Blackstone River
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after William Blackstone (original spelling William Blaxton) who arrived in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1623, and became the first European settler of present-day Boston in 1625. He relocated again, to Rhode Island in 1635 and built his home on the river, in what would become Cumberland.
Proper noun
[edit]- A river in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.