Pawtuxet is a village at the mouth of the Pawtuxet River , and is in the present cities of Cranston and Warwick. The original Pawtuxet settlement was a part of Providence, but the settlers were a contentious lot, and for some years actually placed themselves under the protection of the Massachusett Bay Colony. Fairly early in our history, the line between Warwick and Providence was established as the Pawtuxet River, so the southern part of the village of Pawtuxet became a part of Warwick. The part north of the river was a part of providence until Cranston was split off in 1754