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Learn about John Winthrop Jr., the founder of New London and the governor of Connecticut Colony who secured the 1662 charter that united Connecticut and New Haven. Explore websites, documents, books and articles related to his life and legacy.
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.
Aug 9, 2023 · John Winthrop Jr: the New England alchemist, colony founder, healer, and politician whose story is too important to be kept in the dark any longer.
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...
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Sep 13, 2024 · John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the chief figure among the Puritan founders of New England. Winthrop famously composed a lay sermon in which he pictured the Massachusetts colonists in covenant with God and with each other, divinely ordained to build a city upon a hill.
On the November 1631 day that John Winthrop, Jr., stepped ashore to the welcoming salutes of cannon fire and musket volleys from the Bay Colony’s trainbands, he began a career of colonial leadership that would see him become one of the most important figures in all English America.
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Jan 13, 2024 · In 1657 John Winthrop the Younger was elected Governor of Connecticut Colony. He died in 1676. The small settlement at Ipswich felt betrayed by Winthrop Jr., but selected as their new leader an able and gifted young leader named Daniel Denison, who became Major General of the colonial forces and represented Ipswich in the general court. He was ...
