A history of the United States for Catholic schools . of Dutch traders from New Amsterdam. Thissettlement, however, was only temporary. Connecticut wasfirst permanently colonized in 1633, at Windsor, by Englishtraders, under the authority of the Governor of Plymouthand the leadership of William Holmes. Later, under the pro-prietaries of Lord Say-and-Seal, Lord Brooke, and others, andunder the leadership of John Winthrop, son of Governor Win-throp, Saybrook was founded (1635) by people from Massachu-setts. The two proprietors made no further effort to plantcolonies in the domain granted them by
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . of Dutch traders from New Amsterdam. Thissettlement, however, was only temporary. Connecticut wasfirst permanently colonized in 1633, at Windsor, by Englishtraders, under the authority of the Governor of Plymouthand the leadership of William Holmes. Later, under the pro-prietaries of Lord Say-and-Seal, Lord Brooke, and others, andunder the leadership of John Winthrop, son of Governor Win-throp, Saybrook was founded (1635) by people from Massachu-setts. The two proprietors made no further effort to plantcolonies in the domain granted them by the Council of Plym-outh, but immigration from Massachusetts, already begunwithout their permission, continued to people the Connecticutvalley. Connecticut derived its name from the ConnecticutRiver, an Indian name signifying Long River. 180. Winthrops and Hookers Ideas—Consequences. Gov-ernor Winthrop of Massachusetts, aristocratic in his politicalviews, held that a large part of the people was unfit to have THE NEW ENGLAND GROUP OF COLONIES 127. a share in the government. He thought that the best and wisestpersons only, especially the clergy, should hold the controllingpart in the government. Thomas Hooker, the eloquent pastor of the Puritan churchin Newtown (Cambridge) was, on the contrary, democratic inhis views. He held that all the people ought, directly or indi-rectly, to take part in thegovernment, either by hold-ing office or by voting. Repelled by the autocraticgovernment of Massachu-setts and attracted by thepromising fur trade and thefertility of the Connecticutvalley, bodies of Massachu-setts colonists migrated fromNewtown, Watertown, andDorchester to Connecticut,and founded the towns ofWethersfield (1634), Wind-sor (), and Hartford(1636). The settlement ofHartford was the most im-portant of the three townsthus founded. Led by theirminister, Thomas Hooker,some one. hundred men, women, and children journeyed through the unbroken wildernessfrom Cambiidge to H
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