Elizabeth Fones

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Elizabeth Fones was a 17th-century English colonist in New England, known for her complex marital history and as a niece and daughter-in-law of Puritan leader John Winthrop.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century person
English colonist
person
associatedWith Greenwich, Connecticut
Long Island
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New Netherland authorities
linked to: New Netherland
category English emigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony
People of colonial Connecticut
People of colonial Massachusetts
Women in 17th-century New England
centuryOfActivity 17th century
connectedTo Winthrop family
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
daughterInLawOf John Winthrop
ethnicGroup English
familyName Fones
givenName Elizabeth
hasDescendant Feake family in New England
linked to: Feake family

Hallett family of Long Island
historicalPeriod colonial New England
inspiredWork "The Winthrop Woman" by Anya Seton
languageSpoken English
legalIssue controversy over marriage to William Hallett
maritalStatus married multiple times
narrativeFocusOf novel "The Winthrop Woman"
nieceOf John Winthrop
notableEvent involvement in early settlement of Greenwich, Connecticut
migration from England to New England
notableFor complex marital history
connection to John Winthrop
early New England colonist
occupation colonist
partOf Great Migration to New England
placeOfBirth England
relative John Winthrop
religion Puritanism
residence Connecticut Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New Netherland
sexOrGender female
socialStatus member of prominent Puritan family
spouse Henry Winthrop
Robert Feake
William Hallett

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John Bowne relative Elizabeth Fones