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Henry Josselyn
(also spelled
Jocelyn
; died ca. 1683) was an early settler of northern
New England
. He was first retained by
John Mason
, the proprietor of the territory that later became
New Hampshire
, to administer his holdings. Arriving at the
Piscataqua River
in 1634, he administered Mason's settlement (roughly including present-day
Portsmouth
and some nearby communities) until Mason's death in 1635. (In some New Hampshire histories he is styled as "governor" of the Mason properties). He thereafter moved further up the coast, settling in what is now
Scarborough, Maine
. He briefly acted as deputy governor of the
Province of Maine
in the colonial administration of
Thomas Gorges
, before the area came under the control of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony
. He was opposed to Massachusetts rule, and was arrested on one occasion for his resistance. When the area was granted to
James, Duke of York
in 1664, it became part of the
Province of New York
, and Josselyn was appointed a magistrate.
There is no record of his death; a letter date May 10, 1683 mentions his passing.
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