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First Name
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John WINSLOW

John WINSLOW[1]

Male 1597 - Bef 1674  (< 77 years)

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  • Name John WINSLOW 
    Born 16 Apr 1597  Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 18 Apr 1597 
    Migration 1621  “Fortune” Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Ship owner and merchant trader 
    Residence Abt 1657  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigrant? Y 
    Died Bef 21 May 1674  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Kings Chapel Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I16297  Main
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2023 

    Father Edward WINSLOW,   b. 17 Oct 1560, St Andrew Parish, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1630, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Magdalen OLLYVER,   b. 4 Aug 1566, St Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1621, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 4 Nov 1594  St Brides Church, Fleetstreet, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary CHILTON,   b. 31 May 1607, Sandwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1 May 1679, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 71 years) 
    Married Bef 22 May 1627  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. John WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1628, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1683, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
    +2. Susanna WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 14 Nov 1685, E Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
    +3. Mary WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1632, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1663, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
    +4. Edward WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1636, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1682, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
    +5. Sarah WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1639, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1726, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
     6. Isaac WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1641, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 29 Aug 1670, Port Royal, Jamaica Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
    +7. Joseph WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1643, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1679, Long Island, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)
     8. Samuel WINSLOW,   b. Abt 1650, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1680, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
     9. child WINSLOW,   b. Bef 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 12 Mar 1673  (Age < 22 years)
     10. Benjamin WINSLOW,   b. 12 Aug 1653, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1675  (Age 21 years)
    Last Modified 19 May 2018 
    Family ID F5325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Bef 22 May 1627 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Abt 1657 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Bef 21 May 1674 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Kings Chapel Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Histories
    The Good Ship Fortune 1621    		The Good Ship Fortune 1621
    Passenger list
    About the Puritans    		About the Puritans
    Some stuff you might not know, and some stuff to think about

  • Notes 
    • John Winslow arrived at Plymouth in 1621 on the FORTUNE. He received one acre in the 1623 division of land. John and wife Mary shared in the 1627 division of cattle. He was listed as a freeman in 1633 and became active in the government of the colony and was Deputy from Plymouth in 1652 through 1654. In 1653 he became a member of "a counsell of warr."
      In 1650 Gov. Bradford wrote that Mary "is living and hath nine children; the one daughter is married and hath a child."
      On 10 Oct. 1657 Mr. John Winslow of Plymouth sold all his house and land in Plymouth to Edward Gray. [This is apparently when he moved to Boston.]
      On 11 Aug. 1662 Edward Gray of Plymouth sold to Mr. John Winslow of Boston land at Punckateesett, near Rhode Island.
      On 22 Feb. 1664 John Winslow of Boston aged about 68 deposed about the sale of land by Myles Standish in 1661.
      On 16 of the 8th mo. 1664 John Winslow gave land at Namassakett to his granddaughters Sarah Gray and Anna Gray.
      On 19 Sept. 1671 John and Mary Winslow joined the Old South Church in Boston.
      On 29 Sept. 1671 William Davis, etc. of Boston sold a house with gardens in Boston to John Winslow.
      On 15 May 1672 Mr. John Winslow of Boston became a Freeman in the Mass. Bay Colony.

      The will of John Winslow Senior of Boston, merchant, dated 12 March 1674, proved 21 May 1674, names wife Mary; son John Winslow; William Payne s/o his daughter Sara:r. Meddlecott; Parnell Winslow daughter of his son Isack Winslow; sons Benjamin and Edward; grandchild Susanna Latham; son Edward Greys children that he had by daughter Mary Grey; sor. Joseph Wins10ws two children; grandchild Mercy Harris twc children; kinsman Josiah Winslow "now governor of New Plimoth"; brother Josiah Winslow; kinswoman Eleanor Baker daughter of his brother Kenelm Winslow; "my seven children."

      The will of Mary Winslow of Boston dated 31 July 1676, proved 11 July 1679, names son John Winlsow, daughter Sarah Middlecott; grandchild William Paine; daughter Susanna Latham: grandchild Ann Gray; Mary Winslow daughter of son Edward Winslow; son Edward Winslow; son Edward’s children [not named], grandchild Mercy Harris, grandchild Susanna Latham; Mary Winslow daughter of son Joseph Winslow and childen John Winslow, Edward Winslow, Joseph Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Susanna Latham and Sarah Middlecott.«s70 15:6»

  • Sources 
    1. [S70] Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, Sherman, Robert Moody, Verle Delano Vincent, Robert S. Wakefield, et al., (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA).

    2. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 6201493.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023