Josiah Winslow (abt. 1628 - 1680)

Born about 1628 in Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1680 at about age 52 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

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Preceded by 12th Governor Thomas Prence

Josiah Winslow 13th Governor of Plymouth Colony 1673 —1680

Succeeded by 14th Governor Thomas Hinckley

Biography

Josiah Winslow is Notable.

According to the historian, Nathaniel Philbrick, the actions of Governor Winslow triggered the 1675 outbreak of violence between the Pokanoket Indians and the English settlers of Plymouth Colony. "...Winslow was as responsible as anybody for King Philip's War."^[1]

Josiah Winslow was the first native born governor of an American Colony. He was the governor of Plymouth Colony at the time of King Philip's War. Winslow and his advisors made little attempt at a diplomatic resolution and even refused to honor promises to non hostile Indians who surrendered to colonial authorities. ^[2]

Josiah Winslow's parents were Edward Winslow (d.1655) and his second wife, widow Susannah White.

In 1643 Josiah Winslow was chosen deputy to the general court from Marshfield and in 1656 he succeeded Myles Standish as the commander of the colony's military forces.

In 1657 he was chosen assistant governor, a post he filled until he was elected governor in 1673. Also, in 1658 he was Plymouth's commissioner to the United Colonies (a Puritan military alliance against the Indians) until 1672. In 1659 he was appointed military commander of the colony.

Parents:

Edward Winslow (1595 - 1655)

Susanna Fuller Winslow (1595 - 1680)

Spouse:

Penelope Pelham Winslow (1630 - 1703)

Children:

Isaac Winslow (1671 - 1738)*

Name

Governor Josiah Winslow^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Birth

Josiah Winslow, son of Edward Winslow was born after the 22 May 1627 cattle division, about 1628 in Plymouth Colony^[6][8]

Death

Age at Death: 51

18 Dec 1680 Marshfield^[3][4][5][6]

Burial

Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts^[3][7]

Probate

His will is dated 2 July 1675 and exhibited at the court at Plymouth on 2 March 1680/81. He mentions his sister, Elizabeth Corwin, and his kinsman John Brook (son of his said sister). his brother Resolve White, his brother Peregrine White, his kinsman William White, his aunt Elizabeth Pelham, his brother Edward Pelham, Rev Mr. Samuel Arnold, Elizabeth Gray, the poor of the town of Marshfield, his wife Penelope, his daughter Elizabeth, his son Isaac, his brother Captain George Corwin, his cousin Peter Sergeant, and his cousin Nathaniel Winslow. His inventory was taken on 1 June 1681.^[9]

Sources

• Wikipedia: Josiah_Winslow
• Find A Grave Memorial# 15059689 Burial: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Has a photo of gravestone on gravesite

• The Early Settlers at Green Harbor Monument remembers the early settlers of the town. It can be presumed that many of the early settlers are buried here in Winslow Cemetery (since this was the only burial ground in Marshfield until the early 1700s), but it can not be stated as a fact (since there are no written records).
• The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as MRS800. This burial site is referenced to in the book "Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts" by Charles M Thatcher as "Webster Cemetery on Burial Hill Marshfield". This burial site is referenced to in the book "The Mayflower Descendant 1620-1920" published by the "Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants" in Volume 10, published in 1908, page 47.
• Winslow Names buried in this cemetery

• Moore, Jacob Bailey. Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay (C. D. Strong, Boston, 1851) Page 175-200
• Josiah Winslow Portrait
• NEHGR: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1847-)
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.)
• Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)
• 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

Footnotes

1. ↑ Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick pages 347-348
2. ↑ Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick page 252
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Torrey
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} NEHGR
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Mayflower Births and Deaths
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Holbrook Research Institute
8. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004) p. 508
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-V3S1 : 16 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 595 of 616; State Archives, Boston.