Facts: - commands: massachusetts militia - predecessor: charles de saint-Etienne de la tour richard bellingham - birth date: baptized 7 july 1616 - caption: engraved artist unknown -rrb- portrait of leverett in his military uniform -lrb- - order: 19th - death date: 16 march yes 1679 1616 - office: governor massachusetts bay colony of acadia -lrb- military -rrb- governor of the - term end: 1657 1679 - serviceyears: 1644 1673 -lrb- massachusetts militia -rrb- -- 1648 -lrb- parliament army -rrb- 1649 -- - name: john leverett - death place: massachusetts bay colony - birth place: boston , lincolnshire , england - signature: leverettsig.png - successor: sir -rrb- simon bradstreet thomas temple -lrb- as proprietor of nova scotia - imagesize: 200px - battles: english civil war - allegiance: parliament army massachusetts bay colony militia - term start: 1654 1673 - image: johnleverettinmilitaryuniform.jpg - religion: puritanism - rank: captain -rrb- -lrb- parliament army -rrb- major-general -lrb- massachusetts militia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john leverett .
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john leverett -lrb- baptized 7 july 1616 -- 16 march 1678/9 -rrb- was an english colonial magistrate , merchant , soldier and governor of the massachusetts bay colony .born in england , he came 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 .he was opposed to the strict puritan religious orthodoxy in the colony .he also believed the colonial government was not within the power of the english crown and government , a politically hardline position that contributed to the eventual revocation of the colonial charter in 1684 .his business and military activities were sometimes intermingled , leading some in the colony to view him unfavorably .however , he was popular with his troops , and was repeatedly elected governor of the colony from 1673 until his death in 1679 .he oversaw the colonial actions in king philip 's war , and expanded the colony 's territories by purchasing land claims in present-day maine .