Jonathan Nichols, Jr.

Jonathan Nichols, Jr.
35th and 37th 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 8 September 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. (24 October 1712 - 8 September 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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  1. ^ a b Austin, p. 138.

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Judges of Portsmouth
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Italics 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.