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    William Wanton (September 15, 1670 – December 1733) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving a short term prior...
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  • Wanton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: George H. Wanton (1868–1940), Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army Gideon Wanton (1693–1767)...
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  • Governor Wanton may refer to: Gideon Wanton (1693–1767), Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for two terms between 1745 and...
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    1744. While he was treasurer, his uncle William Wanton was the governor of the colony and his uncle John Wanton was the deputy governor. A big controversy...
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    1704 May 1705 William Wanton May 1705 May 1706 Also served as Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island from 1732 to 1733; brother to John Wanton Benjamin Arnold...
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    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...
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  • May 1727 - May 1732 William Wanton of Newport; May 1732 - between 3 December 1733 and 4 February 1734 (died in office) John Wanton of Newport; 5 May 1734...
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    In the early days, the frontier village was sometimes referred to as "Wantons", after one of the original settlers. Both Fort Defiance (1835–1836) and...
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    Joseph Wanton Sr. (15 August 1705 – 19 July 1780) was a merchant and governor in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1769 to 1775...
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  • Dark Wanton is a 1948 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney. It was published in the United States under the alternative title Case of the...
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  • Samuel Gorton) in 1724. Wait Holden (1696–c. 1748), who married her cousin William Holden in 1721. Mary Holden (1699–1738), who married Capt. Thomas Rice...
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    William Coddington (July 15, 1680 – 1755) was a colonial American politician and merchant. Coddington was born on July 15, 1680, in Newport in what was...
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  • Governor Thomas Carleton and was signed by seven Loyalist men: William Paine, William Wanton, George Sproule, Zephaniah Kingsley, Sr., John Coffin, Ward...
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    cargo. He arrived in Rhode Island in February and met with Governor Joseph Wanton. Soon after he began patrolling Narragansett Bay, Gaspee stopped and inspected...
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    Jeremy Clarke, Walter Clarke, William Wanton and Joseph Wanton. There is an inscription in this cemetery for Governor John Wanton as well, but he has a marker...
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  • than half a century. Wanton was born on May 15, 1868, in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of William H. and Margaret (Miller) Wanton. He served in the Navy...
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  • Colony 1769–75. Son of William Wanton. Joseph Wanton Jr., Deputy Governor of Rhode Island Colony 1764 1767. Son of Joseph Wanton. Artemas Ward (1727–1800)...
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  • Preceded by William Wanton Succeeded by William Coddington III In office October 1717 – May 1718 Preceded by William Wanton Succeeded by William Wanton In office...
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  • via Madagascar First name occasionally given as William. He should not be confused with William Wanton, who was involved with privateering in the New England...
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  • Blocker as Bartender Mark Bennett as Brackett The movie was based on a story Wanton Murder by South African author Peter Godfrey that was set in the Transvaal...
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  • Governor (1727–1732) William Wanton, Governor (1732–1733) John Wanton, Governor (1734–1740) Richard Ward, Governor (1740–1743) William Greene, Governor (1743–1745)...
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    Plantations In office 1727–1732 Preceded by Samuel Cranston Succeeded by William Wanton 17th and 19th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence...
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  • 1678-1680 Caleb Carr, Rhode Island governor in 1695 William Wanton, Rhode Island governor 1732-1733 William Greene Sr., Rhode Island governor for 11 years...
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  • appears to have died young: John was the father of William's heir Joan, who married an apothecary Thomas Wanton. It is likely that one Richard Laxton, apprenticed...
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    succeeding in their latter design, they found the hat of Mr. Florence and wantonly cut it into strips, and trampled it under their feet. The desperadoes then...
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    world—will never be reconciled. Even long after Jule's early death from a wanton incidental. Here Act I breaks away from Act II, a whole psychic anatomy...
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    the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1868 to 1878. He was the son of William Wanton Rodman (d. ca. 1825, brother of John Rodman) and Polly Anne (Blount)...
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  • released onto GOG.com and includes the main game and both expansion packs, Wanton Destruction and Twin Dragon. While the Steam version is free (see below)...
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    discussion, though the majority of participants disagreed. As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods. They kill us for their sport. —The Earl of Gloucester...
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    before and since, she has been described as manipulative and consumed by wanton greed over her daughter's career. Minter and her mother were bitterly divided...
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