Isaac (Windslow) Winslow (abt. 1671 - 1738)

Born about 1671 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wensley) Winslow — married 11 Jul 1700 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1738 at about age 67 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Issac Windslow, son of Josiah Winslow and Penelope Pelham, was born about 1671 (based on his age at death), probably in his parents' residence in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.

He married Sarah Wensley on July 11, 1700. ^[1] Isaac died at age 67 on December 14, 1738 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the location of the Old Winslow Burying Ground in which he was buried. ^[2]

His will is dated 24 May 1736 and proved on 6 April 1739. He mentions his wife Sarah, and his children, John Winslow, Edward Winslow, Penelope Warren, wife of James Warren of Plymouth, and Elizabeth Marston, wife of Benjamin Marston of Salem. His inventory was taken on 16 May 1739 in Marshfield. ^[3]

Obituary

Marshfield, December 20, 1738 On Thursday the 14 instant died at his seat in this town, (after a short indisposition, and in the Sixty Eighth year of his age) the Hon. Isaac Winslow, Esq., 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 to 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 Narragansett was performed, in King Philip's War. He was grandson to Edward Winslow, who in 1646 went to England as agent for the Massachusetts Colony, and afterwards was one of the Grand Commissioners in that well concerted but unfortunate Expedition to St. Damingo on Hispaniola; who were both Governours of the Plymouth Colony. His great Grandfather was Edward Winslow, Esq., of the Town of Droughtwich, in the county of Worcester in England. By his mother he descended from the family of the Pelhams; she being the daughter of Sir Herbert Pelham of Bury-Hamlet, in the county of Essex. He married Sarah Wensley, daughter of John Wensley, of a very good family. 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 the honourable Board during the term of thirty years, and was President of the same six years. he was created a Justice of the Pleas in 1712 and was President of that Court from the year 1728, ten years. He was also Judge of Probate of Wills from the year 1718, until his death. and in the Militia he was Col of a Regiment for many years. In all which publick offices and employments, both Civil and Military, he appeared to have in pursuit what ought to be the great design of all Government, viz., The Good of Mankind. He was a worthy Patriot and steady friend to the establishment of his country, both Civil and Ecclesiastical; and with Grief observed, and greatly lamented any distant approaches toward faction in the state or Schism in the church. In private life, his conversation was very agreeable and facetious; his virtue and religion were grave and substantial, real and without affectation. he was a person of great integrity, fortitude & Humanity, singular modesty, and uncommon generosity. In his temper, he had a large share of the placid. He was respectful and obliging to persons of all ranks and characters, tho' he knew well how to distinguish, so he became acceptable to all, and was universally esteemed.

And in his advanced years, 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 publick offices, viz., his seat at the Council Board in 1734, and in May last, his Place of a Justice of the Pleas.

He was decently interred on Monday the 18th instant, the Funeral solemnity being attended by the principal gentlemen of this county, with great numbers of people of all ranks. His death is greatly lamented. He left a sorrowful widow, by whom he had six children, three only surviving, viz., Mr. John and Mr. Edward Winslow and Mrs. Marston, wife of Benjamin Marston, Esq., of Marblehead. His eldest son Josiah being called forth into the field, bravely died in the defence of his country in May 1724. His eldest daughter married James Warren, Esq., of Plymouth, died in May 1737. A younger daughter died young.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Bryant pp 33-34 .
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 March 2021), memorial page for Isaac Winslow (1671–14 Dec 1738), Find A Grave: Memorial #20901194, citing Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568). (Includes gravestone photos.)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-NVQ9 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 25-26 of 288; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ The Boston Weekly News-Letter. (Boston, MA) 28 December 1738, page 2 GenealogyBank https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1036CD221971FE08%40GB3NEWS-105665D8277A4A48%402356213-105665D84535835E%401-105665D893C14E12%40Mortuary%2BNotice : accessed 10 August 2023

See also:

• Bryant, Maria Whitman Genealogy of Edward Winslow (E. Anthony & Sons, Inc, 1915)
• Wikipedia: Isaac Winslow
• Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver. Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe (Z.G. Mitchell, North Abington, Mass., 1878) Page 115
• "The Wills of Hon. Isaac Winslow and his widow Sarah," The Mayflower Descendant, vol. 24, p. 30; digital image, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv2324mass/page/30/mode/2up : accessed 7 Nov 2023).