This page collects information about people with surname Winslow who were known or believed to have lived in early Massachusetts.
Notable Individuals[]
- Edward Winslow (1595-1655) - Mayflower Compact signer and 3rd Governor of Plymouth Colony.
Notable Landmarks[]
- Old Winslow Burial Ground - Marshfield MA.
- Green Harbor Monument - first settlers list of Marshfield, Massachusetts begins with four Winslow families.
Kenelm Winslow Homestead[]
Kenelm Winslow Homestead is settled on a gentle eminence by the sea, near the extremity of a neck of land lying between Green Harbor and South Rivers. This tract of the township was considered the Eden of the region. It was beautified with groves of majestic oaks and graceful walnuts, with the underground void of tangled shrubbery. A few of these groves were standing within the memory of man, but all have now fallen beneath the hand of the woodman.
It would stay with the family for five generations, until their descendants had to flee the country for being loyalists supporters in the Revolutionary War.
Pilgrim Monument[]
National Monument to the Forefathers, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims, (including this person) who came to Plymouth Colony in 1620 on the Mayflower. Dedicated on August 1, 1889, it is thought to be the world's largest solid granite monument. Located on an 11 acre hilltop site on Allerton Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
External Links[]
- 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.
- Mayflower and Her Passengers by Caleb Johnson - Genealogical research on all Mayflower pilgrims. 292 pages (Pulb 2006).
- Mayflower Compact - Mayflower Historical Society
- Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Familypedia:Plymouth Colony
- OneGreatFamily.com -Search Winslow Family Records
- Massachusetts Military Records - compiled by Fold3.com
- Tour Historic Plymouth County - Notable Families and Landmarks.
Winslow by County[]
- Winslow in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Dukes County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Essex County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Franklin County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Hampden County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Nantucket County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Winslow in Worcester County, Massachusetts