Major Gen. John WINSLOW

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He commanded a company in the Cuba expedition of 1740; was a Colonel in the expedition to Nova Scotia in 1755; and was Commander-in-Chief at Fort William Henry on Lake George in 1756. He sold all his estate in marshfield on 28 June 1773 to his sons Pelham and Isaac, both of whom were appointed administrators of his estate on 6 June 1774. John Winslow died in Marshfield and his tombstone inscription reads: " Hon John Winslow Esq. died April 17, 1774, AET 72."

John married Mary LITTLE on 16 Feb 1724/5 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Mary was born on 09 Sep 1704 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in Dec 1772 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Major Pelham WINSLOW was born on 08 Jun 1737 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 13 Aug 1783 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.
2. Isaac WINSLOW, M.D. was born on 27 Apr 1739 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1819 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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He built his "Careswell" home in 1699. Isaac served as Probate Judge and Chief Justice in the Court of Common Pleas. On 23 Nov 1712, "Mr Isaac Winslow was taken into this church" (First church in Marshfield), on the same day he was appointed "to assit at the ordination of mr. Lewis in Pembrok."

In the "Boston newsletter" of December 28, 1738 is an obituary notice of Col. (Isaac) Winslow. "Marshfield, December 20, 1738. On Thursday, the 14th inst died at his seat in Marshfield (after a short indisposition, and in the sixty-eight year of his age) the Hon. Isaac Winslow, Esquire. His ancestors, for several generations past were the valiant assertors of the interests of the Protestant Religion and the liberties of mankind. He was (the) only son of Josiah Winslow, who was the Beauty and Safety of his Country, the Captain-General of all the forces of the united Colonies, under whose conduct the great and memorable action at Naragansett was performed in (the) King Philips War...

"Col. Winslow, while he was yet young, was several years a Representative of the town of Marshfield, in the General Court. In 1703 he was chosen into his Majesty's Council and had a seat at that honorable Board during the term of thirty years, and was President of the same (for) six years. He was created a Justice of the Pleas in 1712, and was President of the Court from the year 1728 (for) ten years. He was also Judge of Probate of Willis from year 1718 until his death; and in the Militia he was Colonel of a Regiment many years. In all which public Offices and Employments, both civil and military, he appeared to have in pursuit what ought to be design of all Government, viz, The Good of Mankind.

"He was a worthy Patriot and steady friend to the Establishments of his Country, both civil and ecclesiastical; and with grief observed and greatly lamented any distant approaches toward faction in the State and Schism in the Church. In private life, his conversation was agreeable and facetious; his virtue and religion were grave and substantial, real and without affectation. He was a person of great Integrity, Fortitude and Humanity, Singular Modesty and uncommon Generosity.

"In his temper he had a large share of placid. He was respectful and obliging to persons of all ranks and character, tho he knew well how to distinguish, so he became acceptable to all and was universally esteemed. And in his advanced yeas, being more apprehensive of the decays of his own nature, than his friends about him were, notwithstanding their strongest and repeated importunities to the contrary, he resigned several of his public offices, viz, his seat at the Council board in 1734; and in May last, his place of Justice of the Pleas...."

Isaac married Sarah WENSLEY on 11 Jul 1700 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 11 Aug 1673 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 16 Dec 1753 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Governor of Plymouth Colony

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He was the first native-born Governor of Plymouth Colony and the first native-born general. Josiah was Commander-in-Chief of the united Colonial Forces during King Philip's War in 1675 and 1676. He had a will on 1 Jan 1671/2 that was presented 2 Mar 1680/1.

Josiah married Penelope PELHAM in 1657. Penelope (daughter of Capt Herbert PELHAM, Esq. and Jemima WALDEGRAVE) was born on 25 Apr 1633 in Bures, co. Essex; died on 07 Dec 1703 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1639, Immigrated to Boston (returned to England with her father in 1646).

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• Baptism: 20 Oct 1595, Parish reg. of St. Peters, Drotwich, England
• Baptism: 28 Oct 1595, Droitwich, co. Worcester, England

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Excerpts from "Mayflower Families through 5 generations vol. 13 - William White":
About 1638, the Winslow with young Peregrine and Resolved White, moved to Green Harbor, now called Marshfield. Edward Winslow rose to prominence as Governor of Plymouth Colony, became Colony representative to England, and at last was persuaded to use his diplomataic skills for Oliver Cromwell, heading up a joint commission with the Dutch to award reparations for damage caused to Danish ships.
No evidence had been found to indicate that Susanna accompanied her husband on any of his trips to England.
Edward Winslow spent the last six years of his life in England.

Excerpt from Mayflower Increasing:" Edward "fell sick at sea betwixt Domingo & Jamaica" .

Excerpts from "The Mayflower Quarterly, Sept. 2003":

Edward could be a grandson of Kenelm Winslow.

His first wife died shortly after the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth and his marriage to Susanna White, widow of William white of the Mayflower was the first marriage in Plymouth. Mrriages in Plymouth were a civil affair and in 1635 Edward Winslow was jailed for seventeen weeks in Fleet Prison in London when Archbishop Laud had him persecuted for solemizing marriages as a magistrate.
Edward Winslow was one of the company which first explored the shores of Cape Cod, was among those who first landed at Plymouth, and who selected Plymouth as the place of settlement. He was one of the principal leaders of Plymouth Colony, serving as Assistant many times and in 1633 he was elected Governor of the colony, its third governor after Carver and bradford. (Christopher Martin acted as Governor on the "Mayflower", but died shortly after the landing in Plymouth and is not considered to be one of the governors of the colony.) Edward was also elected Governor in 1636 and 1644.
In September 1623 Edward Winslow returned to England on the "Anne" to transact business for the colony and returned in March 1624 on the "Charity" with supplies and three heifers and a bull, the first cattle in Plymouth. In 1630 and 1635 he also made trips to England. In 1644 he was the commissioner for Plymouth to the newly formed Confederation of New England colonies.
In 1646 he went to England for the last time and accepted employment in Oliver Cromwell's government serving in several capacities. On 27 December 1654 Edward Winslow was appointed commissioner, along with Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, of the ill-fated expedition to the West Indies to capture the island of Hispaniola from the Spanish. Cromwell apparently expected the island to be settled by New Englanders. After the defeat at Santo Domingo, Edward Winslow died of a fever on the voyage from Hispaniola to Jamaica and was buried at sea.
Edward Winslow wrote his will 18 December 1654:
I Edward Winslowe of London, Esguior, being now bound on a voyage to sea in the service of the comon welth do make publish & declare this to be my last will & testamt touching the disposing of my estate. ffirst I doe give will devise & bequeath all my lands & stock in New England & all my possibilities & porcons in future allotmts & divicions to Josias my onely sonne & his heires, hee allowing to to my wife a full third parte thereof for her life Also. I give to the poore of the Church of Plymouth in new England Tenn pounds & to the poore of marshfielde where the chiefest of my estate lyes Tenn pounds, Also I give my lynnen wch I carry with me to sea to my daughter Elizabet & The rest of my goods wch I carry with mee I give to my sonn Josias hee giving to each of my brothers a suite of apparell & I make my said son Josias my executor of this my will, and Colonell venables my overseer of my goods in the voyage & my fower frends Dr. Edmond wilson; mr John Arthur, mr James shirley and mr Richard ffoyde, over seers for the rest of my personall estate in England.
Witness my hand & Seale the Eighteenth of december In the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand Six hundred fifty & ffower.

Sealed & Subscribed
in the presence of : pr me Edw: Window (seal)
Jon Hooper
Gerald Usher servant to Hen: Colbron

Edward married Susanna FULLER on 12 May 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Susanna was christened in Redenhall, Norfolk, England; died between 18 Dec 1654 and 02 Jul 1675 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpts from "Mayflower Families through 5 Generations Vol 13 - William White":
Susanna (- - - )(White) Winslow was not the sister of Dr. Samuel Fuller as is often claimed. Samuel and Edward Fuller who came on the "Mayflower" were sons of Robert of Redenhall, England. Robert had no daughter Susanna. He did have a daughter Anna, born about 1578, far too old a bride for Edward Winslow who would not be born til 1595. The will of Robert Fuller in 1615 mentions no daught4er Susanna, nor a daughter married to William White. Dr. Samuel Fuller's will in 1633 mentions only one sister, Alice Bradford--actually his sister-in-law. The only positive clue to Susanna's ancestry seems to be a letter from Edward Winslow to "Uncle Robert Jackson" in 1623, in which he sent news of Susanna, her late husband, and her children. He also sent his regards to his father-in-law in England, by which time Rober Fuller was nine years dead. A cursory investigation of the Jackson family has she no light on the subject.

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• Fact: Will dated 1 Jan 1672/3 and proved 30 Mar 1676

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Came to New England, 1639/40; first Treasurer of Harvard College, 1643; Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1645

As early as 1629 Herbert Pelham agreed to invest in the Winthrop project of colonization with his father-in-law, and invested some L3,000 in the venture. The two families embarked from Gravesend, but Thomas Waldegrave and his wife went ashore at Deal in Kent before leaving English waters because of her illness. Herbert Pelham appears to have sailed from Gravesend with his family sometime between September 1639 and December 1640, and his wife died during the crossing. Shortly after arrival in New England he married for the second time to Elizabeth (Bosvile) Harlakeden, widow, with two daughters, of Roger Harlakenden, and daughter of Geoffrey Bosvile, Esq., of Gunthwaite, co. York, by Margaret, daughter of Edward Greville, Knt., of Harold Park. Essex. After marriage they lived in the Harlakenden household at Cambridge. He cleared large farms south of the river on Harlakenden property in Lexington and Bedford, and in Cambridge. At the request of Thomas Waldegrave, he returned to England in the winter of 1641, and having come to an agreement concerning his first wife's property, he returned to New England and took a prominent part in the affairs of the community. He was first Treasurer of Harvard College in 1643, and Commissioner of the United Colonies in 1645. He was active with the Society for promoting and Propagating the Gospel in New England. He returned to England in the 'Supply' on 9 Nov 1646, and resided at Bures, Essex, on property inherited through his first wife. On 25 Aug 1659 letters to administer the estate of Elizabeth Pelham, late of Ferriers, in Bures, Essex, were granted to her husband Herbert.

He was not educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, nor was he a lawyer as stated in earlier biographies. However, he was called a gentleman who owned considerable land. Herbert Pelham agreed as early as 1629 to invest in the Winthrop project of colonization with his father-in-law, Thomas Waldegrave, and invested some 3,000 pounds in the venture. The two families embarked from Gravesend (Kent), but Thomas Waldegrave and his wife went ashore at Deal in Kent before leaving English waters because of her illness. Herbert Pelham appears to have sailed from Gravesend with his family sometime between Sep 1639 and Dec 1640. His wife Jemima died during the crossing. He settled in Cambridge, and lived on the same estate that was previously occupied by Governor Thomas Dudley. His house burned down a year later. A few acres of his land were called Pelham's Island. After his marriage to Elizabeth, they lived in the Harlakenden household at Cambridge. He cleared large farms south of the river on Harlakenden property in Lexington ad Bedford, and in Cambridge. He became a freeman in may 1645. "He also was the first Treasurer of Harvard College, chosen Dec. 27, 1643, and the second person named in the act incorporating the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians in 1649". He was styled as "a man of courteous behaviour, humble and heavenly-minded." He was a the Ancient and Honorable Artillery (1638) and is registered on the Roll of Arms (#43). He returned to England in the ship Supply on 9 Nov 1646, and resided at Bures, Essex until his death, on the property inherited through his first wife Jemima. His will dated 1 Jan 1673/4 was proved 30 Mar 1675/6,

Herbert married Jemima WALDEGRAVE on 13 Oct 1626 in With License. Jemima was born in 1606 in Bures-ad-Montem, co. Essex; died between Sep 1639 and Dec 1640 in Died during the crossing. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Waldegrave and Margaret Holmstead