Massachusetts colonial magistrate and militia leader; magistrate of the Salem witch trials
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Wait Winthrop
Born
27 February 1642
Died
7 November 1717 (aged 75)
Children
John Winthrop, Anne Winthrop
Parent(s)
John Winthrop the Younger
Elizabeth Reade
Waitstill Winthrop (27 February 1642 – 7 November 1717)[1] was a colonial magistrate, military officer, and politician of New England.
^Beach, Helen (1923). The Descendants of Jacob Sebor: 1709-1793, of Middletown, Connecticut. Books on Demand. pp. 66–67. ISBN 9780598997241.
shortened name "Wait" during his lifetime. He was the second son born to Elizabeth (née Reade) Winthrop (1615–1672) and John Winthrop the Younger, an...
sold the island to WaitWinthrop. While he never lived on the island, during Winthrop's ownership the island was renamed Winthrop's Island. In 1730, upon...
South Carolina, and Elizabeth Shirreff Winthrop. His mother was a great-great-granddaughter of WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley and a great-great-great...
John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the...
great-great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant and a great-great-great-great-grandson of WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley. Through his mother, he was a grandnephew of Julia...
Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Director-General of New Amsterdam, WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley. Through her mother, she was a grand-niece of Julia...
Bayard Winthrop Jr. (father of Theodore Winthrop), all descendants of WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley (both Massachusetts Bay Colony leaders). Through his...
on a charge of "scandalous libel", but the warrant was overruled by WaitWinthrop. According to some sources, Cotton Mather escaped a second attempted...
Court of Judicature 1692–1718 Succeeded by Paul Dudley Preceded by WaitWinthrop Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature 1718–1728...
Stuyvesant (1765–1844) ∞ Benjamin Winthrop (1762–1844) (descendant of WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley) Elizabeth Sheriffe Winthrop (1789–1866) ∞ Rev. Dr. John...
and Dudley were appointed to fill vacancies created by the deaths of WaitWinthrop and Nathaniel Thomas. Ropes and Cushing were appointed to replace John...
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...
Winthrop Astor Chanler (October 14, 1863 – August 24, 1926) was an American sportsman and soldier who fought in the Spanish–American War and World War...
Dudley married John Winthrop (1681–1747), son of WaitWinthrop, grandson of John Winthrop the Younger and great-grandson of John Winthrop, Governor of the...
Major Theodore Woolsey Winthrop (September 22, 1828 – June 10, 1861) was a writer, lawyer, and world traveller. He was one of the first Union officers...
and England. The Overmountain Press. pp. 8–10. ISBN 978-0-932807-51-9. Winthrop, John (1826). The history of New England from 1630 to 1649. With notes...
Vice-Admiralty from 9 June, 1699, to 20 May, 1700, when WaitWinthrop obtained the place. Byfield threatened Winthrop and succeeded, through Governor Dudley, in securing...
grandparents were Benjamin Winthrop, a descendant of WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley, and Judith (née Stuyvesant) Winthrop, a direct descendant of Peter...
were Benjamin Robert Winthrop and Elizabeth Ann Neilson (née Coles) Winthrop. Through his father, he was a descendant of WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley...
Charlestown, Massachusetts Thomas L. Winthrop – Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Major General WaitWinthrop – Chief Justice of the Massachusetts...
principal creators of Lexis and Nexis Buchanan Winthrop (1864), American philanthropist and descendant of WaitWinthrop and Joseph Dudley Justin Woolverton (2009)...
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