biography
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Endecott, John
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also spelled Endicott
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pronunciation:
[endikot]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1588–1665)
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| biography:
| Colonial official, born in Chagford, Devon, SW England, UK. He landed at Salem and was in charge of the settlement there (1628–30) until the arrival of John Winthrop. He led a punitive expedition against the Indians (1636), which helped to bring on the Pequot War. As governor (1655–65), his Puritan intolerance and lack of tact led to a number of persecutions and executions of religious dissenters. |
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