Sowams Heritage Area Coordinator Dr. David Weed spoke with participants about 17th century maps at the Celebrating Rehoboth Through Genealogy event at the Carpenter Museum on May 12, 2018. Presentations by both Rhode Island Historical Society Librarian Phoebe Bean and Dr. J. Stanley Lemons referred to important historical events in 17th century Rehoboth. At the end of the day-long event, Museum Director Elyssa Tardif and Rehoboth Antiquarian Society President Rebecca Smith dedicated its excellent document collection to the memory of local researcher and author E. Otis Dyer, Jr.