Military officer; born in
England in 1613; settled in
New England about 1631; was commissioner to arrange the differences with D'Aulny, the
French commander at
Penobscot, in 1646 :and 1653; and later was major-general of the colonial forces for ten years. He was made commander-in-chief of the
Massachusetts troops in 1675, but owing to illness during that year was not able to lead his forces in the
Indian War. He published
Irenicon, or salve for New England's sore.
He died in
Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 20, 1682.
