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John Winthrop the Younger
Portrait of Winthrop, circa 1660
Governor of the Connecticut Colony
In office
1659–1676
Preceded byThomas Welles
Succeeded byWilliam Leete
In office
1657–1658
Preceded byJohn Webster
Succeeded byThomas Welles
Governor of the Saybrook Colony
In office
1635–1639
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded byGeorge Fenwick
Commissioner for Connecticut Colony[1]
In office
1658–1660
In office
1663–1663
In office
1668–1669
In office
1675–1675
Personal details
Born(1606-02-12)February 12, 1606
Groton, England
DiedApril 6, 1676(1676-04-06) (aged 70)
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Spouses
Mary Fones
(m. 1630; died 1634)
Elizabeth Reade
(died 1672)
Children10
Parent(s)John Winthrop
Mary Forth
EducationBury St. Edmunds
King Edward VI School
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
SignatureJohn Winthrop the Younger
Grist mill (Winthrop Mill) built by Winthrop in New London in 1650 (1910 photo)
First page of a diary kept by Winthrop of his journey from Boston to Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1645

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.

  1. ^ Ward 1961, p. 410-11

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