Edward WINSLOW

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ancestry.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997, WINSLOW ANSCETRY records.
REYNOLDS, Cuyler, Editorial Suprvisor, 1911; Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and
Family Memoris, Volume IV, WINSLOW, pages 1414-1415.  Edward WINSLOW, Governor,
eldest son of Edward and his second wife Magdalene (OLIVER) WINSLOW.  He was
buried at sea May 8, 1655, with the honors of war, forty-two guns being fired
by the fleet he was accompanying from Hispaniola to Jamacia, West Indies.  He
was the third signer of the immortal "Compact", and probably one of the
authors.  At the annual colony election in 1624, he was chosen as the assistant
to the governor, holding by succeive appointments unitl 1647, excepting 1633,
1636 and 1644, when he was chosen the third governor of New Plymouth and the
first by the election of the people.  He was soon after engaged in the English
public service abroad, and never returned to New England.  Further detail
provided in this reference.
WINSLOW AND CRANNELL, hand-written family group records; buried at sea 8 May
1655, near Hispaniola.  Died on the flagship of William Penn's father,
attempting to conquer the Spanish West Indies for Oliver Cromwell.
                  

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW genealogy, Allen Ogden's
pedigree chart for Samuel WINSLOW.  Note that John WINSLOW "came on the
"Fortune" 1621" - assume this is saying John WINSLOW came from England on the
ship "Fortune" to the United States in 1621.  Probably died in Boston.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ANCESTRY records, 2nd child of Edward
WINSLOW and Magdalene OLLYVER, lived in Plymouth and moved to Boston in 1657.
HEATON, Vernon, 1980, The Mayflower; page 193, one of the Assistant Governors,
1657-1672, of the Plymouth Plantation; married Mary CHILTON, daughter of James
CHILTON, who with his wife came to Plymouth on the "Mayflower" in 1620.  The
fifty-five ton ship "Fortune" on 11 Nov 1621 sailed into Plymouth Harbour (page
147), the first ship from overseas since the "Mayflower" departed.
SHERMAN, Robert M., Editor, 1978, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations;
Voume Two, pages 6-10, son of Edward and Magdalena (OLLYVER) WINSLOW, and
brother of Pilgrim Edward WINSLOW.  John WINSLOW was listed a freeman in 1633,
and became active in the government of the colony, setting off and appraising
land and serving jury; in 1653 he became a member of "a counsell of warr."  His
will attested 21 May 1674, is preserved in Boston, and copied in this reference.
HOLTON, David Parsons, 1877, Winslows and their Descendants in America, with
the English Ancestry; Kenelm Winslow, Volume I; pages 12, 20 "...common
ancestor was Edward Winslow of Droitwich, England, and whose sons, Governor
Edward Winslow and his brothers John, Kenelm, Josiah, and Gilbert, came to
Plymouth."; page 21, Parish Registar of St. Peter's, Droitwich records John
Wynsloe was baptized 18 Apr 1597, born 16 Apr 1597, sonne of Edward Wynsloe;
page 79, died 1674, married 12 Oct 1624, Mary Chilton, daughter of James.
                  

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ancestry, reports birth
date as 16 Apr 1598.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997, WINSLOW ANCESTRY record; reports birth date as 24
Apr 1598.
                  

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ancestry.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ANCESTRY records, report birth as 29 Apr
1599.
WINSLOW AND CRANNELL, hand-written family group records; came to Plymouth in
1629 with his brother Josiah WINSLOW, married June 1634 Eleanor Worden ADAMS,
widow of John ADAMS of Plymouth.
                  

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ancestry.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ANCESTRY records, never married. Gilbert
went to America, but returned to England.
                  

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW Ancestry. Birth listed as
3-6-1601; not feasible to be 6 Mar 1601, thus, must be 3 Jun 1601.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ANCESTRY records.
WINSLOW AND CRANNELL, hand-written family group records; notes birth Mar 1602,
and death Jan 1604.
                  

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ancestry.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ANCESTRY records, birth noted as 26 Dec
1604; must be 1603.
WINSLOW AND CRANNELL, hand-wrttten family group records; birth noted as Dec
1603.
                  

                   REFERENCE: WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW  ancestry.  Birth date
listed as 2-11-1605.
WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ANCESRY records.
WINSLOW AND CRANNELL, hand-written family group records; birth noted Feb 1605.
Came to Plymouth with brother Kenelm WINSLOW in 1629.