John
WINTHROP
Born
12 January 1587
,
Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
Died
26 March 1649
,
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Born: 12 January 1587 in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
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John married Mary FORTH 16 March 1605 in Great Stambridge, Essex, England . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Mary FORTH was born 1 January 1582 in Great Stambridge, Rochford, Essex, England. Mary died 26 June 1615 in Groton, Suffolk, England.
John WINTHROP died 26 March 1649 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony .
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Recorded occupation: an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Spouse & Children of John WINTHROP
John WINTHROP married 
Mary FORTH
Marriage date: 16 March 1605
Marriage place: Great Stambridge, Essex, England
Mary FORTHMarriage date: 16 March 1605
Marriage place: Great Stambridge, Essex, England
Children of John WINTHROP and Mary FORTH
John WINTHROPBorn: 12 February 1606, Groton, England
Died: 6 April 1676, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 6 April 1676, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mary WINTHROPBorn: abt. 1612, Groton Manor, Suffolk, , England
Died: 12 April 1643, Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 12 April 1643, Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Married: Samuel DUDLEY 1632 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)
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Birth — 158712 January 1587
Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
1605 Marriage / PartnerJohn WINTHROP and Mary FORTH 16 March 1605, Great Stambridge, Essex, England
He was 18 years old.
1606 Birth of ChildJohn WINTHROP was born 12 February 1606, Groton, England
John was 19 years old.
1615 Death of Spouse/PartnerMary FORTH died 26 June 1615, Groton, Suffolk, England
1630 - Boston is incorporated
The Puritans settled in Massachusetts and the town of Boston was founded by John Winthrop as an extension of the colony at Salem. (www.virtualnorfolk.org)
March 22 - 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
September 16 - Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
October 19 - In Boston the 1st general court is held
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The Puritans settled in Massachusetts and the town of Boston was founded by John Winthrop as an extension of the colony at Salem. (www.virtualnorfolk.org)
March 22 - 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
September 16 - Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
October 19 - In Boston the 1st general court is held
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1630 - In September 1630, Governor John Winthrop and the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers traveled to the peninsula, known as Shawmut by the Algonquins, and founded Dorchester, the first part of the city of Boston.
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1643 Death of ChildMary WINTHROP died 12 April 1643, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA (Salisbury Beach)
John was 56 years old.
1644 - January 18 - Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting
'...Massachusetts Bay Colony founder John Winthrop detailed instances of unidentified flying objects in the heavens above seventeenth-century Boston in the first recorded UFO sightings in America.
On March 1, 1639, John Winthrop opened his diary in which he recorded the trials and triumphs of his fellow Puritans as they made a new life in a new land. As the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony put pen to paper, he began to recount a most unusual event that had recently caused a stir among the English immigrants.
Winthrop wrote that earlier in the year James Everell, “a sober, discreet man,” and two others had been rowing a boat in the Muddy River, which flowed through swampland and emptied into a tidal basin in the Charles River, when they saw a great light in the nighttime sky. “When it stood still, it flamed up, and was about three yards square,” the governor reported, “when it ran, it was contracted into the figure of a swine.” Over the course of two to three hours, the...Read full story
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January 18, 1644
'...Massachusetts Bay Colony founder John Winthrop detailed instances of unidentified flying objects in the heavens above seventeenth-century Boston in the first recorded UFO sightings in America.
On March 1, 1639, John Winthrop opened his diary in which he recorded the trials and triumphs of his fellow Puritans as they made a new life in a new land. As the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony put pen to paper, he began to recount a most unusual event that had recently caused a stir among the English immigrants.
Winthrop wrote that earlier in the year James Everell, “a sober, discreet man,” and two others had been rowing a boat in the Muddy River, which flowed through swampland and emptied into a tidal basin in the Charles River, when they saw a great light in the nighttime sky. “When it stood still, it flamed up, and was about three yards square,” the governor reported, “when it ran, it was contracted into the figure of a swine.” Over the course of two to three hours, the...Read full story
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http://www.history.com/news/americas-first-ufo-sighting
January 18, 1644
Death — 164926 March 1649
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
He died at the age of 62.
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