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  William Coddington - Sources
In 1639 Coddington was deposed as leader of the settlement by Anne Hutchinson and Samuel Gorton.
Coddington was the Judge of Portsmouth from 1638-1639.
One of Coddington's sons, William Coddington, Jr., was Governor from 1683-1685.
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  William Coddington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1639 Coddington was deposed as leader of the settlement by Anne Hutchinson and Samuel Gorton.
Coddington was the Judge of Portsmouth from 1638-1639.
One of Coddington's sons, William Coddington, Jr., was Governor from 1683-1685.
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 Roger Williams
Roger Williams (circa 1600 - 1684) was an Anglo-American theologian, one of the earliest vocal proponents of the separation of Church and State[?], and the founder of Rhode Island.
Coddington's scheme was strongly disapproved by Williams and Clarke and their followers, especially as it seemed to involve a federation of Coddington's domain with Massachusetts and Connecticut and a consequent imperiling of liberty of conscience not only on the islands but also in Providence and Warwick, which would be left unprotected.
Williams himself probably knew of the Arminian antipedobaptist party of which John Smyth[?], Thomas Helwys[?], and John Murton[?] were founders (1609) and of the rich literature in advocacy of liberty of conscience produced by this party after its return to England.
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 Governor William Coddington
William Coddington was born in Boston, Lincoln County, England, in 1601.
Coddington was a man of too much importance in Boston to be willingly spared, and much effort was made to detain him, but he preferred to go with Williams and on the 7th of March, 1638 in Portsmouth, RI he and eighteen others signed the following compact.
William Coddington died at Newport, RI, on the 1st of November, 1678 in his 78th year, and was succeeded as Governor by Walter Clark.
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 William Coddington - FREE William Coddington Biography | Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
William Coddington 1601-78, one of the founders of Rhode Island, probably b.
The commission Coddington received in 1651 to govern for life Aquidneck and neighboring Conanicut Island was denounced by the island people, and Williams and Clarke succeeded in having it revoked in 1652.
Coddington remained influential in Newport affairs and was governor of the united colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in 1674, 1675, and 1678.
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 William Hutchinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Hutchinson (August 14, 1586 – 1642) was a prominent merchant and judge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Rhode Island.
After consulting with Roger Williams, they decided to settle on Aquidneck Island, which later became Rhode Island and was a part, first, of the Colony of Rhode Island, and eventually, of the state of Rhode Island.
After the first leader of Portsmouth, William Coddington moved away to found Newport, Hutchinson became the leader of the Portsmouth settlement.
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 Burrage, Why Was Roger Williams Banished?
Williams had “broached and dyvulged dyvers newe and dangerous opinions,” and that he maintained the same “without retraccon.” It is noteworthy that in the action of the council in 1676 it is stated that Mr.
Williams might have an asylum in some one of the towns in the Bay colony, provided he would so guard his utterances on matters of religion as not to give offense to the people there, this would seem to be a concession to the position Roger Williams held in his doctrine of soul-liberty.
Williams’ doctrine of soul-liberty was involved in his sentence of banishment, and still stood in the way of his return to any of the towns of the colony for security in a time of distress.
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 Rhode Island and Roger Williams
Coddington, representing the conservative and theocratic wing of the assembly and opposing those who were more liberally minded, had evidently applied to Massachusetts and Plymouth for support in the effort to obtain an independent government for Aquidneck.
Coddington himself was willing to do this but found the opposition to the plan so vehement that he gave up the attempt and went to England to secure a patent of his own.
Williams again went to England in 1651 and procured the recall of Coddington's commission and a confirmation of his own patent, and Coddington in 1656 gave in his submission and was forgiven.
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 William Coddington
CODDINGTON, William, founder of the colony of Rhode Island, born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1601; died 1 November, 1678.
Hutchinson was tried, Coddington undertook her defense against Winthrop and his party, and also unsuccessfully opposed the banishment of Wheelwright and other Antinomians.
A memoir by Dr. William Alien, with six select sermons, was published after his death (1853).--His son, John, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 16 October, 1814, left Amherst in his junior year, 1833, and finished his education on the sea, becoming a captain in the merchant marine.
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 Elias Converse Descendants - Person Page 19
Harriet was enumerated with William Coddington (?) on the census of 1850, at Stockdale Township, Ingham County, Michigan, as Harriet Coddington, age 28.
Albert was enumerated with William Coddington (?) on the census of 1850, at Stockdale Township, Ingham County, Michigan, as Albert Coddington, age 11.
Ethel Irene was enumerated with William A. Piatt on the census of 1910, at Lincoln Township, Isabella County, Michigan, as Ethel I. Piatt, age 36.
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 Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
Hutchinson came, and joined the Coddington settlement; but as she and Coddington could not agree, the latter left the place in 1639 and founded Newport on the same island.
Coddington, in 1648, obtained a separate charter for Portsmouth and Newport.
Here was the spirit of Roger Williams embodied in constitutional law, and it grew and expanded until it covered all Christendom.
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 The Rhode Island Cavaliers
William Coddington, the leader of the Cavaliers at Boston, founder of the Rhode Island Colony (as distinct from Roger Williams' Providence Plantations), was of the old Coddingtons of Lincolnshire.
Coddington was well known as a Royalist, and his activity for the ping was particularly offensive to those who wished to unite the Rhode Island and Providence towns into one colony and join a New England Puritan confederacy.
William Brenton, another of Coddington's followers, was of unquestioned Cavalier connections in England, though his personal attitude in America was not shown except in his close alliance with Coddington.
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 Roger Williams Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Williams taught that civil authorities could not punish transgressions against the first four commandments of the decalogue, that an oath of loyalty is a religious act, and that the English had no proper title to American land because the English king was in league with antichrist.
Williams even refused to pray with his wife because he did not consider her fully regenerate.
Williams, on the other hand, maintained that after Christ's coming the church is spiritual only and must remain apart from the world.
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 34 Coddington Street   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Coddington School and Coddington Street are named in honor of William Coddington, Quincy's earliest benefactor.
Coddington was a treasurer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a magistrate and also had the distinction of building Quincy's first brick house.
Further subtle detailing in the Coddington School is seen in the use of modillions under the eaves, a solid balcony supported by heavy baroque brackets over the central entrance,and a double door topped by a fanlight.
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 Southern New York-Book 2 - part 116
William Coddington, afterwards governor of Rhode Island, was from Boston, England, and of gentle birth as shown by the records.
Governor William Coddington of Rhode Island was one of the original purchasers of Monmouth County, New Jersey, which at first included Woodbridge, but he did not come to settle.
William, September 16, 1811 ; went to California in 1849 and made a fortune, was for a time a partner with John W. Mackey, the capitalist.
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 The Origins of Individualist Anarchism in America by Murray N. Rothbard
Williams had pioneered in scrupulously purchasing all the land from the Indians voluntarily — a method of land acquisition in sharp contrast to the brutal methods of extermination beloved by the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay.
William Penn found that deprived of feudal or tax income, his deficits from ruling Pennsylvania were large and his fortune was dissipating steadily.
William Penn, a close friend of the recently deposed King James II of England, was in deep political trouble at court.
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 Early Settlers
William Blackstone (1595 - 1675) was the first European to settle in what is now Boston, and probably the second European to settle in what is now Rhode Island.
Plymouth decreed the banishment of Williams from the colony.
Because of religious differences with Roger Williams, Anne and William Hutchinson and William Coddington founded Portsmouth in 1638 as a haven for Antinomians (whose beliefs resembled those of Quakerism instead of Williams' Baptist beliefs).
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 William CODDINGTON
William and his brother Charles went to California during the gold rush.
William bought a piece of property in Angels Camp, CA, on Aug 5, 1862, for $2,000.
Also, in the will, William left to Francis D. Rice, one third, and to Marietta R. Gray, Lewis C. Rice and James Rice collectively, two thirds of the lots, pieces or parcels of land situated in the Co. of Tulare, CA.
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 34 Coddington Street
The Coddington School and Coddington Street are named in honor of William Coddington, Quincy's earliest benefactor.
Coddington was a treasurer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a magistrate and also had the distinction of building Quincy's first brick house.
Further subtle detailing in the Coddington School is seen in the use of modillions under the eaves, a solid balcony supported by heavy baroque brackets over the central entrance,and a double door topped by a fanlight.
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 WebRoots Library U.S. History
William Coddington, the leader of the Cavaliers at Boston, founder of the Rhode Island Colony (as distinct from Roger Williams' Providence Plantations), was of the old Coddingtons of Lincolnshire.
Coddington was well known as a Royalist, and his activity for the ping was particularly offensive to those who wished to unite the Rhode Island and Providence towns into one colony and join a New England Puritan confederacy.
After Coddington and the gentlemen who had helped her in Boston had built a colony in which she could preach unmolested, she turned against them and after a few years she went on to Westchester, New York, where she was killed by the Indians.
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 Boyd Coddington And Daniel Coddington & Harry Proudfoot And Don Coddington Huntsville, Al!
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 Coddington Brewing Company
Coddington, however, encountered more religious tension and was obliged to leave the state.
With the help of Roger Williams, John Clarke and Anne Hutchinson, Coddington purchased Aquidneck Island, known as Newport, from the Narragansett Indians.
Coddington later established the state's first legislature and named himself Governor of Rhode Island.
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 William Coddington: Mayor
Sir William Coddington, Bart., M.P., was born at Salford, Manchester, in 1830, the eldest son of William Dudley Coddington, a prominent Manchester merchant, who in 1822 had married Elizabeth, second daughter of Robert Hopwood, cotton spinner, of Blackburn.
Sir William had musical tastes and in 1875, the year of his mayoralty, he presented an organ to the Parish Church at a cost of £3,000.
In Parliament Sir William is best remembered for his work as chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for widening the streets of London and removing various "bottle-necks," such as the historic Temple Bar, which formerly stood where the Strand embouches on Fleet-street.
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 CNN.com - Hair lacks constitutional protection - Nov 19, 2004
The court in Coddington did not specifically address the question of whether shaving a large amount of hair from a suspect might constitute an unconstitutional "seizure." But it did reaffirm what it understood to be the holding of Mills: "that the taking of hair is not subject to restrictions imposed by the Fourth Amendment."
Coddington was then informed that additional hair had to be taken.
For the police to behave as they allegedly did toward Coddington, without having to act on suspicion or otherwise justify their actions, is a frightening prospect.
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 The Monmouth Patent
William Goulding, Samuel Spicer Sr., and John Tilton remained at Gravesend.
William Reape, an active, energetic promoter of the settlement, was a young Quaker merchant of Newport who died in 1670; his widow, Sarah Reape, came to Monmouth and her only son, William, lived with her, but was insane from early manhood.
William Coddington was an original settler of Rhode Island, Governor 1668, 1674-76, and died 1678.
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 Coddington William: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Coddington had not sent deed when you paid Walker...the resulting pages were published by William Hearst in Hearsts International Magazine...luck.
Sarah Coddington Sarah "Elsie" Coddington, 86, Port Charlotte, died Jan. 16, 2001...Jason of Altamonte Springs; a brother, William of Montrose; an aunt, Louise Darling...Chadds Ford, Pa.; a brother, Forrest S. Williams of Southampton, Pa.; five grandchildren...
CODDINGTON, WILLIAM 1601 78, one of...in 1644 by Roger Williams.
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