Pynchon Definition

Pynchon Sentence Examples

• Springfield was founded in 1636 by a company of settlers from Roxbury led by William Pynchon (1590-1662).

• Pynchon, who had been one of the original patentees of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was dissatisfied with the government of Roxbury, of which he had been a founder.

• In 1640 the name was changed to Springfield, after the native place of William Pynchon in Essex, England.

• For several years Pynchon was the dominating influence in the colony, ruling it with the power of an autocrat.