List of colonial governors of New Hampshire
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This list identifies the men who governed the New Hampshire Colony of Great Britain.
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[edit] Governors of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire
In 1631, the first governor of the province of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire was appointed, comprising modern-day Dover, Durham, and Stratham. In 1641 the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire agreed to join with the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Thomas Wiggin, 1631-1641
[edit] Lieutenant Governor
From 1680 to 1741, the Governor of Massachusetts Bay was senior, and a Lieutenant Governor headed the New Hampshire Council.
- John Cutt, 1680-1681
- Richard Waldron, 1681-1682
- Edward Cranfield, 1682-1685
- Walter Barefoote, 1685-1686
- Joseph Dudley, 1686-1687
- Sir Edmund Andros, 1687-1689
- Simon Bradstreet, 1689-1692
- John Usher, 1692-1697
- William Partridge, 1697-1798
- Samuel Allen, 1698-1699
- William Partridge, 1699-1702
- John Usher, 1702-1715
- George Vaughan, 1715-1716
- John Wentworth, 1717-1730
- Daniel Dunbar, 1731-1741
[edit] Royal Governor
- Benning Wentworth, 1741-1766
- John Wentworth, 1767-1775
