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William Pynchon (* 11. Oktober 1590; † 29. Oktober 1662) war zeitweise der stellvertretende Finanzverantwortliche der Massachusetts Bay Colony . Bekannt wurde er hauptsächlich durch die Gründung von Springfield, Massachusetts, das er nach seiner Heimatstadt in England nannte.
William Pynchon (October 11, 1590 – October 29, 1662) was an English colonist and fur trader in North America best known as the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts. He was also a colonial treasurer, original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the iconoclastic author of the New World's first banned book .
11. Nov. 2015 · William Pynchon, earliest colonial ancestor of the novelist Thomas Pynchon, was a key figure in the early settlement of New England. He also wrote a book which became, at the hands of the Puritans it riled against, one of the first to be banned and burned on American soil. Daniel Crown explores.
William Pynchon zählte 1630 zu den Gründern der Kolonie Massachusetts. 1650 veröffentlichte dieser in London das Traktat The Meritorious Price of our Redemption, in dem er die Prädestinationslehre des Calvinismus in Frage stellte.
William Pynchon is known today as the founder of the city of Springfield. He made his fortune as a fur trader, then acquired extensive landholdings in the Connecticut River Valley. Pynchon established commercial relations with the indigenous people of the area, and oversaw the transformation of Springfield from a small colonial outpost to a ...
10. Dez. 2015 · In many ways, William Pynchon is the forgotten founding father of colonial New England. Though largely unheralded today, there is no refuting he had his hands all over the enterprise from its very inception. Born around 1590, Pynchon came from an old and prestigious family.
William Pynchon (* 11. Oktober 1590; † 29. Oktober 1662) war zeitweise der stellvertretende Finanzverantwortliche der Massachusetts Bay Colony. William Pynchon. Bekannt wurde er hauptsächlich durch die Gründung von Springfield, Massachusetts, das er nach seiner Heimatstadt in England nannte. Später kehrte er in sein Heimatland zurück, wo ...
