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John Easton (c. 1624–1705) was a politician in colonial Rhode Island

John Easton (1624–1705) was a political leader in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, devoting decades to public service before eventually becoming governor of the colony. Born in Hampshire, England, he sailed to New England with his widowed father and older brother, settling in Ipswich and Newbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. As a supporter of the dissident ministers John Wheelwright and Anne Hutchinson during the Antinomian Controversy, his father was exiled, and settled in Portsmouth on Aquidneck Island with many other Hutchinson supporters. Here there was discord among the leaders of the settlement, and his father followed William Coddington to the south end of the island where they established the town of Newport. The younger Easton remained in Newport the remainder of his life, where he became involved in civil affairs before the age of 30.

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John Easton was a printer and philatelic author who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1960.

John David Easton was an American professional baseball player. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies after graduating from Princeton University and appeared in four Major League Baseball (MLB) games — one as a pinch runner in 1955 and three as a pinch hitter in 1959 — all for the Phillies. Easton went hitless in three at bats and failed to score a run as a baserunner. He threw and batted right-handed, standing 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall, and weighing 185 pounds (84 kg), during his playing days.

John J. Easton Jr. is an American attorney who served as Vermont Attorney General and in several senior positions with the United States Department of Energy.

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