Barrington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Notes:
* Barrington was originally part of Swansea, Massachusetts from its incorporation in 1667, then part of the Plymouth Colony until its merger with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.



* The Baptist residents petititoned for separation from Swansea in 1711.



* Barrington was incorporated as a separate town in 1717, named for Barrington, Swansea, England where the English settlers came from.



* 1747, Barrington was ceded to Rhode Island but made part of Town of Warren, Rhode Island.



* 1770, its independence was restored by the act of the Rhode Island legislature