. "Coggeshall, John"@en . "1601Z"^^ . "1647-11-27Z"^^ . . "1st" . . "1647Z"^^ . . . . "1601-12-09Z"^^ . . . "John Coggeshall"@en . . "President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" . . "John Coggeshall (1601 \u2013 27 November 1647) was one of the founders of Rhode Island and the first President of all four towns in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Coming from Essex, England as a successful merchant in the silk trade, Coggeshall arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632 and quickly assumed a number of roles in the colonial government. In the mid-1630s he became a supporter of the dissident ministers John Wheelwright and Anne Hutchinson."@en . "Rhode Island colonial president" .