John WINTHROPE
NAME:
Governor John Winthrop II
NOTES:
1. Waitstill "Wait" Winthrope was a colonial magistrate, military officer, and policitian of New England at the time of the Salem Witch Trials.
He married Elizabeth Reade 12 Feb 1635 at London, Middlesex, England . Elizabeth Reade was born at Wickford, Essex, England 17 Nov 1614 daughter of Edmund Reade and Elizabeth Cooke .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Elizabeth Winthrope
christened 24 Jul 1636.
Fitz-John Winthrope
born 14 Mar 1638.
Waitstill Winthrope
born 27 Feb 1641.
Margaret Winthrope
christened 15 Sep 1644.
John Winthrope died 5 Apr 1676 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts .
Elizabeth Reade died 24 Nov 1672 at New London, Connecticut .


