Haynes, John, Governor - Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Colony of Connecticut
- Born: May 1, 1594, Essex, England
- Marriage (1): Harlakenden, Mabel H.
- Died: March 1, 1654, Hartford, Connecticut, USA at age 59
- Buried: 1654, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
 General Notes:
From Wikipedia:
John Haynes - 4th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
In office 1635-1636
Preceded by Thomas Dudley
Succeeded by Henry Vane
1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
In office 1639 - 1654 (8 separate terms)
Personal details:
Born May 1, 1594, in Essex, England
Died c. January 9, 1653/4 (aged 59) in Hartford, Connecticut
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John Haynes (May 1, 1594 - c. January 9, 1653/4), also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony.
He served one term as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was the first governor of Connecticut, ultimately serving eight separate terms.
Although Colonial Connecticut prohibited Governors from serving consecutive terms at the time, "John Haynes was so popular with the colonists that he served alternately as governor and often as deputy governor from 1639 to his death in 1653."
Haynes was influential in the drafting of laws and legal frameworks in both Massachusetts and Connecticut.
He was on the committee that drafted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which has been called one of the first written constitutions.
He also invested most of his fortune in Connecticut, "to the ruine of his famylye in Englande".
John had a relationship with Mabel H. Harlakenden. (Mabel H. Harlakenden was born on December 27, 1614 in Earls Colne, Essex, England and died on June 26, 1655 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.)
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