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c. 1558 - 1649Life of John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1605John Winthrop marries his first wife, Mary Forth.
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1615John Winthrop's first wife, Mary Forth dies; he marries his second wife Thomasine Clopton.
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1616John Winthrop's second wife, Thomasine Clopton, dies in childbirth.
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1618John Winthrop marries his third wife, Margaret Tyndal.
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1630John Winthrop migrates to North America with 700 Puritan colonists to become governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1630 - 1649John Winthrop serves as governor or assistant governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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1630John Winthrop delivers his famous sermon 'A Model of Christian Charity' either before leaving England or en route to North America.
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1636 - 1638John Winthrop presides over proceedings concerning the Antinomian Controversy; Anne Hutchinson and others banished from colony.
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1636 - 1638The Pequot War; John Winthrop presides over policy concerning the massacre and enslavement of the Pequot tribe.
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1645John Winthrop delivers his 'A Little Speech on Liberty' after his authority as a magistrate is challenged.
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1647John Winthrop's third wife, Margaret, dies and he marries his fourth, Martha Rainsborough.
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1649John Winthrop dies at Boston from natural causes.
