William Winslow

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• Alternate birth: 30 Jun 1750

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He was a farmer and, like his parents, a Quaker.

William married Phebe Pope on 20 Sep 1770 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Phebe (daughter of Robert Pope and Phebe) was born on 3 Jul 1751 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 29 Apr 1824 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stephen Winslow was born on 18 Jun 1782 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine; died on 1 Jan 1865 in Larone, Somerset, Maine; was buried in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine.

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

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"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]

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• Alternate birth: 24 Mar 1716, Nova Scotia

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Date of intention.

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"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]

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

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• Alternate birth: 23 Feb 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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"They lived in Middleboro, Mass, till about 1717, when they moved to Falmouth, Me. He was a house carpenter, and held office as town clerk and other places. On July 10, 1727, he was chosen deacon of the First Church, and his wife Abigail was admitted to the church the same year.' [History of the Cobb Family, citation details below]

Samuel married Abigail about 1707. Abigail was born about Jul 1686; died on 3 Sep 1766 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine; was buried in Eastern Cemetery, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Said to have been Abigail Stewart, but no proof is known to us.

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"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]

Benjamin married Renew Weeks before 1680. Renew (daughter of William Weeks and Elizabeth) was born on 12 Aug 1660 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 19 Aug 160 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 29 Jul 1703 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Knockum Hill Cemetery, Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Hope Chipman on 1 Mar 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Hope (daughter of John Chipman and Hope Howland) was born on 31 Aug 1652 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was christened on 5 Sep 1652 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jul 1728 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried in Cemetery at the Green, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 13 Aug 1652, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: Aft 1703, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 26 Jul 1728, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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She was the widow of John Huckins when she married Jonathan Cobb.

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• Alternate birth: 2 May 1599

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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]

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She was previously married to John Adams of Plymouth.

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He was the youngest of the four Carpenter children who accompanied their parents and their paternal grandfather to Massachusetts in the Bevis in 1638. First at Weymouth, then Rehoboth in 1644 and Swansea by 1670.

He was a joiner and a house carpenter, and literate. He was one of the seven founders of the first Baptist church in Massachusetts, at Rehoboth in 1666.

Joseph married Margaret Sutton on 25 Nov 1655 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of John Sutton and Julian Adcocke) was born before 30 Nov 1637; was christened on 30 Nov 1637 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England; died between 21 Mar 1676 and 4 Oct 1676. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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His Dorchester death record calls him "Clerk of the Writts."

William married Elizabeth between 1649 and 1650. Elizabeth was born about 1631; died on 20 Feb 1710 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Dorchester Graveyard, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At Plymouth 1632, Scituate 1634, Barnstable 1639. He was a tavernkeeper.

Henry married Sarah Hinckley on 12 Dec 1649 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole) was born before 22 Nov 1629; was christened on 22 Nov 1629 in Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, England; died before 2 Mar 1680 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1621

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Emigrated in May 1637 to Plymouth, and became a ruling elder of the Barnstable church in 1670. Removed to Sandwich in 1679.

John Chipman (1620-1708) = Hope Howland (1629-1783)
Hope Chipman (1652-1728) = John Huckins (1649-1678
Elizabeth Huckins (1671-1741) = John Lewis (1666-1739)
Gersham Lewis (1704-1766) = Mary Maltby (1708-1793)
Nathaniel Lewis (b. 1740) = Esther Tuttle (b. 1747)
Elizabeth Lewis (1767-1842) = Isaac Hale (1763-1839)
Emma (Hale) Smith (1804-1879) = Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church

John Chipman = Hope Howland
Hope Chipman = John Huckins
Hope Huckins = Thomas Nelson
Hannah Nelson = Jabez Wood
Jabez Wood = Joanna Short
Joanna Wood = Comfort Horton
Sarah Horton = Jarvis Wheeler
Betsey Wheeler = Leni Pierce
Elizabeth Slade Pierce = Courtland Phillip Livingston Butler
Mary Elizabeth Butler = Robert Emmet Sheldon
Flora Sheldon = Samuel Prescott Bush
Prescott Sheldon Bush = Dorothy Walker
George Herbert Walker Bush = Barbara Pierce
George Walker Bush

John married Hope Howland before 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Hope (daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley) was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jan 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 8 Jan 1684, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 8 Mar 1685

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• Alternate birth: 17 Oct 1560, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
• Alternate death: Bef 1631

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He was an attorney, and an undersheriff of Worcestershire under Arnold Ligon from November 1608 to November 1609. Among his known legal clients was one Kenelm Winslow, who may have been (and has been identified by some as) his father, although what appears to be the will of this Kenelm Winslow does not mention him.

He was not a "salt extractor" or "salt victualler" by trade; this idea appears to have stemmed from his ownership of a share in a Droitwich saltworks.

He moved to Ireland before 1620 and was recorded as a sheriff in Londonderry on 17 Jan 1634, his last appearance in surviving records.

Edward married Magdalen Oliver on 4 Nov 1594 in St. Brides, Fleet Street, London, England. Magdalen was born before 4 Aug 1566 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England; was christened on 4 Aug 1566 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England; died after 1606. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 7 Feb 1658, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Zubrinsky: This William Carpenter "died at Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony (that part now Rumford, East Providence, Rhode Island)." His and his wife's burial place is also called Newman Cemetery.

Note that before 1895, the parish of Shalbourne straddled the boundary between Wiltshire and Berkshire, and the Hampshire border was and still is only four miles away.

Emigrated with his father, wife, and offspring on the Bevis, which departed Southampton before 2 May 1638.

He was a carpenter and a planter. He was literate; his will mentions many books, including works in Latin and Greek. There exists no record of him undergoing higher education; Zubrinsky (citation details below) speculates that he may have been tutored by a local clergyman.

At various times, deputy to the general court of both the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Plymouth Colony. Many other offices listed by Zubrinsky, citation details below.

William married Abigail Briant on 28 Apr 1625 in St. Michael and All Angels, Shalbourne, Berkshire, England. Abigail (daughter of John Briant and Alice) was born before 27 May 1604; was christened on 27 May 1604 in Shalbourne, Berkshire, England; died on 22 Feb 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried on 22 Feb 1687 in Old Rehoboth Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He arrived in 1638 on the Diligent.

John married Julian Adcocke on 22 Oct 1620 in Eaton St. Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Julian (daughter of John Adcocke and Elizabeth Eldred) was born before 11 Feb 1599; was christened on 11 Feb 1599 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England; died before 4 Jun 1678 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried on 4 Jun 1678 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 4 Jun 1678, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

George married Jane Clapp about 1625. Jane (daughter of William Clapp and Johan Channon) was born about 1597 in Salcombe Regis, Devon, England; died on 2 Aug 1668 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He came with his family to New England in 1635 on the Hercules. First at Scituate, then Barnstable in 1639.

Samuel married Sarah Soole on 7 May 1617 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Soole and Mary Iddenden) was born before 8 Jun 1600; was christened on 8 Jun 1600 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England; died on 18 Aug 1656 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1599, Fenstanton, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England

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Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620.

"It has been traditionally reported that John Howland was born about 1592, based on his reported age at death in the Plymouth church records. However, ages at death were often overstated, and that is clearly the case here. John Howland came as a servant for John Carver, which means he was under 25 years old at the time (i.e. he was born after 1595). William Bradford, in the falling-overboard incident, refers to Howland as a 'lusty young man,' a term that would not likely have applied to a 28-year old given that Bradford himself was only 30. Bradford did call 21-year old John Alden a 'young man' though. Howland's wife Elizabeth was born in 1607: a 32-year old marrying a 17-year old is a relatively unlikely circumstance. Howland's last child was born in 1649: a 57-year old Howland would be an unlikely father. All these taken together demonstrate that Howland's age was likely overstated by at least 5 years. Since he signed the Mayflower Compact, we can assume he was probably at least 18 to 21 years old in 1620." [Caleb Johnson]

It's worth noting that the entries for John Howland in Anderson's The Great Migration Begins (1995) and The Pilgrim Migration (2004) give John Howland's birth as about 1592, but in 2020's The Mayflower Migration Anderson shifts it to "by 1599".

Some of the notable descendants of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley listed in The Mayflower 500 by Gary Boyd Roberts (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020):

Louis Auchincloss
Humphrey Bogart
William Jennings Bryan
The Bush presidents
Chevy Chase
Glenn Close
William Sloane Coffin
Cecil B. DeMille
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sam Ervin
Timothy Geithner
John Lithgow
Christopher Lloyd
The Henry Cabot Lodges
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Seth Low
William H. Macy
Harriet Monroe
Sarah Palin
George Plimpton
Ezra Pound
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James S. Sherman
Joseph Smith
Benjamin Spock
James Taylor
Lowell Weicker
Bill Weld

Not listed, but a descendant through daughter Desire Howland's marriage to Capt. John Gorham: Benjamin Butler, Union general (1818-1893).

John Howland (~1599-1673) = Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)
John Howland (1627-1699) = Mary Lee (1630-1693)
Hannah Howland (1661-1710) = Jonathan Crocker (1662-~1746)
Hannah Crocker (1688-1751) = Shubael Fuller (1684-1748)
Lydia Fuller (1709-1778) = Daniel Gates (1706-1776)
Lydia Gates (1732-1817) = Solomon Mack (1732-1820)
Lucy Mack (1775-1856) = Joseph Smith (1771-1840)
Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844)

John married Elizabeth Tilley before 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Tilley and Joan Hurst) was born before 30 Aug 1607; was christened on 30 Aug 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; died on 21 Dec 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Little Neck Cemetery, East Riverside, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 21 Dec 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 22 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 21 Feb 1688, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620.