Winthrop family

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New England family family political family

The Winthrop family is a prominent New England lineage known for its influential role in early American colonial history and politics.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Winthrop	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New England family ⓘ family ⓘ political family ⓘ
associatedWith	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ Connecticut Colony ⓘ Groton, Massachusetts ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
connectedToInstitution	Harvard College NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
earliestProminentMember	Adam Winthrop ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	English ⓘ
hasArchiveAt	Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Historical Society ⓘ
hasFamilyPapers	The Journal of John Winthrop ⓘ surface form: Winthrop Papers
hasHeritageDesignation	old New England family ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Adam Winthrop ⓘ Fitz-John Winthrop ⓘ James Winthrop ⓘ John Winthrop ⓘ John Winthrop ⓘ surface form: John Winthrop the Younger Robert Charles Winthrop ⓘ Theodore Winthrop ⓘ Thomas Lindall Winthrop ⓘ Wait Still Winthrop ⓘ
hasTitleHeldByMembers	Governor of the Colony of Connecticut ⓘ Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
historicalSignificance	influence on early American religious and civic ideals ⓘ leadership in founding and governing Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
influenced	development of New England political culture ⓘ
knownFor	governorships in New England colonies ⓘ landholding and mercantile activities in colonial New England ⓘ participation in early American politics ⓘ
languageOfEarlyMembers	English ⓘ
migrationPattern	English emigration to New England ⓘ
notableFor	political influence in colonial New England ⓘ role in early American colonial history ⓘ
originatedFrom	Suffolk, England ⓘ
politicalTradition	Puritan leadership ⓘ
regionOfActivity	New England ⓘ
religiousTradition	Puritanism ⓘ
socialClass	colonial elite ⓘ gentry ⓘ
studiedInField	American colonial history ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ