Adam Winthrop, III
1548 - 1623 (74 years)-
Name Adam Winthrop [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Suffix III Birth 10 Aug 1548 Groton, Suffolk, England 
[4, 5] Christening 10 Aug 1548 London, Middlesex, England - Event Description: St Peter Cornhill
- St Peter Cornhill
Gender Male FSID KFB3-3MZ Death 28 Mar 1623 Groton, Suffolk, England [4, 5] Burial 30 Mar 1623 Groton, Suffolk, England [4, 5] Person ID I1346 footsteps Last Modified 27 Nov 2025
Father Adam Winthrop, II, b. 9 Oct 1498, Lavenham, Suffolk, England d. 9 Nov 1562, Groton, Suffolk, England (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Agnes Sharpe, b. 1516, Islington, Middlesex, England d. 13 May 1565, Springfield, Essex, England (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Marriage 20 Jul 1534 Lavenham, Suffolk, England Age at Marriage Adam was 35 years and 9 months - Agnes was ~ 18 years and 7 months. Family ID F805 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne Browne, b. 1558, Sussex, England d. 19 Apr 1629, Groton, Suffolk, England (Age 71 years) Marriage Edwardstone, Suffolk, England Children + 1. Mary Anne Winthrop, b. 16 Jan 1585, Groton, Suffolk, England d. 20 May 1619, Groton, Suffolk, England (Age 34 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1341 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Nov 2025
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Notes - Ref: Rubicam, "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 103:247" "Ancestral Lines Revised," pub. 1981 by Carl Boyer 3rd
Adam practiced law in London but spent most of his time as gentleman farmer at Groton Manor.
NEHG&R vol 103
Winthrop Family in America - 9,83,87 2. (Delafield 2:654 & Frost Gen. 346/8) CRA 3. Frost Gen. -- 350
Thirteen of Adam Winthrop, III family almanacs and his private diary have been preserved. Although he was the youngest son he inherited his father's estate at Groton. Four of his brothers died young, William inherited London property and John went to Ireland. Adam Winthrop, III, practiced some law, was on Temple records in London in 1594, but spent much of his time as Lord of the Manor at Groton and as a gentleman farmer. He is of record as auditor of Trinity College and St. John's College, Cambridge, over a period ofseventeen years. In Groton he served as overseer of the poor in 1602, manor judge in1606, and as member of the grand jury in 1607.
Mass. 20 vol. 1 p. 561; B7C78, pp 7-9; Suff. 12 Vol 6 p. 274; Lond. 1Vol. 1 pp 2,3,5
Milton Rubincam, "A Winthrop-Bernadotte Pedigree," NEHG Register, vol. 103, Oct 1949, p. 247
Ref: Rubicam, "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 103:247" "Ancestral Lines Revised," pub. 1981 by Carl Boyer 3rd
Adam practiced law in London but spent most of his time as gentleman farmer at Groton Manor.
NEHG&R vol 103
Winthrop Family in America - 9,83,87 2. (Delafield 2:654 & Frost Gen. 346/8) CRA 3. Frost Gen. -- 350
Thirteen of Adam Winthrop, III family almanacs and his private diary have been preserved. Although he was the youngest son he inherited his father's estate at Groton. Four of his brothers died young, William inherited London property and John wen t to Ireland. Adam Winthrop, III, practiced some law, was on Temple records in London in 1594, but spent much of his time as Lord of the Manor at Groton and as a gentleman farmer. He is of record as auditor of Trinity College and St. John's Coll ege, Cambridge, over a period ofseventeen years. In Groton he served as overseer of the poor in 1602, manor judge in1606, and as member of the grand jury in 1607.
Mass. 20 vol. 1 p. 561; B7C78, pp 7-9; Suff. 12 Vol 6 p. 274; Lond. 1Vol. 1 pp 2,3,5
Milton Rubincam, "A Winthrop-Bernadotte Pedigree," NEHG Register, vol. 103, Oct 1949, p. 247
- Ref: Rubicam, "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 103:247" "Ancestral Lines Revised," pub. 1981 by Carl Boyer 3rd
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