John-Fitz Winthrop (1638-1707)


 * AKA Fitz-John Winthrop
 * AKA Governor John Winthrop III

Like his father Fitz-John Winthrop also served as Governor of Connecticut (1698-1707)

Vital Statistics

 * Son of John Winthrop Jr, Governor of Connecticut and his wife Elizabeth Read
 * Born 14 Mar 1637/38 in Ipswich, MA.
 * Died 27 Nov 1707 in Boston, MA

Biography

 * Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1698-1707
 * The house at Winthrop's Neck was the center of several farms owned by their father.


 * Offices: Magistrate, Colony of Connecticut, 1664
 * Lieutenant and Captain in Richard Cromwell's Army (England), 1658-1660
 * Deputy, General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1671, 1678
 * New London Representative to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1671
 * Head, New London County Militia, 1672
 * Sergeant Major of Long Island, 1673
 * Council member, Dominion of New England, 1687-1689
 * Assistant, General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1690, 1693-1697
 * Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1698-1707
 * Married Elizabeth Tongue