John Wheelwright was an English Puritan clergyman known for being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Antinomian Controversy, and for subsequently establishing the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1619, he became the vicar of Bilsby, Lincolnshire, until he was removed for simony.

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Occupation: clergyman, writer
Born: 1594
Died: November 15, 1679

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by attributed to John Coles Sr. (1749-1809) who copied the image from a c. 1677 portrait by an unknown artist. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

John Wheelwright

Colonial American clergyman

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