Merrymount Colony

Merrymount Colony
1624–1630
StatusColony of England
Historical eraBritish colonization of the Americas
• Established as Mount Wollaston
1624
• Renamed Merrymount
1626
• Destroyed by John Endicott
1630
Population
• Estimate
8 (1628)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Massachusett
Colony of Massachusetts Bay

The Merrymount Colony, originally Mount Wollaston, was a short-lived English colony in New England founded by Richard Wollaston on the present site of Quincy, Massachusetts. After Wollaston died on a trip to Virginia, Thomas Morton led a rebellion, taking over the colony with the promise to share the profits equally. It was founded in 1624 and lasted six years until its destruction by the Puritans of the neighboring Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]

  1. ^ Mark, Joshua J. "Merrymount Colony". World History Encyclopedia.