Genealogy Edward Wins
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GEN EALOGY E DWA R D WI N S LOW TH E MAYFLOWE R A N D H I S D E S C E N D A N T S FROM 1 620 TO 1 865 MARIA WHITMAN B RYANT D AUGHT E R OF ELI"AB ETH WIN SLOW A ND (JUDGE ) KILB ORN WHITMAN F PE BR KE MASS . O M O , C o pyright 1 91 5 by Herbe rt Pelh am B ry ant A ll Right s Reserved A NTHONY So ns, ' Ne w B e o Mass df rd , . , U . (3 p r y P R E F A C E These biographies are gathered and arranged for the use Of the generations in the direct line Of descent from Edward Winslow as they , n i n i will i ev tably be dispersed in the future , givi g nto their possession , in a compact form , this knowledge Of the incidents in the lives of those who preceded them . They are facts reliable and without embellishment . Adopting the sentim ents expressed in the introduction to the history Of the Otis family by Horatio N . Otis member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society ,of New York we quote as follows , It i s to be regretted while sketching the external circumstances Of some , the chroniclers , that such a man was born , died , and ran through such a circle Of honors , etc . , that we cannot more carefully trace the history Of mind, those laws which govern in the transmission fi of physical and mental quali cation . “ In the histories Of families that have been made , it is seen that the of mental and physical qualities , the forms body and face , the tastes , of talents , and propensities , modes thinking and acting have descended n throughout the whole li e Of their progeny from the Pilgrim ancestors , i . and remain stamped even upon th s generation If this is true , every of one should examine the subject . These laws Nature ought to be for f deeply regarded by man , they a fect his posterity to the latest generation . Go call thy sons " Instruct them what a debt they owe their , ancestors ; and make them swear to pay it by transmitting down entire ” Ak n i those sacred rights to which themselves were born . e s d e . n a The successive li ks s they occur in the chain may easily be added . An unbroken line back t o Edward Winslow, and farther back into f 1 300 o . England t o the year , by consultation the chart at Droitwich ul These biographies should incite a noble em ation in those who follow , to wisely build the structure Of their lives in View Of their responsi i i e F or n of . bil t s . , no purer li e six generations exists in this country AR IA HIT A RYA T M W M N B N , SEVENTH GENERATION E" PLANATORY To th e Des cend ants of E dwar d Wi ns low of th e Mayflower l These Genealogies were gathered and compi ed by my Mother , Daughter Of Elizabeth Winslow the last owner in the line Of the Old h fie Homestead at Mar s ld . in 1 828 She began gathering the material and Genealogies , when many people of two former generations were still living who could , b of fi contri ute much personal recollection of fty years before her tim e . 1 868 She spent the next forty years , until , in research , and brought 1 865 1 888 her records down to the year . She died in , and left the manu script to me to be published if it seemed best . n owe t o f As time goes o , I feel that I it the descendants O our k common Ancestor, that they should have in compact form the nowledge . s o which these Genealogies contain Especially in these days , when many Of the name Of Winslow have a somewhat vague im pression that fl they are descended from Edward Winslow of the May ower . As will be seen by the record, Edward Winslow, the father Of fl five Governor Edward Of the May ower, had sons and three daughters , n . Edward , Joh , Eleanor , Kenelm , Gilbert , Elizabeth , Magdalen , J osias to N The four brothers Of Edward came ew England afterward , n and from them come all of the name Of Wi slow, except Edward , the wh o t o son of Isaac Winslow, went Nova Scotia and died there , leaving descendants . From them alone can any one by name Of Winslow trace back to Governor Edward . Through the Female Line we find descendants i n the following w names : Whitman Randall Bryant, Williams , Warren , Hay ard , , , h . Little Torrey Stockbridge W ite , Corwin , Burton and others , , , It i s a matter of regret that the large fu nd Of anecdote and reminiscence in the possession Of the Warren and Whi tman families Of the sixth and seventh generations have vanished with them . h May t eir sterling qualities live in their descendants . The portraits which hun g in the Winslow House for generations p th e f of Whi were de osited by amilies tman and Winslow , in the Massa h t c u s et s Historical Society in Boston , where they remained many h in m fin . u d years T ey were placed Pilgri Hall in Plymo th , where they a fitting resting place . The portraits herein were taken in Boston about 1 870 for my i mother by Black from the orig nals in the original frames . Blank leaves have been inserted at the close Of each seventh gen e r ati on in order that successive generations may continue their own genealogy . B Y HER ERT PEL HAM BR ANT . vi I N T R O D U C T O R Y N O T E m of Of 1 603 1 1 0 At the ti e the death Queen Elizabeth , in , years after the discovery Of Am erica by Colu mbus no nation except the , , in in Spanish , had effected a settlement the New World . And all the i of l a cont nent north Mexico , not a single European fami y w s to be n in 1 606 fou d . The French , , began to make settlements in Canada and Acadie , and Spanish soldiers were stationed at several posts in Florida . Twenty years had elapsed since the first fruitless attempt of Sir Walter Raleigh to establish a colony in Virginia , and not an was now t o n in u Englishman be fou d the co ntry, and the grant to of Raleigh had become void in consequence his attainder . 1 0 6 6 I . n l 0th In , King James , by an ordi ance dated the of April , divided all that portion of North America whi ch i s embraced withi n the 34th 45th r and degrees of latitude into two districts . The Southe n , called the First Colony, he granted to the London Company ; and the t o m Northern or Second District , he granted the Plymouth C o a: s at as at at pany. 3d of 1 620 On the November , , forty Noblemen , Knights and Gentle men Of England were incorporated by King James under the name and ‘ f n m n of style O The Cou cil Established at Ply outh , in the Cou ty Devon , ’ for i u of N . the plant ng , r ling, and governing ew England in America Before this Charter had passed the seals , the Pil m m grims were on their way to A erica , they had Obtained permission fro m the London Company to settle within their li its . Their intention was n . to fou d their settlements on the banks Of the Hudson But , after a l 42d peri ous voyage , they arrived at Cape Cod , in the degree of north L . latitude , beyond the limits Of the grant to the ondon Company It was too late in the season to retrace their steps , and they resolved , therefore , as they were without authority from the Plymouth Company, was to establish for themselves a form of government , which done by a ’ i an no I ntroductory note t o Moore s Ame r c Gover rs . ii v . 1 620 in written instrument subscribed on the 1 1 th of November , , the fl cabin of the May ower . “ Now in 1 620 Opened i n America the first scene in the most , , wonderful drama in modern history . “ wn There had been stormy and windy weather, but now da ed on n ll the earth one of those still , golden days of autum , fu of dreamy rest O - or n or sk i and tender calm . N voice sou d from earth y procla med that anythi ng unwonted is coming or doing on the shores . The wandering Indians movin g their hunting camps along the woodland path s saw , , in f in n no signs the stars that morning , and no di ferent color the su rise , N from what had been in the days of their fathers . o voice or sound of f civilized man had broken the sweet calm o the forest . Panther and wildcat under their furry coats felt no thrill of coming dispossession , , , and s aw nothing through their great, golden eyes . And yet alike t o , i - oak of t o of Indians , panther , w ld cat, to every the forest, every foot Am fi land in erica , from the stormy Atlantic to the broad Paci c, that day was a day of days .