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Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, John Winthrop (search)
John Winthrop By Charles D. Elliot The parish of Groton in the county of Suffolk, Eng., lies midway between the town of Sudbury on the rdbury being about five miles west, and Hadleigh five miles east of Groton, adjoining which to the west is Edwardston, the birthplace of the sary 12, 1587 (O. S.), and was the son of Adam and Anne Winthrop, of Groton manor, which was the ancestral home of the Winthrops, this estate htambridge. The VIIIth of May (1605) my soonne & his wife came to Groton from London, and the IXth I made a marriage feast, etc. The abov esteem, holding eminent positions, and being lords of the manor of Groton, as was also John. Of his descendants we can speak with equal te us the early history and home of the family, the ancient church at Groton in England is, I think, the most interesting. In its graveyard is op, Esq., who were patrons of this church and Lords of the Manor of Groton. John Winthrop bore an unblemished character. His virtues were