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STRETCHING around the northeastern boundary of Boston Harbor sits a small, picturesque town with seven miles of beach, shady fruit trees, and quaint cottages. The town is part of a peninsula that, in 1632, the founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop, annexed from local tribes. Since 1846, it has continuously borne the family name--Winthrop, Massachusetts.
The town is but one of many signs of the storied role the Winthrops have played in New England and American history. Seven generations after Governor Winthrop formed his Puritan colony, Robert Charles Winthrop became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, before moving on ...
Source: HighBeam Research, John Kerry's America: pride, privilege, and presumption.