Deane Winthrop
Deane Winthrop | |
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Born | 23 March 1623 |
Died | 16 March 1704 | (aged 80)
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Farmer |
Known for | Sixth son of Governor John Winthrop and an early settler of what is now the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts |
Spouse(s) | Sarah Glover, Martha Mellows |
Deane Winthrop (23 March 1623 – 16 March 1704) was the sixth son (the third son by his father's third marriage) of the English
Deane was born in the village of Groton in Suffolk, England. At the age of 12, he departed London, England with his older brother John Winthrop the Younger, age 29, on the ship the Abigail in July 1635. He later settled and farmed in an area of the Town of Boston known as Pullen Point (Pulling Point), part of the area known to the native Massachusett tribe as Winnisimmet, which is today the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts.
Plantation of Groton
In the 1650s, he was involved in the project of settlement in the
Deane Winthrop House
The
Personal life
Like most settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Deane was a
Deane's first wife, Sarah, died in 1684 at the age of about 55. In the same year, at the age of 61, he married Martha Mellows (1625–1716), aged 59. She was the widow of Captain John Mellows (or Mellhouse) of Boston. Deane also owned three slaves of African origin. They are mentioned by name in his will of 1702 as: Marrear, Primas, and a child named Robbin.[5]
Deane died on 16 March 1704 at age 80 in Pullen Point. He was buried on 20 March in the Rumney Marsh Burying Ground which is located in what is today Revere, Massachusetts and is still maintained.[6]
- "March 16, 1703/4 Mr Deane Winthrop, of Pulling Point, dies upon his Birthday, just about the Breaking of it. He was Taken at eight aclock the evening before, as he sat in his chair, sunk first, being set up, he vomited, complained of his head, which were almost his last words. Hardly spake anything after his being in bed. 81 years old. He is the last of Govr Winthrop's children... statione novissimus exit. March 20. is buried at Pulling Point by his son and three Daughters. [Pall] Bearers [were] Russel, Cooke; Hutchinson, Sewall; Townsend, Paige. From the House of Hasey. Scutcheons on the Pall. I help'd lower the Corps into the Grave. Madam Paige went in her Coach. Majr. Genl. and Capt. Adam Winthrop had Scarvs, and led the widow. Very pleasant day; went by Winnisimmet."[7]
Sewall quotes a Latin phrase from Ovid in his Metamorphoses 2.115 " ...statione novissimus exit." This translates as "he, last of all, leaves his station." The "he" in Ovid's poem refers to the Morning Star (Venus) disappearing at dawn. This is an allusion to Deane as the last child of John Winthrop to die. There were six pall bearers (in pairs on either side of the casket) mentioned by surname. The "scutcheons" mentioned on the funeral pall over the casket refer to his coat of arms inherited from his father (see entry below). Deane's "son" that Sewall refers to may have been Deane's stepson, a son of Martha and her first husband, as none of Deane's biological sons survived childhood except Jose. Jose however died two years before Dean not having fathered children. Deane's descendants survive only in the female line.
His widow and second wife, Martha, died just under 12 years later in Boston on 22 January 1716, aged 90.
Coat of arms
Deane Winthrop used the same coat of arms as his father John Winthrop as displayed here. These arms appear today on the Deane Winthrop House and are also used as the coat of arms for Winthrop House at Harvard University. The heraldic blazon of arms is: Argent three chevronels Gules overall a lion rampant Sable.[8]
Name of the Town of Winthrop
The Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1852 after separating from what was then known as North Chelsea and is today known as Revere, Massachusetts. It is a long-standing and understandable myth that the town was named in honor of Deane Winthrop, who resided in what is now the town for his entire adult life. However, while his presence in what is now the Town of Winthrop may have influenced its naming when it incorporated, the town is in fact named after his far more famous father, John Winthrop, as the town's website also confirms.[9]
References
- ^ Groton History, Groton (Massachusetts) website. Retrieved on 2014-01-02.
- ^ "Capt. William Peirce". Geni. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Deane Winthrop". www.geni.com. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "A Pedigree of the Family of Winthrop". www.archive.org. John Wilson and Son. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Capt. William Peirce". Geni. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ Steward, Scott C. "Remembering Deane Winthrop". vita-brevis.org/. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "Dean Winthrop". Geni. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Arms of the Founders and Leaders of European Settlements in the Present-Day United States". American Heraldry. American Heraldry Society. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "About Winthrop". Town of Winthrop. Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.