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{{Infobox Governorgovernor
|name = John Wanton
|image = John Wanton RI Colonial Governor.jpg
|order = 21st
|office = Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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|predecessor = [[William Wanton]]
|successor = [[Richard Ward (Governor)|Richard Ward]]
|order2 = 18th and 22nd
|office2 = Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
|term_start2 = 17291721
|term_end2 = 17341722
|governor2 = [[JosephSamuel Jenckes (governor)|Joseph Jenckes]]</br>[[William WantonCranston]]
|predecessor2 = [[Joseph Jenckes (governor)|Joseph Jenckes]]
|successor2 = [[Joseph Jenckes (governor)|Joseph Jenckes]]
|term_start3 = 1729
|birth_date = 24 December 1672▼
|term_end3 = 1734
|governor3 = [[Joseph Jenckes (governor)|Joseph Jenckes]]<br>[[William Wanton]]
|predecessor3 = [[Thomas Frye (Rhode Island politician)|Thomas Frye]]
|successor3 = [[George Hazard]]
▲|birth_date = 24 December 24, 1672
|birth_place = [[Scituate, Massachusetts]]
|death_date = 5 {{D-da|July 5, 1740|December 24, 1672}}
|death_place = [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]
|resting_place = [[Coddington BurialCemetery]], GroundNewport
|occupation = Assistant, Deputy, [[List of speakers of the Rhode Island House of Representatives|Speaker of House of Deputies]], Deputy Governor, [[Governor]]
|religion = Quaker
|spouse = Mary Stover
}}
 
[[File:Coat of Arms of John Wanton.svg|175px|thumb|right|Coat of Arms of John Wanton]]
'''John Wanton''' (24 December 1672 - 5 July 1740) <ref name="austin,216">Austin, 216</ref> was a governor of the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], serving for six consecutive terms from 1734 to 1740. He was the son of Edward Wanton who was a ship builder, and who became a Quaker after witnessing the persecution of these people, also becoming a preacher of that religion.<ref name="austin,215">Austin, 215</ref> His father had lived in [[York, Maine]]; [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts]]; and [[Scituate, Massachusetts]] before coming to Rhode Island.<ref name="austin,215">Austin, 215</ref>▼
'''John Wanton''' (December 24, 1672 – July 5, 1740) <ref name="austin,216">{{harvnb|Austin|1887|p=216}}</ref> was a governor of the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], serving for six consecutive terms from 1734 to 1740.
==Early life==
▲'''John Wanton''' (24 December 1672 - 5 July 1740) <ref name="austin,216">Austin, 216</ref> was a governor of the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], serving for six consecutive terms from 1734 to 1740. He was the son of Edward Wanton who was a ship builder, and who became a Quaker after witnessing the persecution of these people, also becoming a preacher of that religion.<ref name="austin,215">{{harvnb|Austin, |1887|p=215}}</ref> HisEdward fatherWanton had lived in [[York, Maine]]; [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts]]; and [[Scituate, Massachusetts]] before coming to Rhode Island.<ref name="austin,215">Austin, 215</ref>
 
==Career==
Wanton was a merchant, and like his father was a [[Quaker]], and the Friends' records state that "for many years he was a valuable public friend."<ref name="austin,216">Austin, 216</ref> He first entered public service in 1706 as a deputy from Newport serving for several years in that capacity, and also as the [[List of speakers of the Rhode Island House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Deputies]]. He was called Colonel John Wanton in 1706 when he went after French [[privateers]] with John Dublin, who was wounded in the action.<ref name="austin,216">Austin, 216</ref> Between 1721 and 1734 Wanton was the Deputy Governor for the colony, and following the death of his brother, [[William Wanton]], he became governor in 1734, serving continuously until his own death in 1740. He was buried in the Coddington Cemetery in Newport.
 
Between 1721 and 1734 Wanton was the Deputy Governor for the colony, and following the death of his brother, [[William Wanton]], he became governor in 1734, serving continuously until his own death in 1740. He was buried in the [[Coddington Cemetery]] in Newport.
Wanton was married to Mary Stover, the daughter of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Norton) Stover of [[Cape Neddick]], York County, Maine, and had five children.<ref name="austin,216">Austin, 216</ref><ref name="Noyes, et al, 667, 718">Noyes, et al, 667, 718</ref> Wanton's brother, [[William Wanton]], preceded him as governor, and his nephews [[Gideon Wanton]] and [[Joseph Wanton]] were later governors of the colony.<ref name="austin,215-16">Austin, 215-16</ref>▼
 
==Personal life==
▲Wanton was married to Mary Stover, the daughter of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Norton) Stover of [[Cape Neddick]], York County, Maine, and had five children.<ref name="austin,216">Austin, 216</ref><ref name="Noyes, et al, 667, 718">{{harvnb|Noyes, et al, |Libby|Davis|1939|pp=667, 718}}</ref> Wanton's brother, [[William Wanton]], preceded him as governor, and his nephews [[Gideon Wanton]] and [[Joseph Wanton]] were later governors of the colony.<ref name="austin,215-16">{{harvnb|Austin, |1887|pp=215-16216}}</ref>
 
==See also==
 
{{Portal|Rhode Island}}
* [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island]]
* [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]
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=== Bibliography ===
 
*{{Cite book|last=Austin |first=John Osborne | authorlink = John Osborne Austin | title=Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island|place=Albany, New York |publisher=J. Munsell's Sons|isbn=9780806300061978-0-8063-0006-1 |year=1887 |pages=215–16|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=LA7ntaS11ocC&dq=governor+%22samuel+cranston%22+rhode+island&q=abbott%2C+daniel+235#v=onepage&q=abbott%2C%20daniel%20235&f=false }}
*{{Cite book |last1=Noyes |first1=Sybil |last2= Libby |first2= Charles Thornton |last3=Davis |first3=Walter Goodwin |title=Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire |year=1939 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company |place=Baltimore, Maryland}}
 
==External links==
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| DATE OF BIRTH =24 December 1672
| PLACE OF BIRTH =Scituate, Massachusetts Bay Colony
| DATE OF DEATH =5 July 1740
| PLACE OF DEATH =Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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