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Jonathan Nichols, Jr.

Jonathan Nichols Jr.
34th and 36th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office
1753–1754
Governor William Greene, Sr.
Preceded by Joseph Whipple, III
Succeeded by John Gardner
In office
1755–1756
Governor Stephen Hopkins
Preceded by John Gardner
Succeeded by John Gardner
Personal details
Born 24 October 1712
Newport, Rhode Island
Died September 8, 1756 (1756-09-09) (aged 43)
Newport, Rhode Island
Resting place Nichols-Hazard Burial Ground, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Spouse(s) Mary Lawton
Mary Bull
Occupation Deputy Governor

Jonathan Nichols Jr. (October 24, 1712 – September 8, 1756) was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of former Deputy Governor Jonathan Nichols, Sr. and Elizabeth Lawton. Nichols became Deputy Governor in November 1753 when his predecessor, Joseph Whipple III, resigned amid the collapse of his personal fortune, and Nichols completed his term. In 1755 Nichols was again selected as Deputy Governor, completing his first one-year term, then dying during his second year in office.

Nichols is credited with building a house in Newport in 1748, later known as the Hunter House. Following his death, the house was owned by Deputy Governor Joseph Wanton Jr., a loyalist, and following the American Revolutionary War was owned by William Hunter, a United States Senator, and ambassador to Brazil.

"Hunter House" first occupied by Nichols

Nichols' grave marker, Nichols-Hassard Cemetery, Portsmouth

The ancestry of Jonathan Nichols Jr. is found in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.


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