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Major-General Fitz-John Winthrop (March 14, 1639 – November 27, 1707) was a Connecticut Militia officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707, when he died in office.
This portrait of Fitz-John Winthrop in long, curly wig and armor of the era was painted by an unknown artist. The portrait is 38″ x 45″ in its frame. Prepared by the History and Genealogy Unit, Connecticut State Library, August, 2002.
John Winthrop the Younger (February 12, 1606 – April 6, 1676) was an early governor of the Connecticut Colony, and he played a large role in the merger of several separate settlements into the unified colony.
John Winthrop (Fitz-John Winthrop), 1638–1707, American colonial governor of Connecticut, b. Ipswich, Mass.; son of John Winthrop (1606–76). He is commonly called Fitz-John Winthrop to distinguish him from his father and his grandfather.
Fitz-John Winthrop, 1638-1707, American colonial governor of Connecticut, born in Ipswich, Mass.; son of John Winthrop (Jr.) (1606–76). He is commonly called Fitz-John Winthrop to distinguish him from his father and his grandfather, John Winthrop, theologian and many time governor of Massachusetts . He left Harvard to serve in the English ...
In 1690, Connecticut’s Fitz-John Winthrop (1639-1707) led an intercolonial invasion of Canada that never got beyond Lake George because of disease and no supply. After that year, fighting trailed off and the war soon ended inconclusively with the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697.
Fitz-John Winthrop (1638-1707) was born to John Winthrop, Jr. (1606-1676) and his second wife Elizabeth Reade Winthrop (1614-1672). He fought in military campaigns, held many political positions, and served as colonial governor of Connecticut from 1698 until his death.
