Collections of the Maine Historical Society 9 (1887)
Collections of the Maine Historical Society 9 (1887)
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Digitized by VjOOQ IC EDWARD GODFREY. 819 ment.^ By this " combination'' (so called) it was unanimously agreed ^to make choyse of such Governor or Governors and magistrates as by most voysses they shall thinck meet" The " choyse " of the people naturally fell upon him who had first laid the foundations of a civil- ized community in that section of the province, and who by reason of long and faithful service and eminent abilities had merited their esteem. Ed- ward Godfrey, gentleman, became then... the first governor of the province of Maine, the colonial contemporary of John Endicott of Massachusetts, William Bradford of Plymouth, John Haynes of Connecticut, and Theophilus Eaton of New Haven.
The election took place at the July term of the court in 1649, and for three successive terms he was chosen to be his own successor. His adminis- tration is not characterized by any noteworthy legislation, but the records show his terms to have been years of quietude and rest from the politiccJ agitations which had worried the planters hereto- fore.
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Digitized by VjOOQ IC EDWARD GODFREY. 819 ment.^ By this " combination'' (so called) it was unanimously agreed ^to make choyse of such Governor or Governors and magistrates as by most voysses they shall thinck meet" The " choyse " of the people naturally fell upon him who had first laid the foundations of a civil- ized community in that section of the province, and who by reason of long and faithful service and eminent abilities had merited their esteem. Ed- ward Godfrey, gentleman, became then... the first governor of the province of Maine, the colonial contemporary of John Endicott of Massachusetts, William Bradford of Plymouth, John Haynes of Connecticut, and Theophilus Eaton of New Haven.
The election took place at the July term of the court in 1649, and for three successive terms he was chosen to be his own successor. His adminis- tration is not characterized by any noteworthy legislation, but the records show his terms to have been years of quietude and rest from the politiccJ agitations which had worried the planters hereto- fore.
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