 In 1638 (after conferring with Williams), Anne Hutchinson, William Coddington, John Clarke, Philip Sherman, and other religious dissenters settled on Aquidneck Island (then known as Rhode Island), which was purchased from the local tribes who called it Pocasset.This settlement was called Portsmouth and was governed by the Portsmouth Compact.The southern part of the island became the separate settlement of Newport after disagreements among the founders.