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Haynes service as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony no doubt influenced the Colony of Connecticut to elect him as its first governor on April 11, 1639. Connecticut, like the Bay Colony, only elected a governor for a term of one year, and did not allow him to serve a second term in succession.
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John Haynes was one of the most powerful and influential men in both the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut. He emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633 from Essex, England, first taking up residence in Cambridge, where he was made freeman 14 May 1634.
Jul 24, 2017 · For the first 20 years of the colony’s existence, the office of governor was held by seven men, with two of them, John Haynes and Edward Hopkins, alternating as governor and deputy governor for 10 of those years.
Jan 16, 2014 · You can thank Ludlow for the bottom of your license plate, which includes the official state nickname. Ludlow served three one-year terms as deputy governor for The Colony of Connecticut. He is also credited with being the founder of Norwalk. John Haynes (1640, '44, '46, '50)
John Haynes was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony. He served one term as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was the first governor of Connecticut, ultimately serving eight separate terms.
Haynes, John, c.1594–1654, colonial governor of Massachusetts and then of Connecticut. He emigrated (1633) from England to Massachusetts and as governor (1635) banished Roger Williams, an act he later regretted. Haynes moved (1637) to Hartford, Conn., and became (1639) the first governor of Connecticut under the Fundamental Orders. He held ...
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