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6 days ago · May 3 – John Winthrop the Younger, the son of the first governor of Massachusetts, is honored by being made a fellow of the Royal Society, England's new scientific society. Winthrop uses his election to the Society to gain access to the king, who grants him a new charter, uniting the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven .
Jun 20, 2024 · John Winthrop was the name of several prominent figures in colonial New England, among them: John Winthrop (1587/8-1649), founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; his son, John Winthrop, the Younger (1606-1676), colonial governor of Connecticut
- Edwardstone, England
- January 22, 1588
- England
- Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
3 days ago · He found a new element in a mineral sample that had been sent to England from Connecticut, United States in 1734 by John Winthrop F.R.S. (grandson of John Winthrop the Younger) and named the mineral columbite and the new element columbium after Columbia, the poetic name for the United States.
Jun 10, 2024 · Sir Henry Vane, the Younger (born 1613—died June 14, 1662, London) was an English Puritan, one of the most capable administrators in Parliament during the Civil Wars between the Parliamentarians and Royalists.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 22, 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...
Jun 13, 2024 · John Winthrop (1588-1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and is generally considered the principal architect of early New England society.
4 days ago · 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.
