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John Winthrop

Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and Author of "City upon a Hill" (1588-1649)

10 dated entries naming John Winthrop, drawn from 7 separate years between 1587 CE and 1649 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1587January 12 – John Winthrop, English Puritan lawyer (d. 1649)source
  • 1588John Winthrop, influential Puritan in the history of Massachusetts (d. 1649)source

17th century

  • 1605April 16 – In England, John Winthrop, later governor of the future Massachusetts Bay Colony, marries his first wife (of 4), Mary Forth, daughter of John Forth, of Great Stambridge, Essex.source
  • 1615December 6 – In England, John Winthrop, later governor of the future Massachusetts Bay Colony, marries his second wife (of four), Thomasine Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Castleins, near Groton, Suffolk.source
  • 1630April 8 – Puritan migration to New England (1620-1640): Winthrop Fleet – The ship Arbella and three others set sail from the Solent in England, with 400 passengers under the leadership of John Winthrop, headed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America; seven more, with another 300 aboard, follow in the next few weeks.source
  • 1630July 30 – John Winthrop helps in founding a church in Massachusetts, which will later become known as First Church in Boston.source
  • 1630June 12 – Massachusetts Bay Colony is founded, with John Winthrop as governor.source
  • 1630September 7 – Governor John Winthrop passes a resolution declaring "that Trimontaine" on Shawmut peninsula shall be called Boston from now on.source
  • 1631May 18 – In Dorchester, Boston, John Winthrop takes the oath of office, and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.source
  • 1649March 26 – John Winthrop, first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. c. 1587)source

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