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.
birth date
1624-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1624-12-19
birth place
Hampshire, Romsey
death date
1705-12-12
death place
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Newport Rhode Island
Attorney General of Rhode Island, Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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