1. Deane Winthrop was the sixth son of the English Puritan colonist John Winthrop, a founder and the 2nd, 6th, 9th and 12th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
10 Facts About Deane Winthrop
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Deane Winthrop was named after his mother's half-brother, Sir John Deane.
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Deane Winthrop later settled and farmed in an area of the Town of Boston known as Pullen Point, part of the area known to the native Massachusett tribe as Winnisimmet, which is today the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts.
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Deane Winthrop served as one of the original selectmen of the settlement, but his permanent residence was always Pullen Point.
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The Deane Winthrop House located in what is Winthrop, Massachusetts is the site of Deane's first house.
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Deane Winthrop later rebuilt most of the house in 1675.
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Deane Winthrop was the widow of Captain John Mellows of Boston.
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Deane Winthrop provides this account of Deane Winthrop's burial in his diary:.
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Deane Winthrop used the same coat of arms as his father John Winthrop as displayed here.
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The Town of Deane Winthrop, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1852 after separating from what was then known as North Chelsea and is today known as Revere, Massachusetts.