Col. William CODDINGTON

William married Content ARNOLD on 12 Nov 1700 in Newport, Rhode Island. Content was born on 26 Feb 1679/80 in Newport, Rhode Island; died on 27 May 1721 in Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Comfort CODDINGTON was born about 1705 in Newport, Rhode Island.
2. William CODDINGTON was born on 8 Oct 1710 in Newport, Rhode Island; died on 8 Oct 17??.

William married Jeanne/Jane BERNON on 11 Oct 1722 in Trinity Episcopal Church, Newport, Rhode Island. Jeanne/Jane died in 1755 in Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Gov. William Coddington and Ann Brinley
• Occupation: Was Town Clerk of Newport.

Nathaniel married Susanna HUTCHINSON on 19 Apr 1677 in Newport, Rhode Island. Susanna (daughter of Capt. Edward HUTCHINSON and Katherine HAMBY) was born on 20 May 1649 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Governor Coddington was born in 1601, in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, whence he is known to have come, and sailed from Southampton on his first coming to America, arriving at Salem, in 1630; he died at Newport, January 4, 1678, aged 77 years; his first wife was Mary Mosely, daughter of Richard, of Ouseden, County Suffolk, England, who came with him on his first arrival.

He returned to England after the death of his first wife; he married a second, Mary, whose surname is unknown, about 1631; she died July 30, 1647.

He married, third, Anne Brinley, daughter of Thomas Brinley of Exon, England, Auditor General under Charles 1st, and 2d...

William married Anne BRINLEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daughter of Thomas Brinley of Exon, England, Auditor General under Charles 1st, and 2d, her brother, Francis Brinley, came to Newport in 1652, at the age of twenty years, probably influenced by that connexion, and married Hannah Carr; he became a prominent and wealthy citizen and large land owner, and was the ancestor the Brinleys of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; another of his sisters married Nathaniel Sylvester, of Shelter Island, and left a progeny extensive and well knowns.

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He immigrated on 4 Sep 1633 to Boston on the ship "Griffin". He was made a freeman 3 Sep 1634 and was admitted to full communion on 10 Oct 1634 First Church, Boston. He was a member of the Artillery Company in 1638, a captain in 1657 and a representative in 1658. He held an important rank in King Philip's War 1675, in which conflict he received a wound on 2 Aug 1675 from an Indian in a treacherous assault, says history, when he was marched to a peaceful meeting with them; d. from his wound at Marlborough aged 162. He was among the first to settle in Newport with his father and uncle, forming their covenant 7 Mar 1638. However, he preferred Boston for his residence a few years later. He deserves honor for his firmness in opposing cruelty to the Quakers. he had a will on 17 July 1675 and a codicil dated 19 Aug 1675, that was proved 17 Sep 1675.

Edward married Katherine HAMBY on 23 Oct 1636 in St. Mary Magdalen, London. Katherine (daughter of Robert HAMBY and Elizabeth ARNOLD) was born before 19 Oct 1615; was christened on 10 Dec 1615 in St. Matthew's Ipswich; died between 10 Jun 1649 and 1651. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Born 1615 Alford, co. Lincoln; died between 1649 and 1651 Boston. She immigrated in 1637 to Boston. She was admitted to full communion on 3 Feb 1638/9 First Church, Boston.