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 . In a moment, there is heard in the silent day , a sound of rush and ripple different from the lap of the many - tongued l n waves on the shore ; and , si ently as a cloud, with white wi gs spread ,

n . nk n n a little vessel glides i to the harbor That small , u ow ship was wh o the Mayflower . Those men and women crowded her deck were ’ own that little handful of God s wheat , which had been flailed by i hl fi n adversity, tossed and w nnowed till eart y sel sh ess had been beaten fit i away from them , and left pure seed for the plant ng of a new world . ‘ And then says the Journal, Being now passed the vast ocean and , , t o u s ea of trouble , before their preparation seek o t a place for habita tion they fell on their knees and blessed the Lord the God of Heaven , , , who h ad brought them over the vast and furious ocean and delivered , them from all peril and misery thereof . Elder Brewster with his well , G i worn eneva Bible in hand , leads the thanksgiv ng in words which, of though thousands years old , seem as if written for the occasion of h ‘ L t at hour Praise the ord , because He is good , for His mercy

endureth forever . Let them which have been redeemed of . the Lord ,

show how He delivereth them from the hand of the Oppressor . They th e in cry unto Lord their troubles , and He bringeth them out of their

distresses . He turneth the storm to a calm , so that the waves thereof h are still . W en they are quieted they are glad, and He bringeth them ’ into the haven where they would be .

viii . in The Pilgrims brought with them , each family, the Bible in the

Geneva translation , the Book of Common Prayer, and the Psalms of i ter nh old Dav d in metre by S and Hopkins , with the music notes of the a tun e adapted t o singing . Therefore it w s that ou r little band were able to lift up their voices together in song, and that the noble tones of O n for fi m fl i ld Hu dred , the rst ti e oated over the silent bay and m ngled of ou r with the sounds winds and waters , consecrating American shores . of The family the Winslows existed in England , at least for six h undred years ; the proof of which is an extract from a letter from f Francis Thompson to Isaac Winslow o Hingham .

’ L ond on 1 2 Ki n B ench lk Tem le , g s Wa p , 4 th Mar ch 1 8 4 5 , .

C I L E s SAA S W o. I W N O , ,

My d ear s i r

I take this Opportunity of answering your letter of Dec . last . I embrace with much satisfaction the opportunity of r e - examining such t papers as are in my possession relative o the family of the Winslows . My impression is in favor of the English origin at least for s i x hundred of ou years ; as a proof which , I will give y a very short outline of a “ ” portion of the pedigree of the family of the Cr ou ch em ans as connected with them , at which time the name was most generally * i ncelow . written Wy or W nslow, in fact the same sound The ancient “ ’ ” of was Cr ou ch em an s residence the family called Hall , but when it w a came into the possession Of the Winslows by marriage , it s always “ ” ncelows i s i styled Wy , and st ll written by some of our modern anti “ ” u ar i ans ncelows q Wy , and the ancient arms of that family are sculptured in stone in various parts of the old Hall as I have read ; “ ” also the name Winslows , comprises both the old Hall and the Manor . “ of Cr ou ch em an I have attached to it a rough imitation the arms , as well as those of the Winslows as borne by them at the period of the r ou ch em an Winslow marrying the heiress of the C . The gentleman who married the above heiress was a person of great repute in the city of London about 1 350 but I am not able to determine from what part , ;

a Se e Ch rt .

i x . l of England his fami y came . This name is frequently mentioned in the early hi story Of London . l the Leyd en records in Ho land , we read that Edward Winslow 1 6 1 61 8 z was married by Rev . John Robinson , May , , t o Eli abeth Barker Ph l f . es e o Chetsun , England Her niece , Jane , witnessed the record . f n wa The Church o good John Robi son s almost in a state of siege . People who had been cradled in luxury or who had been all their lives w r amply supplied ith comfo ts and elegancies , now suffered . Among ‘ ’ ’ s n those martyrs to a faith pure shri e , for freedom to worship God , fi was Elizabeth Barker . If, pale and careful , she had rst accidentally in l met Edward Winslow the streets of Leyden the fa l before , an on i 22 English traveller the cont nent , just years of age , attracted to the ancient city, and perhaps by the fame Of the University, he may have been utterly indifferent t o the great call which had drawn her s h e h from her home in Chetsun ; but spoke English , s e had borne no vear s fi common trials for one of her , and her rst look may have spoken n t o a soul that he was not before conscious of possessi g . He was about ‘ n f ou t to receive a calli g like that o Abraham . Get thee of thy n ’ hn ’ cou try . Some give Rev . Jo Robinson the credit of Edward s conversion . That casual meeting in the streets of Leyden had in it th e of five now 22 fate those Droitwich boys , all Of them between and

1 1 . f . yrs o age , of whom he was the senior and was to be their leader ” He had piety, intelligence and wealth .

’ Wi n o m o i a Ho on N ew Y o k sl w s Me r l lt , r . , ' GOV E DWARD WINS LOW

B o n Oct ob e 1 9 1 5 95 r r ,

ie Ma 8 1 6 5 5 D d y ,

GOV. EDWA RD WINSLO W

FI RST GEN ERATION

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hi . V n s GO . by Ho . Isaac Winslow, grandson Winslow s domai n or ar eswell l i place was called C , from a fami y seat of h s ancestors in

England . ’ “ ” n ar es well i In Speed s Great Britai , C s named as one of the ff 1 l 22 . Vo . 5 thirteen castles in Sta ordshire , and Boyen Univ Geog . ,

ar es well r places C among the chief seats Of the nobility of the count y.

"‘ Mr i of . Winslow was the th rd signer the celebrated contract fl 1 1 h 2 t N 1 6 0 . An subscribed in the cabin of the May ower, of ovember, instrum ent establishing a principle which i s the foun dation of all n f the democratic i stitutions o Am erica . He appears t o have been an educated and an accomplished man .

of He was one those who in the little shallop or pinnace , made the adventurous and perilous examinations Of the coasts and bays of the of fi u Cape , and one the rst who came on shore to seek o t the most eligible place for founding a settlement in this then wi ld and unknown th e n hi n land . In all i itiatory labors for establis g their little colony, fl v . the nucleus of a great nation , he was ever acti e and in uential i u i Possess ng a so nd and well disciplined m nd , a pious heart , and a b e i ff happy address , was eminently useful in m tigating the su erings ,

in - i r m u of and promot ng the welfare of the Pilg i s , who on acco nt the excellent qualities of his mind and heart appear to have regarded h im fi was with more than ordinary respect, with a con dence which certainly never misplaced . “ The brief and comprehensive instrument subscribed in the cabin f of n O the Mayfl ower is , beyond dispute , the establishment the pri ciple f that the will of the majority shall govern . In the formation o the laws of N m i il n ew Ply outh , regard was had pr mar y and pri cipally to the ’

f . fi ancient platform o God s law At rst , they had some doubt concern ing their right t o infli ct capital punishment . A murder which wa in 1 630 t o . s happened , made it necessary decide the question It n w as decided by Divine Law against sheddi g human blood , which 1 636 of was deemed i ndispensable . In their code laws revised and fin capital crimes were enumerated and de ed .

was nfl Gov . Winslow a man of extensive i uence in the Colony, f in 1 623 1 624 1 644 being agent for the same at the Court o England , , and 1 655 .

’ 3 i can o e no a e 9 . Moore s Amer G v r rs, p g a Preface t o Plymouth L ws . h ’ In t e Massachusetts historical collection are foun d E . Winslow s — E ’ Relation , entitled Good News From New England . Winslow s Brief Narrative of the true grounds or first cause of the first planting of New — E ’ hi l England . Winslow s Relation Of s Visit to Massasoit , etc . Whi e in h i England, he employed s interest with the members of Parliament , and Obtained an act incorporating a Society for propagating of the in Gospel New England .

Edward Winslow returned in the ship Charity from England , 1 624 i March , hav ng been absent s i x months bringing a good supply , of wa f clothing and other necessaries , and what s o more value than

fi . any other supply, the rst neat cattle ever brought to the colony Edward Winslow was an assistant in the Colonial Government several 4 1 63 1 636 1 64 . 1 643 years , and was Governor in 3, and In he went to as one Boston of the Commissioners from Plymouth , where articles f 1 h f o Confederation were drawn up and signed on the 9t o May . Features Of this Confederacy are described as the prototype of the ’ American Union in Pitkin s History of the United States . ” After Bradford or Bradford and Brewster, the First Colony

t o . owed no man s o much as to Edward Winslow Always intelligent , fi was n i for generous , con dent , and indefatigable , he u doubt ngly trusted of any service at home or abroad , which the occasions an infant settle t fi ment happened o require . Were the northeastern shermen to be for of in or w as th e sought a supply food a famine , Indian Chief , whose h i capricious mood needed watching, to be looked up in s forest solitude , ’ or the Governor s place to be taken that the regular incumbent might have some rest, or Massachusetts be dissuaded from too severe or fin N austerity, ally, were the rulers Of affairs in ew England to be

w as of . made propitious , the natural resort to the agency Winslow For h i s foreign employment , better birth and breeding gave him advantages of over h i s fellow emigrants . Among the gentlemen the British Parlia one of h i s ment , Winslow moved as themselves ; and address and w h i s fi inning qualities , no less than sagacity and diligence , justi ed the th e m th e choice which , when he went abroad for last ti e , larger Colony h i wn . s overlooked her o Statesmen to make That Winthrop , by of h im n sympathy of character was so capable estimating , was o that , occasion the good fortune of Massach usetts . Bradford grievously ” missed from h i s side partner of h i s early struggles . (Bradford

’ 406 7 P i N w n an . . alfrey s H story of e E gl d, pp

5 l s aw Cromwel at once the worth of the honest, religious , capable , strenuous envoy for North America, and took care never to lose h i s services while he lived : which was for nine years after he left Plymouth i N ow . m for the last t me , that Bradford was old , Ply outh could not “ n l have sustai ed a greater loss , but it was delayed ti l Plymouth h ath s et upon a secure foundation . * f v n o Go . nl r n f The portrait Wi slow, the o y o iginal o e o the signers f i ne of o the compact , s in o the rooms of the Massachusetts Historical of n hi Society, with others the male li e in direct descent , and from w ch all in this volum e are copied . It was sent to the Historical Society by

n n nh r f . the Wh itmans and Isaac Wi slow of Hi gham , i e itors o the s am e ’ Two of i interesting letters W nslow s , written from Barbadoes — — ’ 1 6 30 1 654 5 V . March , in , are preserved in Thurlow s State Papers , ol 249 325 3. . . pp , “ fi of : In the rst , his opinions oaths are thus expressed Our want of commi ssioners is very great I beseech y ou in case any be of r n t o sent , let us have men such p i ciples as will neither scruple give in . a d nor to take an oath For my part , I look upon an oath s an or ance as r of of God , and an essential part of government, the ve y bond i not society, yea , so necessary as without it the magistrate w ll be able ” to determine between man and man .

The following is one of several letters published by the Mas s ach u setts Historical Society

r . 1 7 9 t th op Papers p .

D D L T P E S E WAR WINS OW O JOHN WINTHRO , ".

To HIS M U CH HONORED F RIEND P J H I THR E S ". O N W N O , , F DEPU TY GOVE RNOR O MASSACHU SETTS .

Th es e h e di d

Wor thy s i r Your loving letter and large manifestations of continued affection s o no i I received with much comfort after long Silence , less desir ng what comm union can be maintained at such a distance as ou r all - ordering

God hath cast us .

* h i im i in m b am B a n t o t Soc e o . H It was afterw rds se t e P lgr ty Ply uth er ert Pelh ryant.

6 Your large letter I prize , and as I thank you for your great pains s o I cannot but sympathize with y ou in these ungrateful requitals y ou receive at the hands Of some from whom you had better deserved ; but ou not i n I know y serve man alone what you do , and hope you have comfort between God and yourself in the greatest discomforts you here God of meet with . I thank I have tasted the same cup , and though it were bitter in the mouth , yet my own impatiency hath more troubled and grieved my spirit , upon cool deliberation than all the rest . I beseech God to give you such a measure of spiritual strength and wisdom under th e present temptation as to car ry y ou more comf ortably on m ; and then , when these storms are blown over , the cal wi ll be more f comfortable to you , and your adversaries more ashamed o their tur bulent courses which the Lord in much mercy grant , and I doubt not to ee il s , if the Lord Spare us life , in a short time . I have been l Since our ill hi n w m Court t t s present , though o at Ply outh ; whither I hastened as a f soon s God gave strength , because o some distractions I heard of amongst them upon their removal ; where I find things better than I ’ no h of heard , and see likeli ood the churches departure at present , though they have given way t o some unsettled b r eth er en to go i nto the bottom of th e Bay of Cape Cod . I write nothi ng to y ou about the determination of ou r Court concerning the beaver trade , because I have written to the Commis i wi ll s oner s largely there about , and trust they see cause to desist , As assuring myself otherwise they will repent too late . far as the ’ ll ar r a an ett . N g s s , etc , if there be occasion I Shall wi ingly come over i upon notice , and have the passages in particular , in writ ng as they were agitated at Hartford , which I shall endeavor to preserve ; for I took their several allegations and defences . Thus with my due respects to yourself and wife and all yours and theirs saluting you and them in our Common Saviour , and desiring , my salutations and due respects may be tendered to your Gover nor and

Mr . Dudley, and others , my known friends , take leave and remain

Yours as h i s owne

D R D L E WA WINS OW .

Pl m ou th 2 8 1 1 6 45 . y , , , Governor Winslow was hi ghly esteemed at the Court of Cromwell and was appointed by him one of the Comm issioners t o determine the of S n f value the English hip seized and destroyed by the Ki g o Denmark , and for which restitution was t o be made according to the Treaty of l 1 4 Peace made with the Protector , Apri 5 , 65 . When Oliver planned an expedition in 1 655 again st the Spaniards n i i fi in the West I dies , he appo nted Edward W nslow rst Commissioner

of the Commonwealth t o superintend the expedition . The original m i s m C o mission from the Protector in Pilgri Hall Plymouth Mass . , ,

In the passage between Hispaniola and Jamaica, he was seized 8 1 655 in 61 s f h i Hi s with fever and died th of May, , the t year o s age .

of - w body was committed to the deep , with the honors war, forty t o guns being fired by the fleet .

w was The follo ing well meant , but inelegant verse, written by one of the passengers on board of the ship

’ ’ Th h h f Ma om S ani la s h e e t o y , est fr o s o e ig w p r , k m us u r n omm on God t oo fro o Gra d C issi e r . W ns low by name ; a m an in ch i efcs t t rust i , Wh ose l fe was S eet and conve rsat on ust i w , i " , Wh ose ar ts and w s dom m ost men d d e cel p i i x , h i l ” An h onor to s place as all can t el . PORTRAITS OF THE WINSLOW FAMILY

The portrait in the Massachusetts Historical Society i s an original , 1 51 1 651 fE a i painted in London in the year 6 (A . D . t t s sue when he for of in a was agent the Colony Plymouth England , s was also that of h w o was . his son Josiah Winslow, with him They have been ascribed n to Vandyke but there is no existi g proof . Edward Winslow was the eldest Of a family of five sons and two l f i daughters , the chi dren o Edward W nslow and Magdalen of Droit wich , England .

1 9th of 1 595 Edward was born October, n 1 5th 1 59 Joh of April , 7 1 598 Eleanor April , l l 1 599 Kene m Apri , 00 Gilbert October, 1 6 z 1 602 Eli abeth March , 1 603 Magdalen December, 1 605 Josias February,

All . f of the brothers came to New England Of the Sisters o Gov . 1 604 n . of Wi slow, Elizabeth died January, Neither them ever came to this country. i n n 1 680. His widow, Susan a Wi slow, surv ved him until i h i s 1 629 Their ch ldren at decease were Josiah , born in , and fi n Elizabeth , who married rst Joh Brooke and second Capt . George f o . Corwin Salem , Mass

The children of George Corwin and Elizabeth Winslow were

1 670 . Penelope , born , married Josiah Walcott 2 fi E d w 1 68 . . Susanna , born , married rst Lynde , second Benj

Wadsworth .

wh o of The record Of George Corwin , married Elizabeth , daughter i n of Edward Winslow and sister Of Gov . W nslow, and thus into the li e n i s the Wi slows , as follows 9 l 0th 1 61 6 George Corwin was born the of December , , and di ed fi f 3d 1 685 . a . . w s at Salem , Mass , Jan , His rst wi e Elizabeth Herbert Hi s w was White of Northampton , England . second ife Elizabeth of OV n f Brooke, widow John Brooke , and daughter of G . Wi slow o m Ply outh Colony .

George Corwin was often charged with the highest public trusts , w as and connected by marriage with many leading families . At his death he left one of the largest estates ever administered upon i n the

-B of Colony . y the early death of his descendants the third generation , the children of the fourth were all left orphans in extreme infancy . wa —five f One of these , Bartholomew, s twenty years Old at the death o f o . J onathan , the survivor the second generation He moved with his t o Ai nswell N i family , ew Jersey, and all trad tions he may have received f t wh n Hi s rom relatives were thereby lost o those o remai ed in Salem .

E s . portrait is preserved and is now in possession of George Corwin , q , ” of Salem . A genealogical account of the family may be seen in the Giles 4 V 1 86 . Memorial , published by John Adams inton , Boston , The of engraving in wax arms upon the seal ring, formerly used by the of in a 1 2 Corwins Salem , was existence as late s 80 .

Th e He a i c J o na A m o i al B ear in and nea o i e of Am i can Famili B os r r r r s Ge s er es. ld u l, g l g n Wi in i 3 t o J K. S S 1 8 65 . . s publ sher 1 chool treet . . gg , ,

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Ri e manni ns tant iate d

GOV. JOSI A H WINS LO W

SEC ON D GENE RATION

AH GOV . JOSI WINSLOW

i fi of N Josiah W nslow, the fth Governor of the Colony ew Plymouth ,

s on . n W i was the of Gov Edward Wi slow and Susanna h te , who were 1 21 h 6 . Mar fiel 2 married in He was born at s d in the year 1 6 9 . He married Penelope Pelham , daughter of Herbert Pelham , Esq . , of f Boston . His portrait in the Cabinet o the Mass . Historical Society w as 1 651 h i t taken in London in , when there with s father ; the portrai s f h fi o father and s on by the same artist . He was t e rst native of the “ n r ff of l cou t y who held the o ice Governor , and has been ca led the most ” accomplished man of his day in New England . i f Mr . Winslow was introduced nto public li e at a very early age . 1 653 t o In , probably as soon as he was eligible the post, he was chosen one of the deputies to the General Court from the settlement at Mar s h field t o , and was elected the same trust in several subsequent in 1 65 t years . Four years afterwards , 7 , he was appoin ed to a still more responsible station in the existing state of the Colony to that of of Major or Chief Military Commander the Colony , a post hitherto h - fi of eld by the war like Miles Standish . He was rst chosen one the Commissioners from Plymouth Colony under the Confederation in 1 658 — f r In and was r e elected annually o thirteen consecutive years . all the m d eliberations of the Com issioners , after he became a member of that body, Mr . Winslow bore a conspicuous part and exercised a salutary

nfl . i uence . It was an age of severe religious discipline The tolera ’ tion of any sect but one s own was almost universally considered at m s ubm e r s i ve of d i s that ti e heretical , and as all religious faiths and ci pline and dangerous to the comm unity . The persecuted had in turn h become t e persecutors .

- l The laws against anti Baptists , and more especial y those against th e Quakers , not then as orderly a people as at present , were severe in extreme and were executed to the very letter .

It should be mentioned as a circumstance , honorable to the char acter of Governor Winslow that h e opposed these rigorous measures

1 3 a dopted in New Plymouth against the Quakers . When the Commi s s i ner s of in 1 658 o the United Colony, , exasperated by the obstinacy of and violence the new sect, issued to the several coloni es the r ecom “ m end ati on that they should be put to death unless they publicly ” renounced their cursed errors , he had the moral courage to oppose di d in the horrible edict, and he Oppose it every form . It i s not Often that public men have the nerve to stand up in opposition to the great body Of the people whom they serve ; less Often are they found to possess the strength of character and capacity necessary to enable them to stem the torrent of a general public delu ’ was t a sion ; bu t Mr . Winslow s popularity such tha he w s enabled to i i n m sustain h mself the attitude he had assu ed . He was in advance of the times ; and people soon began to s ee it , S O u as that, in the end, when pop lar delusion had passed away, he w more adm ired and hi s infl uence became the stronger for h i s firmness ni h i ni i n maintai ng s Opi on . 1 6 5 f For some years previous to 7 , the people o the Colony had 2 lived in harmony with their Indi an neighbors . The treaty of 1 6 1 h ad il been scrupulously Observed with Massasoit, and, wh e he lived, the Indi ans were faithful to his promi ses . In a letter written by “ n l s t 1 676 Josiah Winslow u der date May , , he say s I think I can out i clearly say, that, before these troubles broke , we , the Engl sh, di d not possess one foot of land in thi s Colony but what was fairly fi Obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors . We rst or f of made a law that none Should purchase receive by gi t, any land d k of ou r the In i ans , without the nowledge Court ; and, lest they should be straitened we ordered that Mt . Hope Pocasset and several other , , , of necks of the best land the Colony, because the most suitable for ” u n u f them and most convenient , Sho ld ever be bought o t o their hands . s on After the death of Massasoit, his and successor, Alexander , who was understood to be conspiring with the Nar r agans ett s against un il the English , was summoned before the Governor and Co c at i n Plymouth , to answer to the charge , he had leave to depart, on leav g bu i a t . his son s a hostage , he died before reach ng home of n n l c Metacomet , Pokanoket , better k own as Ki g Phi ip , su ceeded f h i s brother Alexander . He a fected to renew the treaty of peace , but h e was at the same tim e secretly meditating the overthrow of the n of English . Far more i telligent than most his race , he beheld with

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hm of In the accomplis ent this great work, Gov. Winslow had been

a principal and triumphant actor . Civic honors awaited hi m i n hi s

. L earliest youth He presided over the egislative, Executive and

Judicial Department of the Government, and reached every elevation i that could be obta ned . Mild and tolerant himself, he witnessed with regret the movements of that fierce spirit which was blind to the wisdom of Cudworth, Robinson , and others ; and he had the address to restore them to the confidence Of the people at a period when the , of curse the age , the Spirit of religious bigotry, was maddened by

opposition , and armed with conscious power . “ Persevering, frank, bold and resolute , he encountered the hazards of popular prejudice and displeasure with the same fearlessness that h e did the ambushes and bullets of the savages , and he was successful . “ i n Gov. o Mar hfiel W nslow lived his ample paternal estate at s d , and his hospitality was not only generous , but (according to the fi i n a e . h i otions of his g ) , magni cent In addition to s m litary and civi c distinctions he had acquired that of being the most accomplished gen tlem an and the most delightful companion in the Colony ; and the attractions of the social board at C ar es well was heightened by the charm s of hi s beautiful wife . “ Such was the heart , and such the spirit that animated the feeble n Hi s w as frame of Josiah Wi slow . health , never good , much impaired by fatigue and exposure in the Narragansett campaign . After the h i s war was over, he rapidly declined, and he sank into grave at the a f 51 of hi s hi s u un s ub e o in the fulness honors and mental fac lties , g ,

Gov. dued by disease and unimpaired by age . Winslow died on the 2 f 1 8th of December 1 680 in the 5 d year of his age . The expenses o , , h i s fu neral were directed to be paid from the public treasury in testi ’ ” m onv of th e Colony s endeared love and respect for him .

’ “ ” “ n i i f m Moore s Am eri c an Gover ors and B ayt s s H story o N ew Ply outh .

1 6 PE NE LOPE PE LHAM WINS LOW

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PENELO PE PELHA M WINS LOW

WI FE OF JOSIAH WINS LOW

u h i s n Stephen B rton and wife , Elizabeth Wi slow had two children , ,

Thomas and Elizabeth . Elizabeth died Single . Thomas Burton mar ried Wadsworth . Thomas Burton died i n 1 771 . They had three chi l dren

Penelope , who married Samuel Jacobs and lived in Pembroke on th e north Side of Little Lane .

Elizabeth , who married Daniel Bonney and died without children .

Eleanor, who married Nathaniel Bishop Of Pembroke .

Nathaniel B ishop and Eleanor Burton h ad one child Nathaniel l . O Bishop , who married Abagai Bearce , and had four children ne died

N v . young, Daniel died a bachelor and athaniel li ed in Pembroke fi i fiv Eleanor Burton Bishop , married rst , Isaac Jenn ngs and had e n n i children , and second , Marti Osborne and had o e child . She s now v 1 8 75 fin li ing ( ) a sensible woman with much natural re ement , and with u i f - n mpaired faculties at the age o ninety three years . The children of Isaac Jennings and Eleanor Burton Bishop were

r tw i Eliza , who mar ied Nathaniel Bosworth and had o ch ldren ; i l Abigail , who married Damon , w thout chi dren ; wh o il Mary, married William Besse and had two ch dren ;

Isaac, who died a bachelor ; i Charity, who is now liv ng ; i Lucy, daughter of Mart n Osborne and Elizabeth Burton Bishop ni mm (Jen ngs ) married Nathan Si ons and lives in Pembroke .

20 The following record of the Pelhams who married into the line

of the Winslows may be useful in the future .

xtrac ts rom t h e Hera ic J o rna Armori a B e arin s and G enea o i es of Ameri can E f ld u l, l l g , g Fami i l es.

B L Hr C Y AN D C HER ERT PE HAM , s AN ESTR DES ENDANTS

In the seventh volume of the fourth series of the collections of the find i Massachusetts Historical Society, we Herbert Pelham us ng a seal ,

f f : with the arms o the Pelhams o Sussex ; namely Azure , three Pelicans , ar ant g , pluming themselves , ppr . No satisfactory account of his ancestry and descendants can be read in any work and we have undertaken t o put together from various sources a more complete pedigree than h as yet been printed . The family is traced back to Walter de Pelham , in Hertfordshire , who died 1 292 in , seized Of the manors of Hertfordshire , Cottenham in Kent , and

Twinstead in Essex , and left two sons , William and Walter . h i r to h i s Walter, the second son was e brother , who died without children . He Obtained land in Sussex , and left a son and heir , who

v 1 342 d e . was li ing in and who left a son , John Pelham , This John was a person of great fame in the reign of Edward III 6 and was present at the battle of Poitiers in 1 35 . He afterwards r e cei ved of h i s the honor Knighthood , and , by marriage with Joan , daughter of Vincent Herbert , alias Fink, left his son his own name . h h John de Pelham w o was no less famous than his fat er, being , m i for a long ti e in the serv ce of Henry Bolingbroke , afterwards h th e IV. 1 399 e f Henry In and afterwards , was in Parliament or h h 1 400 h County of Sussex and was created Knig t of t e Bath . In e was n h B eve r s e 1 401 w as appoi ted Constable Of t e Castle of y ; and , in he 1 429 of h ff . d , v Sheri of the Sussex He ied in full honor , a ing been in the high est favor and th e m ost honorable employment under two of the greatest monarchs of the realm , who were famed for their courage

2] of and all manly virtues , and raised the glory the English nation to such a degree as could never be forgot ; so that it must be owing to some uncomm on degree of self- denial that he was not ranked among

n E xu r e s the Peers . He had married Joan , daughter of Sir Joh , and

n hn s . left an only s o , Jo , and daughters Agne and Joan l i n His son , Sir John de Pe ham, was also the French wars Of 1 41 5 wa n Henry V and in s , by his father appoi ted Constable of Pever i of s ey Castle . He was Chamberla n of the Household Queen Cather in e of V . , widow Henry He married Joan de Courcey, by whom he n l had three sons , Joh , Wi liam and Thomas and three daughters , in 1 44 8 Catharine , Cicely and Joan . He died and was succeeded by s on h i s di his eldest , but as both John and next brother William ed s on Ob without male issue , Thomas , the third became eventual heir , h in r ew u r s t . taining the manors Of Laughton , C , etc , addition to Bux stead where he lived . , n This Thomas died i n 1 51 6 havi g had by his wife , Margaret, four , sons and two daughters

hn wh o h i s . Jo , died childless before father

Thomas who died unm arried . of Chi ch es tor William ancestor of the Duke of Newcastle , the Earl ,

f . and the Earl o Yarborough , and Anthony

The daughters were Catherine and Joan . l 1 879 From the New England Historical Genealogy Register, Ju y ,

D . hl reference i s made by Joseph Chester, LL . , to a ric y emblazoned parchment roll in the possession of an aged maiden lady of Castle

Cary Somersetshire E n compiled by her ancestor, Samuel Bennett , , , g , ’ - Esq . of Shepton Mallet . Samuel Bennett s wife was grand daughter , n i of of Rev . James Ashton and Catheri e his w fe, who was a sister A Herbert Pelham . S he had access to family records and parish reg

hi . i s ter s we quote freely s dates , etc , An thony Pelham was the fourth and youngest s on of Thomas Pel fin l hn ham of Laughton C O. Suffolk . (Son and al y heir of Sir Jo Pel was l ham Kni ght . ) Married Margaret , whose maiden name Hal who f s on wi was widow O Thomas Pierce , with a Thomas Pierce th whom f B uk e e f r t hi w a was exchanged the mansion o s t p , o other proper y w ch s i r of ll the nhe itance his mother, and resided (it sti exists as a farm “ B uk s te e on h i s B uk s t e e ri house p seat at p , in the pa sh Marbleton . n h His wife, Margaret, was buried at Marbleton , o the 9t of December ,

22 1 560 two Ann ; they had children , Herbert Pelham , and , who became f n n the wife o William Morley or Gly de , in Sussex , whose li e terminated in heiresses of the second generation . Anthony Pelham made his will n m B uk s t e e on the 5th of April 1 563 describi g hi self as a , in the , , p 26th of i n parish of Marbleton . It was proved February , the f s on of Prerogative Court o Canterbury by Herbert Pelham , the testa t r n of : o . , the executor named The followi g is an abstract it

T r 0 n m o the poor of Ma bleton and Dallington , 3 pounds sterli g , y

- in- hn overseers , namely, my son law , William Morley, my cousin Jo a La Lansford, and Barn rd Randall to have the use of my personality f n of during the minority o Herbert my s o , for the purchase lands for 21 him when years of age . My manors , lands , and tenements in the of L n N counties Kent , Sussex , Surrey , Dorset , i coln , orthumberland il and York, or elsewhere , to my said overseers unt my said son , Her T ’ bert , be of age . o Thomas Pierce , my late wife s eldest son , cer l i . fi es t e CO. ta n lands , etc , in W d , and Ore Sussex in lieu Of my house i now B uk s te e . and lands where I dwell, called p his nheritance If B uk e s te e my son , Herbert, die without issue , then p to go to said n Thomas Pierce , and all my other lands to my nephew, Joh Pelham , h hi s (Jo n Pelham died without issue) and the heirs Of body, male , t o of hi s with remainder heirs , male , of the body father, Sir Nicholas i t o Kt . t o Pelham , , remainder my r ght heirs , my son Herbert be my sole executor . Herbert Pelham had barely attained his majority when he proved h i ’ il 1 546 s father s w l and hence was born in . He was twice married and by both wi ves had thirteen children . Hi fi n s . rst wife was Katherine , daughter Of Joh Thatcher , Esq of P r i e h aw s t es of C . hi s in the Parish Westham , o of Sussex , and wife , br i ne x en d e . o Margaret , daughter of Goddard O g , Kt By her he had h . w m daughter and two sons Margaret , o married Sir Thomas Pal er f o O. Wingham C Kent , Knight , and was mother , among other children ’ l of ll of Herbert Pa mer, the celebrated Master Queen s Co ege , Cam bridge . * 2 h 8t . 1 608 i John Pelham , who on the of Jan had a l cense from r the Bishop of London to mar y Catherine , daughter Of John Yardley, E s . f 1 o O. w . q , Henley, C of War ick , spinster, aged 8 He was de

’ He di e b e o e h i s a i o i Th a of H b e am wi n t d f r f the r w th ut ssue . e d te er rt Pelh s fe does o a ea S he was h H m wh c m m i t e mo e of e be a o a e t o A e ca. pp r . th r r rt Pelh r

23 of 24 n scribed as Middle Temple , Gentleman , a bachelor, aged , s o of

Herbert Pelham of Marbleton , Sussex .

Herbert Pelham , son of Anthony Pelham , and his heirs . fi n After the death Of his rst wife , Catheri e Thacher , he married secondly at Wherwell , in Hampshire , Elizabeth West , eldest daughter of of Thomas , second Lord de Warr, by Anne , daughter Sir Francis f . . . o Knollys , K G Treas , the Household to Queen Elizabeth . She 1 1 th 1 573 W was born Sept . , and baptised at herwell , her sponsors f being Queen Elizabeth herself, the Countess o Lincoln and the Earl 2 of Leicester . She was married at Wherwell to Herbert Pelham 1 th , 1 593 n 20 . l w l a 48 r . Feb , bei g then on y , whi e her husband s about y s f o . age Their children , three of whom died in infancy, born w 2 a 3 . 1 59 Thos . Pelham , eldest son by second wife , s born d Feb 7 . 21 1 in 1 6 66 . He married , Blanche Eyre , who died in 7

1 . 599. Anthony, born He became a clergyman was 1 601 was Anne , sixth child by second wife , born in and mar 2 in 1 6 1 . . ried May , to Rev Edward Clark , Vicar of St Magdalen ,

Taunton , County Somerset . 1 0 Second wife died June 63 .

1 604 1 621 h n. Elizabeth, born , married , Jo n Humphrey, Gentlema

A s on died in infancy .

1 607 1 608 . Catherine , Aug . , buried at Marbleton , 0 m 1 34 1 6 9 6 . Jonathan , born ; died un arried May

—cu ati ve 1 647 William Pelham second s on makes a non will , , , p

v h i s . lea ing his possessions to brother Herbert , a bachelor He died 2 d in England in 1 65 . Undoubte ly the William Pelham named by Savage as being in New England from 1 630 to 1 647 and in England 1 52 in 6 . s on h i s S p i John Pelham , third , who with ister , Penelo e , em grated t o N 1 635 find no . ew England in , we trace of him 2 im s on 1 6 1 of h . Anthony Pelham , fourth , baptized May ; no trace

A s on died in London unmarried .

Another s on died in London unmarried . m Margaret , eldest daughter, un arried, buried at Bures in Suf

1 661 . folk,

n at C 1 631 v . Catheri e married ompton in Dorset , , to the Re James , i Ashton . Their second daughter, Cather ne , married Thos . Shupe ,

Gent . , and their daughter married Samuel Bennett .

24 Helenor, third daughter, lived till twenty years old . She had a “ ” black pudding arm , quoted verbatim .

Penelope , the fourth daughter, married Gov . Richard Bellingham ,

30 . s . of Mas , New England She survived her husband nearly years

Her age 1 6 at the time of her emigration in 1 635 .

Elizabeth , youngest daughter , lived with her sister at Boston , ’ not New England . It was probably She , and her brother s second n 1 06 Mar h fi l 7 s e d . wife , who , accordi g to Savage , in was buried at

n . . 1 622 Two daughters , A na , buried in Boston , Eng , Co Lincoln , , 1 24 in 6 . and Martha , buried It seems probable that all these children went with their father N fin to ew England , and that when he ally returned to England , he left behind h im only Nathani el and Penelope . The last years of his h i life were spent in Lincolnshire . He had inherited from s father the manor of Swineshead . on 1 00 s 6 . Herbert Pelham , of Herbert Pelham , was born in The marriage license granted by th e Bishop of London describes Herbert of l 26 Pelham Boston , County Of Linco n , a Squire , a bachelor, about , t ald e r ave 20 f o W o . Jemima g , spinster , about , daughter Thos Walde Of in h grave , Bures , ad monten , Essex , with whom he Obtained t e f F er r e Manor o s s in Bures Hamlet . Her mother was Elizabeth , , of of A s s int on daughter Robert Gordon , , through whom Herbert Pel h m i n l a was cousin to Richard Saltonstall . He was doubly but d s t a t v n ald e r aves connected with Joh Winthrop , through the W g and Clop Mi m a ld s . tons , and through the Gordons and y By h i s wife he had :

2 ald e r ave 1 6 7 . W g , baptized 1 633 N Penelope , born and baptized , and married in ew England in

1 65 GOV. 7 Josiah Winslow , only son of Edward Winslow and afterwards Mar h fiel h e s d S was . himself Governor . They lived in , where buried Dec

1 703. 7, 1 653 . D . Jemima , eldest daughter married Rev Samuel Ken B . , , , ,

of O . Rector Albury, near xford She lived but a few years , and was ’ b h r h e uried at e father s church in the chancel of Bures in Suffolk . S died without children . N 1 631 1 651 athaniel Pelham , , graduated at Harvard College , , died 1 657 in New England .

C r n . ll . athe i e , married a Mr Clark, and was mentioned in the wi

25 ’ fi f Herbert Pelham s rst wi e being dead, he came to New England was in 1 638 . and settled at Cambridge His second wife Elizabeth , of df B os s eville u daughter Go rey , Of G nthwaite in Yorkshire , widow H r ak n n of a l e ve in N Nov. 1 638 Roger , who had died ew England in , two leaving her with daughters Elizabeth and Margaret . By his second wife he had ,

1 643 1 30 . Edward, graduated at Harvard College , , and died 7 v 1 2 1 640 nm Mary, born N o . , , died u arried . ’ in wa Francis , Bennett s roll says was married Essex . She s f of t onnar d doubtless the wi e Jeremiah S . 3 1 645 i Herbert, born Oct . , , and d ed soon . Ann n ie, died u married . h m h w o 1 699. Henry Pel a , appears to have been buried at Bures , in out 1 00 His widow took letters of administration to his estate , 7 . They

nl s on l . 3 seem to have had an o y , Wi liam His will was proved Feb . ,

1 1 4 . 7 He left two young children , Henry and Elizabeth .

was of in 1 643 Herbert Pelham Treasurer Harvard College , and was 1 645 became a freeman of the Colony, and chosen assistant in . He ’ returned to his wife s estate in England in 1 647 and was a member of 4 1 5 1 65 . 67 n hi l as Parliament in He died before March, , whe s wi l w admi tted to probate . ll of t o hi s ald e r ave By the wi Herbert Pelham he left son, W g , in l his lands in Sussex, and the Manor Of Swineshead Linco nshire ; to hi s ll Li his son , Edward , lands at Smith Hall and Chapel Hi , in ncoln i in i n shire and all h s lands New England, the Massachusetts Bay in , i America, situate , lying and be ng in Cambridge , Watertown and

Sudbury or elsewhere within the said Colony . All my plate t o my said one l was s on Edward , with great Si ver tankard which given to him by B ille E os s ev s . his Grandfather, Godfrey , q All other books , utensils

. s on and movables , linen , etc , to be divided between my Edward and my daughter Penelope Winslow . To my daughter, the wife of Guthlac ’ Tolli ot the cabinet that was her mother s , and to her daughter a Silver , l e r ve n s on Wa d a . cup . I appoi t my g my sole executor fi Herbert Pelham survived his wife fteen years , dying at the age 4 at 1 1 67 . of 73 and was buried Bures , July, , r ve of Wald eg a Pelham , eldest son Herbert Pelham , was baptised h t 1 627 m at Bures 26t Sep , He was ad itted to the Inner Temple in

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’ The following i s one of Herbert Pelham s letters

Wi n a a i Co VII throp P pers , M ss . H st . ll . . b e am t o J o n Wm th r o Her ert P lh h p. 1 24 Southward Park Road London S . E . England . , , 5 1 64 London May 7 . , ,

Good cousin ,

I desire that in any things I could express that love and respect that I owe unto yourself and family whose affection to me and mine

I have ever found . k I now not yet, when my occasions will give liberty t o have Of f r n thoughts returning as I unwillingly departed from you , o I k ow no place where I more desire to be than amongst yourselves but we , n t di n have o the sposing of our time , nor the appoi ting of the bounds

of our habitation . The Lord hath been very good to u s ever since we

left you to this day . My wife only hath been some time very ill but

is now in good health . Your old friends at Assington Hall were in good health not long You since ; the Old man looks very well . will understand more by my of E u r os S a cousin Saltonstall . Very many are dead ince I w s in n th e of i s E gland , but most them , enemies to goodness , that there one scarce left (that now lives in the town , ) malignant spirit that is Of

quality . F or the business of the country will be more fully informed by my as cousin Winslow, who takes great pains but yet cannot come to a

hearing .

The House yesterday sat long and are , as yet , in a great strait ,

as th ey have been some years past . I think the wisest heads in the kingdom see more cause for serious hum iliation in regard to these new

approaching dangers than formerly . The army much ad o to be m quieted ; the Kingdom uch discontented with the House , and they

with one another . dl I have sent the printed news to your brother Du ey, where , if m there be anything you have not seen , you may co mand them . The

Lord in mercy keep you and yours and the whole country in peace . I

* Edward Wi nsl ow havi n b een appointed for th e Massachusetts Colony i n E n l and h ad , g g , f h mb e e i o He ne e e n t o N w saile d from B oston ab out t h e mi ddle o t e D ec e r pr v us . v r r tur ed e

S ee B a 4 1 - o . 4 444 n an . r r pp . E gl d df d,

28 hope you will s ee every day more and more less cause to repent that as the door hath not been set so wide open, some would have had it , i n of for the letting such as likely to prove troublers Of the peace , both of churches and Commonwealth . of of Thus , with the continuance prayers , with an earnest desire yours for me and mine , I rest, and remain

Your loving cousin ,

Herbert Pelham .

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IS AAC wm s no w HON .

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H ON . IS A AC WINS LOW

TH I R D GENERATION

n i n I s aac n low n r r ha h i r tr ai t a ted . e alwa Ho . Wi s e e d s po p W ys r egr etted th at thi s was th e only mi ssi ng li nk i n the ch ai n of por

’ tr ai ts i n m Moth er Hou e y s s .

llfARIA WHITMAN B R YAN T

Hi Mr n s s . 1 53 widow, Sarah Wi slow, died in 7 , and was also placed in the tomb .

The following remarks respecting h im were copied from the leaves f o an almanac , which belonged to the Rev . Daniel Lewis of Pembroke

th 1 38 . 7 . hi 7 , Dec This evening died at s seat in Mar shfield the , in 68th hi s . Hon . Isaac Winslow the year of age He was every way a of of gentleman ; easy access , facetious , generous , good natural powers , As hi s and universally beloved . to stature he was tall pretty gross , , , ” and of a noble aspect .

’ Isaac Winslow s only sister Elizabeth , married Stephen Burton ,

t o . and belonged the church of Rev Daniel Lewis of Pembroke , Mass . The children of Isaac Winslow and Sarah Wensley were

1 701 l 1 21 Josiah Winslow, born in , Harvard Col ege 7 , was ki lled f ’ o . l by the Indians in the memorable battle St George s River, May st , 24 1 7 .

n i n 1 703 L . Joh , born , married Mary ittle 4 1 70 . Penelope , born in , married James Warren

1 707 r . Elizabeth , born in , ma ried Benj Marston of Salem . 9 1 0 . Anna , 7 Mr 4 s . n 1 71 . Edward , born in , married Han ah Dyer in 1 39 7 . Isaac , born , married Elizabeth , daughter of Dr Stockbridge of wh o of Scituate , the last the name permanently resided at the Cares i f n . o l well Mansion His grandson , Isaac W nslow Hi gham , is the on y adult male descendant of the name in this branch of the Winslow fami ly ’ in New England . There was an Aunt Oliver in Dr . Winslow s Mar sh field recollection residing in the home at , a pious lady, who took h h e r i n i all t e sermons s heard in sho thand a very neat manner, wh ch wh o wa the writer has seen , exclaims that dark day , thinking it s the “ ” last Of this world , Come Lord Jesus for I am ready . We fail to locate the individual unless it was Anna .

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1 2 0 2 8 5 7

GEN . JO HN WINSLO W

FOU RTH GENE RATION

‘ That the duty entrusted to him w as very disagreeable to h i s

make and temper , as he knew it must be grievous to them etc . It was , t o ’ not for him , however , animadvert , but to obey his orders ; and he proceeded to inform them that their lands and tenements cattle of all , kinds , and livestock of all sorts were forfeited t o the Crown with all , other effects saving their money and household goods and that theywere , to be removed from the Province . “ f i The su fer ngs of these poor unfortunate people , in the circum Of stances their removal , and in their separate and scattered condition cannot well be conceived . Col . Winslow in a letter t o the Governor 30 1 55 of Nova Scotia, dated Grand Pre Aug . 7 says , , ,

L eB lanc i ’ As to poor Father , I shall , w th your Excellency s hi m own permission , send to my place . h i s t o What prevented coming Green Harbor does not appear . l fil for h im f The fami y who led the place intended , bore the name o i Mitchell . To this family, Gen . W nslow and his descendants were ever i n uniformly kind . A person now liv ng well recollects the last livi g l members Of this family and the pensive genti ity of their deportment . The order of the English Governm ent was that they should be s ufli ci entl for dispersed and y provided , and supported at the charge of each Government where they were sent . They were scattered over v n the land, these French people , and their blood courses through the ei s of many respectable families bearing the names both of Massachusetts n of and Connecticut ; among others are i cluded the names Drew, Peters , ” Winslow and Thomas . Previous to the comm encin g of the campaign of 1 756 against n f r hi m n . o . Crow Poi t , Gen Abercrombie sent Gen Winslow, and to was on to have been entrusted an attack Ticonderoga, which was suspended f in of by orders o Lord Loudon , consequence the disasters at Oswego . 1 756 on L In , he commanded at Fort William Henry, ake George ; n he w as also a Counsellor for the Provi ce .

n wa Gen . Wi slow s genial and hospitable , and remarkable for his i skill in horsemanship . He mported a valuable horse from England , and it was among his greatest delights t o be mounted on hi s favorite animal .

m m i f r h l A T o a Me o a o Ma s fie d . M . . h s r ls

38 “ rt Thatcher relates an anecdote , that , on a ce ain occasion , a of number of gentlemen Plymouth formed a party with Gen . Winslow for a pleasure excursion to S aqui sh in Plymouth Harbor and t o return i to dine . Wh le there Winslow fell asleep . The other gentlemen with

drew and pursued their journey to return . When he awoke and found h b e h i imself deserted , mounted and daringly plunged s steed in the n chan el , swam his horse across more than a half mile , from whence he th e ix i rode into town , making the whole distance but s m les while his companions were riding fourteen miles . On their arrival , they were t o find in astonished the General seated the Tavern , prepared t o greet ” them with a bowl of punch .

Gen . Winslow, late in life , married a widow Johnson . He died in 1 4 Mar s h field 1 77 , and was placed in the tomb at , aged 7 . He left two fi sons by his rst wife , Mary Little .

1 3 . Pelham , born in 7 7

1 39 . Isaac , born in 7

f . The town Of Winslow , in Maine , was named in honor o Gen

1 71 . Winslow, incorporated in 7 AS as n far can be obtained , genealogical sketches are i serted Of those families who have married into the line of succession of Edward

Winslow . ll Gen . John Winslow married Mary Little . Fo owing is a sketch f i v am l . . f Mar sh fiel of her , copied from M A Thomas Memorials o d :

w a m 1 630 Thomas Little s born in Ply outh after , where he married

n f of . wa Ann , o e o the daughters Richard Warren He s probably a h fi 1 50 in w . Mar s el 6 la yer He removed to d about , and settled the i n as eastern part of the township , a locality s nce k own Littletown in the surrounding regi on . He had eleven children . “ Ann L . L L ieut Isaac ittle , son Of Thomas ittle and Warren , pur n w on chased the Biddle Estate , o owned by Waterman Thomas ( Marsh fi i h v i h a fi e . eld Neck) . He and s wife Bethia d children He d ed in 1 71 2 1 675 C 1 695 Thomas born in graduated at Harvard ollege in , was , , ” a lawyer and physician at Plymouth .

1 . . L 677 Capt Isaac ittle , born in , removed to Pembroke His of Mar sh field in daughter Mary Little married Gen . John Winslow

2 n th e . 1 7 5 . Her brother Isaac ow ed estate in Pembroke After him ’ ’ h i s s on now hi s s on O L . L Isaac and , tis ittle Mary ittle s brother s

39 ’ daughter, Judith s grandson , William Rogers , married her great ,

great grandchild Helen M . Whitman .

th e Thus far , lives in this line have been brought together and a arranged , s events and history have made the record . ’ ’ of The valuable works Moore s American Governors , Young s

f . r o . Ma s h fiel Chronicles the Pilgrims , and M A Thomas Memorials of d , f have been largely drawn upon , together with the volumes o the Mass .

Hist . Society . These refer back again to Davis , Morton , Thatcher , B a li es y and Savage , those valuable men whose indefatigable research lm wle w f has saved this o d ge from the reck o time . 1 58 7 . The period Of , and onward , was one of great agitation Wise

V of t . men , in iew the Situation , felt dishear ened The result of the m struggle , in the independence of the Colonies , and the establish ent ’ of now the great republic , was to men s minds then , and is even , a u h miracle . But , the tho ghtful , the p ilosophic , see in it the evidence and the consequences of the invariable and eternal laws of cause and f i e fect . The Pilgr ms planted in faith ; their deeds , even when weak fi fi and insigni cant , were ever with an inspiration to the in nite wisdom f r as as o guidance , and then , now, through all ages , the answer comes ’ “ v ” back to man s higher and his lower nature , Ask and ye shall recei e , “ for Whatsoever a man soweth , that shall he also reap ; and may we not feel that the wonderful preservation of this Nation i s the answer ’ to the Pilgr im s prayer and trust "

EDWARD WINSLOW , ESQ .

U E FO RTH GEN RATION .

n Edward the sixth child of Ho . Isaac Winslow and Sarah 4 was . 7 1 71 . Wensley, born Jan , He graduated at Harvard College in

1 736 . He married Mrs . Emma Dyer, daughter of Thomas Howland . fi He was an accomplished scholar and a gentleman of re ned tastes . He in s fil ffi resided Plymouth, Mas , and together with his son led the O ce f of o . of the Clerk the Court , Register Probate and Collector of the Port n Bei g a professed Royalist, he removed to Halifax , Nova Scotia , h i s together with family, where , soon after the commencement of — hostilities , he died, aged seventy two years . The cere monies at his funeral were in a style to confer the highest honor and respect to his memory . of fi In consequence his removal , his estate was con scated . But every branch of h i s family were amply provided for by the British ” governm ent during the remainder of their lives . n Edward Wi slow , senior, married for his second wife , Widow l i fi Mi ler ; had three ch ldren ; rst, Edward ; second , Penelope ;

t . hird , Sally n l His s o , Edward Winslow, junior, was also an intel igent and an

1 65 . accomplished gentleman . He graduated at Harvard College in 7 He was one of the founders of the Old Colony Club and one of its most 22 active members . His address on the d of November w as the first ever delivered on the Pilgrim An niversary . Being friendly to the

Royal cause , he joined the British at Boston before the war commenced . He subsequently filled the offices of King ’s Counsellor and Justice of the Supreme Court in New Brunswick , and died at Frederickton in h a . Hi on 1 81 5 d . s s May , , aged seventy years He three children wa w s on Edward s dro ned and another , Wentworth , survived him . He Hi . s v had a daughter , Penelope descendants are the only indi iduals

n n . in the li e with Isaac Wi slow, Esq , of Hingham that bear the name .

’ s Am ri can o no Moore e G ve r rs . 47

PENELOPE WINSLOW WARREN

f H n h i s Penelope Winslow, daughter o o . Isaac Winslow and wife Mar h field 1 24 h e s 7 . Sarah Wensley, was born in , S married James h Warren , the son of James , a descendant of Ric ard Warren , who came fl ffi in the May ower . He was High Sheriff of the County, an o ce held

h i : by s father . Their children were

28 1 726 h e James , b . Sept . , ; married Mercy, or Marcia Otis as S 1 4 signed herself, November 75 . 1 28 1 5 2 N . 7 7 7 9 . ancy, b , died , aged 1 30 1 5 . 7 . 77 . Sarah , b , married Judge Wm Sever , Their daughter h of Sarah married Wm . T omas Plymouth , whose only daughter Annie married Wm . H . Whitman . The great , great grandchild of Hon .

Isaac Winslow . 4 1 4 1 33 1 7 7 . . Winslow, b . 7 , died , yrs Of age 3 1 35 1 6 . Josiah , b . 7 , died 7

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ELI"ABETH WINSLOW MARSTON

Elizabeth , daughter Of Hon . Isaac Winslow and Sarah Wensley , Mar s h field 1 707 was born in and married Benj . Marston of Salem , , 0 1 29 s N OV. 2 h i Mas , 7 . Elizabeth Winslow was s second wife , , i x and they had s children .

i 1 6 Benjam n , Harvard College 7 9 . He died without children at Of of 1 2 Bulama , coast Africa , agent the British Colony 79 . , 4 2 . 1 3 Elizabeth, b Mar . , 7 , married Wm . Watson . 2 1 33 Patience , b . Jan . , 7 , married Elkana Watson .

Winslow, died accidentally while a boy . 1 3 1 0 1 5 Sarah , b . Mar . , 77 , died unmarried 79 .

Lucia, married John Watson .

20 2 1 6 54 . Elizabeth Winslow Marston , died in Salem , Sept , 7 , aged f . s on O . i Benj Marston , Benj Marston and his w fe , grandson of

Benj . Marston and Sarah Veren , was born in Salem Mas s 1 697 and , , , 1 1 5 fi f graduated at Harvard College 7 . His rst wife was daughter o

. of w 1 2 Rev Henry Gibbs Watertown ; died ithout children 7 7 .

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E PELHAM WINSLOW, S ".

FIF TH GENERATION

Pelham Winslow, the eldest son of Gen . John Winslow and his wife M h fi l 1 3 ar e d . Mary Little , was born at s , June 8 th , 7 7 He graduated at Harvard College and settled as a lawyer in Plymouth , and married oanna h was of J , daughter of Gideon W ite , who the grandson Peregrin — I fiv . . . Y . W . e L N hite He died at forty years Of age at Flushing , , , 1 4 78 , leaving two daughters

wh o . Mary, married Henry Warren , Esq

f . oanna . o J , who married Dr Nathan Hayward Plymouth

Mr s . . Pelham Winslow, daughter of Gideon White , Esq , after the f l death o her husband , ived in Plymouth , surrounded by a large circle f o relatives and friends , and in the enjoyment of the sympathy and affection of her two daughters . She died and was buried in Plym outh

2 - May 1 s t 1 8 9 aged eighty four years . , ,

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PEREGRIN WHITE

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v. Peregrin White s mother when a widow, married Go Edward

. oanna Winslow Her great, great granddaughter, J White , married

E . s . Pelham Winslow , q , and lived in Plymouth Mar s h field f v Peregrin White removed to with the family o Go . 3 Edward probably about the year 1 6 6 . He married Sarah the , ( v laughter of William Bassett, who then li ed in Duxbury but after , w t o ‘ 1 5 6 . ards removed Bridgewater , where he died, 7 His children were

rm 24 1 7 . Daniel , succeeded to the fa ; married Hannah Hunt , died 1 688 Sylvanus , who died in , deceased before his father .

Jonathan , removed to Middleboro , Mass .

Peregrin , removed to Middleboro , Mass .

Sarah , i Mercy, married W lliam Sherman .

n : Daniel , who married Han ah Hunt, had seven sons Joseph b . , 1 678 1 679 1 680 ; John , ; Thomas Benjamin Eleanor, Ebenezer Cor , ; , , n li u s 2 e 1 68 . White , who married Hannah Barstow , and was born July, h s on of C of Gideon W ite , ornelius , great grandson Peregrin n 1 9 1 1 ann White , was bor July 7 8 . He married Jo a Howland moved , , y wa f to Pl mouth 1 743. She s the great granddaughter o John Howland , fl th e . 23 1 81 5 v . d 97 . who arri ed in May ower She died Sept , , aged years Their children were

1 99. Cornelius , died 7 m Mary, un arried . Elizabeth married Hamilton Earl an officer in the British service , ,

f n- i n- o s o . and died at Gibraltar at the residence her law , Col Durnford, 2 1 84 .

wh t . o o N . S Gideon the second son , moved Sheldon , , during the , 2 i 1 8 9 . Revolution and d ied , leav ng descendants at that place , 2 1 2 anna d 8 5 85 . Jo , married Pelham Winslow ; died May , , aged

87 f o W . The daughter Gideon hite married Capt Wm . Davis of

. . . f Plymouth , the mother Of Hon Wm T Davis and Chas . G . Davis o l Mr s . Plymouth and Rebecca To man of Boston , tracing back to Susanna th e . Fuller , ancestral mother of the Winslows

’ ” R e i t o mo uss ll s Gu de Ply uth .

N L of l 20 1 704 1 5 of In the Boston ews etter Ju y , , the th number

the first newspaper printed in New England , was the following intelligence

M r h fi 22n a s eld l d . . f , Ju y Capt Peregrin White o this town died

2oth 83 . w a V . s f here the inst , aged years He igorous and o a comely ” aspect to the last .

1 655 In October, , as appears in the Old Colony Records , the Court ’ granted 200 acres Of land in compliance with the King s request of m the co missioners , desiring that the Court would accommodate him of in was fi of with a portion land , respect that he the rst the English bor n in these parts . l“ ’ He was admitted a member of Mr . Thompson s church 1 698 in , ,

h 1 659 w as . his 78t year . In he chosen Deputy to the General Court w a In 1 675 h e was chosen one of the council of war , and s then styled h i . s v Captain From tradition he was very reverential to mother , isit h r wi h i ing e daily , rid ing a black horse , th buttons on s coat besides the

w as - i n- Spanish dollar . His estate given him by his father law , between n N ot . orth and South River , far from their united outlet to the ocean

The homestead was owned last by John and Sybil White , Sixth

Generation .

M T m . A . ho as .

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DR . ISAAC WINSLOW

FIF TH GENERATION

h i Isaac Winslow, second son Of Gen . John Winslow and s wife , , Mar h fiel 2 1 39 Mary Little , was born in s d , April 7, 7 . He married f o . Elizabeth, daughter Benj Stockbridge of Scituate , and lived at the

Winslow Homestead .

He was a skilful physician of large practice , which in those days f i n o . h i volved much personal discomfort and hardship Like s father ,

ul in . n he was skilf horsemanship His travel , Often in thick dark ess , t o through unbroken paths , sometimes obliged to resort snowshoes , was lightened by his elastic and facetious temperament . l h i s He en ivened hospitable home , in his relation and perception h i f in s . o the comic side of life , varied and wide experience That large i t s estate , that home with portraits , its many relics and associations , f is yet clear and vivid in the memory o these of the seventh generation . H i of i s portrait, which s in the collection Winslow portraits , in the Hi c . n . s Mass . Hist . S o , was painted by Joh son wife Elizabeth died in m 1 0 . 79 , and was placed the tomb He married a second ti e Fannie , i of of daughter of Rev . Edw n Gay Hingham , called by a member the “ ” household The Good Samaritan . She never had children .

1 9 1 81 9 . Dr . Isaac Winslow died Oct . , The scene was impressive , of when the long procession of friends , in carriages from every part r the count y, were seen winding their way up the hillside to witness his ff deposit in the tomb of his ancestors , and to testify their a ection and 1 846 83 . O . respect His widow died ctober , , aged years n h i s fi Dr . Isaac Wi slow and rst wife , Elizabeth Stockbridge , had five chi ldren

i . Isaac , died in nfancy

Hon. . Elizabeth , the eldest , married Kilborn Whitman

fi . Ruth , married rst Josiah Shaw, second Thomas Dingley

Sarah , married Judge Eben Clapp , Of Butler , Me .

n N . Joh , married Susan Ball , of orthborough , Mass

91 Elizabeth Stockbridge , who married Dr . Isaac Winslow, was the f . . O t daughter of Dr Benj Stockbridge Scituate and his wife Ru h Otis . h 1 7 1 738 . O S e t o She was born March , n her marriage removed Marsh

field h er , where her penetrating eye and great practical ability assisted in husband , whose profession absorbed his time , bringing into order the disturbed affairs of the estate . Her household Skill (whose rules are yet remembered) contributed to the comfort of the many of the house fi f hold who shared i ts hospit ality . The peculiar signi cance o many of h er words and expressions passed away with the last generation and its habits . In parting with these customs and interchanges of expres fi fl sion we lose one of the most re ning in uences of society . ,

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of l of The record and sketch the Otis fami y, with the Coat Arms , of is inserted . They came into the line of succession the Winslows O J ob O through Elizabeth , whose mother was Ruth tis , daughter Of tis , n who married Dr . Isaac Winslow, and also intermi gled when Penelope , f o . daughter Hon Isaac Winslow, married James Warren , whose f d . O o mother was aughter of Hon James tis Barnstable , and whose son of Henry married Mary Winslow, daughter Pelham Winslow, granddaughter Of Gen . John Winslow .

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1 657 of John , born at Hingham , , married Mary Bacon Barnstable and settled there . 1 651 1 5 Stephen , , married Hannah Ensign of Scituate , 68 . 1 663 was l n James , born at Scituate , , ki led in the attack o Quebec . 1 665 Joseph , born at Scituate , , married Dorothy Thomas ; died

1 667 Job , born at Scituate , , married Mary Little , granddaughter Ann of of Thos . Little who married Warren , daughter Richard Warren

i n 1 633. i Of Plymouth , Job Otis resided at Scituate , half a m le west

: of the Harbor . They had nine children

00 1 7 . Mercy , born 2 1 70 O . Job , born , married Thankful tis , settled at Scituate 0 1 3. Abagail , 7 1 05 Mary, 7 . f 1 08 o . Ephraim , 7 , married Rachael Hersey South Scituate 2 1 71 . . . Ruth , born , married Dr Benj Stockbridge of Scituate 1 1 6 David, born 7 , married Susan Hadden and settled at Jordan ,

New York . 1 1 7 9 . Sarah , born 2 i i 1 1 . Pr sc lla, born 7 HON . JAMES OTIS

H n. r o James Otis , the Patriot, was bo n in the family mansion at f o . Barnstable . He was the son Col James Otis , third generation from Al John the ancestor, who married Mary lyne , who was born at 2 was n of Plymouth in 1 70 . She connected with the fou ders the Old

H n . r Dot c n. o Colony through Joseph Allyne , who married Ma y The

James Otis married Ruth Cunningham in 1 735 . She was the daughter was of a merchant , very beautiful , and possessed Of a dowry, which ’

m w a . i in those ti es s considered very large There s , in Sparks

Am erican Biography , a most admirable account Of Mr . Otis second volume , second series , which is correct . Their children were

wa n 24 . 1 5 . s James , born 77 He a volu teer and died at

ffi r . Elizabeth, married an O cer in the English a my of 1 on . L 777 s Mary , married Benj incoln Harvard College , , eldest

n . fine of Benj . Li coln Of Revolutionary notoriety She possessed talent 1 0 8 6 . was and an agreeable character , and died at Cambridge in He 2 8 . in the profession Of the law, and died at They had two sons i 1 805 Benjam n , a physician , Harvard College , died at Demarara , r 1 807 w 1 8 1 8 J ames , Ha vard College , a la yer , who died at Demarara , , leaving two children .

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MRS . MARY WINSLOW WARREN SIXTH GENERATION

w as Of Mary Winslow the eldest child Pelham Winslow Esq . and , , h i oanna wa r s wife J White , and s bo n in Plymouth .

. m She married Henry Warren , Esq , of Ply outh , who w as the f H n o o . i grandson Penelope , daughter of Isaac W nslow, who married 1 724 of v James Warren , , Sheriff the County under the Royal Go ern ment . She had personal beauty with great sweetness and grace of of manner . Her home was the centre the most intelligent and refined fl society, and out of that home and its in uences her children carried in to the world an ease and culture rarely attained . She died and was buried

: in Plymouth . She had eight children . They were r Winslow Pelham , Charles Hen y , Marcia , Mary Ann George , , ,

Richard, and Edward .

N N E S . HE RY WARRE , "

f n o . . s o O Henry Warren , Esq , Gen James Warren and Maria tis , of 1 4 married Mary Winslow , daughter Pelham Winslow , Esq . , in 76 . ’ Thatcher s History of Plym outh says “ ffi of m He held the o ce Collector for the District of Ply outh . He for h i will long be remembered his social qualities , s hospitality and m . 6th 1 808 v gentlemanly deportment He died at Ply outh July , , lea ing ” two daughters and s ix sons . He was a lineal descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower , h i and s on of Gen . James Warren , who rendered valuable services to s f r O . country in the darkest and most t ying periods its history Gen .

James Warren married the daughter Of Hon . James Otis of Barnstable , f wh o was the sister o the celebrated orator and patriot of that name . “ ” of wa h This lady was the authoress of the History the War , and s wit

1 1 9 f o . her husband, a strenuous advocate the principles of the revolution “ ” — She wrote also a satire called the Group , and two tragedies the ' ” “ ”

f a . Sack o Rome , and the L dies of Castile of N They resided in a mansion corner orth Street , Plymouth , where 2 1 1 808 8 . 1 8 4 96 . he died in , aged years His widow died , aged f i Henry Warren , Esq . , was the grandson o Penelope W nslow

f H n. w a daughter o o Isaac Winslow, and Mary Winslow s grand hn f on . . daughter o his s , Gen Jo Winslow

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MRS . JOANNA WINSLOW HAYWARD

SIXTH GENERATION

oanna was l i . J Winslow the daughter of Pe ham W nslow, Esq , and h i s oanna 1 h 1 7 3. Wife J W ite , and was born in Plymouth , June , 77

r . in She mar ied Dr Nathan Hay ward , a practicing physician m Ply outh .

was i i . She a lady, bright , quick, and very enterta n ng Her home , f r which o very many years contained her mother and her aunt , Miss wa r f f n Hannah White , s the reso t o a very large circle O friends a d on n relations . They came , particularly the eveni gs Of the Sabbath , as an attention t o the invalid inm ates in their declining years . With f n every expression of a fection from those arou d her, her life closed in m 1 1 in s t 1 8 6 . : in Ply outh Nov . , Her children were eight number Tw s , n l who died early ; Mary Wi slow, James Thatcher, Elizabeth , Pe ham ,

L . Winslow, Charles atham , and George Partridge

Y W DR . NATHAN HA ARD

i i Dr . Nathan Hayward was the son of Nathan Hayw ard and h s w fe 1 3 76 1 85 . Susanna Latham , born , graduated at Harvard College , 7

oann a of . He married J Winslow, daughter Pelham Winslow, Esq , and hi s wife Joanna Wh ite . He was a surgeon in the army and High m ri ff of n of . n She the Cou ty Ply outh He was also an emi ent physician , n nn n kin whose countena ce , with its wi i g smile , bespoke the dness of his m nature . In an uncom on degree all were drawn to him with affection fl and friendship that came within his in uence . He died and wa s buried in Plym outh .

1 23 THOMAS HAYWARD

”“ Thomas Hay ward came from England and settled in Duxbury was before 1 638 . He among the earliest proprietors and settlers in h i s 1 688 s on " N Bridgewater , and son , Josiah , born , had a , athan , born

2 n . 1 7 0 . His wife was Sarah Ki sley Their son Nathan married n L s on N 1 763 oanna Susan a atham ; their athan , born , married J

Winslow ; they had eight chi ldren .

* ’ B i a Mi tchell s His tory of r dgew ter .

1 24

E LI"ABE TH WINS LOW

B o n N ovemb e 1 4 1 6 9 r r , 7

i ed Oc t ob er as 1 8 54 D ,

ELI"A BETH WINS LOW W H ITM AN

SI"TH GENE RATION

HON . KILBORN WHITMAN

" h i Kilborn Whitman , eldest son of achariah Whitman and s wife w l . as Abigail Ki born Of Pomfret, Conn , born in Bridgewater , August , “ 24 h 65 was t 1 788 . 1 7 , and married to Elizabeth Winslow , June ,

1 85 . Kilborn Whitman graduated from Harvard College , 7 He

of Mar sh field w studied divinity with Rev . Wm . Shaw , and as settled

- f over the Parish at Pembroke at thirty one years o age . He very soon found he could not subsist with an increasing family on the salary they could afford t o give ; therefore he and his parish agreed to separate . f He then decided t o take the profession o the law . While he

of of studied , he preached in the church Quincy , which his friend , John

was . Adams , a member The circuit of his practice in the law extended over the Counties

m . t o L of Ply outh , Dukes and Barnstable He was chosen the egislature

w as r from Pembroke for many years , and also County Atto ney , and f was elected Judge Of the Court O Common Pleas .

was r eeminentlv fin His character one p of great re ement . He had

fi . w a also a digni ed , graceful presence His great benevolence s

in i for h i s wa expressed not so much giv ng money, family s large , as it was in the noble , generous way in which he gave counsel and support . Hi s appreciative sym pathy assisted many who he thought worthy In i . w as to obta n better positions conversation he eloquent , with a f i h im r . s Hi s rese ve o wit An anecdote told of while practicing Law . n spaniel dog followed him into court o e morning . The presiding Judge “ " leaned forward and said , Well Whitman ; are y ou going to bring you r ” dog up t o the Bar " “ ’ on B n h No , Your Honor ; I m going to put him the e c .

n of In the stage coach traveli g that day, there were some sharp w encounters . He as painfully sensitive in money matters and many , of h i s descendants are conscious Of the inheritance . He did very ’ generous things for h i s children s advancement but was not demon , s t r ative of old - ; an fashioned manner and habit . He was very con n h i s own fi n siderate as a husband , beari g burdens , ghti g the battles f o . life alone He had sore trials and many disappointments . Very w as one t o keen the last his nature , when he was getting his younger

1 34 KI LB ORN WHITMAN

B or n Augus t

i ed D ecemb e r 1 1 1 335 D , ‘ Wt‘ l r ‘ 7 tfl i l tt ll i i i t i r eat fit) “ smi w h ii og i ce fm r e s e nc e i p . H s gre a mt n s dwm as i i mm a . s f I n w h n u fi m i n n o w n 1

i for find ch ld ren ready an education in life , to all swept from beneath h i s feet, with nothing but perplexity for the present and discomfort t k for old age . From a remark made previous o his last sic ness it was

. 1 1 th evident he longed to be released from the struggle He died Dec . ,

1 35 . 8 , and was buried in Pembroke of The genealogical record the Whitman family , from the ancestor wh o was 1 638 John Whitman , settled in Weymouth , and made free in , and was appointed by the Governor to Settle small controversies there , fine was prepared by Judge Ezekiel Whitman , a character , Chief f f i Justice o the Supreme Judicial Court o Ma ne . Judge Kilborn Wh itman and h i s wife Elizabeth Winslow had eleven children :

Isaac ,

Charles , l E izabeth , in W slow,

James ,

Sarah Ann ,

Caroline , — of Maria, (compiler this Genealogical Record) ,

Frances , l Wi liam Henry,

James Hawley (died young) .

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MRS . SARAH WINSLOW CLAPP SIXTH GENERATION

d f i Sarah Winslow, third aughter o Dr . Isaac W nslow and his wife Mar s h field 1 5 1 5 Elizabeth Stockbridge , was born in , Aug . th , 77 . fi w She married Eben Clapp of Mans eld , a la yer, who settled in

Bath , Maine , where they lived ever after their marriage . He followed h i s profession and became a judge . She was very wise and methodical fi and always , at any sacri ce , lived up to her standard of what should be ’ a woman s life . Without pressing cares , and with much Observation , living in a transition age between past and present customs and habits , wa m she was very agreeable . Her memory s stored with the accu ulated histories and experiences Of the long line of ancestors wh o had occupied the old Mar s hfield home . Both She and her husband lived with a large circle of friends , d beloved and respected . She died never having had chil ren , and was buried in Bath , Maine , where her husband , Judge Eben Clapp , was also buried .

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RUTH STOCKBRIDGE WINSLOW DINGLEY

SIXTH GENERATION

* f n hi s Ruth S . Winslow, second daughter o Dr . Isaac Wi slow and Mar shfield h 1 1 r 1 1 t 7 . wife Elizabeth Stockbridge , was bo n in , Dec . , 7 n Mar h fiel She married Josiah , s o of Rev . Wm . Shaw, of s d , and after wards Capt . Thos . Dingley . She had a great share of practical wisdom n and good sense , with generous , ki d sympathies , and a warm love Of appreciation . The later years of her life were passed with her sister, h s e O . 1 7th 1 846 Elizabeth Whitman , in Pembroke , where died ct , , and h fi l Mar s e d . was placed in the Winslow tomb at Capt. Thos . Dingley h fi 1 2 1 2 Mar s eld . 8 . died at Feb , 7 was of h Capt . Thos . Dingley a descendant Jo n Dingley , who came into Lynn in 1 637 and permanently settled in Mar sh field not far from m f i t n o s . 1 638 the ti e incorporation Joh Dingley, senior, died . His daughter Mary married Josias , son of Capt . Myles Standish , and was

in 1 665 . n buried in Duxbury The two children of Mrs . Ruth Wi slow in Shaw died early years , and were placed in the Winslow tomb . She i had no children by Capt . D ngley .

* Mem i a f Mar s hfi l T om a or ls o e d h s . ,

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JOHN WINSLOW , ESQ . SIXTH GENERATION

E n f n h i s s o o . Joh n Winslow, s q . , only Dr Isaac Wi slow and wife r h 4 a Ma s fiel ul 1 1 4 . Elizabeth Stockbridge , w s born at d , J y th , 77 He

B n . I . 1 95 . graduated at row University, Providence , R , in 7 He

f . married Susan Ball o Northborough , Mass i wa in . H s He s an eminent lawy er and settled Hanover , Mass

. t o . health was delicate from his earliest years He went Natchez , Miss , f r 1 8 o a change of climate about the year 1 8 . While there he took a r i n h i s of pa tner the law . He had in possession a large amount proper ty belonging to a party for whom he had collected it and for

h h i tw - in- s . o . w ich father, Dr Isaac Winslow and brothers law , Hon

Kilborn Whitman and Capt . Thos . Dingley , were bondsmen . He died nl on to h i f very sudde y , and the agent who went arrange s a fairs could w a w find neither partner nor property . The responsibility s then thro n back upon his bondsmen , and thus the Winslow House and Estate , with i - ts time honored memories and associations , passed away from the f n o . . possession and the name Wi slow He died at Natchez , Miss , and h 22 w a 24t 1 8 42 . i x s there buried, Aug . , , aged years He left s children :

z Eli abeth,

Fannie, h Pel am ,

Penelope,

Isaac, h Jo n .

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DR . WINSLOW WARREN SEVENTH GENERATION

of Winslow Warren was the eldest son Henry Warren . Esq . and ,

h i i . s s Wife Mary W nslow Was born in Plymouth, Mas , and 1 1 gradu ated at Harvard College in the year 8 3.

PELHAM WINSLOW WARREN

SEVENTH GENERATION

Of Pelham Winslow Warren was the son Henry Warren Esq . and , , i a th his wife Mary W nslow . W s born in Plymou and graduated at

Harvard College in the year 1 81 5 .

MARCIA WARREN TORREY

SEVENTH GENERATION

d Marcia Warren was the eldest aughter of Henry Warren E s . , q , h i and s wife Mary Winslow , and was born in Plymouth Mas s , , t and married John Torrey, Esq . , gradua e Of Harvard College in th e ,

Class Of 1 808 .

MARY ANN WARREN

SEVENTH GENERATION

was of lVar r en Mary Ann Warren the second daughter Henry ,

h i s . Esq . and wife Mary Winslow Was born in Plymouth and died ,

1 55 CHARLES HENRY WARREN SEVENTH GENERATION

. s on of Charles Henry Warren , Esq , was the third Henry Warren ,

. s Esq . and his wife Mary Winslow He was born in Plymouth Mas , , , 1 1 and graduated at Harvard College in 8 7 .

E GEORGE WARREN , S ".

SEVE NTH GENERATION

wa n f E hi s s s o o s . George Warren the fourth Henry Warren , q , and m wife Mary Winslow . Was born in Ply outh

E S . RICHARD WARREN , "

SEVE NTH GENERATION

h i fi t of r . s Richard Warren was the f h son Hen y Warren , Esq , and Was m wife Mary Winslow . born in Ply outh

EDWARD WINSLOW WARREN

SEVENTH GENERATION

Edward Winslow Warren was the six th and youngest son of Henry

Warren Esq . and his wife Mary Winslow . Was born in Plymouth , , ,

1 620 RICHARD WARREN ,

FIR ST GENERATION

* fl 1 620 Richard Warren came to Plymouth in the May ower in , five leaving his wife Elizabeth and daughters to come in the third Ship . Th ese children were born in England

* Sa a e v g . 1 56

MARY WINSLOW RUSSELL SEVENTH GENERATION

i h f Mary W nslow was the eldest daug ter o Dr . Nathan Hayward h i nna a s oa . w s s and wife J Winslow She born in Plymouth , Mas , 24 h t 1 798 . . f Dec . , , and married Wm S Russell , the Register o Deeds for “ ” the County of Plymouth and author of Recollections of the Pilgrims

PELHAM WINSLOW HAYWARD SEVENTH GENERATION

n f Pelham Win slow Hayward was the eldest s o o Dr . Nathan Hay

anna . ward and his wife J o Winslow Was born in Plym outh , March

1 0 n 1 8 9 . 8th, 1 8 , and died u married April , 7

JAMES THATCHER HAYWARD SEVENTH GENERATION

w h i s s on of . N James Thatcher Hayward , Dr athan Hay ard and 1 9 1 802 nn m . wife J oa a Winslow, was born in Ply outh , Feb th , , and

of . married Sarah Appleton Dawes , daughter Judge Thos Dawes , Of

Boston .

ELI"ABETH ANN HAYWARD

SEVENTH GENERATION

h i s Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of Dr . Nathan Hayward and 7t h 1 801 r wife Joanna Winslow ; was born in Plymouth , Oct . , , a ve y

3r d 1 850 . interesting girl , who died Feb . ,

1 83 anna The twin children Of Dr . Nathan Hayward and his Wife Jo

Winslow died the day of their birth .

CHARLES LATHAM HAYWARD

SEVENTH GENERATION

na L s on of . N oan Charles atham , Dr athan Hayward and his wife J was m 22d 1 81 2 Winslow, born in Ply outh, March , , and married

GEORGE PARTRIDGE HAYWARD SEVENTH GENERATION

n . hi George Partridge , you gest son of Dr Nathan Hayward and s w 2 oanna as . 9 1 81 5 wife J Winslow, born in Plymouth Oct and married , , ,

Elizabeth Winslow Williams , daughter Of Dr . Samuel K . Williams Of f i f Boston , o the Eighth Generation in the direct l ne o Winslow .

They left no children .

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ELI"ABETH WINSLOW WHITE

SEVENTH GENERATION

Elizabeth Winslow, eldest daughter of John Winslow, Esq . , and his wife Susan Ball , was born at and married Rev . Seneca h t Mar s h field 1 838 1 850 W ite , the Minis er of from to , who removed to s Amherst , Mas , and died and was buried in the enclosure f o the Winslow tomb .

JOHN WINSLOW SEVENTH GENERATION

f n n o E s . Joh Winslow, eldest son Joh Winslow, q , and his wife ll in Au Susan Ba , was born and died at Port Prince , West

Indies , and was there buried .

FRANCES GAY WINSLOW SEVENTH GENERATION

Frances Gay Winslow , second daughter of John Winslow, Esq . , B was s and his wi fe Susan all , born at Hanover, Mas , and n m i was d ied in Hi gham , un arr ed , and placed in the Winslow tomb at Mar shfi eld . PELHAM WINSLOW SEVENTH GENERATION

i i s on of . h s Pelham Winslow, second John W nslow, Esq , and wife in S usan Ball , was born in was a merchant Boston , and died there unmarried and was placed in the tomb of the Winslows at Marsh , ,

m . field . He died of consu ption of the blood

1 91 PENELOPE PELHAM WINSLOW SEVENTH GENERATION

hn Penelope Pelham Winslow, third and youngest daughter of Jo

i . f n W nslow, Esq , and his wi e Susa Ball , was born in and f G . o married eorge W Nichols , Clerk the Supreme Court for the County f of . r Su folk She was witty, intelligent and ve y much beloved and died , s 1 872 in Hingham Mas , in May, , and was buried in Portland Maine . , ,

She left no children .

E . ISAAC WINSLOW , S "

SEVE NTH GENERATION

n h i s Isaac Winslow , youngest son of Joh Winslow, Esq . , and Wife s 22 1 81 3 Susan Ball was born in Hanover , Mas , February , , and mar , f h a E s . o w o w s ried Abby, daughter of Eben F . Gay, q , Hingham , born

1 905 . May 1 4 1 81 6 and died in , and was a merchant in Boston He is , , f now Collector Of the Port o Hingham . They have one child , Edward “ 1 4 6 8 9 . Winslow, born January ,

I c i n o i 2 1 83 a i n o i nm a i O 3 1 906 aa e A i 8 . e e c ob e 0 s W sl w d d pr l Edw rd W sl w d d, u rr d , t r , , , and b o b i e i n i n am a th ur d H gh , M ss . He b e e am B an r rt P lh ry t .

This Isaac Winslow i s the only descendant of Edward Winslow f of by the name o Winslow now living, with the exception the descend ants Of Edward Winslow of the fourth generation who went to Nova not in Scotia and died in 1 774 . Those descendants are given these genealogies but are probably in record in Nova Scotia .

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WH ITM AN

SEVENTH GE NERATION

ll h i h s . Samuel K . Wi iams and wife , Elizabeth W W itman, had eight children :

Elizabeth Winslow.

Penelope Russell .

Sarah Clapp .

Rev . Pelham . n e Mela c y . l George Gorham Wi liams , who graduated at Harvard College and m f i u o . died , n arried , full promise , wh le studying law

Samuel Ki ng .

Emily Francis .

JOHN WINSLOW WHITMAN SEVENTH GENERATION

h i n s on of Hon. s John Wi slow Whitman , Kilborn Whitman and 24 f in . 1 798 . wi e Elizabeth Winslow , was born Pembroke , Dec , He , graduated at Brown University, Providence , Rhode Island . He was a lawyer in Boston , of brilliant talents , and died at the age of thirty three and was buried in Pembroke . He married Sarah Helen Powers

of v . of Providence , literary fame , e idenced in her published poems

He died of consumption of the blood, without children .

JAMES HAWLEY WHITMAN

SEVE NTH GENERATION

s on 24th 1 801 James Hawley Whitman , fourth , born April , , died n early and was placed in the Wi slow tomb . ,

SARAH ANN WHITMAN RANDAL L

SEVENTH GENERATION

Ann W r Sarah hitman , second daughter Of Hon . Kilbo n Whitman n wa s in s O . and his wife , Elizabeth Wi slow, born Pembroke , Mas , ct

1 98 h 03 1 1 t 1 8 . . , She married Hon Benjamin Randall , Representative to

w a in . Congress from Bath, Maine . He died and s buried Bath n Ann Benjami Randall and his wife , Sarah Whitman , had nine children

Weltha Jones .

Edward Winslow . Ann a Black . i Benjam n . wa w Noble Maxwell , s dro ned at s ea .

Jennie . w a s . Eben Clapp , drowned

Frank Heine .

m . Pelha Winslow, died young

CAROLINE WHITMAN SEVENTH GENERATION

Caroline Whitman , third daughter Of Hon . Whitman and 2 05 h i s i wa . d 1 8 wife , Elizabeth W nslow, s born in Pembroke , Sept , , and now lives unmarried .

MARIA WARREN WHITMAN BRYANT SEVENTH GENERATION

i Hon. Maria Warren Wh tman , fourth daughter of Kilborn Whit hi s n was r in 1 5 man and wife , Elizabeth Wi slow , bo n Pembroke , May th , 1 808 . was , and married Frederick Bryant of New Bedford He Treas 1 56 fi u r er of . 1 5 8 of the city New Bedford and died Feb th , , aged fty tw o years , and was buried in Pembroke , Mass . hi Frederick Bryant and s wife , Maria W . Wh itman , had four children :

Herbert Pelham , died young . m n di . Richard Plum er , ed you g

h 2d . Herbert Pel am , , now living * i 1 8 0 n 7 . Frederick Eugene Claghor , now liv ng,

S in a c 1 91 3 i a a M n . e t t . P r h D d ul, , M ,

1 99 JAMES HAWLEY WHITMAN

SEVENTH GENERATION

fi n of H n i James Hawley Whitman, fth s o o . K lborn Whitman and h i was r th 1 81 0 s wife , Elizabeth Winslow, bo n in Pembroke , April 7 , .

He entered at Brown University and studied at the Law School . He settled in Pembroke , Mass . , in the Whitman homestead, and married of Mr s . Harriet Thatcher, widow of William Thatcher, and daughter h Alden Briggs , Esq . James Hawley W itman and Harriet Thatcher had three children

now i . Helen Maria , liv ng

i . Kilborn , now liv ng f 24 i o . Edward W nslow, who died at the age years , unmarried

FRANCES GAY WHITMAN HERSEY

SEVENTH GENERATION

fi of H n Frances Gay Whitman , fth daughter o . Kilbor n Wh itman h i was in s . 2 and wife , Elizabeth Winslow, born Pembroke , Sept d ,

1 81 3 ri of . f , and mar ed Jacob Hersey Hanover, Mass , who died o con 4 i l s t 1 85 . s sumption June , She now living without children .

WILLIAM HENRY WHITMAN

SEVE NTH GENERATION

x . l William Henry Whitman , si th son of Hon Ki born Whitman and wa 2 th s . . 6 his wife , Elizabeth Winslow , born in Pembroke , Mass , Jan ,

i . 1 1 Hon. . 8 7 . He studied law with the T Prince Beal of K ngston , Mass ,

of . and married Annie , only child and daughter William Thomas , Esq , was and Sarah Seaver of Plymouth , whose grandmother in the direct line of descent from Edward Winslow through Penelope Winslow

l 1 775 . (Warren) , whose daughter Sarah married Judge Wi liam Seaver , h i William H . Whitman and s wife Annie Thomas , had three children ,

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This closes the Seventh Generation in the line Of succession direct n of from Edward Wi slow, with the exception those descended from of Edward Winslow the Fourth Generation who removed to Halifax ,

Nova Scotia .

227 B UR YING HILL OR THE OLD WINSLOW BURYIN G GROUND AT MAR SHFIELD

hi n i ts GOV. T s entire grou d derives name from Josiah Winslow, i fi n whose rema ns were the rst deposited in the Wi slow tomb . He fi of was the rst native born Governor the colony. It i s a place of i i . V s historic nterest ery near the site of the thatched meeting house , i in which the Pilgr m fathers and mothers worshipped God , and near “ ” whi ch it was their wi sh t o sleep beneath the s od . of l in The Winslow tomb is near the centre the hil , which are f n deposited all o the male li e descended from Gov . Winslow bearing the names wi th their wi ves and famili es (with the exception of John was in Winslow, Esq . , who buried Natchez , Mississippi , and Edward

'

, W s on of Hon. was N inslow, Isaac Winslow who buried in ova Scotia ,

N . f f V n one o o GO . Kenelm Wi slow, the brothers Edward Winslow, and v of l on his wife , with se eral their chi dren whose names are the grave stones , were buried in the enclosure . O C of i s fol n the slab , preceded by the oat Arms , inscribed the lowing

ble n n GOV. 1 8 The Ho . Josiah Wi slow of New Plymouth dyed ye i 2 December 1 680 E tat s 5 . f V i o GO . . 9 1 03 Penelope ye widow Josiah W nslow dyed Dec ye , 7

JE t ati s 73.

1 4 1 3 . JE i . 7 8 tat 6 . The Hon . Isaac Winslow dyed Dec ye , s 7 1 1 4 2 i 7 77 . . . 7 . Hon. John W nslow died April , A E T 2 1 D . 4 1 8 9 80. n . . O Isaac Wi slow, M , died ct , aged 24 1 22 . 8 48 . d n i N . John Wi slow, Esq , ed at atchez , Aug , , aged 24 2 23 1 83 . Pelham Winslow, died Aug . , , aged

Some of the names are not inscribed on th e slab of those who f n o . have been laid therein . Sarah , wife Isaac Wi slow, Esq , her daughter Anna and Elizabeth wife of Dr . Winslow, a Mrs . Oliver and , , , i . s Mrs . Ruth Winslow Dingley There no record extant Of all those de posited there .

B s ac r ed feet th s h ll t op h ath b een r ess ed y i i p , h r i n V w Th e angels k eep th es e s epulc es ie . He r e P l m s orsh ed and h e r e P lgr m s r es t ; i gri w ipp , i i ” f h l Wo F ath er of th e N ew . S ons o t e O d rld , s

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THE HON . DANIEL WEBSTER

h i s fi i n Mar s hfi eld 1 830 Daniel Webster made rst purchase , about ,

. f n of the late Capt John Thomas , whose ancestors bought o the origi al t n o . grant Edward Wi slow, at Green Harbor ’ Webster s purchase consisted of the present Webster m ans i onfi w hich he enlarged and improved, and that portion of the landed estate hi s N of father , athaniel Ray Thomas , the Royalist , which was reserved un nfi ate a c o s c d s a dower for the widow . Subsequently he added acre i of ar es well n after acre , ncluding therein that portion C o which the of h as present Winslow mansion , a part which been removed , now i for stands . He selected the Burying H ll as the last resting place him r h fi l h i . hi in Ma e d . self and s family He died at s residence s , Mass , at ’ w - two n i O t enty mi utes before three O clock, Sabbath morn ng, ctober 24 h 1 52 on hi m t 8 . s , This inscription is monu ent

DANIEL WEB STER 2 1 1 8 . Born Jan . 8 , 7 2 1 5 2 4 8 . Died October ,

L " v . ord I belie e , help thou mine unbelief

' On the grave stone of h i s daughter Julie he inscribed a quotation from her dying words

k h Le t m e o for t h e d a br ea et . g , y

He r e r e st s t h e W nsl ows nam es of Old r eno n i , w , Y on h awth orn b o e r th e r ave of Cush m an sh o s ; w , g w i m o n And W ebst e r t oo th t ea rs w e l a d h d , , ; wi i w ’ ” Our Webst e r m id h i s loved ones to r es os e . , p

fir was r i n and ano e o e e ec e . It was destroye d by e afte r thi s w tte , th r h us r t d

230 l of n v This co lection the genealogical biographies in the li e Of Go . Edward Winslow i s closed with extracts from addresses before the New in f 22 4 o N . 1 87 . England Society, the city ew York, Dec ,

H n . From the address by o William T . Davis of Plym outh .

Mr P r i nt . es d e

I am here tonight i n person to express to y ou in words the deep i interest wh ch we , who live around the Rock, feel, in association gath h f ered , wit the View o keeping alive the memory and example of th e

Pilgrim Fathers . “ on m m Last night I stood the shores of Ply outh, and since that ti e my experience h as suggested to my mind the striking epitome Of the

i - a history and growt h of th s great nation , whose seed vessel w s the fl i May ower ; which , l ke the down Of the thistle , was wafted across the i n i t sea, and dropped t s seed o these western shores . With n hese few hours , my feet have pressed the sands once trod by Pilgrim feet . I have travelled on what would have seemed to be the wings of the wind to

a . one Winslow, journeying thirty miles in two d ys I have passed after N l another the ew England Vi lages , which , with their churches and

- i on school houses , mark the successive steps of the Pilgr m principles i their westward march , unt l , I stand in this great Metropolis , the gem of N and pride the ation , the habitation of whose people extend from a e s e to s a . “ m . Look at the Pilgri s crossing the seas Even there , in sunshine and in storm following Divine guidance , and believing themselves Of m t God . L u , nearer to ook at them , kneeling on the shores Ply o h pouring out prayers of thankfulness to Alm ighty Fath er for their f th e h i s deliverance from the perils o deep , happy at last in actual i th e a presence . These are pictures pa nted by the Divine Hand on c nvas Of History and if th ere are any who fail t o trace in their coloring th e , , m ideal graces and virtues of h u an life , they might search in vain for inspiration in th e galleries of Art among the pictures of Raphael and ,

231 G uido , Correggio and Frau Angelica ; for they would s ee nothi ng in

- their master pieces but pigments and Oil . We cannot hold these pic t oo ou r i n tures constantly before m ds , or study t oo closely the lessons ” they teach .

The address Of Rev . Dr . Chapin was as follows

The Puritans had a great element in their character . They be li eve d in God . It may have been a narrow belief ; it may have been an m tens e t belief ; but, after all, it is be ter to have one clear principle t fi f f hat we can hold on to rmly, than a hundred re racted lights rom a n one n broad cloudi ess ; ray Of clear su light, t o guide us over the mystic s ea i all n f - Of l fe , than the warnings Of the most i genious og Signals that

aw . were ever invented . They s God “ 2" But do we ever think enough Of the sufferings Of the Pilgrims : I ou fi fi tell y that no courtly re nements , no cavalier glitter, no mere neness of manners ; nothing but a faith in God enables men t o d o and also to , endure and to suffer, as the Puritans did , and suffered . “ I know not what i s t o come to us in the future : or what glories are hi to be developed in t s great land, but I know that they will be largely d eveloped from these two great features of Puritan character : In ’ t e r it one s own . g y to soul, and faith in God “ And if there are men worthy of their splendid privileges in the m fi future , men who shall cli b the Western slopes , and line the Paci c ’ n as Shores , they will ack owledge these the elements Of the Nation s i l w true life ; they w l look back , and they ill honor and praise the men wh o s aw God who transmitted these . Men who were faithful , men of wi th open Vision ; men who , in the march a great Nation from sea ” t o s ea s et the first forward foot in the wilderness and the snow . , f The copy o the Winslow Coat of Arms is here inserted , with the ’ n Of h Wens ley s and all others that could be Obtai ed , families t at had marri ed into the line of succession , together with the different seals and mottoes .

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