Winthrop Society
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The Winthrop Society is a hereditary organization made up of the descendants of those who arrived on the Winthrop Fleet
into the Massachusetts colony or other Great Migration
ships before 1634.
Winthrop Fleet
The Winthrop Fleet was a group of eleven sailing ships under the leadership of John Winthrop that carried approximately 700 Puritans plus livestock and provisions from England to New England over the summer of 1630.-Motivation:...
into the Massachusetts colony or other Great Migration
Great Migration (Puritan)
The Puritan migration to New England was marked in its effects in the two decades from 1620 to 1640, after which it declined sharply for a while. The term Great Migration usually refers to the migration in this period of English settlers, primarily Puritans to Massachusetts and the warm islands of...
ships before 1634.