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WINTHORP

Winthrop

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English : habitational name from places in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire called Winthorpe. The former is named with the Old English personal name or byname Wine, meaning â€˜friendâ€™, + Old Norse Ã¾orp â€˜settlementâ€™. In the latter the first element is a contracted form of the Old English personal name Wigmund, composed of the elements wÄ«g â€˜warâ€™ + mund â€˜protectionâ€™, or the Old Norse equivalent, VÃgmundr.John Winthrop (1588â€“1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He kept a detailed journal, an invaluable source for historians. He was born into a family of Suffolk, England, gentry whose fortunes were founded by his grandfather Adam Winthrop (d. 1562) of Lavenham. In 1544 the latter acquired a 500-acre estate that had been part of the monastery of Bury St. Edmunds. John Winthrop emigrated from Groton, Suffolk, England, to Salem, MA, in 1630 because of Charles Iâ€™s anti-Puritan policies. By the time of his death he had had four wives and 16 children, the most notable of whom was his son John (1606â€“76), a scientist and governor of CT. His descendants were prominent in politics and science, including John Winthrop (1714â€“79), an astronomer, and Robert Winthrop (1809â€“94), a senator and speaker of the House of Representatives.