A Sketch of John Winthrop the Younger, 1606 - 1676. By Thomas
Franklin Waters. (Historical Society, Ipswich, Mass.)-John Winthrop the Younger, eldest son of a more famous father, came out to New England in 1631. Somewhat more than a year afterwards he became the founder of Ipswich, then known by its Indian name of Agawam. Ipswich, it will be seen, now honours his memory. He was a man of considerable accomplishments, and of some practical ability in affairs, as is shown by the fact that from 1659 up to the time of his death he was Governor of Connecticut, the first person who held the office for two years continuously. Some interesting facsimiles are given, one of them a deed of sale by which an Indian chief, Maskonomett by name, according to English spelling, sells "all his right of the whole towne of Ipswich, as farre as the bounds thereof shall goe," for twenty pounds. Tanta! mais erat Romances condere gentem.
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