John Leverett was an English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and the penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born in England, he migrated to Massachusetts as a teenager. He was a leading merchant in the colony, and served in its military. In the 1640s he went back to England to fight in the English Civil War.
- Occupation
- soldier, merchant, governor
- Position held
- Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 7, 1616
- Died
- March 16, 1679
