Martha Rainsborough1,2

F, #6616, d. about 24 October 1660
Father*William Rainsborough2

Names and TItles

Variation: Martha Nowell.3
Married: Mrs (Nowell) Coytmore as of before 1646.3
Married: Mrs (Nowell) Winthrop as of after 20 December 1647.3
Married: Mrs. (Rainsborough) Coggan as of 10 March 1651/52.2
Martha Rainsborough was the daughter of William Rainsborough.2 Martha Rainsborough married second Governor John Winthrop, son of Adam Winthrop and Anne Browne, after 20 December 1647.2 Martha Rainsborough married first Thomas Coytmore before 1646.3 Martha Rainsborough married third John Coggan on 10 March 1651/52 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2 Martha Rainsborough died under "circumstances ... not without suspicion of poison" about 24 October 1660 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.4
She became a widow with the death of her husband, Thomas Coytmore before 1647.3 Martha Rainsborough became the mother of Joshua Winthrop about 12 December 1648.2 Martha Rainsborough became a widow with the death of her husband, Governor John Winthrop on 26 March 1649 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, at age 61.2 Martha's son Joshua Winthrop died on 11 January 1651/52.2 Martha Rainsborough became a widow with the death of her husband, John Coggan on 27 April 1658 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at age 67.4

References

Martha Rainsborough is mentioned in The Great Migration Begins under Governor John Winthrop.2

Child of Martha Rainsborough and Governor John Winthrop, son of Adam Winthrop and Anne Browne,

Child
Last Edited4 May 2002

Citations

  1. Other sources differ on her maiden name.
  2. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, CD-ROM (n.p.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000). Hereinafter cited as The Great Migration Begins.
  3. [S92] Patricia Ann Scherzinger, Colonial American of Royal and Noble Descent (Bowle, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1996).
  4. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, John Coggan.