Faith (Miller) Winslow (abt. 1645 - 1729)

Born about 1645 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, New England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Winslow — married 3 Aug 1664 (to 1 Dec 1719) in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1729 at about age 84 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Province, New England

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Biography

Faith Miller, the daughter of the Rev. John and Lydia Miller, was born about 1645, based on her age at death.^[1] Her father was a householder in Sandwich in 1641^[2] and in Yarmouth by 1647,^[3] so her birthplace was probably in Sandwich, but no birth record is extant.

"(N)athaniell winslow and (Fa)ith miller were maryed ye 3rd of August 1664" in Marshfield, Plymouth County, (then) Plymouth Colony.^[4]

Children born in Marshfield:^[5]

1. Faith, b. 19 Jun 1665, d. probably bef. 1709.
2. Nathaniel, b. 29 Jul 1667
3. James, b. 16 Aug 1669
4. Gilbert, b. 11 Jul 1673
5. Kenelm, b. 22 Sep 1675
6. Ellenor, b. 02 Jul 1677
7. Josiah, b. 21 Jul 1681, d. in infancy
8. Josias, b. 13 Jan 1683 (later called John)

She died in her 85th year on 9 November 1729 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

She was buried in the Old Winslow Burying Ground in Marshfield, where her tombstone reads:^[6][7]

Here Lyes Buried the Body of Mrs Faith Winslow,

wife to Capt Nathaniel Winslow,

who Decd. Nov 9, Anno Domini 1729,

in ye 85th year of her age.

She is mentioned as Faith Winslow, along with her siblings, in the will of the Widow Susanna White of Charlestown, dated March 25, 1681, proved March 29, 1687, in which Susanna devised to cousins Jabob [H]ewins of Dorchester, John Miller of Yarmouth, Mehetabel Crow and Mary (wife of John Whittemore); to Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Frost of Billerica; to Lydia Fish of Sandwich; Faith Winslow; to children of Joseph Frost, 1/2 to the 3 eldest, half to 3 youngest, amongst others.^{[8] [9]}

Note

The daughter of Rev. John (minister of Rowley, Yarmouth, MA) & Lydia Miller & g'granddaughter of John & Elizabeth (Jardfielde) Miller {disproved} of Strotford, EN, she married Nathaniel Winslow on Aug.3, 1664.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Compiled by Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1970, p. 390.

   "Faith, wife of Capt. Nathaniel, died 9 November, 1729, in her 85th year."

2. ↑ H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family, a Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, MA (Exira, IA: Published by the Author, 1902), p. 12.
3. ↑ Simeon L. Deyo, History of Barnstable Co., Mass. (NY: HW Blake & Co, 1890), p. 472.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Compiled by Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1970, p. 5
5. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, compiler, '"Marshfield, MA, Births, Marriages and Deaths" (MA: The Mayflower Descendant, 1900-1937)
6. ↑ Thomas, Miss M. A., Marshfield Inscriptions, NEHGR (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 318.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20911028 has a photo of her gravestone.
8. ↑ Thomas Bellows Wyman, compiler, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, (etc), MA, 1629-1818 (Boston, MA: David Clapp and Son, 1879), Vol. 2, p. 1015.
9. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate, docket #1537, (o.s.) 11:66-68 (FHL #584130)
10. ↑ William Richard Cutter, New England families, genealogical and memorial : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of commonwealths and the founding of a nation, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Vol. 1:57-8.

See also:

• James Savage, compiler, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England,..., Vol. 3, p. 209

"MILLER, JOHN - ... and he died at Groton, 12 June 1669.... Faith married 3 Aug 1664, Nathaniel Winslow of Marshfield, and died 9 Nov 1729..."

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