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• William_Coddington abstract "William Coddington (c. 1601 – 1 November 1678) was an early magistrate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and later of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving as the Judge of Portsmouth, Judge of Newport, Governor of Portsmouth and Newport, Deputy Governor of the entire (four-town) colony, and then Governor of the colony. Born and raised in Lincolnshire, England, he accompanied the Winthrop Fleet in its voyage to New England in 1630, becoming an early leader in Boston. Here he built the first brick house, and became heavily involved in the local government as an assistant, treasurer, and magistrate.Being fairly liberal in his political and religious views, he supported the dissident minister, Anne Hutchinson, whose religious opinions led to her banishment from the Massachusetts colony. Being politely dismissed from the colony, he was the lead signer of a compact to form a Christian based government away from Massachusetts. Encouraged by Roger Williams to settle on the Narragansett Bay, he and other supporters of Hutchinson bought Aquidneck Island of the Indians, and settled there, establishing the town of Pocasset, later named Portsmouth. He was named the first "Judge" of the colony, a Biblical term for Governor. A division in the leadership of this town occurred within a year, and he left with several others to establish the town of Newport at the south end of the island.In short time, the towns of Portsmouth and Newport united, and Coddington was made, by continuous election, the governor of the island towns from 1640 to 1647. During this period, Roger Williams had gone to England to obtain a patent to bring the four Narragansett towns of Providence, Warwick, Portsmouth, and Newport under one government. Done without the consent of the island towns, these two towns resisted joining the mainland towns until 1647. Though Coddington was elected President of the united colony in 1648, he would not attend the meeting, and complaints against him prompted the presidency to go to Jeremy Clarke. Very unhappy with Williams' patent, Coddington returned to England where he was eventually able to obtain a commission, separating the island from the mainland towns, and making him governor of the island for an indefinite period. While initially welcomed as governor, complaints from both the mainland towns and members of the island towns prompted Roger Williams, John Clarke and William Dyer to go to England to have Coddington's commission revoked. Being successful, Dyer returned with the news in 1653, but disagreements kept the four towns from re-uniting until the following year.With the revocation of his commission, Coddington withdrew from public life, focusing on his mercantile interests, and becoming a member of the Religious Society of Friends. After nearly two decades away from politics, he was elected Deputy Governor in 1673, then Governor the following year, serving two one-year terms. The relative calm of this period was shattered during his second year as governor of the colony, when King Philip's War erupted in June 1675, becoming the most catastrophic event in Rhode Island's colonial history. Though not re-elected in 1676, he was elected to a final term as governor of the colony in 1678 following the death of Governor Benedict Arnold. He died just a few months into this term, and was buried in the Coddington Cemetery on Farewell Street in Newport.While criticized as being self-centered, and putting personal desires ahead of public concerns, Coddington was an able and competent administrator, and frequently the elected choice of the colony's freemen. Only a small number of governors and magistrates served for a comparable amount of time as the leader of the Rhode Island colony.".
• William_Coddington birthDate "1601".
• William_Coddington birthPlace Lincolnshire.
• William_Coddington birthPlace Marston,_Lincolnshire.
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• William_Coddington deathDate "1678-11-01".
• William_Coddington deathPlace Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations.
• William_Coddington deathPlace Newport,_Rhode_Island.
• William_Coddington deathYear "1678".
• William_Coddington governor Nicholas_Easton.
• William_Coddington occupation Board_of_selectmen.
• William_Coddington office "Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
• William_Coddington office "Governor of Newport and Portsmouth (under Coddington Commission)".
• William_Coddington office "Governor of Newport and Portsmouth".
• William_Coddington office "Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
• William_Coddington office "Judge (governor) of Newport".
• William_Coddington office "Judge (governor) of Portsmouth".
• William_Coddington orderInOffice "1st".
• William_Coddington orderInOffice "5th and 8th".
• William_Coddington orderInOffice "7th".
• William_Coddington religion Puritan.
• William_Coddington religion Quakers.
• William_Coddington successor John_Coggeshall.
• William_Coddington successor John_Cranston_(governor).
• William_Coddington successor John_Easton.
• William_Coddington successor John_Sanford_(governor).
• William_Coddington successor Portsmouth,_Rhode_Island.
• William_Coddington successor Walter_Clarke_(governor).
• William_Coddington successor William_Hutchinson_(Rhode_Island).
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• William_Coddington termPeriod William_Coddington__7.
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• William_Coddington after John_Cranston_(governor).
• William_Coddington after Walter_Clarke_(governor).
• William_Coddington after "himself".
• William_Coddington as "Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island".
• William_Coddington before Benedict_Arnold_(governor).
• William_Coddington before Nicholas_Easton.
• William_Coddington birthDate "c. 1601".
• William_Coddington birthPlace "Marston, Lincolnshire, England".
• William_Coddington caption "Memorial marker for William Coddington dedicated on 200th anniversary of Newport founding".
• William_Coddington dateOfBirth "c. 1601".
• William_Coddington dateOfDeath "1678-11-01".
• William_Coddington deathDate "1678-11-01".
• William_Coddington deathPlace Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations.
• William_Coddington deathPlace Newport,_Rhode_Island.
• William_Coddington governor Nicholas_Easton.
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• William_Coddington name "Coddington, William".
• William_Coddington name "William Coddington".
• William_Coddington occupation "Merchant, treasurer, selectman, assistant, president, commissioner, deputy governor, governor".
• William_Coddington office "Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
• William_Coddington office "Governor of Newport and Portsmouth".
• William_Coddington office "Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".
• William_Coddington office "Judge of Newport".
• William_Coddington office "Judge of Portsmouth".
• William_Coddington order "1.0".
• William_Coddington order "5".
• William_Coddington order "7".
• William_Coddington placeOfBirth "Lincolnshire, England".
• William_Coddington placeOfDeath "Newport, Rhode Island".
• William_Coddington predecessor Benedict_Arnold_(governor).
• William_Coddington predecessor John_Cranston_(governor).
• William_Coddington predecessor Nicholas_Easton.
• William_Coddington predecessor "Himself as Judge of Newport".
• William_Coddington predecessor "Nicholas Easton as President of Rhode Island".
• William_Coddington predecessor "William Hutchinson as Judge of Portsmouth".
• William_Coddington predecessor "position established".
• William_Coddington religion Puritan.
• William_Coddington religion Quakers.
• William_Coddington restingPlace "Coddington Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island".
• William_Coddington shortDescription "Rhode Island colonial governor".
• William_Coddington spouse "* Mary _______ * Mary Moseley * Anne Brinley".
• William_Coddington successor John_Cranston_(governor).
• William_Coddington successor John_Easton.
• William_Coddington successor John_Sanford_(governor).
• William_Coddington successor Walter_Clarke_(governor).
• William_Coddington successor William_Hutchinson_(Rhode_Island).
• William_Coddington successor "Himself as governor of Newport and Portsmouth".
• William_Coddington successor "John Coggeshall as President of Rhode Island".
• William_Coddington termEnd "1639".
• William_Coddington termEnd "1640".
• William_Coddington termEnd "1647".

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