GOVERNORS AND OFFICERS OF COLONIES ON THE DELAWARE AND OF THE PROVINCE OF

PENNSYLVANIA.

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.

GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS OF NEW NETHERLANDS AND OF THE DUTCH ON THE

DELAWAPE.

Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Netherlands and of the settlements on the Delaware,..1655-1664 Andreas Hudde, Comunissary,

.1655-1657 John Paul Jacquet, Director,

.1655-1657 (The Colony divided into that of the City and Company, 1657.)

Colonel Richard Nichol, Governor,
Robert Carr, Deputy Governor,
Robert Needham (Commander on the Delaware),
Colonel Francis Lovelace,
Captain John Carr (Commander on the Delaware),

(Colonies captured by the Dutch, 1673.)

1664-1667 164-1667 1664-1668 1667-1673 1668-16:3

DOMINION OF THE DUTCH.

Anthony Colve, Governor of the Netherlands,
Peter Alrichs, Deputy Governor of the Colonies on the west side of the Delaware,

(Colonies recaptured by the English, 1674.)

1673-1674 1673-1874

DOMINION OF THE ENGLISH

A1r Edmand Androns,

1674-1881 (The commanders on the Delaware during this period were Captain Edmund (antwell, Joba Collier. Christop is Billop and Anthony Brockholst.)

David Piterken De Vries, Governor,

1092-1031

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.

William Penn, Proprietor,
William Markham, Deputy Governor,

June,
William Penn, Proprietor and Governor,

.Oct. The Council (Thomas Lloyd, President),

Aug., 1. Thomas Lloyd, 2. Robert Turner, 3. Arthur Cook, Five Commissioners appointed by Penn, Dec., 4. John Simcock, 5, John Eckley, Captain John Blackwell, Deputy Governor,

Dec., The Council (Thomas Lloyd, President),

.Jan.,
Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Governor of Province,

March,
William Markham, Deputy Governor of Lower Counties,
Under the Crown of England,
Benjamin Fletcher, Governor of New York, Governor, April
William Markham, Deputy Governor,

. April
William Penn, Proprietor,
William Markham, Deputy Governor,

. March, 1. Dr John Goodson, Deputies to Deputy Governor Markham, 2. Samuel Carpenter, William Penn, Proprietor and Governor,

.Dec., Andrew Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor (died),

.Nov. The Council (Edward Shippen, President),

. April, John Evans, Lieutenant Governor,

Feb., Charles Gookin, Lieutenant Governor,

Feb.,
Sir William Keith, Lieutenant Governor,

May,
John Penn, Richard Penn and Thomas Penn, Proprietors,
Sir William Keith, Lieutenant Governor,

.July,
Patrick Gordon, Lieutenant Governor,

July, The Council (James Logan, President),

.Aug., George Thomas, Lieutenant Governor,

.. Aug., (John Penn died 1746; Richard Penn died 1771, when Jolin

Penn, his son, together with Thomas P'enn, became sole

proprietors), George Thomas, Lieutenant Governor,

May, The Council (Anthony Palmer, President),

May, James Hamilton. Lieutenant Governor,

Nov., Robert Hunter Morris, Deputy Governor,

Oct., William Denny, Lieutenant Governor,

.Aug., James Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor,

.Oct., John Penn (son of Richard Penn), Lieutenant Governor, .Nov., The Council (James Hamilton, President),

.. April, Richard Penn (brother of John Penn), Lieutenant Governor, ..Oct., John Penn, Lieutenant Governor,

Aug,

GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

DURING THE REVOLUTION.

George Bryan (resigned),
Matthew Smith (resigned),
William Moore,
James Potter,
James Ewing,
James Irvine (resigned),
Charles Biddle,
Peter Muhlenberg (resigned),
David Redick,
George Ross,

11, 1779 15, 1779 14, 1781