[Kate Adams]

Wow.

I live just off Winthrop street, in a streetcar subdivision built on his 
former landhold in Medford, Massachusetts.

I can see the Back Bay area of Boston from the hill I live on.

At 07:23 PM 9/23/02 -0400, Cheryl H wrote:
>as an interesting side note, this is what I found about John Winthrop -
>
>British-Amer. political leader, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay 
>Colony. In 1629 he joined the Massachusetts Bay Co., and he was elected 
>governor of the colony that was to be established by the company in New 
>England. An ardent Puritan, he envisioned a colony based on his religious 
>beliefs. He guided the colonists on his arrival in N. America in 1630, and 
>was elected governor 12 times during 1631-48. Though widely respected, he 
>was criticized for opposing the formation of a representative assembly 
>(1634), and R. Williams and A. Hutchinson decried the colony's limitations 
>on religious expression. His son, John Winthrop (1606-1676), was an 
>influential governor of Connecticut (1659-76).
>
>Cheryl
>
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