John Winthrop
During the year, 1548, when English sailors had successfully defeated the Spanish Armada, John Winthrop was born. Winthrop was the son of a London cloth merchant, Adam Winthrop. John grew up in the country side of England at a confiscated monastery that his grandfather, Adam Winthrop I, had purchased and named it Groton Manor. The manor was a wonderful place for a child to go up and have many adventures at. Groton was surrounded by wheat and rye fields, and dotted with dark woods. However, unknowingly to John Winthrop his greatest adventures would be found outside the seemingly safety of Groton Manor. The first of Winthrop's adventures was laid at his feet during the year of 1603. In March, of that year, Winthrop
Winthrop's home sickness did not last long, for he was back at home, in Groton, within two years. Upon his return home, Winthrop's next opportunity for adventure came quickly. This adventure appeared in the form of marriage. Puritanism meant many different things to different people. In 1630, having been made governor, Winthrop was sent on yet another adventure. The practice of prearranged marriages was normal for this time period. He had caught the fever known as Puritanism, as well (Morgan p. Winthrop's belief in Puritanism would prove to be on of his grandest adventures. He was fifteen when he left home and little is known of how college life affected Winthrop. Of all his childhood, young adult and manly adventures his Salem adventure would prove to be the hardest of them all. A contract was a ceremony that is similar to an engagement in today's society. John Forth, of neighboring Great Stambridge, called upon John's father Adam. The two men discussed the union of their children, Mary Forth and John Winthrop.
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