Individual Details

RESIDENCE: Came to America in 1648 on the Arbella of Gov. Winthrop's fleet. First to Dorchester, Massachusetts, then Roxbury, Massachusetts, then settled in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built first brick house in the valley.

OCCUPATION: One of the wealthiest and most influential men in New England. Had extensive interests in Barbados. A merchant, inherited the business from his father.

MILITARY SERVICE: Military hero in King Phillip's War, saved the inhabitants of Hadley, Massachusetts. Lt. in Springfield Co., 1653; Capt. 1657; Capt. Hampshire Co. troop 1663; Capt. expedition against the Dutch, 1664.

PUBLIC SERVICE: Magistrate 1652-1665. Commissioner to New York April 1677. Commissioner to the Mohawks 1680, established friendly relations with them. Appointed to establish boundary between Massachusetts and Connecticut in 1680. Councillor 1686-89. Judge of Court of Common Pleas and Probate Court 1692-1703.

Birth	Bet 1621 and 1626	Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, England
Marriage	20 Oct 1645	Amy Wyllys
Death	Jan 1703	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Spouse	Amy Wyllys (1625 - 1699)
Child	Joseph Pynchon (1646 - 1682)
Child	John Pynchon (1647 - 1721)
Child	Mary Pynchon (1650 - )
Child	William Pynchon (1653 - 1654)
Child	Mehitable Pynchon (1661 - 1663)

Father	William Pynchon (1590 - 1662)
Mother	Anna Andrew ( - 1630)
Sibling	Ann Pynchon ( - )
Sibling	Mary Pynchon ( - 1657)
Sibling	Margaret Pynchon ( - 1653)