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William Brenton (c. 1610–1674) was a colonial President, Deputy Governor, and Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and an early settler of Portsmouth and Newport in the Rhode Island colony. Austin and other historians give his place of origin as Hammersmith in Middlesex, England (now a part of London), but in reviewing the evidence, Anderson concludes that his place of origin is unknown. Brenton named one of his Newport properties "Hammersmith," and this has led some writers to assume that the like-named town in London was his place of origin.

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  • William Brenton (c. 1610–1674) was a colonial President, Deputy Governor, and Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and an early settler of Portsmouth and Newport in the Rhode Island colony. Austin and other historians give his place of origin as Hammersmith in Middlesex, England (now a part of London), but in reviewing the evidence, Anderson concludes that his place of origin is unknown. Brenton named one of his Newport properties "Hammersmith," and this has led some writers to assume that the like-named town in London was his place of origin. (en)
  • William Brenton (* im frühen 17. Jahrhundert in England; † 1674 in Newport, Rhode Island) war ein englischer Politiker. Die Brentons waren eine wohlhabende Familie während der Regentschaft von Charles I. Sie lebten in Hammersmith (London). Nach ihrer Auswanderung nach Neuengland diente William Brenton als Abgeordneter in Boston. Er war später Vizegouverneur der Colony of Rhode Island. Dann war er zwischen 1660 und 1661 Präsident der Kolonie. Unter der Charta von Charles II. bekleidete er zwischen 1666 und 1669 den Posten als Gouverneur in der Kolonie. Brenton erhielt aufgrund seiner Vermessungsarbeiten in der Kolonie ein großes Landstück zugesprochen. Er vermaß und plante einen beträchtlichen Teil von Newport, wo er ein großes Haus in der Nähe des heutigen erbaute. Ferner war er ein Quäke (de)
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