March 5, 2013

Massachusetts Bay Colony

=Settled in 1626

=Located in the northeast part of modern day Massachusetts

=Originally set up to be a fishing community

=The mother country of salem is England

-John Winthrop

=A wealthy English puritan lawyer

=Served as governor for 12 of the first 20 years of existence

-John Hawthorne

=Born into a well-established Salem family on August 5, 1641

=Salem magistrate and was chosen by Governor Sir William Phips to be a judge in Salem

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