John Winslow was born 26 April 1597 in Worcestershire, England to Edward Winslow (1560-1620) and Magdelene Oliver (1566-1631) and died 1674 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Mary Chilton (c1605-1679) 12 October 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Biography
Brother of Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow (1595-1655), John Winslow came to Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the Fortune.
Marriage & Family
Memorial at Boston MA.
Mary Chilton (c1605-1679) married John Winslow (possibly on October 12, 1624). She arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 and was left orphan that year when both her parents died.
The family moved to Boston some time after the birth of Benjamin in 1653. There John Winslow is said to have prospered as a merchant.
They had ten children - All but Benjamin married, and Benjamin's birth is the only one listed in the records of Plymouth colony:
- John
- Susannah
- Mary
- Edward Winslow (1634-1682) -
- Sarah Winslow (1639-1726) - md three times
- Samuel
- Joseph
- Isaac,
- an unnamed child who probably died in infancy
- Benjamin.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Winslow (1628-1663) | 15 April 1628 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 28 October 1663 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Edward Gray (1629-1681) |
| Joseph Winslow (1628-1679) | |||
| Susanna Winslow (1630-1685) | 1630 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 14 November 1645 East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Robert Latham (1623-1688) |
| Edward Winslow (1634-1682) | 1635 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 19 November 1682 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Elizabeth Hutchinson (1639-1728) |
| John Winslow (1634-1683) | |||
| Sarah Winslow (1639-1726) | 1639 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 1726 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Myles Standish (1629-1661) Tobias Payne (1634-1666) Richard Middlecott (1640-1704) |
| Samuel Winslow (1641-1680) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Richard Winslow (1585-1659) | |||
| Margaret Winslow (1589-1666) | |||
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 Suffolk County, Massachusetts - first families history
- 1623 Plymouth Land Census
- Edward Winslow (1560-1620)/List of Famous Descendants -
- John Winslow - disambiguation page