Winthrop, John

Cultural  

1. A Puritan political leader of the seventeenth century, born in England. Winthrop was sent to America as the first governor of Massachusetts. He compared the colony to “a city upon a hill,” suggesting that it would be a model for all nations.

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Example Sentences

Before taking the big public step, he sought advice from his brothers Laurance, Winthrop, John and David.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Perhaps your name is ———" "Winthrop, John Winthrop, if that will throw any light on the subject."

From Arms and the Woman by MacGrath, Harold

Winthrop, John, 3 Wisconsin, admission, 274 Witchcraft, 41 Wollstonecraft, Mary, 556 Women: colonial, 28 Revolutionary War, 124 labor, 305 education and civil rights, 554f. suffrage, 562f.

From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)

Winthrop, John, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 142; arrives at Salem, 142; moves to Charlestown, 142; religious controversies, 147-148.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Winthrop, John, on a disturbance in Boston, 10-11; on health-drinking, 15; quoted, 115; pick-a-back, 224.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse