Jonathan Nichols Jr.
34th and 36th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office
1753โ€“1754
GovernorWilliam Greene Sr.
Preceded byJoseph Whipple III
Succeeded byJohn Gardner
In office
1755โ€“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 โ€“ 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.

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Ancestry

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

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Bibliography

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

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