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Fitz-John Winthrop (* 14. März 1638 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony; † 27. November 1707 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay) war von 1698 bis zu seinem Tod der Gouverneur der Colony of Connecticut .
Major-General Fitz-John Winthrop (March 14, 1639 – November 27, 1707) was a Connecticut Militia officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707, when he died in office.
John Winthrop, Junior, was a successful man, and his support and advice were in great demand. He was frequently away from home, sometimes for long periods of time. His changes in career and projects caused the family to move several times in Fitz-John’s early years, from Ipswich to Boston to New London.
John Winthrop the Younger (February 12, 1606 – April 6, 1676) was an early governor of the Connecticut Colony, and he played a large role in the merger of several separate settlements into the unified colony.
Winthrop war auch entscheidend bei der Beschaffung der kolonialen Charter von 1662, welche New Haven mit Connecticut vereinigte. Sein Sohn Fitz-John Winthrop war auch Gouverneur der Kolonie und zwar für zehn Jahre, beginnend 1698.
In 1690, Connecticut’s Fitz-John Winthrop (1639-1707) led an intercolonial invasion of Canada that never got beyond Lake George because of disease and no supply. After that year, fighting trailed off and the war soon ended inconclusively with the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697.
Fitz-John Winthrop (1638-1707) was born to John Winthrop, Jr. (1606-1676) and his second wife Elizabeth Reade Winthrop (1614-1672). He fought in military campaigns, held many political positions, and served as colonial governor of Connecticut from 1698 until his death.
