Simon
Bradstreet was
born in Lincolnshire, England in 1603.
He married Anne Dudley, the daughter
of Thomas Dudley, the Puritan
leader,
in 1628. Two years later the three of them emigrated to North America.
In 1634 John Winthrop, the governor
of Massachusetts Colony, sent Bradstreet
to the colonies of Plymouth, New Haven and Connecticut, to negotiate
the formation of the New England Confederation.
After the restoration of the monarchy, Bradstreet travelled to England
and successfully persuaded King Charles
II to confirm the colony's charter. Bradstreet served as governor
of the Massachusetts Colony in 1679-86
and 1689-92. His wife, Anne Bradstreet,
was America's first published poet. Simon Bradstreet died in 1697.
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