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George B. McClellan, [32] Civil War general, Governor of New Jersey, Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 United States presidential election Michaela Paetsch (1961-2023), [ 33 ] [ 34 ] American violinist and the first American female to have recorded all 24 Paganini Caprices for solo violin.
Thomas Cushman (1607/08–1691) was a leader in Plymouth Colony, New England.. He arrived at the colony with his father Robert Cushman on the ship Fortune in November 1621. . Robert Cushman returned to England alone, leaving Thomas as a ward of Governor William Brad
He later was Plymouth governor for one-year terms from 1633–34, 1636–37, and 1644–45. [27] Additionally, in 1643 Winslow was one of the commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, which was a military group uniting the various New England colonies against the natives.
The Harrison family of Virginia is an American family with a history in politics, public service, and religious ministry, beginning in the Colony of Virginia during the 1600s. Family members include a Founding Father of the United States, Benjamin Harrison V , and also three U. S. presidents : William Henry Harrison , Benjamin Harrison , and ...
Descendants of the family who emigrated to the United States proved to be successful statesmen and military leaders with many of those family members becoming early settlers of areas such as Dorchester, Massachusetts, now part of Boston, along with settlements and plantations along the James River in the Virginia Colony, such as Nansemond. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Mayflower passenger and New World colonist John Carver 1st Governor of Plymouth Colony In office November 1620 – April 1621 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by William Bradford Personal details Born before 1584 Kingdom of England Died April 1621 Plymouth Colony Resting place ...
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William Bradford (c. 19 March 1590 – 9 May 1657) was an English Puritan Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England.He moved to Leiden in the Dutch Republic in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620.