 1587 - 1649 (62 years)
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| Name |
John Winthrop |
- 1st Governor of Massachusetts Colony
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| Title |
Gov. |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
12 Jan 1587 |
Edwardston, Suffolk Co, MA  [1] |
- As of the publication of The Story of John Winthrop 1st Gov of MA in 1891, this birth date (Jan 12 1587) was expressed in modern calendar dates as January 22, 1588.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
26 Mar 1649 |
Boston, Suffolk Co, MA [2] |
- But the governor's hour was come. He fell asleep, "in the great consolations of God," March 26, 1649, in his sixty-second year. - John Winthrop First Gov MA
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| Buried |
03 Apr 1649 |
Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA [3] |
- The funeral was delayed till John could come from Connecticut. It was to be so ordered - as said the summons, dated "your father's parlor," despatched by fleet-footed Indian messenger, the ever troublesome Bellingham its first signer-" that it may appeare of what precious account & desert he hath ben, & how blessed his memoriall." It took place April 3, being conducted " with great solemnity and honour," both civic and military. The place of interment was what is now called the King's Chapel Burying-ground, - the spot to be seen at this day.
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| Person ID |
I2677 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
6 Aug 2019 |
| Father |
Adam Winthrop, III, b. 10 Aug 1548, Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England , d. 28 Mar 1623, Groton Manor, Groton, Suffolk, England (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Anne Browne, b. 13 Jan 1544, Edwardstone, Babergh District, Suffolk, England , d. 19 Apr 1629, Groton, Babergh District, Suffolk, England (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
20 Feb 1579 |
| Notes |
- Anne Browne was Adam III's second wife, after Alice Still of Grantham, County Lincolnshire, England, daughter of William Still. Alice died in childbirth in 1577.
- "John, the only sonne of Adam Winthrop and Anne his wife, was borne in Edwardston abovesaid on Thursday about 5 of the clocke in the morning the 12 daie of January anno 1587 in the 30 yere of the reigne of Qu: Eliza:"
So, exactly, reads his birth-record, - a smiling one, plainly,?as his father set it down in his private diary a little more than three hundred years ago. The date is expressed after the rule of the Old Style; now it would be Jan. 22, 1588. Win the year preceding the fated Queen of Scots had laid her fair head upon the block. The last night of the July following saw the signal-fires flaming all up the coast that announced the arrival of the Armada in the Channel. The child was born away from home, under the roof, probably, of his maternal grandparents. Adam Winthrop lived at Groton, contiguous to Edwardston, in the lower part of Suffolk, sixty miles northeast of London; was lord of Groton Manor, an estate granted to his father - also named Adam, as was his father before him - by Henry VIII, at the dissolution of the monasteries.
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| Documents |
 | Winthrop Early Generations
"The Frost Genealogy", 1918, pp.346-349 |
| Headstones |
 | Adam Winthrop III & Anne Browne
Tomb at St. Bartholomew's Churchyard
Closeup View:
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| Family ID |
F26444 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Forth, b. 01 Jan 1583, d. 06 Jun 1615, Groton, MA (Age 32 years) |
| Married |
16 Apr 1605 |
Great Stambridge, County Essex, England |
| Notes |
- John and Mary were married by Ezekiel Culverwell.
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| Children |
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| Family ID |
F18640 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S18803] John Winthrop First Governor of the Massachusetts Colony, 12.
"John, the only sonne of Adam Winthrop and Anne his wife, was borne in Edwardston abovesaid on Thursday about 5 of the clocke in the morning the 12 daie of January anno 1587 in the 30 yere of the reigne of Qu: Eliza:"
So, exactly, reads his birth-record, ? a smiling one, plainly,?as his father set it down in his private diary a little more than three hundred years ago. The date is expressed after the rule of the Old Style ; now it would be Jan. 22, 1588.
Chapter II, The Coming Man, p.12
- [S18803] John Winthrop First Governor of the Massachusetts Colony, 231.
But the governor's hour was come. He fell asleep, "in the great consolations of God," March 26, 1649, in his sixty-second year.
- [S18803] John Winthrop First Governor of the Massachusetts Colony, 231.
But the governor's hour was come. He fell asleep, "in the great consolations of God," March 26, 1649, in his sixty-second year.
The funeral was delayed till John could come from Connecticut. It was to be so ordered - as said the summons, dated "your father's parlor," despatched by fleet-footed Indian messenger, the ever troublesome Bellingham its first signer-" that iay appeare of what precious account & desert he hath ben, & how blessed his memoriall." It took place April 3, being conducted " with great solemnity and honour," both civic and military. The place of interment was what is now called the King's Chapel Burying-ground, - the spot to be seen at this day.
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