John Winthrop (1681-1747)

Fellow of the Royal Society, of Sydenham, Kent

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He was a great-grandson of John Winthrop, Lord of the Manor of Groton, Suffolk, who became the 2nd Governor of Massachusetts and died at Boston. He was educated at Harvard (1700) and lived at New London, Connecticut, before returning to England where he was a Fellow of the Royal Society. He married a daughter of Joseph Dudley, 3rd Governor of Massachusetts and President of the Dominion of New England and they had nine children, seven of whom (listed) survived to adulthood.

Parents (2)

Wait Winthrop

Major-General "Wait" Waitstill Winthrop, Chief Justice of Massachuetts

1642-1717

Mary (Browne) Winthrop

Mrs Mary (Browne) Winthrop

1656-1690

Spouse (1)

Ann (Dudley) Winthrop

Mrs Ann (Dudley) Winthrop

1684-1776

Children (7)

Mary (Winthrop) Wanton

Mrs Mary (Winthrop) Wanton

1708-1767

Ann Winthrop

Ann Winthrop, of New London Connecticut; died unmarried

1709-1794

Katherine (Winthrop) Sargent

Mrs Katherine (Winthrop) Browne, Sargent

1711-1781

Rebecca (Winthrop) Saltonstall

Mrs Rebecca (Winthrop) Saltonstall

1712-1776

Margaret (Winthrop) Miller

Mrs Margaret (Winthrop) Miller

1717-1803

John Still Winthrop

of New London, Connecticut

1719-1776

Bazil Winthrop

Bazil Winthrop, of New London, Connecticut; died unmarried

1722-1771

The Sutton-Dudleys of England and the Dudleys of Massachusetts in New England