Thomas L. Winthrop Explained
Thomas Lindall Winthrop (March 6, 1760 – February 22, 1841) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 13th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1826 to 1833. He was elected both a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1813 and a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1837.[1]
Early life
Winthrop was born in New London, Connecticut. He was a son of John Still Winthrop (1720–1776)[2] and Jane Borland Winthrop (1732–1760) and younger brother of Francis Bayard Winthrop (1754–1817).
Through his paternal grandparents, Ann Dudley (1684–1776) and John Winthrop, F.R.S. (1681–1747), he was a member of the Dudley–Winthrop family, a line that originates with Thomas Dudley—founder of Massachusetts and Winthrop's great-great-grandfather. His paternal great-grandfathers were Joseph Dudley (1647–1720) and Wait Still Winthrop (1641/2–1717).
Career
He was a lawyer and served as Treasurer for the Kennebek Proprietors in the late 18th century.[3]
In 1813, he was elected both a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[4] and a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[5]
From 1826 to 1833, Winthrop served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts and also served as a state representative and senator.
Personal life
In 1785, he married Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), daughter of Sir John Temple, the first British envoy to the United States.[6] [7] and Elizabeth Bowdoin (1750–1809), daughter of James Bowdoin, who later became Governor of Massachusetts.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[9] [10] [11]
- Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple Winthrop (1787–1860), who married Benjamin Tappan (1788–1863)
- Sarah Bowdoin Winthrop (1788–1864), who married George O'Sullivan (1783–1866), the son of Gov. James Sullivan
- Anna Winthrop (d. 1850), who married Dr. John Collins Warren (1778–1856) in October 1843.[12]
- George Winthrop (1805–1875)
- Grenville Temple Winthrop (1807–1853), who married Frances Maria Heard[13]
- Robert Charles Winthrop (1809–1894), who served as a U.S. Senator and the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
He died in Boston on February 22, 1841.
Descendants
Through his son Robert, he was the great-great-great-grandfather of John Kerry, the U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State.
References
- Notes
- Sources
- Book: Fowler, William. The Baron of Beacon Hill. Houghton Mifflin. 1980. Boston. 163369557. 0-395-27619-5. registration.
- Walett. Francis. James Bowdoin, Patriot Propagandist. The New England Quarterly. 3. September 1950. 23. 320–338. 10.2307/361420. 361420.
- Book: Winthrop, Robert. The Life and Service of James Bowdoin. Little, Brown. 1852. Boston. 9780608394275 . 296634.
- The Journal and Letters of Samuel Curwen, 4th Ed., Little Brown and Company, 1864, p. 675 Internet Archive
Notes and References
- Web site: APS Member History. 2021-04-09 . search.amphilsoc.org.
- Web site: John Still Winthrop (1720 - 1776) . www.harvardartmuseums.org . Harvard University Portrait Collection . 4 October 2017 . en.
- Web site: Plymouth Company Records, box 4/14, ca. 1798 . 9 May 2024 . mainememory.net . 1798.
- Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter W. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. August 7, 2014.
- http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistw American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- Web site: Mrs. Thomas Lindall Winthrop (Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple). NYPL Digital Collections. New York Public Library. 4 October 2017.
- Web site: Winthrop Family Papers, 1537-1990. www.masshist.org. Massachusetts Historical Society. 4 October 2017. en.
- Book: North. Louise V.. The Travel Journals of Henrietta Marchant Liston: North America and Lower Canada, 1796–1800. 2014. Lexington Books. 9780739195512. 13. 4 October 2017. en.
- Book: Burke. Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 1869. Harrison. London. 4 October 2017.
- Book: Whitmore. William Henry. An Account of the Temple Family: With Notes and Pedigree of the Family of Bowdoin : Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, with Corrections and Additions. 1856. Dutton & Wentworth. 12. 22 June 2017. en.
- Book: Salisbury. Edward Elbridge. Salisbury. Evelyn McCurdy. Family Histories and Genealogies: A Series of Genealogical and Biographical Monographs on the Families of MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord, Lynde, Digby, Newdigate, Hoo, Willoughby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, Johnson, Diodati, Lee and Marvin, and Notes on the Families of Buchanan, Parmelee, Boardman, Lay, Locke, Cole, De Wolf, Drake, Bond and Swayne, Dunbar and Clarke, and a Notice of Chief Justice Morrison Remick Waite. With Twenty-nine Pedigree-charts and Two Charts of Combined Descents. 1892. Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 4 October 2017. en.
- Book: Butler, M.D.. S. W.. Parrish, M.D.. Joseph. The New Jersey Medical Reporter and Transactions of the New Jersey Medical Society. 1854. S. W. Butler, M.D.. 362. 4 October 2017. en.
- Book: Linzee. John William. The Lindeseie and Limesi Families of Great Britain: Including the Probates at Somerset House, London, England, of All the Spellings of the Name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800. 1917. Priv. Print. [The Fort Hill Press]. 771. 4 October 2017. en.
