Birth* |
1 May 1594 |
Essex, England1 |
Marriage* |
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Mary Thornton1 |
Immigration* |
July 1633 |
sailed on the ship Griffin, settled in, Newtown, MA, Sailed with Thomas Hooker and Cotton Mather, arriving in Massachusetts Bay on Sept. 3, 1633. John Haynes left his 6 children behind, but sent for them after he had settled in Newtown, MA.1 |
Event-Misc |
1634 |
Elected assistant to the General Court of MA1 |
Event-Misc* |
1635 |
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Boston, Suffolk, MA1 |
Marriage* |
before 1636 |
Mabel Harlakenden1 |
Event-Misc |
1637 |
Assistant, General Court of Connecticut, Hartford, Hartford, CT, Was also Assistant, General Court of CT in 1638, 1642, and 1648.1 |
Event-Misc |
14 January 1639 |
First Governor of the Connecticut Colony, Hartford, Hartford, CT, The Colony of Connecticutt limited the term of governor to 1 year, and did not allow the governor to succeed himself. However, John Haynes was so popular that the he was elected Governor of CT on alternate years from 1639 through 1653.1 |
Event-Misc |
1640 |
Deputy Governor of CT, Hartford, Hartford, CT, When John Haynes wasn't Governor of CT, he was Deputy Gov. in 1640, 1644, 1646, and 1650.1 |
(Witness) Event-Misc |
1642 |
Governor George Wyllys; Wyllys and the General Court sent John Haynes and Edward Hopkins as their delegates to a meeting in Boston which eventually resulted in the Articles of Confederation between the colonies of Massachusetts Bay, New Haven, and Connecticut, answering a long-standing need for cooperation between the New England colonies.2 |
Event-Misc |
1647 |
Returned to England to sell his estates thre, which was then worth 8,000 pounds. Six years later on his death, his estate was worht only 1,500 pounds. Evidently, John Haynes had willing used his own funds to help Connecticut become an independent colony.1 |
Event-Misc |
1651 |
Straford, CT, With two other magistrates, found "Goody" (Good Wife, or "Mrs.") Basset guilty of witchcraft.1 |
Death* |
January 1653 |
Hartford, Hartford, CT, Buried in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground, and his name appears on the Founders Monument. A statue was placed on the north facade of Conneticut's State Capitol building in his honor. Haynes Street in Hartford is named after him.1 |