biography
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| lived:
| (1606–76)
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| biography:
| Colonist, born in Groton, Suffolk, E England, UK, the son of John Winthrop. He travelled to America in 1631, landing in Boston, and became a magistrate in Massachusetts. In 1635 he went to Connecticut, and founded New London in 1646. He was elected governor of Connecticut, and except for one year held that post until his death. He obtained from Charles II a charter uniting the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven, and was named first governor under it. He was the father of paper currency in America. |
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