John Easton American Politician
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| First Name |
John
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| Last Name |
Easton
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1623
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| Birthplace |
Romsey, Hampshire, England
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| Died |
1705
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| Place of Death |
Newport, Rhode Island
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| Buried |
Coddington Cemetery, Newport
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Deputy Governor, Governor
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| Occupation |
Politician
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John Easton (1624–1705) was a political leader in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, devoting decades to public service before eventually becoming governor of the colony. Born in Hampshire, England, he sailed to New England with his widowed father and older brother, settling in Ipswich and Newbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. As a supporter of the dissident ministers John Wheelwright and Anne Hutchinson during the Antinomian Controversy, his father was exiled, and settled in Portsmouth on Aquidneck Island (later called Rhode Island) with many other Hutchinson supporters. Here there was discord among the leaders of the settlement, and his father followed William Coddington to the south end of the island where they established the town of Newport. The younger Easton remained in Newport the remainder of his life, where he became involved in civil affairs before the age of 30.
