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On November 4, 1631, English-born John Winthrop Jr. arrived on the shores of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where his father was governor. Four years later, Winthrop received a commission to found a colony in Connecticut. This colony eventually became Saybrook.
John Winthrop the Younger (February 12, 1606 – April 6, 1676) was an early governor of the Connecticut Colony, and he played a large role in the merger of several separate settlements into the unified colony.
John Winthrop was more than a skilled leader. He was an avid chemist and practical scientist, famous for starting one of the first ironworks in Massachusetts (1633), for his interest in developing mines, and for his experiments in obtaining salt from sea water by evaporation.
John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 [a] – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony.
Jan 14, 2021 · John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE) was an English lawyer best known as the Puritan leader of the first large wave of the Great Migration of Puritans from England to North America in 1630 CE and governor...
Sep 8, 2022 · John Winthrop, Jr. achieved social prominence and political influence in early Connecticut and used his platform to check the severity of sentences levied against accused witches. Winthrop served a term as Connecticut governor from 1657-58 and was elected in 1659 to a series of consecutive one-year terms that lasted until his death in 1676.
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Jul 11, 2022 · John Winthrop Jr., Connecticut governor, was chosen for this critically important task. He sailed for England in July 1661 and succeeded, with the help of Lord Saye and Sele, Lord Brooke, and the Earl of Manchester, in securing a Charter for the colony in May 1662.
