Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 3

Elizabeth Winthrop to John Winthrop, Jr.1

Winthrop, Elizabeth Winthrop, John, Jr.

1636-06

To her very louing and much respected blot husbond Mr. John Winthrop Gouernor of Conitecot this deliuer

My dearest beloued,

I can not2 but I must bee trobboll some to the with these my poore lines, which are to sartifi the that I haue recaueed thy letter which doeth not a lettell reioces my harte to see that thee Lord hace bene so pleesed to geue the thy halte and life that soo thou mayest despach thy besnes to retorne home againe so soone as thee Lord shall se it fetting for truly I fare my time is neeare then thou thinkest it bes3 and thearfor let me intreate the that thou woldes not bee unminde of me in thy praieres to the Lord ouer greate God of Heauen before wohe wee must all appeare at the iugmente seeate of christ I thinke thou shoueds doo wall to write to my mother if thou caneast not come with the next but littell doest the thinke how much it wold refreach my haui and sad sparet to see thy deare face againe I pray come 267away so sone as thou canest and so I rest commetting the to God I rest thy eauer loueing and kinde wife to comande in whatsoeauer thou plesest so long as the Lord shall bee plesed to geue me life and strenge

Elizebeth Wintrep Ca. June, 1636

I thanke the for my basket but I haue gau it to my mother for she was in loue with it

W. Au. 67; 5 Collections , I. 85–86.

The word in the original manuscript is spelled “mot.”

Elizabeth, daughter of John Winthrop, Jr., and Elizabeth Winthrop, was, according to the records of the First Church of Boston, baptized on July 3, 1636. Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, IX (Boston, 1883), 4. A statement in the Boston records (ibid.) that she was born on July 24 is obviously incorrect, as can be seen from the letter of Adam Winthrop to John Winthrop, Jr., July 3, 1636 (page 283, below), and those of Robert Feke and Elizabeth Feke to John Winthrop, Jr., July 5, 1636 (pages 287–288, below), all of which make mention of the infant daughter.

William Pynchon to John Winthrop, Jr.1

Pynchon, William Winthrop, John, Jr.

1636-06-02

To the Right Worshipfull Mr. Jo. Wintrop at the Riuer mouth

June 2, 1636 Mr. Wintrop

my deere loue and affekeon rembred with thanks for your care to send away my goods: which I haue Received and also paid all the fraight: but 3li doth still remaine dew to you: I am now preparing to goe to the Bay and haue setled vppon a plantation at Agawam: and cannot torn Towne without both sidtorn for the best ground at Agawam torn incombred with Indians that I shall loose halfe the benefit thereby: and am compelled to plant on the opposite side to auoid trespassing of them: so when I see you I shall talk more.

I Received the letter: and think it a pore shift for the Indians of long Island to lay all the fault vppon a Pequat Sachem: so Jehovah blesse you Your most louing Frind

W. Pynchon

I haue no good pen. I Received the wampam you sent.

W. 1. 114; Proceedings , XLVIII. 38–39.

Award of William Peirce and Benjamin Gillam1

Peirce, William Gillam, Benjamin Wintrhop, John Loomis, William

1636-06-04

Boston in New england the 28th of the 4th mounth called June: 1636

Wheras Will: Peirse and Beniamyn Gillham were requested to arbitrat the worth or valleue of Joshua Winsor2 his service for fower yeares and nine 268mounthes dew to his maister Will. lomice of Redrise neare London, he now by his owne consent put ouer to the Worshipfull John Winthrop Esqure of Boston deputy Gouernor with him to serve out the forementioned tyme from this day till the sayd tyme aforesayd be fully compleat: we do award vnto his former maister to haue for his sayd tyme payd him the some of five pounds of currant money of england and the sayd Mr. John Winthrop is to find him meat drink and cloaths, with lodging convenient, for his tyme of his service.

Will: Peirse the mark of Beniamin X Gillham 1.

W. 1. 115. For Peirce, see Winthrop Papers, II. 262, n. 1 n. 2 . Benjamin Gillam was a ship-carpenter in Boston. Savage. Genealogical Dictionary, 11. 255.

Winsor subsequently went to Providence. He was one of the signers of the “Civil Compact” of Providence and also signed the “Combination,” July 27, 1640. The Documentary History of Rhode Island, Howard M. Chapin, Editor, I (Providence, 1916), 97, 110–115. See also ibid., 137, 196; 3 Collections , X. 39–40.