John Winthrop

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English person Puritan colonial governor lawyer person politician writer

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.”

Aliases (4)

John Winthrop the Younger ×4
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ×1
Massachusetts Bay governor ×1
Puritan leader John Winthrop ×1

Statements (49)

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, Boston →
century	17th century →
child	John Winthrop the Younger →
citizenship	Kingdom of England →
colonyFounded	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
deathDate	1649-04-05 →
deathPlace	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 →
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 Bay Colony →
sailedOn	Arbella →
spouse	Margaret Tyndal → Martha Rainsborough → Mary Forth → Thomasine Clopton →
termEnd	1649 →
termStart	1630 →
yearOfMigration	1630 →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Margaret Tyndal → Martha Rainsborough → Thomasine Clopton →	spouse
A Model of Christian Charity → The Journal of John Winthrop →	author
Adam Winthrop → Wait Winthrop ("John Winthrop the Younger") →	father
Winthrop family → Winthrop family ("John Winthrop the Younger") →	hasNotableMember
Thomasine Clopton ("Puritan leader John Winthrop") →	associatedWith
royal charter of Massachusetts Bay ("Massachusetts Bay governor") →	authorizedBody
Edwardstone →	birthplaceOf
King's Chapel Burying Ground →	burialPlaceOf
Arbella →	carried
John Winthrop ("John Winthrop the Younger") →	child
Great Swamp Fight ("John Winthrop the Younger") →	commander
Anne Hutchinson →	conflict
Thomas Hooker →	contemporaryOf
Massachusetts Bay Company →	foundedBy
Massachusetts Bay Colony →	foundedByPerson
Massachusetts Bay Colony →	governor
Puritanism →	keyFigure
Anne Browne →	motherOf
John Winthrop →	name
Winthrop, Massachusetts →	namedAfter
Arbella →	notablePassenger
Magnalia Christi Americana →	notablePersonDescribed
Anne Browne →	notableRelative
Thomas Dudley ("Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony") →	positionHeld
Adam Winthrop →	relative
Great Migration of Puritans →	significantFigure