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William Coddington Jr.
(18 January 1651 ? 5 February 1689)
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was an early governor of the
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
, serving two consecutive terms from 1683 to 1685.
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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.
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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.
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Judges of Portsmouth
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Judge of Newport
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Governor of Newport and Portsmouth
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Chief Officer (Providence
and Warwick)
(1644?1647)
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Presidents of
Rhode Island
(Patent of 1644)
(1647?1663)
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Governors of
Newport
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Portsmouth
(Coddington Commission)
(1651?1654)
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Governors of
Rhode Island
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Royal Charter of 1663
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(1663?1686)
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Governors under
Dominion
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Governors of
Rhode Island
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Royal Charter of 1663
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Gorton, Smith and Dexter were presidents of Providence and Warwick only, since Coddington had received a commission to remove Newport and Portsmouth from their jurisdiction, valid from 1651 to 1654; before and after these dates the President presided over all four towns of the colony. Dudley presided over the "Narragansett Country" only, later to become Washington County, Rhode Island; Andros subsequently presided over the entire colony.
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