Jonathan Nichols Jr.

Jonathan Nichols Jr.
34th and 36th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office
1753–1754
GovernorWilliam Greene Sr.
Preceded byJoseph Whipple III
Succeeded byJohn Gardner
In office
1755–1756
GovernorStephen Hopkins
Preceded byJohn Gardner
Succeeded byJohn Gardner
Personal details
Born24 October 1712
Newport, Rhode Island
DiedSeptember 8, 1756 (1756-09-09) (aged 43)
Newport, Rhode Island
Resting placeNichols-Hazard Burial Ground, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Spouse(s)Mary Lawton
Mary Bull
OccupationDeputy Governor

Jonathan Nichols Jr. (October 24, 1712 – September 8, 1756)[1] was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of former Deputy Governor Jonathan Nichols Sr. and Elizabeth Lawton.[1] Nichols became Deputy Governor in November 1753 when his predecessor, Joseph Whipple III, resigned amid the collapse of his personal fortune, and Nichols completed his term. In 1755 Nichols was again selected as Deputy Governor, completing his first one-year term, then dying during his second year in office.

Nichols is credited with building a house in Newport in 1748, later known as the Hunter House. Following his death, the house was owned by Deputy Governor Joseph Wanton Jr., a loyalist, and following the American Revolutionary War was owned by William Hunter, a United States Senator, and ambassador to Brazil.

Images

  • "Hunter House" first occupied by Nichols
    "Hunter House" first occupied by Nichols
  • Nichols' grave marker, Nichols-Hassard Cemetery, Portsmouth
    Nichols' grave marker, Nichols-Hassard Cemetery, Portsmouth

Ancestry

The ancestry of Jonathan Nichols Jr. is found in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.[1]

Ancestors of Jonathan Nichols Jr.
4. Thomas Nichols (died after 1708)
2. Jonathan Nichols Sr. (1681-1727)
5. Hannah (born 1642)
1. Jonathan Nichols Jr. (1712-1756)
12. George Lawton (died 1693)
6. Robert Lawton (died 1706)
26. Thomas Hazard (c. 1610 - after 1680)
13. Elizabeth Hazard
27. Martha (died after 1669)
3. Elizabeth Lawton (born 1688)
28. William Wodell (died 1693)
14. Gershom Wodell (born 1642)
29. Mary (died 1676)
7. Mary Wodell (died 1732)
30. John Tripp (1610-1678)
15. Mary Tripp (c. 1646 - c. 1716)
31. Mary Paine (died 1687)

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c Austin 1887, p. 138.

Bibliography

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

Further reading

  • Bicknell, Thomas Williams (1920). The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Vol. 3. New York: The American Historical Society. Retrieved March 30, 2011.

External links

  • Hunter House article
  • State list of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
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