MYSTERY OF THE MONTH:
Who Killed Mary Winthrop with
an Axe?
A friend of the Society in England writes:
"My name is Patricia Bridges, I live in the village of Little
Waldingfield - part of the same benefice as the village of Groton
(Gov. John Winthrop's home), in Suffolk, England.
Since retiring from school I have been increasing my thirty years'
passion for family history, and as such have become interested in
my local village history as well as our family history.
I receive many queries and have been asked to trace a Mary Winthrop
who was murdered.
I copy the email I received below.
'Thank you - I am actually researching
this for a patient of mine and have little information other than
the Mary Winthrop was murdered with an axe. Thank you for any
help you can lend us.' "
Would you have any ideas about helping this person?
There it is - no date or place, just the bare fact that Mary Winthrop
was killed with an axe. If you are the first to provide details of this
grisly murder, we will award you with two passes to the Peabody-Essex
Museum Galleries, or the associated nearby Phillips Library in Salem,
Massachusetts, for the day of your choosing!
Please contact us with your response and
claim your prize!
Read the text and results of our previous mystery.
