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William Pynchon (October 11, 1590 – October 29, 1662) was an English colonist and fur trader in North America best known as the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts. He was also a colonial treasurer, original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the iconoclastic author of the New World's first banned book .
Mar 25, 2024 · Explore genealogy for William Pynchon born abt. 1590 Springfield, Essex, England died 1662 Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire, England including ancestors + descendants + 6 photos + 7 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- October 29, 1662
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When William Pynchon was born on 11 October 1590, in Springfield, Essex, England, his father, John Pynchon Jr., was 26 and his mother, Frances Frauncis Brett, was 22. He married Agnes Anna Andrew about 1614, in Springfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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- Agnes Anna Andrew
Sep 17, 2023 · William Pynchon (October 11, 1590 – October 29, 1662) was a Colonial Assistant, Treasurer, and original Patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He led the 1636 settlement of Springfield, Massachusetts, which was named after his home village, now a suburb of Chelmsford in Essex, England.
- Chelmsford, England
- Anna Pynchon, Frances Pynchon
- England
- October 11, 1590
Dec 10, 2015 · In many ways, William Pynchon is the forgotten founding father of colonial New England. Though largely unheralded today, there is no refuting he had his hands all over the enterprise from its very inception. Born around 1590, Pynchon came from an old and prestigious family.
William Pynchon was born in Springfield, Essex County, England about 1590 and emigrated to New England with John Winthrop in 1630. In 1636, he moved to establish a fur trading post at what is now Springfield.
Nov 11, 2015 · William Pynchon, earliest colonial ancestor of the novelist Thomas Pynchon, was a key figure in the early settlement of New England. He also wrote a book which became, at the hands of the Puritans it riled against, one of the first to be banned and burned on American soil.
