Jonathan Nichols junior

Jonathan Nichols gravestone in Nichols-Hassard Cemetery, Portsmouth

Jonathan Nichols junior (born October 24, 1712 in Newport , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , † September 8, 1756 ) was a Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Career

Jonathan Nichols junior, son of Elizabeth Lawton and former Lieutenant Governor Jonathan Nichols († 1727), was born in Newport County during the colonial period . Nothing is known about his youth. Nichols became lieutenant governor in November 1753 after Joseph Whipple resigned. Whipple lost all of his fortune during that time. Nichols served as Lieutenant Governor for the remainder of Wipple's tenure until May 1754. In 1755 Nichols was elected lieutenant governor for a one-year term and was re-elected in 1756. He passed away before the end of his second term.

Nichols was married twice. On May 23, 1734 he married his first wife Mary Lawton (1717-1750), daughter of Mary Gould (1688-1751) and Captain George Lawton (1685-1740). The couple had at least one child: Hannah Nichols Hazard (* 1738). After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Bull (1728–1821), daughter of Phebe Coggeshall (1706–1774) and Henry Bull (1687–1774).

Trivia

Hunter House in Newport

Nichols built a house in Newport in 1748, which later became known as the Hunter House . After his death it passed into the possession of the loyal lieutenant governor Joseph Wanton junior . After the War of Independence , it belonged to William Hunter , a US Senator and ambassador to Brazil .

literature

Austin, John Osborne: The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1887, ISBN 9780806300061 , p. 138
Bicknell, Thomas Williams: The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Volume 3, American Historical Society, 1920

Individual evidence

↑ Jonathan Nichols Sr. in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.
^ Mary Lawton Nichols in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.
↑ Hannah Nichols Hazard in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.
^ Mary Bull Wanton in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.

Web links

Jonathan Nichols junior in the database of Find a Grave (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Nichols, Jonathan Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 24, 1712
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newport , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1756

[1] Jonathan Nichols Sr. in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.

[2] Mary Lawton Nichols in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.

[3] Hannah Nichols Hazard in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.

[4] Mary Bull Wanton in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 28, 2015.