governor january spelled colonial magistrate founders connecticut colony served term governor governor connecticut ultimately serving separate terms influential drafting laws legal massachusetts connecticut committee drafted connecticut called written invested fortune connecticut early life likely born essex england eldest son family gentry family lived great father died eventually inherited family properties possible attended cambridge relevant time period listed attending living norfolk sentiment lord manor married daughter norfolk nobility children wife mary died buried early purchased hall near essex estate reported produce year essex center greatly influenced pastor close friend founders extended join new world apparently leaving minor children emigrated sailing aboard settled later renamed cambridge guest house ready massachusetts bay colony man means referred man great estate admitted freeman elected colony council assistants named committee overseeing military matters position assumed importance war broke tribe year assistants called consider controversial english flag claiming symbol cut salem militia company banner moderate faction disagreed action claiming cross reduced symbol nationalism action deprived serving offices year served variety municipal capacities cambridge served commission decided boundary boston elected governor winning election expected win argued lowering taxes alleged deputies towns private agreements concerned vote occurred elected assistant apparently motivated loss leave colony settlement year term governor marked political conflict faction led led major disagreement concerned judicial procedures process rendering faction believed decisions conservative faction successful regulations judicial procedures passed legislation banning smoking tobacco restricting overly fashionable clothing presided trial act williams reports later expressed regret connecticut colony significant religious division began grow massachusetts colony espoused view laws church_of_england apply argued opposing position harsh reactions controversy played role decision consequently leave colony new settlements historians cited shortages land food reason migration political competition recorded company motivated strong bent spirits remove making arrangements follow continued involved massachusetts serving assistant colonel colony militia regiments lieutenant colonel came england sister john married children joined settlement called colonial settlements river established sort royal charter bounds years small settlements governed general court headed likely preoccupied ongoing conflict war ended late began drafting body principles laws ratified january known connecticut document called written constitution chief architects fundamental orders colony principal legal mind known advocate liberties document terms constitution elections held april elected colony governor restrictions constitution consecutive terms office governor total times death years governor instead deputy governor lack detailed documentation exact role played colony political activities unclear notable achievements negotiations neighboring colonies led creation organization loose confederation connecticut principally established coordinate defense common threats connecticut major threats came indians dutch new netherlands west particular smaller colonies benefited confederation expense significantly populous massachusetts colony terms office called disputes local indians negotiate dutch representatives claimed land south connecticut river dutch trader complained seizure land claimed responded develop land sin let rich land lie effectively claim dispute resulted minor military confrontations english dutch resolved temporarily treaty dutch ceded claims river territorial disputes continued english took dutch territory described charter overlapped connecticut death legacy contrary engraved date die march letter written january mentions recent death issued statement march calling day humiliation following sudden death late governor son military officer served english civil war noted father invested colony estate valued significant landowner area operated mill town daughter married son connecticut founder descendants continued legacy political involvement connecticut
John Haynes (governor)