Kenelm Winslow

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 2 May 1599

Notes:

He arrived in Plymouth in 1631, and removed to Marshfield by 1643. His eldest brother was Edward Winslow (1595-1655), Mayflower passenger and tenth governor of the Plymouth colony.

He was a joiner. He was literate, and held a variety of public offices in Plymouth and Marshfield. In May 1645 he was accused of "opprobrious words against the church of Marshfield, saying they were all liars &c.," and imprisoned for refusing to "find sureties for his good behavior." He remained in prison until the next General Court. Despite this, he continued to hold important town and colony offices for the next ten years.

Kenelm married Ellen Newton in Jun 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ellen died before 5 Dec 1681; was buried on 5 Dec 1681 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"He settled at Swansey abt. 1666. 'At the breaking out of the Indian War, June, 1675, his house at Swansey, which he had inhabited eight or nine years, was burnt by the enemy.' [Savage's Gen. Dict., IV, 600. Plym. Rec., X, 364.] He appears to have been one of the early settlers of Rochester, as he was there about 1680. [Barber's Mass. Hist. Collections, p. 524.] But he soon removed to Freetown, for, in 1686, he was one of the selectmen of that town; Town Clerk and grand-juryman in 1690; assessor in 1691, 1701-1706, and 1711; moderator of the annual town meeting in 1708 and 1711; deputy to the General Court in 1686, and representative, in 1692, at the first General Court in Massachusetts under the charter of Wm. and Mary. He was a leading man in all town matters, both civil and religious. He is styled 'Lieutenant,' and was a shipwright by occupation." [Winslow Memorial, citation details below]

Job married Ruth before 1674. Ruth died after 14 Jul 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"He resided in Freetown, but removed to Falmouth, Me, about 1728, and settled on the Presumpscot River, where he had granted to him in 1728 a tract of land on the back coast, on which to erect a mill. He owned a large tract of land at Broad Bay (now called Portland) which he gave to his sons, who removed there in 1752, but on account of troubles with the Indians were obliged, after a few years, to return to Falmouth. He was the first Friend in Falmouth, and 'lent a most important support to the doctrines of that respectable people in this neighborhood.' [History of Portland.]" [Winslow Memorial, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Carpenter. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Carpenter and Renew Weeks) was born on 28 Feb 1685 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 25 Apr 1796
• Alternate death: 26 Apr 1796, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine

Notes:

"He came to Falmouth, now Portland, with his father, before 1728, and he seems to have resided there the rest of his life. [...] He and his family were members of the Society of Friends." [Winslow Memorial, citation details below]

He became a wealthy landowner in Cumberland County, Maine.

Benjamin married Hope Cobb after 11 Aug 1738 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine. Hope (daughter of Deacon Samuel Cobb and Abigail) was born on 13 Mar 1716 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 20 Nov 1797 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]