Edward Winslow (1560-1620)/List of Famous Descendants

List of Famous Descendants of Edward Winslow (1560-1620) who had five sons migrate to Plymouth Colony in early 1620s.

References

• Winslow Memorial, Vol. 1 : Family Records of Winslows and Their Descendants in America, With the English Ancestry as Far as Known; Winslow Family(Classic Reprint) - Tracing family roots of the descendants these early Plymouth Colony settlers back to England.
• Winslow in Massachusetts - first families history
• Edward Winslow- disambiguation

Five Plymouth Colony Immigrants

1. Edward Winslow (1595-1655) - (son) 1620 immigrant to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower - prominent leader of the group
2. Gilbert Winslow - (son) 1620 immigrant to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower
3. John Winslow (1597-1674) - (son) 1621 immigrant to Plymouth Colony on the Fortune - he married Mary Chilton (c1605-1679) who was left orphan when both her parents died at Plymouth in the first horrible winter of 1620.
4. Josiah Winslow (son) - immigrated to New World in 1620's.
5. Kenelm Winslow (son) - immigrated to New World in 1620's.

• Notable Descendants of Edward Winslow]
• Gilbert Morris's House of Winslow series covers the family fortunes of Gilbert Winslow and his descendants to the twenty-first century.

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Cabot

• Cabot, Godfrey L (1861-1962): (Father of John) - American centenarian and founder of Cabot Corp.
• Cabot, John M (1901-1981): ( GLCabot, SCabot3, SCabot2, SBarrett, MClarke, EWinslow5, EWinslow4, EWinslow3, JWinslow2, EWinslow1]]) - US Ambassador to Brazil, Columbia, Sweden, and Poland during the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations.
• Cabot, Samuel (1815-1885): emminent Boston surgeon, volunteer US Civil War Army surgeon

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Farr

• Farr, Lorin (1820-1909): ( WFarr, AFarr, MWinslow, TWinslow, SWinslow, KWinslow2, KWinslow1, EWinslow) - 1st Mayor of Ogden, Utah and influential Mormon pioneer.

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Smith

• Smith, George A. (1870-1951): ( SFarr, LFarr, WFarr, AFarr, MWinslow, TWinslow, SWinslow, KWinslow2, KWinslow1, EWinslow) - Apostle of LDS Church and later its 8th President.

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Winslow

• Winslow, Edward (1747-1815) - ( EWinslow, IWinslow, JWinslow, EWinslow2, EWinslow1)- Loyalist militia leader during American revolutionary war, fought at Battle of Lexington for British, and forced to move family to New Brunswick afterwards where he became a judge on their supreme court.
• Winslow, Elizabeth (1707-1765): ( EWinslow4, EWinslow3, JWinslow2, EWinslow1]]) - Wife of Prominent Boston merchant Richard Clark (1711-1795) who suffered great financial loss during the Boston Tea Party, British loyalists.
• Winslow, Isaac (1671-1738) - ( JWinslow, EWinslow2, EWinslow1) - he served as a civil and military official in early 18th-century Massachusetts.
• Winslow, Isaac, Dr. (1739-1819)- - ( JWinslow, IWinslow, JWinslow, EWinslow2, EWinslow1) a Loyalist doctor who quarantined and inoculated many Marshfield MA and Duxbury MA residents afflicted with smallpox. Largely because of his actions, his property was not confiscated after the Revolution.
• Winslow, John, Gov. (1628-1680) (grandson) 13th Governor of Plymouth Colony. He signed the declaration of war for King Philip's War in 1675.
• Winslow, John, Maj Gen (1703-1774) - ( IWinslow, JWinslow, EWinslow2, EWinslow1) - a British military officer during the French and Indian War.

War Veterans

War of 1812

• Josiah Winslow (1792-1880) - JWinslow, OWinslow, NWinslow, NWinwlow, KWinslow2, EWinslow1) - Drummer, Maine Militia - War of 1812.

American Civil War

• Albert Winslow (1843-1862): ( JWinslow, JWinslow, JWinslow, OWinslow, NWinslow, NWinwlow, KWinslow2, EWinslow1) - 20th Maine Regt, died shortly after the Battle of Antietam.
• Joel Winslow (1833-1863): ( SWinslow, JWinslow, OWinslow, NWinslow, NWinwlow, KWinslow2, EWinslow1) - 21st Maine Volunteers, died of disease in Cairo IL.

Other

Notable descendants of Mary Chilton include First Lady Lucretia Garfield,[6] Howard Dean,[7] Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., US Congressman from Maryland, Jessica Deahl,[citation needed] and Zach Kelley.