Elizabeth Fones was born in Groton Manor, Suffolk, England on 21 January 1610. She was the daughter of Thomas Fones, an apothecary of London and his wife, Anne Winthrop. The Fones family was staunchly Puritan. As a young girl, Elizabeth worked in her father's apothecary shop in London. On 25 April 1629 she married her first cousin Henry Winthrop, son of Governor Winthrop. A year after the marriage, Henry sailed for Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ship "Talbot". On account of her pregnancy, Elizabeth remained behind in England. Her daughter, Martha Johanna was born on 9 May 1630. Upon his arrival in America, Henry was killed in a drowning accident on 9 July 1630 when he went swimming in the North River after visiting an Indian village near Salem.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with her infant daughter aboard the "Lyon", arriving on 2 November 1631. Her uncle, John Winthrop, who was also her guardian, served as governor of the Colony. Elizabeth married Lt. Robert Feake (born 1602) a wealthy landowner in 1632 in Watertown, Middlesex County He owned land in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. In 1640, Robert and Elizabeth acquired more land in what is now Greenwich, Connecticut. They had five children: Elizabeth (born 1633), Hannah (born 1637), John ( born 1639), Robert ( born 1642) Sarah (born before 1647). In 1647 Due to financial, domestic, and personal problems, Lt. Feake went insane, and abandoned his wife and children.
Scandal
Following her husband's desertion, Elizabeth deeply scandalized the rigid Puritan society in which she lived by co-habiting with her husband's business manager, William Hallet, by whom she had two sons, William ( born c.1648) and Samuel( born c.1650).They married in August 1649, her former brother-in-law John Winthrop, Jr. officiated at the marriage. Only her close blood relationship to the Governor saved her from being prosecuted for adultery which could have resulted in her being given the death penalty. Nevertheless, Elizabeth, her new husband and family, were forced to leave Massachusetts for the more tolerant Dutch colony of New Netherlands New York, where they were eventually recognized as husband and wife possibly due to the friendship Elizabeth formed with Judith, wife of Director-General Peter Stuyvesant. Elizabeth and William settled in what is now known as Hallett's Cove, Long Island near Hell Gate. In September 1655, Elizabeth and her family survived an attack by the Hackensack tribe of Indians; however the Indians set fire to their house and farm, burning both to the ground. She purchased land in Flushing and Newtown, Queens County on 1 October from Edward Griffin. The following year, William was made "schout" or chief-official of Flushing. Elizabeth died in Newtown, Queen's County New York.
Elizabeth is my 9th great grandmother. She has numerous descendants in America. According to staff at Mount Olivet, the Hallett lots (407 B and 203) have over 50 family members buried there, and it is one of the most frequently visited.
Many members of the Hallett family were originally buried at Hallet's Cove in Queens which is near Hells Gate. These graves were relocated to Mount Olivet in 1905 as the city grew.
A map of the cemetery is at - https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-york/mount-olivet-cemetery-mausoleum-1471386∼Elizabeth Fones married (1) her cousin Henry Winthrop (son of Governor JOHN WINTHROP, whose sister Anne was Elizabeth's mother), 25 April 1629, who then left her to accompany his father to Massachusetts Bay, and immediately died swimming ashore there. She joined the Winthrop family in Massachusetts Bay as a very young widow with an infant.
She married 2nd Robert Feake between 2 November 1631 and 27 January 1631/2 in Boston, MA. They had five children: Elizabeth Underhill, Hannah Bowne, John, Robert, & Sarah.
George E. McCracken went into great detail on Robert Feake, and particularly on the matter of his "divorce," arguing that the couple had in fact received only a legal separation, and that Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake was not free to remarry. In 1966 Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed the same problem, and came to the conclusion that Robert Feake and his wife did obtain a divorce from the Dutch government, that she had married William Hallett by August 1649, and that the marriage was performed by John Winthrop Jr., her former brother-in-law.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cover in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island. They had two sons, William & Samuel.
Her biography by Missy Wolfe: Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest Americs, 1610-1665 (Guilford CT: gpp, 2012). See also a video "That Winthrop Woman," published by
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cove in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island
Father of Elizabeth and Martha was Thyomas Fones, who died two weeks after Elizabeth married Henry Winthrop.
This is a picture of Elizabeth Read Winthrop- the wife of John Winthrop Jr. who was Governor of the Colony of CT. Not a picture of Elizabeth Jones Winthrop Feake Hallett.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with her infant daughter aboard the "Lyon", arriving on 2 November 1631. Her uncle, John Winthrop, who was also her guardian, served as governor of the Colony. Elizabeth married Lt. Robert Feake (born 1602) a wealthy landowner in 1632 in Watertown, Middlesex County He owned land in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. In 1640, Robert and Elizabeth acquired more land in what is now Greenwich, Connecticut. They had five children: Elizabeth (born 1633), Hannah (born 1637), John ( born 1639), Robert ( born 1642) Sarah (born before 1647). In 1647 Due to financial, domestic, and personal problems, Lt. Feake went insane, and abandoned his wife and children.
Scandal
Following her husband's desertion, Elizabeth deeply scandalized the rigid Puritan society in which she lived by co-habiting with her husband's business manager, William Hallet, by whom she had two sons, William ( born c.1648) and Samuel( born c.1650).They married in August 1649, her former brother-in-law John Winthrop, Jr. officiated at the marriage. Only her close blood relationship to the Governor saved her from being prosecuted for adultery which could have resulted in her being given the death penalty. Nevertheless, Elizabeth, her new husband and family, were forced to leave Massachusetts for the more tolerant Dutch colony of New Netherlands New York, where they were eventually recognized as husband and wife possibly due to the friendship Elizabeth formed with Judith, wife of Director-General Peter Stuyvesant. Elizabeth and William settled in what is now known as Hallett's Cove, Long Island near Hell Gate. In September 1655, Elizabeth and her family survived an attack by the Hackensack tribe of Indians; however the Indians set fire to their house and farm, burning both to the ground. She purchased land in Flushing and Newtown, Queens County on 1 October from Edward Griffin. The following year, William was made "schout" or chief-official of Flushing. Elizabeth died in Newtown, Queen's County New York.
Elizabeth is my 9th great grandmother. She has numerous descendants in America. According to staff at Mount Olivet, the Hallett lots (407 B and 203) have over 50 family members buried there, and it is one of the most frequently visited.
Many members of the Hallett family were originally buried at Hallet's Cove in Queens which is near Hells Gate. These graves were relocated to Mount Olivet in 1905 as the city grew.
A map of the cemetery is at - https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-york/mount-olivet-cemetery-mausoleum-1471386∼Elizabeth Fones married (1) her cousin Henry Winthrop (son of Governor JOHN WINTHROP, whose sister Anne was Elizabeth's mother), 25 April 1629, who then left her to accompany his father to Massachusetts Bay, and immediately died swimming ashore there. She joined the Winthrop family in Massachusetts Bay as a very young widow with an infant.
She married 2nd Robert Feake between 2 November 1631 and 27 January 1631/2 in Boston, MA. They had five children: Elizabeth Underhill, Hannah Bowne, John, Robert, & Sarah.
George E. McCracken went into great detail on Robert Feake, and particularly on the matter of his "divorce," arguing that the couple had in fact received only a legal separation, and that Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake was not free to remarry. In 1966 Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed the same problem, and came to the conclusion that Robert Feake and his wife did obtain a divorce from the Dutch government, that she had married William Hallett by August 1649, and that the marriage was performed by John Winthrop Jr., her former brother-in-law.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cover in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island. They had two sons, William & Samuel.
Her biography by Missy Wolfe: Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest Americs, 1610-1665 (Guilford CT: gpp, 2012). See also a video "That Winthrop Woman," published by
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cove in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island
Father of Elizabeth and Martha was Thyomas Fones, who died two weeks after Elizabeth married Henry Winthrop.
This is a picture of Elizabeth Read Winthrop- the wife of John Winthrop Jr. who was Governor of the Colony of CT. Not a picture of Elizabeth Jones Winthrop Feake Hallett.
Elizabeth Fones was born in Groton Manor, Suffolk, England on 21 January 1610. She was the daughter of Thomas Fones, an apothecary of London and his wife, Anne Winthrop. The Fones family was staunchly Puritan. As a young girl, Elizabeth worked in her father's apothecary shop in London. On 25 April 1629 she married her first cousin Henry Winthrop, son of Governor Winthrop. A year after the marriage, Henry sailed for Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ship "Talbot". On account of her pregnancy, Elizabeth remained behind in England. Her daughter, Martha Johanna was born on 9 May 1630. Upon his arrival in America, Henry was killed in a drowning accident on 9 July 1630 when he went swimming in the North River after visiting an Indian village near Salem.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with her infant daughter aboard the "Lyon", arriving on 2 November 1631. Her uncle, John Winthrop, who was also her guardian, served as governor of the Colony. Elizabeth married Lt. Robert Feake (born 1602) a wealthy landowner in 1632 in Watertown, Middlesex County He owned land in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. In 1640, Robert and Elizabeth acquired more land in what is now Greenwich, Connecticut. They had five children: Elizabeth (born 1633), Hannah (born 1637), John ( born 1639), Robert ( born 1642) Sarah (born before 1647). In 1647 Due to financial, domestic, and personal problems, Lt. Feake went insane, and abandoned his wife and children.
Scandal
Following her husband's desertion, Elizabeth deeply scandalized the rigid Puritan society in which she lived by co-habiting with her husband's business manager, William Hallet, by whom she had two sons, William ( born c.1648) and Samuel( born c.1650).They married in August 1649, her former brother-in-law John Winthrop, Jr. officiated at the marriage. Only her close blood relationship to the Governor saved her from being prosecuted for adultery which could have resulted in her being given the death penalty. Nevertheless, Elizabeth, her new husband and family, were forced to leave Massachusetts for the more tolerant Dutch colony of New Netherlands New York, where they were eventually recognized as husband and wife possibly due to the friendship Elizabeth formed with Judith, wife of Director-General Peter Stuyvesant. Elizabeth and William settled in what is now known as Hallett's Cove, Long Island near Hell Gate. In September 1655, Elizabeth and her family survived an attack by the Hackensack tribe of Indians; however the Indians set fire to their house and farm, burning both to the ground. She purchased land in Flushing and Newtown, Queens County on 1 October from Edward Griffin. The following year, William was made "schout" or chief-official of Flushing. Elizabeth died in Newtown, Queen's County New York.
Elizabeth is my 9th great grandmother. She has numerous descendants in America. According to staff at Mount Olivet, the Hallett lots (407 B and 203) have over 50 family members buried there, and it is one of the most frequently visited.
Many members of the Hallett family were originally buried at Hallet's Cove in Queens which is near Hells Gate. These graves were relocated to Mount Olivet in 1905 as the city grew.
A map of the cemetery is at - https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-york/mount-olivet-cemetery-mausoleum-1471386∼Elizabeth Fones married (1) her cousin Henry Winthrop (son of Governor JOHN WINTHROP, whose sister Anne was Elizabeth's mother), 25 April 1629, who then left her to accompany his father to Massachusetts Bay, and immediately died swimming ashore there. She joined the Winthrop family in Massachusetts Bay as a very young widow with an infant.
She married 2nd Robert Feake between 2 November 1631 and 27 January 1631/2 in Boston, MA. They had five children: Elizabeth Underhill, Hannah Bowne, John, Robert, & Sarah.
George E. McCracken went into great detail on Robert Feake, and particularly on the matter of his "divorce," arguing that the couple had in fact received only a legal separation, and that Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake was not free to remarry. In 1966 Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed the same problem, and came to the conclusion that Robert Feake and his wife did obtain a divorce from the Dutch government, that she had married William Hallett by August 1649, and that the marriage was performed by John Winthrop Jr., her former brother-in-law.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cover in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island. They had two sons, William & Samuel.
Her biography by Missy Wolfe: Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest Americs, 1610-1665 (Guilford CT: gpp, 2012). See also a video "That Winthrop Woman," published by
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cove in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island
Father of Elizabeth and Martha was Thyomas Fones, who died two weeks after Elizabeth married Henry Winthrop.
This is a picture of Elizabeth Read Winthrop- the wife of John Winthrop Jr. who was Governor of the Colony of CT. Not a picture of Elizabeth Jones Winthrop Feake Hallett.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Elizabeth sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with her infant daughter aboard the "Lyon", arriving on 2 November 1631. Her uncle, John Winthrop, who was also her guardian, served as governor of the Colony. Elizabeth married Lt. Robert Feake (born 1602) a wealthy landowner in 1632 in Watertown, Middlesex County He owned land in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. In 1640, Robert and Elizabeth acquired more land in what is now Greenwich, Connecticut. They had five children: Elizabeth (born 1633), Hannah (born 1637), John ( born 1639), Robert ( born 1642) Sarah (born before 1647). In 1647 Due to financial, domestic, and personal problems, Lt. Feake went insane, and abandoned his wife and children.
Scandal
Following her husband's desertion, Elizabeth deeply scandalized the rigid Puritan society in which she lived by co-habiting with her husband's business manager, William Hallet, by whom she had two sons, William ( born c.1648) and Samuel( born c.1650).They married in August 1649, her former brother-in-law John Winthrop, Jr. officiated at the marriage. Only her close blood relationship to the Governor saved her from being prosecuted for adultery which could have resulted in her being given the death penalty. Nevertheless, Elizabeth, her new husband and family, were forced to leave Massachusetts for the more tolerant Dutch colony of New Netherlands New York, where they were eventually recognized as husband and wife possibly due to the friendship Elizabeth formed with Judith, wife of Director-General Peter Stuyvesant. Elizabeth and William settled in what is now known as Hallett's Cove, Long Island near Hell Gate. In September 1655, Elizabeth and her family survived an attack by the Hackensack tribe of Indians; however the Indians set fire to their house and farm, burning both to the ground. She purchased land in Flushing and Newtown, Queens County on 1 October from Edward Griffin. The following year, William was made "schout" or chief-official of Flushing. Elizabeth died in Newtown, Queen's County New York.
Elizabeth is my 9th great grandmother. She has numerous descendants in America. According to staff at Mount Olivet, the Hallett lots (407 B and 203) have over 50 family members buried there, and it is one of the most frequently visited.
Many members of the Hallett family were originally buried at Hallet's Cove in Queens which is near Hells Gate. These graves were relocated to Mount Olivet in 1905 as the city grew.
A map of the cemetery is at - https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-york/mount-olivet-cemetery-mausoleum-1471386∼Elizabeth Fones married (1) her cousin Henry Winthrop (son of Governor JOHN WINTHROP, whose sister Anne was Elizabeth's mother), 25 April 1629, who then left her to accompany his father to Massachusetts Bay, and immediately died swimming ashore there. She joined the Winthrop family in Massachusetts Bay as a very young widow with an infant.
She married 2nd Robert Feake between 2 November 1631 and 27 January 1631/2 in Boston, MA. They had five children: Elizabeth Underhill, Hannah Bowne, John, Robert, & Sarah.
George E. McCracken went into great detail on Robert Feake, and particularly on the matter of his "divorce," arguing that the couple had in fact received only a legal separation, and that Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake was not free to remarry. In 1966 Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed the same problem, and came to the conclusion that Robert Feake and his wife did obtain a divorce from the Dutch government, that she had married William Hallett by August 1649, and that the marriage was performed by John Winthrop Jr., her former brother-in-law.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cover in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island. They had two sons, William & Samuel.
Her biography by Missy Wolfe: Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest Americs, 1610-1665 (Guilford CT: gpp, 2012). See also a video "That Winthrop Woman," published by
Elizabeth is buried with her 3rd husband William Hallett at Hallett's Cove in the Hallet Burying Ground on Long Island
Father of Elizabeth and Martha was Thyomas Fones, who died two weeks after Elizabeth married Henry Winthrop.
This is a picture of Elizabeth Read Winthrop- the wife of John Winthrop Jr. who was Governor of the Colony of CT. Not a picture of Elizabeth Jones Winthrop Feake Hallett.
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There is a book "That Winthrop Woman" by Anya Seton; A short docu-movie here
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