biography
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Winthrop, John
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in full Fitz-John Winthrop
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| male
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| lived:
| (1638–1707)
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| biography:
| Soldier and colonial administrator, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA, the son of John Winthrop. He served in the parliamentary army (1660), and settled in Connecticut in 1663. He was a commander against the Dutch, the Indians, and the French, agent in London for Connecticut (1693–7), and governor of the colony from 1698. |
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