EntityQ762279· pop 7· linked from 75 articlesWilliam PynchonSign in to savefounder of Springfield, Massachusetts 1590-1662ConnectionsPuritansEntityConnecticut RiverEntityEnglandEntityNorth AmericaEntityMassachusettsEntityBostonEntitycolonialismEntityHartfordEntityAlbanyEntitybeaverEntityEnglish peopleEntityNew WorldEntityReformed ChristianityEntityBuckinghamshireEntityEssexEntityheresyEntitySpringfieldEntityporkEntityisthmusEntityThomas PynchonEntityCategories1590 births1662 deaths17th-century American merchants17th-century American writers17th-century English Christian theologians17th-century English letter writersAmerican city foundersBritish fur tradersBusinesspeople from Springfield, MassachusettsEnglish emigrants to Massachusetts Bay ColonyFur traders from the Thirteen ColoniesHistory of Springfield, Massachusetts