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Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, John Winthrop (search)
the word came home to my heart with power. . . . I could no longer dally with religion. . . . I had an unsatiable thirst after the word of God; and could not miss a good sermon, especially of such as did search deep into the conscience. In June, 1615, his wife Mary died, and on December 6, 1615, he married his second wife, Thomasine Clopton, who lived but a year after her marriage. Winthrop speaks of her as a woman wise, modest, loving & patient of injuries . . . & truly religious. In 1618 he married his third wife, Margaret Tindall. Two letters from him to this lady before their marriage, are models of commingled piety and affection for his future wife, and are very quaint and curious. His third wife died in June, 1647, and in December he married his fourth wife, widow Martha Coitmore, who survived him, and married a third husband, John Coggan. The letters, still extant, between Governor Winthrop and his wives are conclusive evidence that in the lottery of matrimony he dr