John Winthrop Grave
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Kings Chapel Burial Ground

John Winthrop sailed to the New World in 1630 along with many other Puritans to escape the suppression of their faith by the King of England. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony which included the area around and from Salem to Boston, MA, and became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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John Winthrop

John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8 – 26 March 1649) was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first 20 years of existence. His writings and vision of the colony as a Puritan "city upon a hill" dominated New England colonial development, influencing the government and religion of neighboring colonies.

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