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'''Groton''' ist ein Dorf und [[civil parish]] im [[District (Vereinigtes Königreich)|District]] [[Babergh]] in der Grafschaft [[Suffolk]], England. Im Jahr 2022 hatte es eine Bevölkerung von 299<ref>{{Internetquelle|url=https://www.censusdata.uk/e04009092-groton |titel=Groton | hrsg=UK Census Data | sprache=en | datum=2022-12-13 | abruf=2025-08-12}}</ref>. Zur Gemeinde gehört der Weiler [[Parliament Heath]].

Auf dem Landgut Groton Manor lebten Adam und Anne Winthrop, die Eltern von [[John Winthrop]] (1583–1649). Der Sohn war ein englischer Jurist und verfolgter [[Puritaner]], der 1629 zum zweiten Gouverneur der [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] gewählt wurde, auswanderte und als einer der Stadtgründer von [[Boston]] gilt.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Winthrop-American-colonial-governor ''John Winthrop, American Colonial Governor'', Britannica]</ref> Sein ältester Sohn [[John Winthrop, Jr.]] wurde 1606 in Groton geboren, war 1631 ebenfalls Auswanderer nach [[Neuengland]] und später Gouverneur der [[Colony of Connecticut]].<ref>[https://museumofcthistory.org/2015/08/john-winthrop-jr/ ''John Winthrop, Jr., Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1657, 1659-1676'', History and Genealogy Unit, Connecticut State Library, April 1999, Website museumofcthistory.org]</ref>

== Einzelnachweise ==
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== Weblinks ==
{{Commonscat|Groton, Suffolk}}
* http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/groton.htm

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