JUDGE CHAMBERLAIN'S OPINION OF COL. THOS. GOLDTHWAITE.
Col. Goldthwaite was a man of ability, unbounded enterprise, and considerable influence. Chamberlain in his History of Chelsea says of him: "Some very unfavorable accounts of Col. Goldthwaite have been published, which I do not feel at liberty to withhold, but in referring to them suggest, first, that they were mainly written after he had become obnoxious as a loyalist; secondly: that his position on the Penobscot was one in which it would have been impossible to protect the just rights of the Indians against turbulent frontiersmen outside any efficient government without incurring their hostility, since their only sense of justice was their desire for exclusive possessions of lands which rightfully belonged to the original occupants."
GOV. JOHN WINTHROP—See Page 426.
John Winthrop, born Jan. 12, 1587, died at Boston March 26, 1649, by his first wife Mary Forth, had
| John, born Sept. 12, 1606 | Forth, born Dec. 30, 1609 |
| Henry, born Jan. 19, 1608 | Mary, born probably 1612 |
| Ann, baptised Aug. 8, 1614 and died soon after | |
| Ann (again) baptised June 26, 1615 |
By his second wife, Thomasine Clopton, had a child who died at the same time as its mother.
By his third wife, Margaret Tyndal, he had
| Stephen, Mar. 31, 1619 | Nathaniel, Feb. 20, 1625, died young |
| Adam, April 7, 1620 | Samuel, August 26, 1627 |
| Deane, March 23, 1623 | |
| Ann, April 29, 1630, who died on the voyage over | |
| William, Aug. 14, 1632, probably died early | |
| Sarah, baptized Jan. 29, 1634, probably died early |
By his fourth wife, Martha, a widow of Thomas Coytmore, sister of Increase Nowell of Charlestown, he had Joshua, baptised December 17, 1648
His eldest son, John Winthrop, born Sept. 12, 1606, at Groton, who afterwards became Governor of Connecticut, died and was buried in Boston; it is his line of descendants that is given on page 426; the other branches of the family became extinct in the male line.