| Timeline |
| 1588 |
Born 12 January |
| 1602 |
Matriculates at Trinity College |
| 1605 |
Marries Mary Forth |
| 1613 |
Studies law at Gray's Inn in London |
| 1615 |
Wife, Mary Forth, dies; marries Thomasine Clopton |
| 1616 |
Wife, Thomasine Clopton, dies |
| 1618 |
Marries Margaret Tyndal |
| 1623 |
Appointed an attorney in the Court of Wards and Liveries |
| 1629 |
Signs "Cambridge Agreement" |
| 1630 |
Chosen governor of the "Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England," and sets sail in the "Arabella" |
| 1637 |
Again elected governor of the Massachusetts colony |
| 1642 |
Again elected governor of the Massachusetts colony |
| 1643 |
First president of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England |
| 1646 |
Again elected governor of the Massachusetts colony |
| 1647 |
Wife, Margaret Tyndal, dies; marries Martha Rainsborough |
| 1649 |
Dies 26 March |
