Thomas Dudley
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Thomas Dudley was a New England colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Dudley was the chief founder of Newtowne, later Cambridge, Massachusetts, and
Print of the Siege of Amiens in which Thomas Dudley fought in 1597
Plaque in memory of Thomas Dudley at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
John Winthrop
Charter authorizing Harvard College, signed by Governor Thomas Dudley, 30 May 1650
John Winthrop
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John Winthrop was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the
Thomas Dudley
…Dudley was a devout Puritan who opposed religious views not conforming with his. In this, he was more rigid than other early Massachusetts leaders like John Winthrop, but less confrontational than John Endecott. The son of a military man who died when he was young, Dudley saw military service himself during the…
Winthrop's eldest son John Winthrop the Younger
John Endecott preceded Winthrop as governor in Massachusetts
Engraving showing Winthrop's arrival at Salem