Elizabeth Fones
Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake Hallett (21 January 1610 – c. 1673) was an early settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony where her father-in-law (and uncle) John Winthrop served as Governor. Her subsequent behaviour would scandalize the Puritan colony.
A novel of her life, The Winthrop Woman, was written by Anya Seton.
Read more about Elizabeth Fones: Early Life, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Scandal
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