John WINSLOW

1597 - Bef 1674  (77 years)

• Name	John WINSLOW
  Birth	16 Apr 1597	Droitwich, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1621	Plymouth Colony   [1]
  	Arrived on the Fortune
  Occupation	Merchant  [2]
  Residence	1657	Boston, Massachusetts   [1]
  Burial	1674	King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts   [1]
  	King's Chapel Burying Ground
  Death	Bef 21 May 1674	Boston, Massachusetts   [3]
  Will	21 May 1674	Boston, Massachusetts
  Notes	He came to Plymouth on the Fortune and removed to Boston as a merchant in 1655. His will, attested 21 May 1674, is preserved in Boston. From The Great Migration Begins, Volume 3, pp. 2027-2030: "JOHN WINSLOW ORIGIN: Droitwich, Worcestershire MIGRATION: 1621 on Fortune FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Boston 1655 OCCUPATION: Merchant. FREEMAN: In the "1633" Plymouth list of freemen "John Wynslow" appears early in the list, ahead of those admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [ PCR 1:3]. In list of Plymouth Colony freemen of 7 March 1636/7 [ PCR 1:52]. In Plymouth section of 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen [ PCR 8:173]. EDUCATION: Presumably educated as well as his siblings, and certainly well enough to be successful in trade. OFFICES: Deputy for Plymouth to Plymouth General Court, 3 June 1652, 7 March 1653/4, 6 June 1654, 1 August 1654 [ PCR 3:8, 44, 49, 63]. Council of War, 6 April 1653 [ PCR 3:26]. In Plymouth section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [ PCR 8:187]. ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth land division John Winslow received one acre as a passenger on the Fortune [ PCR 12:5]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle John Winslow and Mary Winslow were the fifth and sixth persons in the sixth company [ PCR 12:11]. In the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 "John Wynslow" was assessed 18s., and in the list of 27 March 1634 the same amount [ PCR 1:9, 27]. In his will, dated 12 March 1673/4 and proved 21 May 1674, "John Winslow Senior of Boston ... merchant" bequeathed to "my dear and well beloved wife Mary Winslow the use of my now dwelling house with the gardens and yards thereunto belonging for and during the term of her natural life," along with "all my household goods" and £400; to "my son John Winslow" the house and land after wife's decease, he paying £50 apiece to "William Payne the son of my daughter Sarah Meddlecott and also to Parnell Winslow daughter to my son Isack Winslow"; "my ketch Speedwell ... and the net produce thereof [to] be equally divided amongst my children my son John only excepted"; to "my son Benjamin" £100 at age twenty-one; "if my son Edward Winslow shall see cause to relinquish his said part and interest in the said ketch Speedwell and her proceeds, then my will is that he shall have one-quarter part of my ketch John's Adventure unto his own proper use, and then the said ketch and cargo to be equally divided among my other children my son John excepted as aforesaid together with my son Edward"; to "my grandchild Susanna Latham the sum of thirty pounds in money to be paid her at the day of her marriage and to the rest of my daughter Latham's children ... five pounds" apiece when they come of age or marry; to "my son Edward Winslow's children" £5 apiece when they come of age or marry; to "my son Edward Grey his children that he had by my daughter Mary Grey" £20 apiece when the come of age or marry; to "my son Joseph Winslow's two children" £5 apiece as aforesaid; to "my grandchild Mercy Harris her two children" £5 apiece as aforesaid; to "my kinsman Josiah Winslow now governor of New Plimoth" £20; to "my brother Josiah Winslow" £20; to "my kinswoman Eleanor Baker the daughter of my brother Kenelm Winslow" £5; residue to be divided after wife's decease "among my seven children in equal proportions"; to "Mr. Paddye's widow five pounds as a token of my love"; "my negro girl Jane (after she hath served twenty years from the date hereof) shall be free"; "my son John Winslow" to be sole executor; "my loving friends Mr. Thomas Brattle, Mr. William Tailer and Mr. John Winsley" to be overseers, they to have £5 apiece [ MD 3:129-33, citing SPR Case #688]. The inventory of the estate of John Winslow, taken 27 October 1674, totalled £2946 14s. 10d., including "the dwelling house, garden & land adjoining to it," valued at £450; most of the value was in shares in vessels, hard currency, debts due and trade goods [ MD 3:133-34, citing SPR 5:211-12]. In her will, dated 31 July 1676 and proved 11 July 1679, "Mary Winslow of Boston in New England" bequeathed to "my son John Winslow my great square table"; to "my daughter Sarah Middlecott" moveables "and to each of her children a silver cup with a handle"; to "my grandchild William Paine my great silver tankard"; to "my daughter Susanna Latham" moveables; to "my grandchild Ann Gray" moveables and £10; "my executor shall pay four pounds in money per annum for three years unto Mrs. Tappin ... towards the maintenance of the said Ann Gray"; to "Mary Winslow daughter of my son Edward Winslow my largest silver cup with two handles and unto Sarah daughter of the said Edward my lesser silver cup with two handles, also I give unto my said son Edward's children six silver spoons to be divided between them"; to "my grandchild Parnell Winslow" £5; to "my grandchild Chilton Latham" £5; "the rest of my spoons be divided amongst my grandchildren according to the discretion of my daughter Middlecott"; to "my grandchild Mercy Harris my white rug"; to "my grandchild Mary Pollard forty shillings"; to "my grandchild Susanna Latham my petticoat with silk lace"; to "Mary Winslow daughter of my son Joseph Winslow" £20; residue to be equally divided among "my children John Winslow, Edward Winslow, Joseph Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Susanna Latham and Sarah Middlecott"; "my trusty friend Mr. William Tailer of Boston aforesaid merchant" to be sole executor; to "Mr. Thomas Thacher pastor of the third church in Boston" £5 [ MD 1:65-69, citing SPR 6:300-1]. The inventory of the estate of "Mrs. Mary Winslow," taken 29 July 1679, totalled £212 11s. 9d., including "one-half of the house which was formerly Mr. Joseph Winslow's" valued at £67 [ MD 1:69-71, citing SPR 12:314-15]. BIRTH: Baptized Droitwich, Worcestershire, 18 April 1597, son of Edward and Magdalen (Oliver) Winslow [ NEHGR 4:297, 21:120]. DEATH: Between 12 March 1673/4 (date of will) and 21 May 1674 (probate of will). MARRIAGE: Plymouth by 22 May 1627 Mary Chilton, daughter of JAMES CHILTON [ PCR 12:11; MF 2:6-10]. She died between 31 July 1676 (date of will) and 1 May 1679 (renunciation of executorship). CHILDREN: i JOHN, b. say 1628; m. (1) by 1664 Elizabeth _____ (eldest child b. Boston 18 April 1664 [ BVR 94]); m. (2) by an unknown date Judith _____ (in his will of 3 October 1683 John Winslow bequeathed to "my beloved wife Judith Winslow" [ MD 10:54, citing SPR 6:435]). ii SUSANNA, b. say 1630; m. by 1650 Robert Latham (eldest child b. Plymouth 2 June 1650 [ PCR 8:11]). iii MARY, b. say 1632; m. Plymouth 16 January 1650/1 Edward Gray [ PCR 8:11]. iv EDWARD, b. say 1636; m. (1) by 1661 Sarah Hilton, daughter of William and Sarah (Greenleaf) Hilton (eldest child b. Boston 18 June 1661 [ BVR 80]); m. (2) 8 February 1668 Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Edward and Catherine (Hamby) Hutchinson [ MD 12:129; MF 2:16; NEHGR 145:261]. v SARAH, b. say 1639; m. (1) Boston 19 July 1660 Miles Standish [ BVR 76], son of MILES STANDISH ; m. (2) by 1668 Tobias Payne (only child b. Boston 21 January 1668[/9] [ BVR 108]); m. (3) by 1674 Richard Middlecott (eldest child b. Boston 1 July 1674 [ BVR 133]). vi ISAAC, b. say 1641; m. Charlestown 14 August 1666 Mary Nowell [ ChVR 1:24], daughter of INCREASE NOWELL . vii JOSEPH, b. say 1643; m. by 1668 Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Thomas Lawrence of Newtown, Long Island [ TAG 17:76]. viii SAMUEL, b. say 1650; m. by 1675 Hannah Briggs, daughter of Walter Briggs (on 22 June 1675 "Walter Briggs of Sittuate ... yeoman" and "Samuell Winslow of Boston merchant" drafted an agreement covering "part of his the said Samuell Winslow's wife['s] portion" [ SLR 9:212-13]). ix Child, b. by 1651 [ Bradford 446]; no further record. x BENJAMIN, b. Plymouth 12 August 1653 [ PCR 8:15; PVR 660]; d. between 12 March 1673/4 (date of father's will) and 31 July 1676 (date of mother's will); unmarried. ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of EDWARD WINSLOW , KENELM WINSLOW , GILBERT WINSLOW and JOSIAH WINSLOW . COMMENTS: The varied abilities of this group of five siblings are interesting to observe. Gilbert left too slight a mark on the records to judge. Edward, the eldest, was also the ablest. The second brother, John, was also quite talented, but was not inclined to public service; he died as one of the wealthiest merchants in Boston in the mid-1650s. The two younger siblings, Kenelm and Josiah, remained in Plymouth Colony, were publicly visible so long as their two elder brothers were still present, and then faded slowly from sight. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: John Winslow and his family are treated in the second volume of the Five Generations series of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, in the section on JAMES CHILTON [ MF 2:6-117]." [4]
  Person ID	I2831	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

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• Headstones

  Gravestone of John Winslow and Mary Chilton

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Compiler: Compilers: Sherman, Robert Moody and Vincent, Verle Delano, Chilton of the Mayflower, (Plymouth, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1978 Volume: Vol. 2), p. 6 (Reliability: 3). [S96] Anderson, Robert Charles, Pilgram Migration, (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), p. 511 (Reliability: 3). [S174] Compiler: Compilers: Sherman, Robert Moody and Vincent, Verle Delano, Chilton of the Mayflower, (Plymouth, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1978 Volume: Vol. 2), p. 13 (Reliability: 3). [S174] Compiler: Compilers: Sherman, Robert Moody and Vincent, Verle Delano, Chilton of the Mayflower, (Plymouth, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1978 Volume: Vol. 2), pp. 6-8 (Reliability: 3).