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Vane lost his position to the elder John Winthrop in the 1637 election. The contentious election was marked by a sharp disagreement over the treatment of John Wheelwright, another Hutchinson supporter. Winthrop won in part because the location of the vote was moved to Cambridge, reducing the power of Vane's Boston support.
1 de jul. de 2024 · Print. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization. New York Public Library. Who were the Puritans? What do you know about them? We explore David Hackett Fischers' Albion's Seed. In 1618 John Winthrop could count himself among England's fortunate.
16 de jul. de 2024 · Historically speaking, the name Groton (pronounced either “GRAW-ton” or “GROW-ton”), can be traced back to the parish where John Winthrop, the founder of Boston and second governor of...
Hace 4 días · In June 1638, John Winthrop the Younger, son of the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, bought most of present-day Essex County from Masconomet, chief of the Agawam Indians, for the sum of twenty English pounds.
5 de jul. de 2024 · She may have had a husband named John and at least one child. However, after influenza ravaged Windsor in 1647, residents levied a catastrophic charge against Young: that she was a witch. Why Windsor settlers accused Young in particular remains unclear.
Hace 6 días · He was connected with John Winthrop through his wife, and had already formed several friendships with the American colonists. He arrived at Boston in October 1635 and was given charge of the church at Salem.
18 de jul. de 2024 · We don't even really know why this land in the northern part of Groton is called Gungywamp — only that it has been known to European settlers since 1654, when colonial Governor John Winthrop...
