Question: Facts: - death place: boston , massachusetts - order: 24th - successor: gurdon saltonstall - death date: 27 november 1707 - predecessor: robert treat - office: governor - term end: november 27 , 1707 - term start: 1698 - state: connecticut colony - name: fitz-john winthrop - birth date: 14 march 1637 - birth place: ipswich , massachusetts Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of fitz-john winthrop .
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fitz-john winthrop -lrb- 14 march 1637 -- 27 november 1707 -rrb- , was the governor of the colony of connecticut from 1698 until his death on november 27 , 1707 .