How to Pronounce John Haynes (governor)
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May 01, 1594 Essex, England, United Kingdom Died on 09 Jan 1653 (aged 58)
English colonial magistrate and a founder of Connecticut Colony
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About John Haynes Governor
- John Haynes (May 1, 1594 – c.
- January 9, 1653/4), also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony.
- He served one term as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was the first governor of Connecticut, ultimately serving eight separate terms. Haynes was influential in the drafting of laws and legal frameworks in both Massachusetts and Connecticut.
- He was on the committee that drafted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which has been called one of the first written constitutions.
- He also invested most of his fortune in Connecticut, "to the ruine of his famylye in Englande".
