William Coddington III

William Coddington (July 15, 1680 – 1755) was a colonial American politician and merchant.

Early life Coddington was born on July 15, 1680, in Newport in what was then the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Among his siblings were Anne Coddington (wife of the Rev. Samuel Niles) and Nathaniel Coddington (who married Hope Brown). and his third wife, Anne Brinley (the daughter of Thomas Brinley and Anna ( Wase) Brinley). His uncle, William Coddington Jr., also served as Governor from 1683 to 1685. His maternal grandparents were Edward Hutchinson (a son of William and Anne Hutchinson) and Katherine ( Hamby) Hutchinson. From 1717 to 1718, he was Major for the Island and from 1719 to 1720, Lt. Col. of the regiment of the militia for the Island. From 1734 to 1735, he was one of the four Justices in the Court of Common Pleas for Newport County. Her paternal grandfather was English born Benedict Arnold, president and then governor of the Colony of Rhode Island. Content's brother, Benedict Arnold III, married Hannah Waterman King and was the father of Gen. Benedict Arnold (notorious today for his treason during the American Revolutionary War). Together, William and Content were the parents of: Edward Coddington (b. 1712) Thomas Coddington (1715–1736), who died unmarried. She was a daughter of wealthy French Huguenot merchant Gabriel Bernon and Esther ( LeRoy) Bernon. Jeanne had been born in La Rochelle, France and her father had helped establish the Cathedral of St. John in Providence. Together, they were the parents of:

Content Coddington (b. 1724)