Richard Bellingham
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1592 to 1672 · aged 80
Richard Bellingham was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death.
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John Winthrop, with whom Bellingham often disagreed
Depiction of the Quaker Mary Dyer, one of the Boston martyrs, being led to her execution
Depiction of the hanging of Ann Hibbins
The Bellingham-Cary House at 34 Parker Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts is on the Richard Bellingham property and contains elements of his original house in the structure. It is now a museum owned by the Governor Bellingham-Cary House Association.About this person
A wealthy lawyer in Lincolnshire prior to his departure for the New World in 1634, he was a liberal political opponent of the moderate John Winthrop, arguing for expansive views on suffrage and lawmaking, but also religiously somewhat conservative, opposing the efforts of Quakers and Baptists to settle in the colony. He was one of the architects of the Massachusetts Body of Liberties, a document embodying many sentiments also found in the United States Bill of Rights.
