ENDICOTT, JOHN

(1589-1665), b. at Dor chester. He went to America 1628, where he became manager of the plantation of Naumkeag (Salem). Two years later he gave place to John Winthrop and headed several expeditions against the Indians. From 1641-44 he held respectively the position of deputy-governor and governor of Ma achusetts, and d. at Boston, March 15. E., though a brave and benevolent man, was of an austere Puritan disposition. of order Compos i tae; cultivated as vegetable; resembles Chicory (g.v.).