Jonathan Nichols Jr. Explained

Jonathan Nichols Jr.
Order:34th and 36th
Office:Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Term Start1:1753
Term End1:1754
Governor1:William Greene Sr.
Predecessor1:Joseph Whipple III
Successor1:John Gardner
Term Start2:1755
Term End2:1756
Governor2:Stephen Hopkins
Predecessor2:John Gardner
Successor2:John Gardner
Birth Date:24 October 1712
Birth Place:Newport, Rhode Island
Death Place:Newport, Rhode Island
Resting Place:Nichols-Hazard Burial Ground, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Occupation:Deputy Governor
Spouse:Mary Lawton
Mary Bull

Jonathan Nichols Jr. (October 24, 1712 – September 8, 1756) 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. 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.

Ancestry

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

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Bibliography

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

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