Massachusetts Bay Colony
-settled in 1626
-located in northeast part of modern day Massachusetts
-originally set up to be a fishing community
-the mother country of Salem is England
-their founder is Roger Conant
John Winthrop
-a wealthy English Puritan lawyer
-served as governor for 12 of first 20 years of existence
-very religious, even by Puritan standards
-his son, John, became a founder of Connecticut
John Hathorne
-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 the Salem Witch Trials
-known for treating the “witches” as they were guilty and that they needed to prove their innocence
-known as the hanging judge
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