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1590Aug, 9

John Webster (governor)

John Webster, Colonial settler and governor of Connecticut (d. 1661)
John Webster (bef August 16, 1590 – April 5, 1661) was an early colonial settler of New England, serving one term as governor of the Colony of Connecticut in 1656.

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