TIL: Author Thomas Pynchon is a descendent of William Pynchon [1], an immigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony who founded Roxbury when he arrived in 1630 and

TIL: Author Thomas Pynchon is a descendent of William Pynchon [1], an immigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony who founded Roxbury when he arrived in 1630 and founded Springfield six years later. OP describes the elder Pynchon being exiled back to England after publishing a book criticizing Puritanism. That same book also happened to be the first one to be banned in Boston. [2] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pynchon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pynchon [2]: https://www.masslive.com/history/2011/05/springfields_375th_from_puritans_to_presidents.html https://www.masslive.com/history/2011/05/springfields_375th_...