Hi Rose and all Rooters, Mendon was 8 sq. miles and various towns broke off from the main Mother Mendon.. These towns all became Mendon's children and grandchildren. All these Towns remained Ma. towns.. (see my Welcome message ). Off top of head: :) I stand corrected , if wrong, please! . :) Woonsocket, R.I. was known as that much later. (1867) When Cumberland granted independence to Woosocket, R.I. and Inc. as a city in 1888 after Smithfield had donated it's share. The Blackstone River or great water falls seperated No. Smithfield, R.I. from Cumberland R.I. ( then Ma. ) A part of it , was first known as the Attleboro Gore. It was in Ma. but the townsfolk were more in sympathy with R.I. and wanted to be a R.I. community. Cumberland side of the falls was in Massachusetts.(east) Cumberland became Cumberland, R.I. 1746-47. After 1750 the land transactions were no longer recorded in Mendon. "Mendon may now be fairly considered as the parent of the most valuable portion of Eastern Woonsocket" (His. of Woon. by E. Richardson) It took many years of strife with this area , resulting in it being placed in both records of Ma. and R.I. Part of all this was was known as the Rehobeth North Purchase. There are many disputes on exactly what and where these lines were. This is a confusing issue and would take a smarter person than me to really tell it as it was. However I do have ancestors from all these areas, once Mendon , now Woonsocket, Cumberland R.I. No. Smithfield, and I look in all areas for data. My understanding is the portion of Woon. R.I. and Cumberland, R.I. that was part of Mendon.. That these people resided in what was called Mendon. The early records are in Mendon. Again the top of my head. When the General Court laid out land to other settlers and groups in the area.. the town lines changed. Also Mendon laid out lands to their town settlers and those parts of Mendon , later became R.I. The Blackstone River, the Charles River and the Mill River all played a big part in the seperating the two states, parts of Ma. and R.I. Smithfield borders changed when Woonsocket, Attleboro etc. boundries were laid out and that also resulted in parts of southern Mendon (South Parish) becoming parts of Woonsocket, R.I. and No. Smithfield now. Did I manage to confuse ya's?? Suggestted reading: Adin's Ballou's History of Milford; E, Richardson's History of Woonsocket, R.I. ; Annals of Mendon; by JG Metcalf. Alice List Mom ======================== : [MA-MENDON] Mendon-R.I. Hi everyone-can someone tell me when it was that Mendon was part of R.I.? Would there be any "Mendon records" in R.I., or would they have been moved? thanks Rose ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!