Joshua
Winslow
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Son of John Winslow
and Sarah (Pierce) Sargent
Husband of
Anna (Green) Winslow
— married
3 Jan 1759 [location unknown]
Father of
Anna Green Winslow
Died
at about age 73
in Quebec, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Dec 2013
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Biography
Joshua Winslow, was but eighteen years of age when he began his career as a soldier. In 1745, he was appointed Commissary-General of the British forces in Nova Scotia. Upon his return to New England, he married his cousin, Anna Green, on January 3, 1759. Their daughter, Anna Green Winslow, was born there, and they subsequently had two sons, neither of whom survived childhood.
Joshua Winslow remained in Nova Scotia until 1773, when he reunited his family in Marshfield, Massachusetts, in a house later occupied by Daniel Webster. By 1775, notions of liberty filled the heads of many Massachusetts men and women; and soon the Revolution became more than a dream.
Joshua Winslow, with many of his Marshfield neighbors, sided with the British, and his Loyalist sympathies caused his exile from the colonies. His family, including Anna, remained behind. After some time in England, he became paymaster general for the British forces in Quebec, a job he held for the remainder of his life.
Joshua was separated from his wife and daughter for about eight years, and a journal kept by Anna's mother in Marshfield, Massachusetts, includes some information on her daughter's daily life and her health. Anna wasn't always well; she had severe colds and was feverish.
Birth
- 23 JAN 1726/7
Sources
- Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 74
- Wikipedia: Joshua_Winslow
- http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=2718
- Winslow, Anna Green. Diary of Anna Green Winslow, A Boston School Girl of 1771 (Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, Mass., 1894) Page xi.
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Categories: 1770 Cumberland Census
Joshua Winslow, merchant, shipowner, soldier, b. 23 Jan 1726/27, Boston, MA., son of John & Sarah (Pierce) Winslow; m. 3 Jan 1758(9), Anna (dau Joseph & Anna (Pierce) Green; he fought at Siege of Louisbourge, 1745.....paymaster for British in Rev. War later holding same position at Quebec, etc. etc. ; d. Jun 1801, Quebec [DCB. V: PANS BF]
Elliott, Shirley, ed. "The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983; a Biographical Directory" p.179. [No pub. specified] Nova Scotia: Crown Copyright, 1984. https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/179/mode/1up?q=Payson&view=theater