Governors
Vacant May 1689-February 1690
- Henry Bull February 1690-May 1690
- John Easton May 1690-May 1695
- Caleb Carr May 1695-December 1695 (died in office)
- Walter Clarke 1696-1698 (resigned from office)
- Samuel Cranston 1698-1727
- Joseph Jenckes 1727-1732
- William Wanton 1732-1733 (died in office)
- John Wanton 1734-1740 (died in office)
- Richard Ward 1740-1743
- William Greene 1743-1745
- Gideon Wanton 1745-1746
- William Greene 1746-1747
- Gideon Wanton 1747-1748
- William Greene 1748-1755
- Stephen Hopkins 1755-1757
- William Greene 1757-1758 (died in office)
- Stephen Hopkins 1758-1762
- Samuel Ward 1762-1763
- Stephen Hopkins 1763-1765
- Samuel Ward 1765-1767
- Stephen Hopkins 1767-1768
- Josias Lyndon 1768-1769
- Joseph Wanton 1769-1775 (removed from office)
- Nicholas Cooke 1775-1778
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