John Winthrop Essay Examples

January 22, 1588

April 5, 1649 (aged 61)

John Winthrop was an English Puritan lawyer and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the chief figure among the Puritan founders of New England.

Winthrop was born in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England, into a wealthy land-owning and merchant family. He trained in the law and became Lord of the Manor at Groton in Suffolk.