"Governor"  John Winthrop
b.12 Jan. 1587
Edwardstone, Suffolk, England [Watsons 117]
d. 26 Mar 1649
of natural causes, Boston, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Buried: King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.

1m. Mary Forth
b. 1583
d. 26 Jun 1615 in childbirth
buried:

2m. Thomasine Clopton
6 Dec 1615
b. c1587
d. 1616

3m. Margaret Tyndal
26 April 1618
b. c1587
d. 14 Jun 1647 Boston, Mass.
immigrated on the 2nd voyage of the Lyon in 1631


4m. Martha Rainsborough after4  Dec 1647
b. c1587
widow of Thomas Coytmore
sister of:  Thomas and William Rainborowe


Father: Adam Winthrop (1548-1623)
Mother:  Anne Browne (c1583 - 1629)

Children with Mary Forth
John Winthrop
b. 12 feb 1606 Groton, Suffolk, England d. 5 April 1676 Boston, Mass
m. Mary Fones (c1606)
2m. Elizabeth Read (1616- 1672)
Henry Winthrop
b. 20 Jan 1607 Groton, Suffolk, England
d. 2 July 1630 Mass.
m. Elizabeth Fones (1610
Forth Winthrop
(1609-1630)


Mary Winthrop
about 1612 Groton Manor, Suffolk, Eng
d. 2 Apr 1643 Salisbury, Mass.
m. Rev. Samuel Dudley  1633
(son of Gov. Thomas Dudley)

Anne Winthrop
b. 1614
d. 1614
died young
Ann Winthrop
b. 1615
d. 1615
died young

Children with Thomasine Clopton
dau. Winthrop
b.1616 d. 1616
died young

Children with Margaret Tyndale
Stephen Winthrop
b.1616 d. 1616
died young
Adam Winthrop
b. 7 Apr 1620 Groton, Suffolk, Eng.
d. 24 Aug 1652 Mass.
m. Elizabeth Glover (c1620 - 1642)
2m. Elizabeth Hawkins (c1620)
Deane Winthrop
b. 1622


Nathaniel Wintrop
b. 1625
d. 1626
died young
Samuel Winthrop
b. 1627


Anne Winthrop
b. 1630
d. 1631
died young
William Winthrop
b. 1632


Sarah Winthrop
b. 1634
d. 1635
died young

Children with Margaret Tyndale
Joshua Winthrop
b. 12 Dec 1648 d. 11 Jan 1651
died young

* family makeup from Watson. p 117

"He was a military captain in the Revolutionary War and in earlier service.  He was a very prominent man in many respects and of noble character. He had a large estate, called Hawley, which he bequeathed in his will of 1781 to his son Samuel."
[Watson p. 117-118]

winthrop fleet
Winthrop Fleet arriving, 1630 in Salem

Winthrop landing
Winthrop Landing, 1630 - unknown artist
Wikipedia.commons

1629 , 25 April - Henry Winthrop, the second son, made a hasty marriage to Elizabeth Fones in 1628.  The next year he shipped out on the "Talbot" and arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Colony at July 1, 1630. On the very next day he is out on a expedition and drowned while swimming river to retrieve a native canoe. He died in the colonies before John Winthrop his father even knew he had arrived. 

Sources:
Dudley, Dean.  Dudley Genealogies and Family Records, pub. by Dean Dudley, Boston, 1848
LDS extracted records for Franklin Co., Maine- http://www.familysearch.org
        birth records of Franklin Co., Maine  1732-1875,  C503571
        marriages  of 
Franklin Co., Maine 1804-1885,  M503572
U. S. Census.
Watson, Marston.  Royal Families of America of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants through Five Generations. Second Edition. Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., Boston. 2004


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