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Winthrop |
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Winthrop, residential town (1990 pop. 18,127), Suffolk co., E Mass., on a peninsula extending into Boston Bay; settled 1635, set off from North Chelsea and inc. 1852. Several houses of historical interest (17th–18th cent.) remain, including Governor Winthrop's house. Winthrop English upper-class family; America’s parliamentary governors. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 937–938] See : Aristocracy |
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but the old gentleman and you are two folks," said Ben Winthrop. For, as our good Governor Winthrop was made an angel this past night, it was doubtless held fit that there should be some notice thereof {Foot Note: There is a statue representing John Winthrop in Scollay Square in Boston. |
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