Sin and Flesh Pond

I always wanted to know what the name Sin and Flesh Pond meant when I saw it on the map. . .

Old Main Road, Tiverton RI

On March 28, 1676, a pious fellow named Zoeth Howland was riding from Dartmouth to Newport to attend a Quaker meeting. It was quite a distance to travel in those days, and all the more so because of the dangers en route. Howland had to be careful of wolves and rattlesnakes, and, because of the ongoing war with the Narragansett Indians.
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