'Winthrop1'
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Families covered: Winthrop of Antigua, Winthrop of Bandon, Winthrop of Connecticut, Winthrop of Cork, Winthrop of Groton Manor, Winthrop of Massachusetts
| BIFR1976 reports that "The surname Winthrop is thought to derive either from the village of Winthorpe (formerly Winetrop), Lincs, or from Winthorpe (formerly Wymondthorpe or Wynethorpe), nr Newark, Notts. The name is first found in Yorks towards end of 13th cent, being spelt in a variety of ways." | |||||||||||||||
| William Wynethorpe of Wynethorpe (a 04.1445) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Wynethorpe or Winthrop (to Suffolk?) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Adam Winthrop of Lavenham, Suffolk (a 1498) the first mentioned by 'Evidences' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Burton (m2. John Ponder of Lavenham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Adam Winthrop of London, later of Groton Manor, Suffolk (b 09.10.1498, d 09.11.1562) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.11.1527) Alice Henny or Hunne (d 25.06.1533) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Winthrop of London (b 12.11.1529, d 02.03.1582, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Norwood of Kent (d 02.06.1578) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Joshua Winthrop of London, later in Kilbrogan (co. Cork) (bpt 10.07.1559, d before 04.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1603) Anne Norrington (dau of Vincent Norrington of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Joshua Winthrop of The Mitchells, near Bandon, co. Cork (a 1626) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Harrison (sister/dau of Thomas Harrison) | |||||||||||||||
| BIFR1976 reports that Joshua "was probably (it cannot be stated definitely as the Bandon parish registers do not go back ante 1650) the father of" ... | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Stephen Winthrop of Bandon (d before 16.09.1685) | ||||||||||||||
| 'Evidences' reports that Stephen was "supposed descendant of Joshua ... but of this no proof; Bandon parish records not going so far back". | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (a 09.1685) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Adam Winthrop of The Mitchells, co. Cork (bpt 07.12.1561, d before 10.10.1634, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.10.1599) Jane/Joan Hilles (dau of William Hilles of Holton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Adam (b 30.04.1601, bur 05.02.1602/3), John (bpt 21.08.1603, a 1628, d unm?), Benjamin, Jonathan, Elizabeth (a 1637) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Winthrop (bpt 24.04.1569, d before 17.10.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphry Munnings (rector of Brettenham, son of Humphrey of Semere) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Sarah Winthrop (bpt 19.08.1571, d 10.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.02.1595) John Frost of Bury St. Edmunds | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Adam (bpt 20.07.1560, bur 19.08.1560), William (bpt 18.04.1563, d young?), Jonathan (bpt 18.02.1564, bur 21.02.1564), Anne (bur 23.09.1563) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Thomas (b 08.11.1528, d 04.1529), Christopher (b 04.01.1532, d 10.1532), Thomas (b 04.06.1533, d 1537), Bridget (b 01.01.1531, d 01.1536) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.07.1534) Agnes Sharpe (d 13.05.1565, dau of Robert Sharpe of Islington, m2. William Mildmay of Springfield Barnes) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | John Winthrop of Groton Manor, later of Aghadowne in co. Cork (b 20.01.1546, d 26.07.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.02.1566, div) Elizabeth Risby (d 1637, dau of Robert Risby (Rysby) of Thorpe Morieuz, m2. Reynold Branch of Southwark) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Benjamin Winthrop (a 1582, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1573) Elizabeth Powlden (dau of Thomas Powlden (Poulton or Powlder) of Rathgogan, m2. Thomas Nott of Aghadowne) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Winthrop of Aghadowne (b before 1573?, d unm before 20.02.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Winthrop | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1638) Peregrine Banister of co. Cork | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Winthrop (b before 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1638) Henry Hoskins | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Adam Winthrop (b 20.01.1546, d 07.1546) | ||||||||||||||
| h. | Adam Winthrop of Edwardstone (Suffolk), later of Groton Manor (b 10.08.1548, d 28.03.1623) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.12.1574) Alice Still (dsp 24.12.1579, dau of William Still of Grantham, sister of John, Bishop of Bath & Wells) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.02.1579) Anne Browne (d 19.04.1629, dau/coheir of Henry Browne of Edwardstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Winthrop, last of Groton Manor, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, "Father of New England" (b 12.01.1587/8, d 26.03.1648/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.03.1605) Mary Forth (d 26.06.1615, dau/heir of John Forth of Great Stambridge (Essex), son of William of Butley Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Winthrop of Groton Manor, later of Boston in New England, Governor of Connecticut (b 12/15.02.1606, d 05.04.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.02.1630/1) Martha Fones (d 1634, dau of Thomas Fones of London by Anne, dau of Adam Winthrop) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | daughter (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1635) Elizabeth Reade (d 24.11.1672, dau of Edmund Reade, stepdau of Rev. Hugh Peters, sister of Colonel Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Winthrop of New London (Connecticut) & Groton Hall (Long Island, New York), Governor of Connecticut (b 14.03.1638, d 27.11.1707) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 1676) Elizabeth Tongue (b 20.10.1653, d 25.04.1731, dau of George Tongue of New London) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Winthrop (b by 1676?, dsp 08.01.1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1701) John Livingston of Albany (New York), later of New London (Colonel, son of Robert of Albany, m2. Elizabeth Knight of Boston) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Wait Still Winthrop (b 27.02.1642, Major General, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 18.02.1678) Mary Browne (d 14.06.1690, dau of William Browne of Salem) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Winthrop of New London & Sydenham (Kent) (b 26.08.1681, d 01.08.1747, 2nd son) had issue in North America | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.12.1706) Anne Dudley (d 29.05.1776, dau of Joseph Dudley (Governor of Massachusetts), m2. Jeremiah Miller of New London) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Winthrop (bpt 28.11.1686, d 22.11.1746) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.11.1709) Thomas Lechmere (son of Edmund of Hanley Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - John (bpt 12.10.1679, d infant), William (bpt 07.12.1684, d 25.09.1693), Joseph (bpt 13.09.1689, d 27.09.1693), Elizabeth (bpt 11.05.1682, d 09.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (13.11.1707) Katherine Brattle (d 05.08.1725, dau of Hon. William Brattle, widow of John Eyre of Boston) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Winthrop (bpt 03.07.1636, d 07.12.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (12.11.1658) Antipas Newman (minister at Wenham, Massachusetts) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1678) Zerubbanel Endicott (son of Governor John) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Lucy Winthrop (b 28.01.1640, dsp 24.11.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1664) Edward Palmes of New Haven (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Margaret Winthrop (b 1646, d 28.09.1697) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1665) John Curwen of Corwin (Corwin of Salem) (d 12.07.1683) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Martha Winthrop (b 1648, d 27.09.1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1678) Edward Wharton of Boston | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Anne Winthrop (b 1649, d 27.06.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1692) John Richards of Boston (d 02.04.1694, Speaker of the House of Representatives) | |||||||||||||||
| (ix)+ | other issue - Adam (d 1654), Mary (bpt 15.09.1644, d c1653?) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Winthrop (bpt 20.01.1607/8, d 02.07.1630, to Barbados then London then New England) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.04.1629) Elizabeth Fones ('The Winthrop Woman') | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Martha Johanna Winthrop (b 09.05.1630, d c1650) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1647) Thomas Lyon of Stamford, Connecticut | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Winthrop (b 1612, d 12.04.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1632) Rev. Samuel Dudley (son of Thomas, Governor of Massachuestts) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue (d unm) - Forth of Hadleigh (b 30.12.1609, bur 28.11.1630), Anne (b 08.08.1614), Anne (b 26.06.1615, bur 29.06.1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (06.12.1615) Thomasine Clopton (d 08.12.1616, dau of William Clopton of Castleins Manor) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | daughter (b 30.11.1616, d 02.12.1616) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (29.04.1618) Margaret Tyndal (d 14.06.1647, dau of Sir John Tyndal of Much/Great Maplestead) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Stephen Winthrop (b 24.03.1619, d 03.05.1658, Colonel, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1645) Judith Rainsborough (dau of Capt. William Rainsborough of Wapping & Southwold) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Margaret Winthrop (b c1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.01.1676) Henry Ward of Stepney | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.07.1685) Edmund Willey or Willie (Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Judith Winthrop (b 165, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1677) Richard Handcock or Hancock of London | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Stephen (b 07.11.1644, d 08.1648), John (b 24.05.1646, d 08.1648), Stephen (b 13.05.1651, d young), son (b 1657, d before 05.1658), daughter (b 1650, d young?), Joanna (a 05.1658, d before 1680?), son?, 3 daughters? | ||||||||||||||
| (I) | Adam Winthrop of Boston, New England (b 07.04.1620, d 24.08.1652) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.1642) Elizabeth Glover (d 09.1648, dau of Rev. Jose Glover, sister of Sarah) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Adam Winthrop (b 15.10.1647, d 03.08.1700) had issue in North America | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Luttrell (d 30.10.1715, dau of Col. Luttrell of Bristol, m2. Col. Joseph Lynde of Charlestown) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Winthrop (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Hawkins (dau of Capt. Thomas Hawkins, m2. John Richards) | |||||||||||||||
| (J) | Deane Winthrop (b 16.03.1623, d 16.03.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 1648) Sarah Glover (d before 1684, dau of Rev. Jose Glover, step-dau of Rev. Henry Dunster) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Margaret Winthrop (b 25.07.1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jonathan Glover of Boston | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Winthrop (b 09.07.1663, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Kent (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Priscilla Winthrop (b 01.05.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eliab Adams | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Mercy Winthrop (b 18.01.1673, d 1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1700) Atherton Hough of Boston | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Deane (bpt 15.06.1651, d young), Deane (b 06.09.1653, d young),John (b c1655, d young), Jose (b 03.05.1666, d unm 15.11.1702), Sarah (b 11.02.1657, d before 1703) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1684) Martha (widow of Capt. John Mellows of Boston) | |||||||||||||||
| (K) | Samuel Winthrop of Groton Hall, Antigua (b 28.08.1627, d 1674, Deputy Governor of Antigua, 8th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1648) Elizabeth (d 12.1675/6, "a Dutch lady") | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Winthrop (b 1649, d c1711, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1677) Henrietta King (dau/coheir of Capt. William King of Antigua, step-dau of Gov. Robert Carden) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Samuel Winthrop (b 1692, d c1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Abigail Lavingham (d 1773, sister of Major William Lavingham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Elizabeth Winthrop | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jacob Huyshe of Antigua (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - William (a 1756, d unm), Robert (bur 27.06.1779), Mary (d unm 1760) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Winthrop | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1709/10) William Lavingham of Antigua (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Joseph Winthrop of Cinnamon Valley, Antigua (b before 1653, d 1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine (m2. Richard Slicer) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary or Sarah Winthrop named Mary by BIFR1976 but Sarah by 'Evidences' | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Thomas of Antigua (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Samuel Winthrop of Groton Hall (b before 1657, d 1691, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Warner (dau of Philip Warner, Governor of Antigua) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Samuel Winthrop (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sarah Winthrop | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.08.1690) Henry Lyons of Lyons, Antigua (Major, son of Samuel) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Winthrop (b before 1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.11.1666) William Mildon of Bristol & Nevis | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Francis St. John (d 1670, Captain, Secretary of Antigua) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Rowland Williams of Antigua (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Sarah Winthrop (b c1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 1675) Samuel Jones of Antigua (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Edward Byam, Governor of the Leeward Islands (Colonel, son of General William) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m1. George Thomas of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Williams | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Frye | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Rebecca Winthrop (b after 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1679) Willoughby Byam (d before 21.03.1692, Colonel, son of Col William (Governor of Surinam)) | |||||||||||||||
| (ix)+ | other issue - John (b before 1657, d 1671), Thomas (b 02.1660, d young), Stephen (a 12.1673), Mary (d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| (L)+ | other issue (d young) - Nathaniel (bpt 20.02.1625), William (b 14.08.1632), Anne (bpt 29.04.1630, d 1631), Sarah (bpt 29.06.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m4. (04.12.1647) Martha Raisnborough (dau of Capt. William Rainsborough of Wapping & Southwold, sister of Cols. Thomas & William) | |||||||||||||||
| (Q) | Joshua Winthrop (b 12.12.1648, d 19.01.1659) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anne Winthrop (b 05.10.1581, d 10.01.1581) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Winthrop (b 16.01.1585, d 16.05.1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.02.1604/5) Thomas Fones of London & Nusteed Hall (m2. Priscilla Burgess, son of Thomas of Dedford) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jane Winthrop (b 14.06.1592, d 26.05.1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03/5.01.1612) Thomas Goslin (Gostlin) of Groton (clothier, son of Philip) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Lucy Winthrop (b 09.01.1600, d 19.04.1629) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.04.1622) Emmanuel Downing of London & Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alice Winthrop (b 15.11.1539, d 08.11.1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.06.1563) Sir Thomas Mildmay of Springfield Barnes (d 15.12.1612) | |||||||||||||||
| j. | Bridget Winthrop (b 03.05.1543, d 04.11.1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.04.1567) Roger Alabaster of Hadleigh | |||||||||||||||
| k. | Mary Winthrop (b 01.03.1544, a 1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Celie or Cely of London | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Adam Cely (or Selye) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sarah Cely (or Selye) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.08.1601) Robert Humfrey | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Abraham Vesey of Holton Hall (son of Lawrence of Hadleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| l. | Katharine Winthrop (b 17.05.1550, d unm?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. | Susan Winthrop (b 10.12.1552, d 09.08.1604) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cottie (possibly Dr. John, "author of a work on Witchcraft") | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Burd of Ipswich | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BIFR1976 ('Bence-Jones', section on the Winthrop family), 'Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton' (Robert C. Winthrop Jr., 1897, 'Winthrop of Groton, co. Suffolk', p25+)
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