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Elizabeth Fones

Elizabeth Fones

Female 1610 - 1673  (63 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Fones  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Birth 21 Jan 1610  Suffolkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Female 
    FSID 9NB5-YZX 
    Immigration 2 Nov 1631  Boston, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    arrival on the ship Lyon 
    Death 1 Feb 1673  New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Burial Maspeth, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    • Event Description: Mount Olivet Cemetery
    • Mount Olivet Cemetery
    Person ID I228  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father Thomas Fones, II,   b. Abt 1600, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1629, Groton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Mary Anne Winthrop,   b. 16 Jan 1585, Groton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1619, Groton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage Groton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Feake,   b. 20 Sep 1602, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1631  Watertown, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Elizabeth was 21 years and 11 months - Robert was 29 years and 3 months. 
    Children 
    +1. John Feake,   b. 23 Dec 1638, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1724, Oyster Bay, Yorkshire, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth was both the niece of Governor John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay Colony and the widow of his son, Henry, who drowned at Salem MA upon his arrival in 1630. Elizabeth followed her deceased husband, Henry Winthrop, to Massachusetts Bay Colony aboard the ship LYON in 1631. Elizabeth is well-known as “The Winthrop Woman” of the historical novel with that title by Anya Seton.

      Elizabeth Fones was born at Groton Manor, Suffolk, England on 21 January 1610 to Thomas Fones, a London apothecary, and his wife, Anne Winthrop, sister of John Winthrop, a staunch Puritan and the eventual Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

      In 1640 she and her second husband, Robert Feake, had moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. There Robert became mentally unstable and unable to manage his affairs. There is some controversy concerning the adultery and assumed divorce by his wife, Elizabeth, who subsequently married William Hallett.

      "Great Migration Begins," vol. 1, A-F, page 658.

      Elizabeth was both the niece of Governor John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay Colony and the widow of his son, Henry, who drowned at Salem MA upon his arrival in 1630. Elizabeth followed her deceased husband, Henry Winthrop, to Massachusetts Bay Col ony aboard the ship LYON in 1631. Elizabeth is well-known as “The Winthrop Woman” of the historical novel with that title by Anya Seton.

      Elizabeth Fones was born at Groton Manor, Suffolk, England on 21 January 1610 to Thomas Fones, a London apothecary, and his wife, Anne Winthrop, sister of John Winthrop, a staunch Puritan and the eventual Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

      In 1640 she and her second husband, Robert Feake, had moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. There Robert became mentally unstable and unable to manage his affairs. There is some controversy concerning the adultery and assumed divorce by his wife, Eliz abeth, who subsequently married William Hallett.

      "Great Migration Begins," vol. 1, A-F, page 658.

  • Photos
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    Groton Hall and St. Bartholmews church    		Groton Hall and St. Bartholmews church

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:6JXP-8HWL : Fri Apr 04 05:42:19 UTC 2025), Entry for Elizabeth Winthrop Fones Hallett.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JXP-8HWL

    2. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-QHYH : 1 April 2023), Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett, ; Burial, Astoria, Queens, New York, United States of America, Hallett's Burying Ground Defunct; citing record.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-QHYH

    3. [S41] England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:J9S9-N23 : 5 February 2023), Elizabeth in entry for Martha Wintherope, 1630.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9S9-N23

    4. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-JY2S : 23 November 2022), Bess, ; Burial, Maspeth, Queens, New York, United States of America, Mount Olivet Cemetery; citing record ID 120689346, Find a Grave, http:/.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-JY2S

    5. [S41] England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", databaseFamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:J9S9-N23 : 5 February 2023), Elizabeth in entry for Martha Wintherope, 1630.

    6. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:6JXP-8HWL : Fri Apr 04 05:42:19 UTC 2025), Entry for Elizabeth Winthrop Fones Hallett.

    7. [S27] Find a Grave Index.
      "Find a Grave Index," databaseFamilySearch (https://www./ark:/ 61903/1:1:QVKW-QHYH : 1 April 2023), Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hal lett, ; Burial, Astoria, Queens, New York, United States, Hallett's Bur ying Ground Defunct; citing record ID 3579

    8. [S27] Find a Grave Index.
      "Find a Grave Index," databaseFamilySearch (https://www./ark:/ 61903/1:1:QVG6-JY2S : 23 November 2022), Bess, ; Burial, Maspeth, Queen s, New York, United States, Mount Olivet Cemetery; citing record ID 120 689346Find a Grave, http://www.fi

    9. [S27] Find a Grave Index.
      "Find a Grave Index," databaseFamilySearch (https://www./ark:/ 6 1903/1:1:QVKW-QHYH : 1 April 2023), Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hal l ett, ; Burial, Astoria, Queens, New York, United States, Hallett's Bur y ing Ground Defunct; citing record ID 3579

    10. [S27] Find a Grave Index.
      "Find a Grave Index," databaseFamilySearch (https://www./ark:/ 6 1903/1:1:QVG6-JY2S : 23 November 2022), Bess, ; Burial, Maspeth, Queen s , New York, United States, Mount Olivet Cemetery; citing record ID 120 6 89346Find a Grave, http://www.fi

    11. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-QHYH : 1 April 2023), Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett, ; Burial, Astoria, Queens, New York, United States of America, Hallett's Burying Ground Defunct; citing record.

    12. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QK1X-P8WY : Thu Apr 03 19:44:13 UTC 2025), Entry for Richard Ogden.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1X-P8WY


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