Thomas Danforth (baptized November 20 1623 – November 5 1699) was a politician magistrate and landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A conservative Puritan he served for many years as one of the colony’s councilors and magistrates generally leading opposition to attempts by the English kings to assert control over the colony. He accumulated land in the central part of the colony that eventually became a portion of Framingham Massachusetts.
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birth date
1623-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1623-11-20
birth place
Suffolk, Kingdom of England, Framlingham
death date
1699-11-05
death place
Cambridge Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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