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Settlements that failed or were merged into other colonies included the failed Popham Colony (1607) on the coast of Maine, and the Wessagusset Colony (1622–23) in Weymouth, Massachusetts, whose remnants were folded into the Plymouth Colony. The Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies coexisted until 1686, each electing its own governor annually.
Simon Bradstreet (baptized March 18, 1603/4 [1] – March 27, 1697) was a New England merchant, politician and colonial administrator who served as the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Arriving in Massachusetts on the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, Bradstreet was almost constantly involved in the politics of the colony but became its ...
John Leverett (baptized 7 July 1616 – 16 March 1678/79 [a 1]) was an English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and the penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born in England, he migrated to Massachusetts as a teenager. He was a leading merchant in the colony, and served in its military.
John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 [a] – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first ...
Thomas Danforth (baptized November 20, 1623 – November 5, 1699) was a politician, magistrate, and landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.A conservative Puritan, he served for many years as one of the colony's councilors and magistrates, generally leading opposition to attempts by the English kings to assert control over the colony.
John Humphrey (also spelled Humfrey or Humfry, c. 1597 – 1661) was an English Puritan and an early funder of the English colonisation of North America.He was the treasurer of the Dorchester Company, which established an unsuccessful settlement on Massachusetts Bay in the 1620s, and was deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company from 1629 to 1630.
Atherton was a colonial leader of 18th-century Massachusetts.A blacksmith by trade, he became a successful farmer and landowner. The History of Harvard (1732–1893) by Henry S. Nourse refers to Atherton and his brothers, Benjamin, James, John, Joseph, and his cousin Simon, as the first petitioners for 11,430 acres (4,630 ha) of land west of the river in 1731.
John Cotton (4 December 1585 – 23 December 1652) was a clergyman in England and the American colonies, and was considered the preeminent minister and theologian of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He studied for five years at Trinity College, Cambridge , and nine years at Emmanuel College, Cambridge .