Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameGov. Edward WINSLOW 
, MCS-03
, MCS-03BirthOct 1595, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England2979
Baptism18 Oct 1595, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England2980 Age: <1
Memodied aged 59y 6m 18d
Death8 May 1655, at sea1873, p 840,2979, near Jamaica,1759, p 125 Age: 59
Memonear Hispaniola
Occupationprinter1871
FlagsMayflower Compact Signer, Mayflower Passenger
FatherEdward WINSLOW
MotherMagdaline OLIVER
Individual Notes
• Winslow had been born in the west of England, near Worcester, in the hamlet of Careswell, being the eldest of five sons and three daughters. Family tradition also has it that young Edward was the first of the Winslows to adopt radical Separatist ideas. If so, his family was remarkably right for conversion. A younger brother accompanied him on the Mayflower a few years later. Three others followed as quickly as they could, and all but one remained in Plymouth to father a numerous progeny.2105, p 95
• Governor Winslow was among the signers of the Mayflower Compact, the one who selected Plymouth as the place of settlement, one of the principal leaders of the struggling colony, and it’s third governor.2980, p 1
• Winslow’s life in Plymouth as a principal diplomat and trade negotiator, Assistant, and governor, is given in the text.
Because Edward Winslow seemed to be the most aristocratic of the Mayflower passengers, genealogists and historians have tried to find an aristocratic background for him, but to no avail. His father, Edward Winslow, was a properous salt merchant, but his grandfather Kenelm Winslow described himself in his will as a “yeoman,” and no one has been able to discover Kenelm’s ancestry with any certainty.2114, p 373
• Among the Pilgrim leaders was Edward Winslow, who became a magistrate and then governor after Bradford. In Leiden, Winslow had been Brewster’s assistant in producing the books which Holland’s relative press freedom enabled the Pilgrims to publish for secret distribution in England.2981, p 61
• At the time of his marriage in Leyden, he was called a printer of London. His first wife died the first winter shortly after the Pilgrims landed. He died on a voyage from Hispaniola to Jamaica and was buried at sea.2980
• In 1643 he was one of the instigators of the creation of the United Colonies of New England. Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Haven Colony, and Connecticut Colony formed a council to which representatives were sent to formulate common foreign policy, particularly in military matters, towards the Dutch and French colonies in North America and towards the North American nations, and also to settle internal differences on issues such as boundaries and jurisdiction. The idea for this confederation came from the ad hoc solution which had been achieved in the Low Countries by the United Provinces in their revolt against Spain.2981, p 61
• Edward Winslow appears to have had an important role in creating the United Colonies, a combination for which it is difficult to find an English precedent.2117, p 180
• In 1646 Edward Winslow wrote a book in which he recalled living under the government of what he called the United States. Everyone knew what country he meant -- that was the common name for The Netherlands. “United Provinces,” the name we now use for the Protestant Low Countries in the seventeenth century, is a more literal translation of “Vereenigde Provintin,” but most Englishmen of Winslow’s time knew the country as the United States. That new creation in late eighteenth-century America, then, calling itself the United States of America, was named by people who wanted to stress a parallel that would justify their revolution against a tyrannical monarch. The names recall the legitimate rebellion against tyranny that had been accomplished by the first United States, the United States of the Netherlands. Its citizens had risen up to defend local privileges against the monarchical tyranny of Philip II of Spain.2981, p 61
• His body was consigned to the deep with the honors of war, forty-two guns being fired by the fleet on the occasion.1873, pp 840-1
• He died in 1655 of tropical fever off the coast of Jamaica and was buried at sea.2982, p 2
• To Bradford’s bitter regret, Winslow never returned to Plymouth. In 1654, he was named commissioner of a British naval effort against the Spanish in the West Indies; a year later, he succumbed to yellow fever off the island of Jamaica and was buried at sea with full honors.2117, p 184
• Governor Winslow was among the signers of the Mayflower Compact, the one who selected Plymouth as the place of settlement, one of the principal leaders of the struggling colony, and it’s third governor.2980, p 1
• Winslow’s life in Plymouth as a principal diplomat and trade negotiator, Assistant, and governor, is given in the text.
Because Edward Winslow seemed to be the most aristocratic of the Mayflower passengers, genealogists and historians have tried to find an aristocratic background for him, but to no avail. His father, Edward Winslow, was a properous salt merchant, but his grandfather Kenelm Winslow described himself in his will as a “yeoman,” and no one has been able to discover Kenelm’s ancestry with any certainty.2114, p 373
• Among the Pilgrim leaders was Edward Winslow, who became a magistrate and then governor after Bradford. In Leiden, Winslow had been Brewster’s assistant in producing the books which Holland’s relative press freedom enabled the Pilgrims to publish for secret distribution in England.2981, p 61
• At the time of his marriage in Leyden, he was called a printer of London. His first wife died the first winter shortly after the Pilgrims landed. He died on a voyage from Hispaniola to Jamaica and was buried at sea.2980
• In 1643 he was one of the instigators of the creation of the United Colonies of New England. Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Haven Colony, and Connecticut Colony formed a council to which representatives were sent to formulate common foreign policy, particularly in military matters, towards the Dutch and French colonies in North America and towards the North American nations, and also to settle internal differences on issues such as boundaries and jurisdiction. The idea for this confederation came from the ad hoc solution which had been achieved in the Low Countries by the United Provinces in their revolt against Spain.2981, p 61
• Edward Winslow appears to have had an important role in creating the United Colonies, a combination for which it is difficult to find an English precedent.2117, p 180
• In 1646 Edward Winslow wrote a book in which he recalled living under the government of what he called the United States. Everyone knew what country he meant -- that was the common name for The Netherlands. “United Provinces,” the name we now use for the Protestant Low Countries in the seventeenth century, is a more literal translation of “Vereenigde Provintin,” but most Englishmen of Winslow’s time knew the country as the United States. That new creation in late eighteenth-century America, then, calling itself the United States of America, was named by people who wanted to stress a parallel that would justify their revolution against a tyrannical monarch. The names recall the legitimate rebellion against tyranny that had been accomplished by the first United States, the United States of the Netherlands. Its citizens had risen up to defend local privileges against the monarchical tyranny of Philip II of Spain.2981, p 61
• His body was consigned to the deep with the honors of war, forty-two guns being fired by the fleet on the occasion.1873, pp 840-1
• He died in 1655 of tropical fever off the coast of Jamaica and was buried at sea.2982, p 2
• To Bradford’s bitter regret, Winslow never returned to Plymouth. In 1654, he was named commissioner of a British naval effort against the Spanish in the West Indies; a year later, he succumbed to yellow fever off the island of Jamaica and was buried at sea with full honors.2117, p 184
Spouses
Death24 Mar 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2114, p 373,2980, death only
FlagsMayflower Passenger
FatherJohn BARKER (~1573-)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• Leiden records show that Edward Winslow from London, a printer, accompanied by Jonathan Williamson (i.e. Jonathan Brewster) and Isaac Allerton, registered marriage intentions 27 April 1618 with Elizabeth Barker, single, from Chatsum, England (probably Chattisham, Suffolk), who was accompanied by Janie Hazel, her niece, and a Dorothy Barker (or Baker) at Leiden, with a daughter Mercy who married Samuel Buckingham.2114, p 239
Marriage18 May 1618, Leiden, Holland2114, p 373; betrothal,1873, p 878,1759, p 125,2980, marriage only,2981, p 61
Marr Memobetrothal 28 Apr 1618
Family Notes
• mr Edward Winslow Elizabeth his wife, and 2. men servants, caled Georg Sowle, and Elias Story; also a litle girle was put to him caled Ellen, the sister of Richard More.1872, p 9
• Edward1Winslow apparently had no children by his first wife.2980
• Edward1Winslow apparently had no children by his first wife.2980
Marriage Notes
• He married Elizabeth Barker in May 1618, in a civil ceremony before magistrates in Leiden’s town hall. Civil marriage registration was a Dutch legal invention after the Reformation, to provide formal recognition for marriages of the Mennonites outside the Dutch Reformed Church. Soon the idea was extended to Lutheran and Catholic marriages as well, and eventually the Pilgrims were another dissenting group whose clergy were not recognized by the state for performing marriages.2981, p 61
No Children
Birth1594, Redenhall, Norfolk, England2982, p 2,1864, p 807; date only
Death16802982, p 2 Age: 86
FlagsMayflower Passenger
Individual Notes
• It would, then, seem that, while Susanna was probably a near relative of Dr. Samuel Fuller and of his brother Edward, it is unlikely that she was their sister.1870, p 825
• Moreover, it is often stated (erroneously, we believe) that Susanna was a sister of the brothers Samuel and Edward Fuller who also came on the “Mayflower.”1873, p 688
Who, then, was she?1873, p 689
• William White’s wife Susanna was not Anna Fuller sister of Mayflower passengers Samuel and Edward Fuller; nor was she Susanna Tilley. Susanna’s maiden name remains unknown.
[MF 1:96-98; MF 5:7]2129, p 3
• Moreover, it is often stated (erroneously, we believe) that Susanna was a sister of the brothers Samuel and Edward Fuller who also came on the “Mayflower.”1873, p 688
Who, then, was she?1873, p 689
• William White’s wife Susanna was not Anna Fuller sister of Mayflower passengers Samuel and Edward Fuller; nor was she Susanna Tilley. Susanna’s maiden name remains unknown.
[MF 1:96-98; MF 5:7]2129, p 3
Marriage12 May 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts1864, p 829,2114, p 373
Marr Memothe first marriage at Plymouth
Family Notes
• The condition of the colony and the situation of the parties are offered as an excuse for a marriage so early after the death of their first partners.1873, p 841
• 5 children.2980, p 1
• 5 children.2980, p 1
Marriage Notes
• His marriage to Suzanna White was the first to be solemnized in the colony. Because the Pilgrims’ minister John Robinson had remained with the majority in Leiden, the colonists took Dutch legal precedent and Winslow’s Plymouth marriage became the first civil marriage in the English legal world, with Governor William Bradford officiating.2981, p 61
• The marriage of the survivors in May, performed by William Bradford, had been the first to take place in the colony.1873, p 859
• The marriage of the survivors in May, performed by William Bradford, had been the first to take place in the colony.1873, p 859