John Winthrop

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John Winthrop was a 17th-century English Puritan leader and governor who played a central role in establishing and governing the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a model “city upon a hill.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person
Puritan
colonial governor
lawyer
person
politician
writer
birthDate 1588-01-12
birthPlace Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground
surface form: King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
century 17th century
child John Winthrop self-linksurface differs
surface form: John Winthrop the Younger
citizenship Kingdom of England
colonyFounded Massachusetts Bay Colony
deathDate 1649-04-05
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge
electedGovernorOf Massachusetts Bay Colony
ethnicGroup English
famousQuotation “We shall be as a city upon a hill.”
father Adam Winthrop
historicalPeriod Colonial America
knownFor leadership of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
role in early New England Puritanism
“city upon a hill” sermon
languageSpoken English
ledMigrationTo New England
mother Anne Browne
name John Winthrop self-link
notableWork A Model of Christian Charity
The Journal of John Winthrop
numberOfTermsAsGovernor 12
occupation author
colonial administrator
governor
lawyer
politicalIdeology Puritan republicanism
positionHeld Deputy Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
religion Puritanism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
sailedOn Arbella
spouse Margaret Tyndal
Martha Rainsborough
Mary Forth
Thomasine Clopton
termEnd 1649
termStart 1630
yearOfMigration 1630

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Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop
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royal charter of Massachusetts Bay authorizedBody John Winthrop
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Bay governor
John Winthrop name John Winthrop self-link
John Winthrop child John Winthrop self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: John Winthrop the Younger
Thomas Dudley positionHeld John Winthrop
this entity surface form: Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Company foundedBy John Winthrop
Wait Winthrop father John Winthrop
this entity surface form: John Winthrop the Younger
Anne Hutchinson conflict John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker contemporaryOf John Winthrop
Great Swamp Fight commander John Winthrop
this entity surface form: John Winthrop the Younger
Edwardstone, Suffolk, England birthplaceOf John Winthrop
subject surface form: Edwardstone
Margaret Tyndal spouse John Winthrop
A Model of Christian Charity author John Winthrop
The Journal of John Winthrop author John Winthrop
Arbella carried John Winthrop
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Martha Rainsborough spouse John Winthrop
Anne Browne motherOf John Winthrop
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Thomasine Clopton spouse John Winthrop
Thomasine Clopton associatedWith John Winthrop
this entity surface form: Puritan leader John Winthrop
Adam Winthrop father John Winthrop
Adam Winthrop relative John Winthrop
Winthrop family hasNotableMember John Winthrop
Winthrop family hasNotableMember John Winthrop
this entity surface form: John Winthrop the Younger
Winthrop, Massachusetts namedAfter John Winthrop
American exceptionalism influencedBy John Winthrop
Anne Marbury opposedBy John Winthrop
Mary Forth spouse John Winthrop
Samuel Gorton associatedWith John Winthrop
Winthrop House namedAfter John Winthrop
Winthrop Fleet commandedBy John Winthrop
Winthrop Fleet leader John Winthrop
Winthrop Fleet hasPassenger John Winthrop
Lady Arbella Johnson hasConnectionTo John Winthrop
Winthrop, Maine namedAfter John Winthrop