European-American settlers organized Washington County in Tombigbee District by proclamation of Governor Winthrop Sargent of Mississippi Territories on June 4, 1800.

By proclamation of the Territorial Secretary and Acting Governor, Winthrop Sargent, on August 15, 1796, the boundaries of Wayne County were declared to begin at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River then west to Fort Wayne, then to the southernmost point of Lake Michigan and along the western shore north to the territorial boundary in Lake Superior and then along the territorial boundary through Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie back to the starting point.

In 1790, Winthrop Sargent, Secretary of Northwest Territory, organized the first Indiana county, Knox County.

There were three secretaries: Winthrop Sargent ( July 9, 1788 – May 31, 1798 ); William Henry Harrison ( June 29, 1798 – December 31, 1799 ); and Charles Willing Byrd ( January 1, 1800 – March 1, 1803 ).

Winthrop Sargent, the first secretary of the territory, married Roewena Tupper, daughter of Gen. Benjamin Tupper, on 6 February 1789 at Marietta in the first marriage ceremony held within the Northwest Territory.

* Winthrop Sargent Gilman ( 1808-1884 ), banker, abolitionist, Gilman, Son & Co., New York City

Wood engraving of the pro-slavery mob burning down Winthrop Sargent Gilman's warehouse.

By proclamation of acting governor and territorial secretary Winthrop Sargent, the " first " Wayne County was established August 15, 1796, from Knox and Hamilton counties, and included most of the area that later became the Michigan Territory, as well as portions of what are now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and wisconsin.

In 1853 Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones built a 24 room gothic villa called Wyndclyffe described by Henry Winthrop Sargent in 1859 as being very fine in the style of a Scottish castle, but by Edith Wharton, Elizabeth's niece, as a gloomy monstrosity.

The citizenry considered the laws imposed by Winthrop Sargent, the territory's Yankee governor, as repressive and unconstitutional.

On March 8, 1787, Parsons, Putnam, and Cutler were chosen as directors, and Winthrop Sargent was elected secretary.

Once the President had appointed St. Clair to his new position, Cutler and Major Winthrop Sargent, the secretary of the Ohio Company, signed two new contracts with him on October 27, 1787.

* Henry Winthrop Sargent ( 1810 – 1882 ), American landscape gardener

* Winthrop Sargent ( 1753 – 1820 ), American politician

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His grandson Winthrop Sargent ( 23 September 1825 Philadelphia – 18 May 1870 Paris ) was an author.

Although there are at least two Sargent Townships ( in Illinois and Nebraska ) and one Sargent County, it is not known if these are named after Winthrop Sargent.

* Winthrop Sargent at Ohio History Central.

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John and Ann's daughter, Katharine Winthrop, ( 1711-1781 ) married ( 1st ) Samuel Browne of Salem and ( 2nd ) Epes Sargent of Gloucester.

* 3 May John Winthrop the Younger the son of the first governor of Massachustts, has been honoured by being made a fellow of the Royal Society, England's new scientific society.

* May 18 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.

* May 3 – John Winthrop, American astronomer ( b. 1714 )

In August a land force commanded by Colonel Winthrop set off for Montreal, while a naval force, commanded by the future governor of Massachusetts, Sir William Phips ( who earlier on 11 May had seized the capital of French Acadia, Port Royal ), set sail for Quebec via the Saint Lawrence River.

Winthrop Rockefeller ( May 1, 1912February 22, 1973 ) was a politician and philanthropist who served as the first Republican Governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction.

* Winthrop Rockefeller ( May 1, 1912-February 22, 1973 )

On May 29, 1638 Ludlow wrote to Massachusetts Governor Winthrop that the colonists wanted to " unite ourselves to walk and lie peaceably and lovingly together.

Robert Charles Winthrop ( May 12, 1809November 16, 1894 ) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Winthrop was elected US Representative from Massachusetts as a Whig to the 26th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Abbott Lawrence ; he was reelected to the 27th Congress and served from November 9, 1840, to May 25, 1842, when he resigned.

One of his children was Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr. ( December 7, 1834June 5, 1905 ), who married on June 1, 1869 Elizabeth Mason ( October 1, 1844April 22, 1924 ), daughter of Robert Means Mason ( September 25, 1810March 13, 1879 ) and wife ( m. December 4, 1843 ) Sarah Ellen Francis ( May 17, 1819September 27, 1865 ) and paternal granddaughter of Jeremiah Mason and wife Mary Means, whose daughter Margaret Tyndal Winthrop ( February 23, 1880July 7, 1970 ) married at 10 Walnut St., on November 28, 1906 James Grant Forbes.

John Winthrop ( December 19, 1714 – May 3, 1779 ) was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College.

During the nine months in 1775-1776 when Harvard moved to Concord, Massachusetts, Winthrop occupied the house which was later to become famous as The Wayside, home to Louisa May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

In May 1861, Gilman turned over the tanning business to his brother Winthrop ; George moved his tea business to 129 Front Street.

* Winthrop Rockefeller ( May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973 )

On May 29, 1638 Ludlow wrote to Massachusetts Governor John Winthrop that the colonists wanted to " unite ourselves to walk and lie peaceably and lovingly together.

In May 1861, Gilman turned over his tanning business to his brother Winthrop and George moved his tea business to 129 Front Street.

Governor Winthrop ’ s grandson, Fitz John Winthrop, in 1664, sold < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 1, 200 acres ( 5 km² )</ span > of this land ( including what is present day Huckins Farm ) to Job Lane ( 1 ), a skilled artisan and house builder, in exchange for a house that Lane built for him in Connecticut.

During the 2007 – 2008 season, the Cougar men's basketball team reached the Sweet Sixteen after beating Winthrop and Notre Dame, before losing to No. 1 Seeded UNC.

" Friendly Rivalry: Winthrop Rockefeller Challenges Orval Faubus in 1964 ", Arkansas Historical Quarterly 1994 53 ( 1 ): 446 – 73

She was the daughter of Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr. ( Boston, Massachusetts, December 7, 1834 – Boston, Massachusetts, June 5, 1905 ) and wife ( m. June 1, 1869 ) Elizabeth Mason ( Massachusetts, October 1, 1844 – Boston, Massachusetts, April 22, 1924 ) and paternal granddaughter of Robert Charles Winthrop and wife Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard.

In 1647 Eaton was finally " exonerated " of a £ 100 debt that Winthrop misstated as being for £ 1, 000 in his History of New England, ibid, and with which Eaton had supposedly absconded to Virginia in 1640.

On July 1, 1891, the BRB & L merged with the Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad.

Poland, 2006, p. 238 gives an account of the Union casualties by regiment as follows: Staff: 1 killed ( Winthrop ); 4th Massachusetts: 1 killed ; 1st New York: 1 killed ; 2d New York: 2 killed, 1 wounded ; 3rd New York: 2 killed, 27 wounded or missing ; 5th New York: 6 killed, 13 wounded ; 7th New York: 3 killed, 7 wounded, 2 missing ; 1st Vermont: 2 killed, 3 wounded, 1 missing ; Second U. S. Artillery: 1 killed ( Greble ).