Edward WINSLOW, GOVERNOR

Birth:

19 Oct 1595

Droitwich, Worcester, England

Death:

8 May 1655

at sea, Near Hispaniola, West Indies

Burial:

8 May 1655

at sea, Near Hispaniola, West Indies

Marriage:

22 May 1621

Father:

Edward WINSLOW

Mother:

Magdalene OLLYVER

Notes:

                   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.

Susannah (Fuller) WHITE

Birth:

England

Death:

1680

Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Notes:

                   REFERENCE: WEISER, Gloria, 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW ANCESTORY records.
REYNOLDS, Cuyler, Editorial Supervisor, 1911; Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical
Memoris, Volume IV, WINSLOW, page 1415.  Susanna (FULLER) WHITE, widow of
Willima WHITE, one of the chief men of the colony, died, leaving a widow with
two little boys to care for, one of them Peregrine WHITE, who was born while
the "Mayflower" was lying at Cape Cod, the first English child born in New
England.  Theirs was the first wedding ceremony performed in the new colony.
They were married before the magistrate, Governor Bradford, and with public
solemnities entered into the covenant of marriage.
HEATON, Vernon, 1980, The Mayflower; pages 86, 87, 94 Susannah WHITE,
with her husband, William WHITE and son Resolved WHITE, arrived at Cap Cod Bay,
Massachusetts, on the ship "Mayflower" sailing 16 Sep (new style) 1620 from
from Barbican, Plymouth, Devon, England, and on 9 Nov 1620 "land ahoy" was
called out for the first time since the "Mayflower" had sailed out of Pymouth
Sound, sixty-four days earlier.  William WHITE was another victim of the
epidemic at Plymouth, and died on 21 Feb 1621.

Children

Marriage

Elizabeth WINSLOW

Birth:

1622/29

Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Death:

Gilbert BROOKS

Marr:

Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Notes:

                   REFERENCE: REYNOLDS, Cuyler, Editorial Supervisor, 1911; Hudson-Mohawk
Genealogical and Family Memories, Volume IV, page 1415.  Married Gilbert BROOKS
of Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Josiah WINSLOW, GOVERNOR

Birth:

1629

Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Death:

18 Dec 1680

Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Penelope PELHAM

Marr:

1658

Massachusetts

Notes:

                   REFERENCE: REYNOLDS, Cuyler, Editorial Supervisor, 1911; Hudson-Mohawk
Genealogical Memoirs, Volume IV, WINSLOW, pages 1415-1416.  He was the first
treasurer of Harvard College, and assistant governor in 1646-1649.  In 1657,
two years after the death of his father, he was chosen assistant governor,
which post he filled untill his election as governor in 1673.  The last office
he held until his death.  He was active and prominent in the colony affairs all
his mature life.  In 1652 he commanded the military company of Marshfield; in
1659 he was appointed the military commander of the colony, and in 1657 was
elected general-in-chief of the whold military force of the United Colonies,
being the first native-born, as well as governor in New England.  In 1658 he was
chosen one of the commissioners of the United Colonies and re-elected for
fourteen years.  On September 5, 1672, he was one of the six signers of the new
articles of confederation of the New England colonies, and on September 9, 1675,
he signed the dclaration of war against King Philip, made by the commissioners.
His last public act on September 5, 1680, was to solicit a charter for Plymouth
from the crown.  More detail is provided in this reference.

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Edward Winslow, Governor - Susannah (Fuller) White

Edward Winslow, Governor was born at Droitwich, Worcester, England 19 Oct 1595. His parents were Edward Winslow and Magdalene Ollyver.

He married Susannah (Fuller) White 22 May 1621 .

They were the parents of 2 children:
Elizabeth Winslow born 1622/29.
Josiah Winslow, Governor born 1629.

Edward Winslow, Governor died 8 May 1655 at at sea, Near Hispaniola, West Indies .

Susannah (Fuller) White died 1680 at Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts .