William Rainsborowe

Major-General
William Rainsborowe
Born
Wapping, London, England
Died19 December 1673(1673-12-19) (aged 61)
EducationMagdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Mariner, Businessman
Known forAdventurer, Parliamentarian, Leveller, Amongst the first English Colonists of New England
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Major William Rainsborowe (? – fl. 1612–1673), or Rainborowe, was an officer in the English Navy and New Model Army in England during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. He was a political and religious radical who prospered during the years of the Parliamentary ascendancy and was an early settler of New England in North America.