politician
John Haynes.
English colonial magistrate and co-founder of Connecticut Colony
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About John Haynes
John Haynes, also sometimes spelled Haines, 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. Although Colonial Connecticut prohibited Governors from serving consecutive terms at the time, "John Haynes was so popular with the colonists that he served alternately as governor and often as deputy governor from 1639 to his death in 1653."
Everything about John Haynes →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, colonial governor of Connecticut, colonial governor of Connecticut, colonial governor of Connecticut
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- May 1, 1594
- Died
- January 9, 1653, March 1, 1654