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John Winthrop
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January 12, 1587 – March 26, 1649
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First governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Elected while still in England
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Attended Trinity College
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Married to Mary Forth, remarried twice
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Had 5 children
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Emigrated to escape religious persecution of the puritans
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Arrived with 700 settlers
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Sat on the council which decided to raid Native villages on Block Island (Pequot War’s first major action)
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Actively kept one Pequot male and two females as slaves
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