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William Brenton

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as "the most liberal and enlightened charter the world had then known." When Arnold was named by the charter as the first Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island, Brenton was named as the first Deputy Governor. When Arnold stepped down as governor in 1666, Brenton became governor of the colony for
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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
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Brenton was first married, by 1634, to a woman named Dorothy, who apparently died soon thereafter, leaving a single son, Barnabas, who was baptized in Boston on January 24, 1635. There is no further record of this son. Nearly a decade later, by about 1644, Brenton married Martha Burton, the
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was the governor of the two Aquidneck Island towns of Portsmouth and Newport, Brenton was the deputy governor. In February 1649, Brenton was again living in Boston, when he was given liberty to "set up a porch afore his house" there.
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be recognized as the Supreme Civil Magistrate of the colony, and the day of October 21 was set aside as the date of public recognition for the new king. Also during this administration, a commission was issued to
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as President of all four towns of the Rhode Island colony, serving for two one-year terms, and also serving as a commissioner during this period. One issue facing this administration was the land speculation of
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daughter of Thomas Burton, with whom he had nine children. Martha died shortly before Brenton, in 1672 or 1673. Their daughter Mary married future colonial Rhode Island Governor
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presided over the "Narragansett Country" only, later to become Washington County, Rhode Island; Andros subsequently presided over the entire colony.
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as governor of Portsmouth and Newport under the Coddington Commission. Their daughter Sarah married Joseph Eliot, the son of
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in May 1634, and later the same year was appointed to oversee the building of a jail house. He was a Boston
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Brenton's son William (died 1697) had a son Jahleel (1691–1767), who served as the first commander of the
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church, but this is not supported by Anderson who gives his church affiliation only as the Boston (
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from 1634 to 1637, and in 1635, was appointed to a committee to consider the incident when
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Barnabas, Martha, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mehitable, Jahleel, William, Abigail, Ebenezer
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Material on William Brenton, almost verbatim from Anderson, found on a personal website
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Brenton was a Deputy in Boston from 1635 to 1637, but following the settlement of
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Builder, selectman, assistant, president, commissioner, deputy governor, governor
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From 1652 to 1657, Brenton was once again a selectman, and in 1655, became a
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One of the first acts of Brenton's administration was to proclaim that King
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spent an important part of her youth after her mother married its owner,
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Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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before relocating to a new settlement to the south that became today's
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by October 1633 when he was admitted to the church there, was made a
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Radical Origins, Early Mormon Converts and Their Colonial Ancestors
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The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633
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History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Original proprietors of Rhode Island's first settlements
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In 1658, Brenton was granted 8,000 acres of land on the
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Austin and other historians give his place of origin as
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Sanborn, printer, Mercury Office. 1919: 1905: 1897: 1646: 1632: 1624: 1102: 1088: 1080: 1075:Chronological list of Rhode Island leaders 614:List of colonial governors of Rhode Island 31: 20: 2017:(signers of "initial deed," October 1638) 1655:Colonial deputy governors of Rhode Island 490:, was named for his property in Newport. 1012:. College of Staten Island Library. 2004 848: 812: 795: 766: 751: 715: 679: 662: 426: 37:Governor William Brenton grave medallion 943:. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. 940:Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island 824: 640: 2419:Politicians from Newport, Rhode Island 872: 783: 736: 696: 624:List of early settlers of Rhode Island 2429:People from Litchfield, New Hampshire 7: 836: 474:in Newport are named after him, and 1051:The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton 975:History of Brenton's Neck from 1638 381:of Newport. In 1660, he succeeded 2434:People from Taunton, Massachusetts 2409:Colonial governors of Rhode Island 2014:Original proprietors of Providence 1176:Governor of Newport and Portsmouth 1111:Colonial Governors of Rhode Island 1026:"Brenton Point State Park History" 419:three consecutive one-year terms. 360:who signed an agreement to settle 14: 1054:. George S. Ferguson Co. p.  901:Anderson, Robert Charles (1995). 414:, was characterized by historian 2004: 1144: 1028:. Rhode Island State Parks. 1976 588: 574: 560: 502:Coat of Arms of William Brenton 446:. In 1670, he was residing in 392:Washington County, Rhode Island 373:Terms as president and governor 972:Brenton, Elizabeth C. 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President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Benedict Arnold
Nicholas Easton
Newport
Rhode Island
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Portsmouth
Newport
Hammersmith
Middlesex
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Rhode Island
Hammersmith
Middlesex
London
Boston
freeman
selectman
Massachusetts
magistrate
John Endecott
English flag
Portsmouth

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