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| 1. | John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49. |
| 2. | his son, John, 1606–76, English colonist in America: colonial governor of Connecticut 1657, 1659–76. |
| 3. | John or Fitz-John [fits-jon] , 1638–1707, American soldier and statesman: colonial governor of Connecticut 1698–1707 (son of the younger John Winthrop). |
| 4. | John, 1714–79, American astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. |
| 5. | Robert Charles, 1809–94, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1847–49. |
| 6. | a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston. 19,294. |
| 7. | a male given name. |
| Win·throp (wĭn'thrəp) English-born American colonial administrator who was the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, serving seven terms between 1629 and 1649. His son John (1606-1676) was three times governor of Connecticut (1636, 1657, and 1659-1676), and his grandson John (1638-1707), born in America, was also governor of Connecticut (1698-1707). |