1616
John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1679)
John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1679)
John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1679)
John Leverett
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and Nova Scotia (1616-1679)
- Born
- 1616
John Leverett 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. In the 1640s he went back to England to fight in the English Civil War.