John Haynes - Hartford, CT
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A memorial bronze plaque honoring the first governor of the Colony of Connecticut, John Haynes, is located on the north side of the west wall of the First Church of Christ in Hartford, CT.
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Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2019
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On the brick wall on the west wall of the First Church of Christ facing the Ancient Burying Ground a bronze plaque is inscribed:
JOHN HAYNES
1594 - 1654
OF COPFORD HALL, ESSEX
ENGLAND. THIRD GOVERN-
NOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
A FOUNDER OF THIS COM-
MONWEALTH & ITS FIRST
GOVERNOR. A LOVER OF RE-
LIGIOUS LIBERTY. A MAN
TRUSTED AND HONORED.
Near this place he was bur-
ied & by this tablet The Con-
necticut Society of The Col-
onial Dames of America.
commemorates his public
services, A.D. 1915
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John Haynes was born on May 1, 1594 in Messing, England. In 1630, John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony invited Haynes to settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Haynes was elected governor in 1635. Subsequently, in 1637, Haynes followed Thomas Hooker to his new settlement in present day Connecticut. There is served eight terms as the first Governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1639 – 1654. He died on January 9, 1653/4 (old/new calendar).