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|name = William Coddington Jr.
|name = William Coddington Jr.
|order = 11th
|order = 11th
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|predecessor = [[Peleg Sanford]]
|predecessor = [[Peleg Sanford]]
|successor = [[Henry Bull (governor)|Henry Bull]]
|successor = [[Henry Bull (governor)|Henry Bull]]
|birth_date = 18 Jan 1651
|birth_date = 18 January 1651
|birth_place = [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]
|birth_place = [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]
|death_date = 5 Feb 1689
|death_date = {{d-da|5 February 1689|18 January 1651}}
|death_place = Newport, [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]
|death_place = Newport, [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]
|resting_place = [[Coddington Cemetery]], Newport
|resting_place = [[Coddington Cemetery]], Newport
|occupation = Assistant, Deputy, [[Governor]]
|occupation = Assistant, Deputy, [[Governor]]
|religion = [[Quaker]]
|spouse = unmarried
}}
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'''William Coddington Jr.''' (18 Jan 1651 - 5 Feb 1689) <ref name="Austin">{{Cite book|title=Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island |last=Austin |first=John Osborne |isbn=978-0-8063-0006-1 |year=1887 |page=276|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LA7ntaS11ocC&dq=governor+%22samuel+cranston%22+rhode+island&q=abbott%2C+daniel+235#v=onepage&q=abbott%2C%20daniel%20235&f=false}}</ref> was an early governor of the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], serving two consecutive terms from 1683 to 1685. Coddington was the son of [[William Coddington]] who served many terms as governor of the two towns of Portsmouth and Newport in the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], and later as the governor of all the united towns of the colony. Young Coddington was the sixth of 13 children of his father, and the oldest child of his father's third wife, Anne Brinley, the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Wase) Brinley.<ref name="Austin">{{Cite book|title=Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island |last=Austin |first=John Osborne |isbn=978-0-8063-0006-1 |year=1887 |page=276}}</ref> Coddington was born and raised in Newport, and became a freeman there in 1675 at the age of 24. He began his political career in 1679 when he became deputy of the colony for a year, and then became assistant the following two years. In 1683 he was selected as governor of the colony and served in this capacity for two years. He died at the age of 48 without ever having married, and was buried in the [[Coddington Cemetery]] in Newport.<ref name="Austin">{{Cite book|title=Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island |last=Austin |first=John Osborne |isbn=978-0-8063-0006-1 |year=1887 |page=276}}</ref>
'''William Coddington Jr.''' (18 January 1651 – 5 February 1689)<ref name="Austin">{{Cite book|title=Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island |last=Austin |first=John Osborne | authorlink = John Osborne Austin |isbn=978-0-8063-0006-1 | place=Albany, New York |publisher=J. Munsell's Sons |year=1887 |page=276|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA7ntaS11ocC}}</ref> was an early governor of the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], serving two consecutive terms from 1683 to 1685.


==Biography==
Coddington was the son of [[William Coddington]] who served many terms as governor of the two towns of Portsmouth and Newport in the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], and later as the governor of all the united towns of the colony. Young Coddington was the sixth of 13 children of his father. He was the first child of his father's third wife, Anne Brinley, the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Wase) Brinley.<ref name="Austin"/>

Coddington was born and raised in Newport, and became a freeman there in 1675 at the age of 24. He began his political career in 1679 when he was chosen as deputy of the colony for a year, and then became assistant the following two years. In 1683 he was appointed as governor of the colony and served in this capacity for two years. He never married, and died at the age of 38. He was buried in the [[Coddington Cemetery]] in Newport.<ref name="Austin"/>


==See also==
==See also==

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* [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island]]


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=40 Chronological list of Rhode Island leaders]
*[http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=40 Chronological list of Rhode Island leaders]

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Latest revision as of 07:18, 4 February 2021

William Coddington Jr.
11th Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office
1683–1685
Preceded byPeleg Sanford
Succeeded byHenry Bull
Personal details
Born18 January 1651
Newport, Rhode Island
Died5 February 1689 (1689-02-06) (aged 38)
Newport, Rhode Island
Resting placeCoddington Cemetery, Newport
OccupationAssistant, Deputy, Governor

William Coddington Jr. (18 January 1651 – 5 February 1689)[1] was an early governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving two consecutive terms from 1683 to 1685.

Biography[edit]

Coddington was the son of William Coddington who served many terms as governor of the two towns of Portsmouth and Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and later as the governor of all the united towns of the colony. Young Coddington was the sixth of 13 children of his father. He was the first child of his father's third wife, Anne Brinley, the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Wase) Brinley.[1]

Coddington was born and raised in Newport, and became a freeman there in 1675 at the age of 24. He began his political career in 1679 when he was chosen as deputy of the colony for a year, and then became assistant the following two years. In 1683 he was appointed as governor of the colony and served in this capacity for two years. He never married, and died at the age of 38. He was buried in the Coddington Cemetery in Newport.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Austin, John Osborne (1887). Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1.

External links[edit]

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