biography
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Coddington, William
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1601–78)
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| biography:
| Colonist, born in Boston, Lincolnshire, EC England, UK. He went to Massachusetts in 1630. He protested against the trial of Anne Hutchinson in 1637 and moved to Aquidneck, RI, where he later became governor. In 1639 he founded Newport, RI. |
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