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About Gideon Wanton
Gideon Wanton was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations who served for two separate one-year terms. His father was Joseph Wanton, a shipbuilder in Tiverton, and his mother was Sarah Freeborn, the daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Brownell) Freeborn. One of his great grandfathers was William Freeborn, who signed the Portsmouth Compact, becoming a founder of Portsmouth in the Rhode Island colony. Both of Wanton's parents were Quakers, and both were public speakers within the denomination.
Everything about Gideon Wanton →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- colonial governor of Rhode Island, colonial governor of Rhode Island
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 20, 1693
- Died
- September 12, 1767