William Pynchon
William Pynchon (born October 11, 1590 , † October 29, 1662 ) was temporarily the deputy finance officer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony .
He was best known for founding Springfield, Massachusetts , which he named after his hometown in England . He later returned to his homeland, where he died in 1662.
In 1650 he published the treatise The Meritorious Price of our Redemption in London , in which he questioned the Calvinist doctrine of predestination . On his return to Boston he was therefore accused of heresy ; his writing is one of the first books to be banned and publicly burned on American soil. His descendant, the author Thomas Pynchon , processed this incident in 1973 in his major work The Ends of the Parable .
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| SURNAME | Pynchon, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Founder of Springfield, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1590 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1662 |