Jonathan Nichols, Jr.

Jonathan Nichols, Jr.
34th and 36th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office 1753–1754
Governor	William Greene
Preceded by	Joseph Whipple, III
Succeeded by	John Gardner
In office 1755–1756
Governor	Stephen Hopkins
Preceded by	John Gardner
Succeeded by	John Gardner
Personal details
Born	24 October 17112 Newport, Rhode Island
Died	September 8, 1756 Newport, Rhode Island
Resting place	Nichols-Hazard Burial Ground, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Spouse(s)	Mary Lawton Mary Bull
Occupation	Deputy 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 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.

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  "Hunter House" first occupied by Nichols

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  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 (1681-1727)                                   5. Hannah (born 1642)                             1. Jonathan Nichols (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

• List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
• List of colonial governors of Rhode Island
• Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

References

1. Austin, 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

• Gravesite of Deputy Governor Nichols
• Hunter House article
• State list of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island