All, There is also Gardner's Neck that belonged to the Bullock family that was them bought by the Gardner's. Dave Lehman http://www.lightlink.com/dlehman Jim Bullock wrote: > > Checking the US Geological Survey Web site at > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > will show four features in Rhode Island that have the Bullock name. > > 1. Bullock Cove; a small bay that separates a finger of land south of > Riverside* from the rest of eastern RI > > 2. Bullock Neck; a cape that is separated from eastern RI by Bullock > Cove > > 3. Bullock Point; the southern tip of Bullock Neck > > 4. Bullock Point Reach; a channel in the water where Bullock Cove > empties into Naragansett Bay > > *Riverside is a little town south of East Providence. > > These features used to be part of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony. Rehoboth > once was quite a large area that was divided roughly in half in 1812, > the western part of which became Seekonk. In 1828 the NW corner of > Rehoboth became Pawtucket. In 1861 Seekonk was split in two with the > western part becoming E. Providence. Also in 1861 E. Providence and > Pawtucket went from MA to RI in exchange for Fall River, RI which was > annexed to Fall River, MA. > > It's all rather confusing but is important to understand when looking > for some of our old Bristol co., MA ancestors, because some may have > been in what is now RI. > > Jim Bullock > Littleton, CO > > ==== BULLOCK Mailing List ==== > Visit the BlackSheep web page at: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blksheep/index.html > > This is the page of the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists.