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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1679 | UK colony | John Cutt | |
| 1681 | Richard Waldron | ||
| 1682 | Edward Cranfield | ||
| 1685 | Walter Barefoote | ||
| 1686 | 17 may | Associated state at New England | Joseph Dudley (I) | 
| 1687 | Sir Edmund Andros | ||
| 1689 | Simon Bradstreet | ||
| 1692 | John Usher | ||
| 1697 | William Partridge (I) | ||
| 1698 | Samuel Allen | ||
| 1699 | Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont | ||
| 1701 | 5 may | William Partridge (II) | |
| 1702 | Joseph Dudley (II) | ||
| 1716 | Samuel Shute | ||
| 1723 | John Wentworth | ||
| 1728 | William Burnett | ||
| 1730 | Jonathan Belcher | ||
| 1741 | Benning Wentworth | ||
| 1767 | John Wentworth | ||
| 1775 | june | Matthew Thornton | |
| 1776 | 15 june | Meshech Weare | |
| 1784 | 2 june | State | |
| 1788 | 21 june | 9^ state of U.S.A. |