 Nathaniel Reynolds akanga ari mumwe wevagari vokutanga veBristol muna 1680 apo yakanga iri rutivi rweMassachusetts Bay Colony. Mwanakomana wake Josefa akavaka imba iyi, uye aishandisawo nzvimbo yokugadzira matehwe uye chigayo chomupfudze papurazi rake. Yakanga iri panguva yokuva muridzi weimba nomwanakomana wake Joseph II apo Marquis de Lafayette akagara mukamuri rokumusoro rokutandarira. Lafayette akanga ari mukuru mukuru muContinental Army uye akanga ane mutoro wokudzivirirwa kweBristol neWarren kubva musi waSeptember 7 kusvika 23, 1778 mukati memabasa ehondo asina kubudirirakudzinga vaBritain muNewport yavakapamba. 