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New Haven: Governors: 1639-1665

Magistrate
25 Oct/4 Nov 1639 - 26 Oct/5 Nov 1643 Theophilus Eaton
27 Oct/6 Nov 1641 - 26 Oct/5 Nov 1643 Stephen Goodyear [1]
Governor
26 Oct/5 Nov 1643 - 7/17 (or 8/18) Jan 1658 Theophilus Eaton 
7/17 (or 8/18) Jan 1658 - 26 May/5 Jun 1658 office vacant [2]
26 May/5 Jun 1658 - 18/28 Nov 1660 Francis Newman
Deputy Governor (ex officio)
18/28 Nov 1660 - 29 May/8 Jun 1661 William Leete
Governor
29 May/8 Jun 1661 - 11/21 May 1665 William Leete  [3][4]
  1. Eaton and Goodyear were elected joint magistrates on 27 Oct/6 Nov 1641 and re-elected on 26 Oct/5 Nov 1642.
  2. Eaton died during the night of 7/8 Jan 1657/58 (Old Style). The office of Governor became vacant, and the functions devolved on Deputy Governor Goodyear, but he had departed for England where he died in 1658.
  3. Also in Connecticut.
  4. Leete was elected Assistant by the General Assembly of Connecticut on 11/21 May 1665.