Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1724-1741
Born: November 16, 1669, Hartford, Connecticut
College: None
Political Party: None
Offices: Various Offices, Town of Hartford, 1692-1705
Justice of the Peace, Hartford, 1705
Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1708
Justice of the Quorum, 1706-1714
Major, First Regiment of the Colony of Connecticut, 1710
Speaker of the Lower Hou...
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Connecticut Governors
<p>Connecticut governors</p>
Gurdon Saltonstall
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1708-1724
Born: March 27, 1666, Haverhill, Massachusetts
College: Graduated Harvard, 1684
Political Party: None
Offices: None
Died: September 20, 1724, New London, Connecticut
Named for a maternal grandmother's family, Gurdon Saltonstall was born at the family home in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Ward) Salt...
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John Winthrop (Fitz-John)
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1698-1707
Born: March 14, 1637/8, Ipswich, Massachusetts
College: None
Political Party: None
Offices: Magistrate, Colony of Connecticut, 1664
Lieutenant and Captain in Richard Cromwell's Army (England), 1658-1660
Deputy, General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1671, 1678
New London Representative to the General Court of the Colony of C...
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Robert Treat
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1683-1698
Born: ca. 1624, Pitminster, Somerset, England
College: None
Political Party: None
Offices: Surveyor of Milford Lands, 1639-1640, 1652
Tax Collector, Wethersfield, 1647
Deputy, New Haven Colony General Court, 1653,1655-1659
Chief Military Officer of Milford, 1654
Magistrate, New Haven Colony, 1660-1664
Town Clerk, Newark, New Jers...
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William Leete
Governor of the Colony of New Haven, 1661-1665 - Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683
Born: ca. 1613, Dodington, Huntingdonshire, England
College: Possibly studied law at Cambridge University
Political Party: None
Offices: Clerk in Bishop's Court at Cambridge, England
Justice of the Peace, Guilford, Connecticut, 1642
Guilford Town Clerk, 1639-1662
Magistrate, G...
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John Winthrop, Jr.
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1657, 1659-1676
Born: February 12, 1605/6, Groton, Suffolk, England
College: Trinity College, Dublin
Political Party: None
Offices: Assistant, General Court, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1631-1649
Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1657, 1659-1676
Deputy Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1658
Died: April 5, 1676, Boston, Massachusetts
John Wint...
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John Webster
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1656
Baptized: August 16, 1590, Cossington, Leicestershire, England
College: None
Political Party: None
Offices: Assistant, General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639-1655
Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, 1654
Deputy Governor, Colony of Connecticut 1655
Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1656
Chief Magistrate, Colony...
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Thomas Welles
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1655, 1658
Born: ca. 1590 in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England
College: None
Political Party: None
Offices:Member, Court of Magistrates, 1637-1654
Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1654, 1656, 1657, 1659
Treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut 1639
Secretary of the Colony of Connecticut 1640-1649
Commissioner of the Unite...
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George Wyllys
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1642
Born: 1590 at the manor of Fenny Compton, Warwick, England
College: Attended several universities in England.
Political Party: None
Offices: Assistant to the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1634, 1635, 1636
Assistant to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut 1639, 1640, 1643, 1644
Deputy Governor of the Colony of ...
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John Haynes
1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
1639, 1641, 1643, 1645, 1647, 1649, 1653
Born: 1 May 1594, Essex, England
College: None
Political Party: None
Offices: Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1635
Assistant, General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1634, 1636
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1639, 1641, 1643, 1645, 1647, 1649,1651, 1653
Deputy Governor of the Co...
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