Adam WINTHROP

Family/Spouse: Anne BROWNE. Anne was born on 13 Jan 1544 in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England; died on 19 Apr 1629 in Groton, Suffolk, England; was buried in St. Bartholomew Churchyard, Groton, Babergh District, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Thomas FONES on 25 Jan 1604 in St. Peters Church, London England. Thomas (son of John FONES and ? UNKNOWN) was born on 24 Mar 1573 in Caine, Wiltshire, England; died on 15 Apr 1629 in Groton, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 12 Jan 1587/8

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Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor. He was instrumental in leading the first large wave of colonists from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after the Plymouth Colony. He was born at Edwardstone, Suffolk, England, to a wealthy landowning and merchant family. In December 1602, he was admitted to Trinity College but soon left and married his first wife, Mary Forth, in April 1605. During this time, he became deeply religious in the Puritan faith. In 1613, he received the family holdings in Groton, and became Lord of the Manor there. He soon followed his father's path as a lawyer in London, having been enrolled at Gray's Inn to study law. In 1624, Charles I ascended the English throne and was opposed to all religious groups who did not ascribe to the doctrine of the Church of England. In March 1629, Charles I dissolved the English Parliament and his continued religious intolerance and crackdown on the Puritans resulted in a decision for the some of the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Company (who were mostly Puritans) to emigrate to New England. Winthrop was chosen as governor and on April 8, 1630, he sailed from the Isle of Wight with four ships that were part of a larger fleet of 11 ships, carrying 700 people to New England, arriving at Salem in June. They chose to settle at the present-day city of Boston, near the Charles River. In the early months the colony struggled with disease, losing about 200 people, including his son, Henry. He served as governor of the colony for 12 of its first 20 years of existence, being elected on four different occasions. He was generally civil and diplomatic towards the Native American population. However, cultural differences and trade issues, along with land ownership rights of the colonists that conflicted with the hunter-gatherer rights of the natives eventually evolved into a war with the Pequot tribe in 1637, which ended with the destruction of the tribe, whose survivors were sold as slaves to the West Indies or became enslaved by the colonists themselves. During his life, he continuously wrote accounts of historical events and religious manifestations. His major contributions to the literary world were "A Modell of Christian Charity" (1630) and "The History of New England" (1630-1649; also known as "The History of John Winthrop"), which remained unpublished until the late 18th century. He was married four times and had 16 children, his first three wives preceding him in death. He died of natural causes. (bio by: William Bjornstad)

John married Mary FORTH on 16 Apr 1605 in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England. Mary was born on 1 Jan 1590 in Great Stambridge, Essex, England; died on 26 Jun 1615 in Groton, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Margaret TYNDAL on 28 Apr 1618. Margaret (daughter of Sir John TYNDAL, Knt. and Anna EGERTON) was born about 1591; died on 14 Jun 1647 in Boston, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Thomasine CLOPTON on 6 Dec 1615. Thomasine (daughter of William CLOPTON, Esq. and Margaret WALDEGRAVE) was christened on 18 Feb 1583 in Groton; was buried on 11 Dec 1616 in Buried Groton with her infant child. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth Fones married (1) her cousin Henry Winthrop (son of Governor JOHN WINTHROP, whose sister Anne was Elizabeth's mother), 25 April 1629, who then left her to accompany his father to Massachusetts Bay, and immediately died swimming ashore there. She joined the Winthrop family in Massachusetts Bay as a very young widow with an infant.
She married 2nd Robert Feake between 2 November 1631 and 27 January 1631/2 in Boston, MA. They had five children: Elizabeth Underhill, Hannah Bowne, John, Robert, & Sarah.
George E. McCracken went into great detail on Robert Feake, and particularly on the matter of his "divorce," arguing that the couple had in fact received only a legal separation, and that Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake was not free to remarry. In 1966 Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed the same problem, and came to the conclusion that Robert Feake and his wife did obtain a divorce from the Dutch government, that she had married William Hallett by August 1649, and that the marriage was performed by John Winthrop Jr., her former brother-in-law.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.

Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cover in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island. They had two sons, William & Samuel.

Her biography by Missy Wolfe: Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest Americs, 1610-1665 (Guilford CT: gpp, 2012). See also a video "That Winthrop Woman," published by



Governor John Winthrop, after loosing his son, Henry, was faced with the prospect of having ultimately to support his widowed daughter-in-law and her child, the thrifty governor naturally looked about for suitable candidate to be her second husband, and when his eye lighted upon a young man of pious character, goodly estate, and great promise, the future Governor William Codington, he attempted to interest him in the widow. Shortly afterwards William Coddington went to England and visited the widow but he married, instead, another. Thus Elizabeth was still a widow when on Nov. 2, 131, she arrived in the Bay with her daughter as passengers on the ship "Lyon". In less than three months, however, she had found her second husband, Robert Feake, and had married him.

Elizabeth chose to come to New England and she soon remarried. Her second husband, Robert, Feake, was described as 'a man whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly things that he had little thought of the things of this life, and took neither heed nor care of what was tendered to his external property' and so allowed his wife to dominate him. In 1642 ' in the absence and illness of her husband' she signed the act of submission to the Dutch required in the settlement of Greenwich, Connecticut. When her husband's health declined o the point where he could not manage his own affairs, an agreement was apparently made with William Hallett to care for him. Robert's behavior was reported by his step-son-in-law Thomas Lyon, who had married Elizabeth's daughter, Martha Johanna Winthrop, as distracted and 'going away sodingly.' In 1647 Robert abruptly returned to England and although he later came back it was considered a desertion, and in April 1648 Lyon wrote to his grandfather-in-law, Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts, that his mother-in-law was carrying on with a man (William Hallett) she claimed she had married and by whom she was pregnant. The existence and legality of the marriage was questioned, but records show that she had obtained a divorce according to Dutch law by May 1647. By July 1648 Elizabeth, William Hallett, her child by him and children by earlier husbands sought refuge in Pequot (New London) with John Winthrop the Younger, who was both her first cousin and her brother-in-law. When the Connecticut Court issued a warrant they removed to New Amsterdam, but before they left it is thought likely that John Winthrop a magistrate legally married Elizabeth and William.

Elizabeth married Henry WINTHROP on 25 Apr 1629. Henry (son of Gov. John WINTHROP and Mary FORTH) was born on 10 Jan 1607 in Groton Manor, co Suffolk, England; was christened on 19 Jan 1607/8 in Groton, Suffolk, England; died on 2 Jul 1630 in Drowned Salem, Massachusetts; was buried in Body Lost At Sea . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Robert FEAKE between 2 Nov 1631 and 27 Jan 1631/2 in New England. Robert was born about 1602 in England; died on 1 Feb 1660/1 in Died at the house of Samuel Thatcher in Watertown, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William HALLETT between Mar 1648 and Feb 1649. William was born about 1616 in Bridport, Dorset, England; died on 17 Apr 1706 in Astoria, Queens County, New York; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married The Younger Gov John WINTHROP on 8 Feb 1630/1 in Groton, England. John (son of Gov. John WINTHROP and Mary FORTH) was born on 12 Feb 1606 in Groton, co Suffolk, England; died on 6 Apr 1676 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Colonial Royal Governor. he was the first Royal Governor of Connecticut serving in 1657, and from 1659 to his death in 1676.

Migrated to New England the first time aboard the 'Lyon', November 1631, age 25, as the head of a group consisting of his first wife, Martha, sister Mary, step-mother Margaret (Tyndal) Winthrop, and half-brother, Adam (youngest half sister Anne, age about a year and half, died at sea a week after their departure from England), and the widow and infant daughter of his brother Henry Winthrop, joining his father Gov. John Winthrop and brothers Stephen and Samuel who had come in the Winthrop Fleet at Boston. His brother Henry had drowned on arrival at Salem in July 1630. Settled at Boston, became a founder of Agawam (Ipswich), later of Saybrook, Pequot (New London), New Have and Hartford, Connecticut.

After the death of his first wife and daughter at Ipswich, John sailed back to England in 1634 'in the winter time, in a small and weak ship, bound for Barnstaple, were driven by foul weather upon the coast of Ireland...and were brought, through many desperate dangers, into Gallway.' From there he went to Dublin, Antrim, into Scotland and England 'and all the way he met with persons of quality, whose thoughts were towards New England, who observed his coming among them as a special providence of God.'

He second arrival in Boston was on the 'Abigail' in October 1635 after ten weeks from Plymouth, England. This time John brought his new wife, Elizabeth, and half-brother Deane Winthrop, about 12. His step-father-in-law, Rev. Hugh Peter was also a passenger. John subsequently was governor of the plantation of Saybrook for a year. In August 1641 he sailed the second time out of New England for London, where he stayed for more than two years. His third trip to New England began at Gravesend in May 1643 but with many delays did not arrive in the colonies until that autumn.

Having obtained grants in the Pequot lands of Connecticut, John eventually removed from Massachusetts, settled at New London, and shortly later became governor of the Connecticut Colony. He made his third trip back to England in 1661, where he obtained the Royal charter for Connecticut, and returned on his fourth and final trip from England to New England in 1663.

John married Martha FONES on 8 Feb 1630/1 in Groton, England. Martha (daughter of Thomas FONES and Anne WINTHROP) was born in England; died in Aug or Sep 1634. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth READE on 6 Jul 1635 in St. Matthew, Firday Street, London, England. Elizabeth was born in 1615 in Wickford, Essex, England; died on 24 Nov 1672 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry Winthrop did not accompany his father to America in 1629 but followed him on the "Talbott", arriving at Salem on July 2, 1630. On the same day, seeing a small boat across a bay he attempted to swim over to it but , being seized by cramps, was drowned in full sight of his friends, none of whom was able to swim. The young widow was still in England, having given birth on May 9, 1630 to a daughter who was christened with a double name, Martha Johanna, unusual for this period...

Henry married Elizabeth Winthrop FONES on 25 Apr 1629. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas FONES and Anne WINTHROP) was born on 21 Jan 1609/10 in Groton, co Suffolk, England; died on 1 Feb 1673 in Astoria, Queens County, New York; was buried in Hallett's Burying Ground,Astoria, Queens Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1612, Groton Manor, Suffolk, England
• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630, To Plymouth on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop

Mary married Rev Samuel DUDLEY in 1632 in Massachusetts, USA. Samuel (son of Gov. Thomas DUDLEY and Dorothy YORKE) was born in Canon's Ashby, Northamptonshire, England; was christened on 30 Nov 1608 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England; died on 10 Feb 1682/3 in Exeter, New Hampshire; was buried on 10 Feb 1682 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Judith RAINSBOROUGH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adam married Elizabeth GLOVER in Feb 1642. Elizabeth died in 1648. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HAWKINS. Elizabeth was christened in May 1629 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deane married Sarah GLOVER about 1645. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha ?. Martha was born about 1630; died after 6 May 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1646, Harvard College
• Fact: 1667-1669, Dep. Gov. of Antigua, West Indies

Samuel married Elizabeth in Jun 1648. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1653, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Martha married Thomas LYON about 1647. Thomas (son of ? LYON and ? UNKNOWN) was born in Dec 1621 in Perth, Perth and Kinross,Scotland; died on 08 Nov 1690 in Rye, Westchester Co., New York; was buried in Lyon-Rawson Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth PRIOR/PRYER on 15 Sep 1673 in Killingworth, Oyster Bay. Elizabeth was born in Aug 1656 in England; died on 25 Jan 1701/2. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Prob. towards the end of 1648/9

William married Sarah WOOLSEY in 1669. Sarah (daughter of George WOOLSEY and Rebecca CORNELL) was born on 3 Aug 1650; was christened on 7 Aug 1650 in Dutch Church, New Amsterdam; died before 16 Sep 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Antipas NEWMAN. Antipas died on 15 Oct 1672 in Wenham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Zerubbabel ENDICOTT in bet. 4 Nov 1677 and 1 Jan 1678. Zerubbabel was born about 1635; died between 23 Nov 1683 and 27 Mar 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth TONGUE. Elizabeth was born on 20 Oct 1653 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 25 Apr 1731 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Edward PALMES about 1660. Edward was born about 1638; died on 21 Mar 1714/5 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary BROWNE. Mary died on 14 Jun 1690 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Waitstill married Katharine BRATTLE on 13 Nov 1707 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. Katharine was born about 1664; died on 5 Aug 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph COLVER in 1672 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Edward COLVER and Ann ELLIS) was christened on 20 Sep 1646 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died in 1730 in Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John CURWIN/CORWIN in May 1665. John was born on 25 Jul 1638; died on 12 Jul 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Richard WHARTON, Esq. before 1683. Richard died in May 1689 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married John RICHARDS on 1 Sep 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. John died on 1 Sep 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: 95BH-JH
• Death: young

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: 95BH-KN
• Birth: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Baptism: 02 Aug 1639, Cambridge
• Birth: 02 Aug 1639, Cambridge, Mass.
• Baptism: 11 Aug 1639, First Church, Boston, Mass.
• Death: 17 Apr 1643, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: GZHS-C7
• Name: Anne Dudley

Ann married Esq. Edward HILTON between 1657 and 1658 in Exeter, Massachusetts. Edward was born in 1626 in Dover, New Hampshire; died on 29 Apr 1699 in Exeter, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: 95BH-G5
• Birth: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Baptism: 09 Mar 1634, First Church, Boston, Massachusetts
• Birth: 09 Mar 1634, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Graduation: 1651, Harvard College
• Death: 07 Nov 1655
• Record Change: 15 Jun 2002