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See also:WINTHROP, See also:JOHN (1606-1676) , generally 'known as John Winthrop the Younger, son of the preceding, See also:born at Groton, See also:England, on the 12th of See also:February 16o6. He was educated at. the See also:Bury St See also:Edmunds See also:grammar school and at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, studied See also:law for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time after 1624 at the Inner See also:Temple, See also:London, accompanied the See also:ill-fated expedition of the See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham for the See also:relief of the Protestants of La Rochelle, and then travelled in See also:Italy and the See also:Levant, returning to England in 1628. In 1631 he followed his See also:father to See also:Massachusetts, and was one of the " assistants " in 1635, 1640 and 1641, and from 1644 to 1649. He was the See also:chief founder of Agawam (now See also:Ipswich), See also:Mass., in 1633, went to England in 1634, and in the following See also:year returned as See also:governor, for one year, of See also:Connecticut, under the Saye and Sele patent, sending out the party which built the fort at See also:Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut See also:river. He then lived for a time in Massachusetts, where he devoted himself to the study of See also:science and attempted to See also:interest the settlers in the development of the See also:colony's See also:mineral resources. He was again in England in 1641-1643, and on his return established See also:iron-See also:works at See also:Lynn and See also:Braintree, Mass. In 1645 he obtained a See also:title to lands in See also:south-eastern Connecticut, and founded there in 1646 what is now New London, whither he removed in 165o. He became one of the magistrates of Connecticut in 1651; in 1657-1658 was governor of the colony; and in 1659 again became governor, being annually re-elected until his See also:death. In 1662 he obtained in England the See also:charter by which the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven were See also:united. Besides being governor of Connecticut, he was also in 1675 one of the commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. While in England he was elected to membership in the newly organized Royal Society, to whose Philosophical Transactions he contributed two papers, " Some Natural Curiosities from New England," and " Description, Culture and Use of See also:Maize." He died on the 5th of See also:April 1676 in See also:Boston, whither he had gone to attend a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of the commissioners of the United Colonies of New England.
His See also:correspondence with the Royal Society was published in See also:series 1, vol. xvi. of the Massachusetts See also:Historical Society's Proceedings. See T. F. See also:Waters's See also:Sketch of the See also:Life of John Winthrop the Younger (Ipswich, Mass., 1899).
Winthrop's son, FITZ-JOHN WINTHROP (1638-1707), was educated at Harvard, though he did not take a degree; served in the See also:parliamentary See also:army in See also:Scotland under Monck, whom he accompanied on his See also:march to London, and returned-to Connecticut in 1663. As See also:major-See also:general he commanded the unsuccessful expedition of the New See also:York and Connecticut forces against See also:Canada in 169o; from 1693 to 1697 he was the See also:agent of Connecticut in London; and from 1698 until his death he was governor of Connecticut.
End of Article: WINTHROP, JOHN (1606-1676)
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