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Sir Ferdinando Gorges: Quick Facts

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Born c.1566 • England
Died 1647 • England
Founder Council for New England
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English colonist
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Priscilla Alden
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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
Engraved portrait of William Penn wearing a dark coat, white cravat, and wide-brimmed hat, with shoulder-length curly hair.
William Penn
English religious leader
Title page of Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation
Richard Hakluyt
British geographer
John Smith
John Smith
British explorer
Engraving of Roger Williams seated at a desk, holding an open book and a quill, with papers and writing materials in front of him.
Roger Williams
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Humphrey Gilbert
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Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex
English soldier
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker
British American colonial clergyman
George Calvert, 1st Baron of Baltimore, engraving
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
British statesman
Bradford, William
William Bradford
Plymouth colony governor
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William Brewster
British colonist
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Sir William Berkeley
British colonial official
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson
American religious leader
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Richard Nicolls
English governor
Illustration of John White and two men examining a tree with
John White
British artist and explorer
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Leonard Calvert
British colonial governor