biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1590–1662)
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| biography:
| Trader and colonist, born in England, UK. Emigrating to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, he would add to his wealth in the New World by fur trading and land dealing. In 1635 he was appointed as one of the commissioners to govern a new settlement at present-day Springfield, MA. He served as a magistrate of Connecticut (1636–7) but following a conflict with Thomas Hooker, he supported the claims of the Bay colony to Springfield. In 1638–52 he practically governed Springfield, and he increased his already considerable wealth. |
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