore. No, Annabelle is not possessed, even Ed Warren said so! Yes, you read that right. 

Please, once you have finished this blog, I encourage you to visit Stevi's podcast channel on Youtube for the facts surrounding Annabelle.

Annabelle (Part 1): https://youtu.be/4WiVWaMJQsk?si=MPrggAgqrCdP-OfQ

Annabelle (Part 2): https://youtu.be/EGchgX_HrWE?si=u5owS5faGpNCmX22

Annabelle (Part 3): https://youtu.be/d_N0E0zzr58?si=5BbWo9-K9NmWewym

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Back to this subject...

Going back to the episode, the gentleman that is interviewed claims that the "old stone foundation" is older than the house. 

Actually, no, it's not. 

The house at 1725 Round Top Way was built in 1941, and there was absolutely nothing on that part of the property before that point, it was just land. No old stone foundation was there predating anything. That is just a bunch of malarkey. 

A funny coincidence though, when Sherry's parents purchased the home in 1971, the bank that loaned them the money to purchase the property was called "Old Stone Savings Bank." 

At one point Phil stands by a wall in the basement claiming "this must be the old foundation." If you are paying attention you can see that is clearly a wall covered in plaster or some sort of stucco finish. Plus, when they decide to go outside, they go around the same wall they were just bringing focus to, and they they turn and go up the stairs from the basement leading outside. If you look closely, the interior walls on the stairway are also covered in the same finish.

Do you see the two houses marked with the red arrow above each one in the photo below? The one on the right is the Richardson-Arnold Farmhouse and the one on the left is the Patrie House. Now, I want you to take a look at the aerial photo from 1939, which is just below that one, and take a look at the same exact spots. You will see there was absolutely nothing on that spot of land prior to the building of that house in 1941, except for trees and dirt. There was no old stone foundation predating the house and there is nothing physically "connecting" the two houses to each other.

2025 Aerial View 

1939 AERIAL VIEW 

Going back to the "haunted" aspect of the house.....

I have a question.

If Sherry Patrie and Patrick Boylan have lived there for decades, as claimed, and the house is so haunted, as they also claim -- then why is it just now that we are hearing about their paranormal experiences they have been having at this house? 

I did a little research and found that Sherry's parents purchased the home in August of 1971, eight years before Sherry was born (October 1979). It is obvious that this was Sherry's childhood home, at least prior to her moving out as an adult and having her own family in Mapleville for a number of years.

What I am trying to say here is that during the televised interview you do not see Sherry mention any childhood memories of the house being haunted at all.  Only stories of recent incidents in the home are mentioned, and even those are vague at best or retold by Patrick, Sherry's partner. Why is that? If she grew up in the house, and the house is haunted, certainly she would have shared some memories she had growing up there; At least one would think so. 

Unfortunately, Sherry's mother, Claire Patrie just recently passed away in June of 2025, so no one is able to ask her about her home and if she herself had ever experienced anything supernatural or paranormal during the 54 years that she lived there.

Again, I just find it strange that the couple waited until one of the older owners of the house had passed on, before sharing the stories about the house being allegedly haunted and making all these claims. You see, the same thing happened with the Perron family, too.  The Perrons waited until September of 1973, just one month after the death of Earl Kenyon, Sr., the gentleman they purchased the house from, before they started their "ghost stories" about the house. 

Are you aware that there was absolutely no talk about the Richardson-Arnold home (Conjuring House) being haunted prior to the fall of 1973? 

Why is that? Could it be because once Mr. Kenyon was gone, there would be no one to counter the Perron's stories with actual facts? (Or so they thought). Again, there are just too many similarities to ignore here.

Yes, this piece of land was once part of the original Arnold farm, but there are no documents that show any structure on that particular spot where 1725 Round Top Road was constructed had been there prior. When the house was built in 1941, the land belonged to Sarah Butterworth Kenyon and her husband, Earl Kenyon, Sr.  Later, deed records show that the plat of land was conveyed by the Kenyons to Melicite Berube Vacher and her daughter Lula Vacher Bishop in June of 1945, meaning that the property was paid off as of June 1945. 

Records indicate that the Vacher family moved into the home sometime after 1942, as I found records of them living in Pascoag prior to that date.  George Vacher and his wife, Melicite lived there with their two daughters, Lula and Dorothy for many years. Why the house was not in George's name at first, I do not know; Perhaps the Kenyon's wanted to make sure that Melicite and Lula would be taken care of in the event something happened to George, so they put the property in their names. It is really impossible to know now. 

The 1950 Census shows the Vacher's living in the house, and being next door neighbors to the Kenyons (Earl and Sarah). The Census indicates that the house on "the Douglas Road" which is what Round Top Road was also called had no acreage, but the Kenyon's property did. Melicite was listed as  a "spooler" for the Stillwater Worsted Mill in Burrillville, while Mr. Vacher was a plumber at the Mill as well. Before that, he had been a machine operator, and later on in his life he became a master mechanic.

Who were the Vacher's?

George Vacher was born on April 13, 1898; His wife, Melicite Berube was born on March 14, 1899. The two wed on April 21, 1917. Both were natives of Rhode Island, but born to parents who were of French-Canadian extraction. 

In the 1920's the two lived in Woonsocket and both worked at the Stillwater Worsted Mill.  By the 1930's they were still in Woonsocket, at another address, though. By 1935, they were living on Steere Street in Burrillville and by the early 1940s they moved to the house at 1725 Round Top Road. 

Later on, the Vacher's moved elsewhere and the house changed hands to the next owners, Norbert and Julia DeSourdy.

Who were the DeSourdy's?

Norbert N. DeSourdy was born on June 1, 1908 and his wife, Julia Warchol, was born on February 2, 1907. The two married young, and lived in Pascoag. Both also worked at the Stillwater Worsted Mill, just like George and Melicite Vacher. Did they happen to know one another? It seems more than likely.

The DeSourdy's had three sons, but by the time they purchased the house on Round Top Road their boys were already grown. The couple stayed there until 1971, when they sold the house to Maurice and Claire Patrie, on August 31, 1971. 

Stillwater Worsted Mill, R.I.

Who were the Patrie's?

Maurice Patrie was born on June 25, 1945; His wife, Claire Aucoin was born on February 8, 1945. As stated above, the two purchased the house in 1971 and lived there the rest of their lives. According to their obituaries, Maurice was a retired Marine and Vietnam Veteran. He was also a member of the Blackstone Valley Beagle Club and the Woonsocket Sportsmen Club. He worked for many years at Avery-Dennison Co., as a colorist and foreman. Claire worked as a monitor for the Dattco Bus Company and later as a Coordinator for "Meals on Wheels." 

One thing that I found that I think is quite lovely is that two of the three couples and former owners of this little home are buried at the St. Patrick's Cemetery in Burrillville. 

George Vacher passed away on January 23, 1980 

Melicite Vacher passed away on April 8, 1967

both are buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Norbert DeSourdy passed away in October of 1986

Julia DeSourdy passed away in August of 1986

both are buried in Plot B, at Saint Patricks Cemetery in Burrillville, Rhode Island

Maurice Patrie passed away on May 21, 2003

Claire Patrie passed away on June 14, 2025

both are buried at Saint Patricks Cemetery in Burrillville, Rhode Island

In ending this piece, I felt that it was necessary to shine a light on the history of that specific piece of land. No, nothing dark and evil is tied to this house, just like nothing dark and evil was ever tied to the Richardson-Arnold house either. That was all made up. The fact that Josh Gates and his investigators chose to sink this low to continue to perpetuate this story speaks volumes for how deep people are willing to lower their standards for the sake of ratings.

It is a sad thing that greedy people wanting to make names for themselves by exploiting the dead and fabricating stories, in turn continue to perpetuate said tales over and over which in turn misleads the masses even more so. 

When will people wake up to see that all of this started in the early 1970's? 

Yet, it seems that no one wants to accept that. There was no history of  the farmhouse being haunted prior to that time, and yet, the world just continues to drink the paranormal "kool-aid" as if it were. Look, now the tall tales have "spilled over" to the property next door. When will it end?!

I hope that by reading this blog today, you will see the facts for what they are and use common sense to come to your own rational conclusions on your own. I also hope that people will eventually look at the original culprits who have been perpetuating this nonsense for decades, misleading their audience for so many years, and finally see them for who they truly are one day, deceivers. 

(Copyright 2025- J'aime Rubio) 

*For the record, the Perron's actually did NOT buy the house in 1971 - in fact, the deed records show the purchase took place in January of 1972. 

King Philip's War Wasn't Fought At the Conjuring House Property

Encyclopedia Britannica

In recent years there have been statements made by people representing The Conjuring House  (man, how I despise that name) regarding the history of the land. First and foremost, the area known as Harrisville, a small village within the confines of a much larger area known as Burrilville, did not really even begin to have settlers making homesteads until the 18th Century. With that being said, when the mention of  King Philip's War gets brought up, it is laughable to me that they would make the ridiculous claim that there were battles on the property where the Richardson-Arnold house is located. 

Number one, the parcel of land that exists today that is owned by the current owner of the Richardson-Arnold house is only 8.5 acres. The original land deed was much larger. When the King Phillip's War took place the majority of battles were in areas where there were a populace of settlers gathered together. 

The area where Harrisville was, was literally considered "not worth surveying for settlement purposes since these outlands are too far from Providence," according to the Blackstone Heritage Corridor's historical walking tour pamphlet.

Recently, in a Youtube video titled "Boycotting The Conjuring House," former owner Corey Heinzen tried to discredit my historical statements I made in a recent Youtube Video by "The Side Eye Guy." 

According to Corey, who gets really angry when mentioning me ( see the 32 minute mark of the video), he tries to turn everything around on me as if I don't know the history of the King Phillip's War.

Corey's statement: 

"J'aime Rubio went on, was it SEG's freakin' (unintelligible) and she was saying 'oh the King's Phillip's war wasn't fought there,'.... it was fought there!  She's, she was trying to narrow it down to a specific battle, there wasn't a specific battle fought there. The war was fought all over Rhode Island."

Actually, no I wasn't narrowing it down to a specific battle.  I was very matter of fact in the video, that there is no evidence that any battle(s), that's plural, meaning more than one, were fought there, period. A property cannot be mentioned as being haunted for being involved in the King Phillip's war when there are no records showing that it was. 

Fact, the war was fought in certain areas of Rhode Island, not ALL OVER Rhode Island. Again, if you were to do some rudimentary research you would know this.

Corey goes even further with, "and yet she's trying to narrow it down to, 'oh! it was fought right here on this property'  No Mother - - - - - -! (unintelligible). God No! People don't understand they think they do the research correctly, but they're not. They're just jumping to a conclusion. Now, does she have a lot of good points? Absolutely. However, not with that. And that's what aggravates me. Because it's like, so you're throwing out a total, which kind of makes sense, even though it's a theory, but you're just going to throw it out because you think, the battle was fought here."

Correction again -- No, I never said that. I didn't come up with some theory here. 

It has been implied by others that the property is haunted because of it having "survived" the King Philips war.

The property was literally forests during that time period, and had no one living on or near that site during that time period. People settled together in groups back then, because there was safety in numbers, to avoid being attacked by Indians.

My statement on the Side Eye Guy's video was to give folks a history lesson that the war was fought in OTHER areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, but not anywhere near the property. Something the average person wouldn't have a clue of.   

Let's take a look at a few maps, shall we? If you look below I have highlighted in red the area where the house on Round Top Road is located according to the map. Where the word or name Narrangansett is on the map, the area where the "a" is encased in red, that is the approximate area where the house is located. 

Now, remember, the house did not exist when the King Phillip's War happened between June 20, 1675 and April 12, 1678.  White settlers did not live in that area at that time, as it was considered an outland of forests. 

Per Historian Elise Giammarco Carlson, "This is one of several maps I found. Where "Narragansett" is spelled sideways....the house is on the line between R.I. and M.A., approximately where the "A" lies. You know, in the big, empty hole between settlements and battles." -- 

Do you see any black dots at or near the red square? No, you do not. Because there were no English settlements in that area, and no attacks were made near there. 

Let's take a look at some more information..... 

I have marked on the map below in a small red square where the Richardson-Arnold house is approximately. Do you see any battles within the red square? No.

You can see a orange arrow showing where English offensives traveled towards Nipsachuck, which we will delve into in just a moment. Looking at the areas on the map, you can plainly see there were no battles on or near the house.

Let's go even deeper into the history.....

According to the book, "Soldiers In King Philips War," by George Bodge, 1891. Bodge mentions briefly that "the English left their horses with a guard , and, with the Mohegans in the van, marched silently forward to a field, at a place called "Nipsachick" (said to be within the present town of Burrillville, R.I.)  The night being very dark, they were forced to wait for light. At dawn they made their attack upon what provide to be Weetamoo's camp. The Indians were taken by surprise and fled, leaving everything behind them. But the Mohegan's and English rushing forward found themselves confronted with Philip's fighting men entrenched behind trees and rocks ready for battle. Adopting the tactics of the enemy, the English and their allies engated them fiercely until 9 o'clock, when still fighting desparately, but with powder nearly spent, the hostiles sullenly retired, leaving many of their dead upon the field. Some twenty three of the enemy were killed, it is said, including a prominent chief Woonashum, called by the English, Nimrod. Of the English, two were killed and one wounded."--- Page 15.

In reality though, Nipsachick, or later "Nipsachuck," was not in Burrillville. 

The First Battle of Nipsachuck as it would later be called, took place on August 4, 1675 in North Smithfield, which is approximately 12 miles from the Richardson-Arnold House. The Second Battle of Nipsachuck took place at Mattity Swamp on July 2, 1676, which is still considered to be within the area of North Smithfield, and approximately 10 miles away from the house as well.

According to a direct descendant of the Richardson-Arnold house's original inhabitants, and certified genealogist, Pam Kenyon Cardin, no battles during the King Philip's War took place near her ancestral home on Round Top Road. In fact, Pam had made this remark when we discussed the accusations made about different types of events at her ancestral home's property. When she mentions the word "mess" she was speaking about the lies being told about the property's history, as she was keeping a record or notes on each allegation.

"Somewhere amongst the mess was a notation about the farm being an active site for King Phillip's war. No. Most of that took place in southern R.I. and in the Great Swamp. Also, in Bristol County, Mass. NOT IN BURRILLVILLE. There were certainly Native Americans living in Burrillville. Many, in fact. Hence why my great grandfather called the dairy "Indian Acres." We have many artifacts from their habitation. In a book Wallum Pond Estates, it gives a brief history of the Native Americans living in the area. I have no idea where the bit about King Phillip came from. Unless someone read various Native American names and somehow decided they must be connected. NOPE. Ah, what a little bit of research could have done for some of these people."--  Pam Kenyon Cardin, 2023.

According to the book, "Wallum Pond Estates," by Harry Lee Barnes in 1877, it states on page 8, that "Ten miles southeasterly of Wallum Pond in Nipsachuck, a place through which King Phillip passed in his flight westward to the Nipmuck country."  That is the only mention of that war in his book after that. And it correlates with the story in the other book, which took place in present day North Smithfield, not Harrisville, Burrillville. 

Fact, there are NO RECORDS or DOCUMENTATION whatsoever that prove ANY sort of battle between Native Americans and English Settlers or Soldiers took place in Harrisville, let alone at the property on Round Top Road. That is my point. Just because a war took place in various spots in Massachusetts and Rhode Island DOES NOT mean that every square inch of those states saw fighting between settlers and Indians. It was in specific documented locations. 

It isn't a THEORY, it is a FACT.  

Yes, there were battles in different areas in Rhode Island, but not on the land where this historic house is situated.

In ending this blog post today, I hope that you have walked away with a better understanding of the history of the property and the general area of that part of Rhode Island. It is easy to make statements when you do not have documentation to back up what you are saying. I do not make statements without having researched the subject before hand. I strongly recommend that anyone wanting to know the truth about the history of the area, to do thorough research on the topic before going on the record and making opinionated statements about it. 

(Copyright 2024 - J'aime Rubio  www.jaimerubiowriter.com)