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John Burton (17__ – YEAR) was a justice of the Colonial Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1761 to May 1762.[1]
(apparently a long-serving Justice of the Peace in Providence before this, and refused a second term on the Supreme Court)
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at a meeting September 24, 1774, Moderator Jonathan Randall, C. Lippitt, Zuriel Waterman, Caleb Potter, William Field and John Burton, Jr., were appointed a committee to collect donations for the relief of the poor of Boston, "now suffering in the glorious cause of Liberty."[3]
Category:Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court