William Coddington Jr. (18 January 1651 – 5 February 1689)[1] was an early governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving two consecutive terms from 1683 to 1685.
Coddington was the son of William Coddington who served many terms as governor of the two towns of Portsmouth and Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and later as the governor of all the united towns of the colony.
Young Coddington was the sixth of 13 children of his father.
[1] Coddington was born and raised in Newport, and became a freeman there in 1675 at the age of 24.
In 1683 he was appointed as governor of the colony and served in this capacity for two years.