Massachusetts Bay Colony

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    Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691). Formally, the ‘Colony of Massachusetts Bay,’ was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

    Governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
    The Massachusetts Bay Colony leadership was basically musical chairs by seven men: Richard Bellingham, Simon Bradstreet, Matthew Cradock, Thomas Dudley, John Endecott, John Leverett, John Winthrop, with additional although limited participation of Thomas Danforth, John Haynes, and Sir Henry Vane the Younger.

    Governor Deputy Governor Office Term
    1st. Matthew Cradock 1628-29
    2nd. John Endecott Richard Bellingham
    Thomas Dudley
    John Winthrop
    1629-30
    1644-45
    1649-50
    1651-54
    1655-65
    3rd. John Winthrop Thomas Dudley
    John Endecott
    1629-34
    1637-40
    1642-44
    1646-49
    4th. Thomas Dudley Richard Bellingham
    John Endecott
    John Winthrop
    1634-35
    1640-41
    1645-46
    1650-51
    5th. John Haynes Richard Bellingham 1635-36
    6th. Sir H. Vane the Younger John Winthrop 1636-37
    7th. Richard Bellingham John Endecott
    John Leverett
    1641-42
    1654-55
    1665-72
    8th. John Leverett Simon Bradstreet 1672-79
    9th. Simon Bradstreet Thomas Danforth 1679-86
    1689-92

     

     

     


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