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Major Edward Winslow, Esquire (Kenelm Jr., Mercy) was born to Kenelm and Mercy Winslow RE23 on January 30, 1680/1 MA27, HO14, PA5 VI7 in Rochester, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts MA27,
VI7, and he married
Sarah HO14, PA5 circa 1702 HO14, SI4. Edward lived in Rochester, Massachusetts, where he was a farmer and
a mill owner HO14,
RE23, MA23. On April 6,
1703, the Rochester town clerk recorded: “Edward winslows distinguishing marke of his
creature is a slitt in the top of the Left ear” MA27. This was the ear
mark for his cattle. He was elected as the constable of Rochester on March 21,
1704/5, and on May 12, 1708, he and two other men were chosen to serve as field
drivers for the upcoming year MA27. A field driver (also called a houard or a howard)
was an officer who had the authority to round up and impound free-roaming
domesticated animals.
Edward was
called “insign” (Ensign) on February 13, 1710/1, when he, Captain Isaac Holmes,
Lieutenant John Ham[m]ond, Sergeant Benjamin Dexter, Sergeant John Brigs, Peter
Blackmer, and Mr. Stephen Andrews were authorized to MA27:
buld & sett up or ca[u]se to be builded & set up
such a dwelling house for mr Timothy Rugles as he shall give his dementions
[dimensions] for & to find & prouide all for the bulding of sd house
Exsepting nails & glass as by as by [sic]
the town Reccord may appear or ca[u]se the same to be done & compleated or
at Least made habitable at or before the last day of September next & at as
Reasonable Rates as conveniently may be and all the nesesarey charges of
bulding of sd house to be paid…
Mr. Prince, Lieutenant Hammond, “insign
winslow”, John Randall, and Gidion Gifford were appointed as surveyors of the
highways of Rochester on March 18, 1713/4 MA27.
“Beniaman Hamond”, John Brigs, and Edward Winslow were elected as selectmen and
assessors on March 19, 1716/7, and Edward served as the acting Town Clerk on
March 19 and 21, 1716/7 MA27. The
Rochester Town Record Book for the years 1673 through 1732 was written in
several different hands, and on those two dates, March 19 and 21, 1716/7, the
penmanship was distinct and unique, and the records closed with the phrases, “Entred pr me Edward Winslow Town Clark for the
work of sd day” and “Entred pr me Edward Winslow Town Clark for the
work and searvic of the a boue menttoned two day:” MA27. From this phrasing, it can be inferred
that it was Edward who actually wrote those two entries for the Rochester town
meetings.
He acted as a moderator for the Rochester town
meetings on February 12, 1717/8, June 13, 1718, May 22, 1721, October 9 and 20,
1721, March 17, 1724/5, May 13, 1725, February 23, 1726/7, June 17 and December
10, 1734, March 12 and June 25, 1735, April 18, 1737, December 25, 1739,
November 3, 1740, March 4, 1744, and September 8, 1746 MA27. He was consistently
called “Captain Edward Winslow” in records dated June 13, 1718 through
September 17, 1739, and two records were noticed in which he was called
“Major”, which were on November 3, 1740 and March 4, 1744 MA27.
He and Mr. John Randol were selected to be highway
surveyors on March 25, 1720, and he served again in that position with other
elected men on March 29, 1721, March 22, 1721/2, March 22, 1722/3, March 27,
1724, March 17, 1724/5, and March 25, 1725/6 MA27. At the
Rochester town meeting held on May 16, 1720, the townspeople chose not to send
a representative to the General Court in Boston, but they “voted Capt winslow
twenty shillings for Answaring the Towns presentment” MA27. He was
elected to the office of “Sealer of Leather” on March 22, 1721/2, was chosen to
serve on the petit jury for court held in June 1722, and was made the town’s
treasurer on March 17, 1724/5 MA27. Captain Edward Winslow was responsible for the modifications
made to the meeting house MA27:
At A Town meeting in Rochester october the 25th: 1725
the Town… voted that ye partision in ye frunt Gallary In the meeting hous. Be Removed to the
East End of the seates. & the hind most seat in the East End Gallery to be
bult up: and the seats that now is in the East End Gallery To be made Lower and
the meetinghous Glass to be Repaired & a Lock gott for sd hous And the Town
made Choyce of Capt Edward Winslow to see those things Efected
The town of Rochester assigned a
two-pronged mission to Captain Edward Winslow and Mr. John White in November
1725; firstly, they were to locate twenty acres of land near the meeting house
for Reverend Timothy Ruggles, and secondly they were “to see that those
that subscribed To the fifty too acres Give a Title to Mr Ruggles of it and to
see it be Done by the first Day of June next” MA27. During that same
town meeting, probably on November 24, 1725, Edward was due four pounds and
twelve shillings from Rochester “for mending ye metinghous &
glas” MA27.
Ebenezer Lewis of Barnstable, Edmund
Freeman of Harwich, and Edward Winslow built an iron works on the middle branch
of the Mattapoisett River in 1725 HO14, RE23; it may have been
located at Hartley’s mill LE2. The iron works may have fallen into
disrepair, or was perhaps dismantled, for in his will, Edward referred to it in
the past tense: “I Give him my s[ai]d Son the Stream
& Damm where the Iron Works stood also the land where the Cole house
Stood & all the land I have on the East
side of the middle branch of s[ai]d
River adjoyning to s[ai]d Iron Works” MA23.
Rounseville’s sawmill in Rochester had previously been called Winslow’s mill LE2, and it was probably the sawmill
mentioned in Edward’s will, of which he owned three-quarters, and was located by
Elisha Freeman’s house MA23. “Winslows Mill” was
mentioned in a town record dated March 18, 1754 MA27. Aside from the iron works and the sawmill,
Edward also owned a share of a gristmill on the Mattapoisett River MA23.
Edward was appointed as the town treasurer
on March 25, 1725/6 and again on March 22, 1726/7, and he served as a Justice
of the Peace from November 19, 1726 through November 19, 1730, and perhaps
through March 30, 1743, for this title followed his name on that date as well MA27. He entered a formal
protest against the town’s decision to hire Benjaman Delenoy as the
schoolmaster on April 6, 1727 MA27.
On the first Monday of June in 1728,
Edward was asked by the residents of Rochester to meet with the trustees and
adjust the accounts regarding the loan of fifty thousand pounds, “to see how
thay have Disposed of the Intrest of it”, and to report back during the
following town meeting MA27. Further, if there was any individual who
was indebted to Rochester, and who also neglected or refused to give an account
of money that was due to the town, Edward was also authorized to sue that
person on behalf of the town MA27. This dialogue must have been painfully
sluggish, for it wasn’t until October 29, 1730 that Edward apprised the town of
his progress on this matter MA27:
I have notified y.e Trustees of sd. T… [the remainder of the preceding word was missing,
but it may have been “Town”] of the 50000 £ Loan money & they Refuse or
neglect to make up aney acount on the Same and Say that the Town must first
Give them the orders how to Dispose of sd. Money before they can Dispose of said mon[ey] to aney
body
Shubel Barlow, Thomas Turner, John Hammond, Captain
Edward Winslow, and Joseph Edwards were formed into a committee on March 9,
1729/30 to decide upon the best candidate for schoolmaster for the upcoming year
MA27. The
following year, each of those men entered their protest at a Rochester town
meeting held on March 15, 1730/1, because the town once again voted to hire
Benjamin Dillenoy as the schoolmaster MA27.
The people of Rochester voted to pay
Edward a small salary on March 15, 1735/6 for keeping and sweeping the meeting
house for the upcoming year MA27. On March 1, 1736/7, Captain Edward Winslow
was appointed as a highway surveyor, the town treasurer, and the agent to meet
with the court about the road near Mark Haskell’s residence, for which the town
of Rochester was presented MA27. On that date, he was also voted as the
town’s agent to answer an objection made by Noah Sprague regarding “the Towns
Procedings in Chusing their Town officers” MA27. Rochester actually
sent both Captain Edward Winslow and Captain Benjamin Hammond as agents, who
were to represent five men of Rochester at the General Court at Boston on June
16, 1737, concerning the town meeting which was held on March 1, 1736/7 MA27. They were to represent
Joseph Edwards, who was the moderator for that meeting, William Raymond, who
was the town clerk, and John Winslow, James Whitcumb, and Benjamin Hammond,
Jr., who were voted as selectmen on that date MA27. Over two years
later, on September 17, 1739, he received forty shillings for his service as
the town’s agent MA27. Later,
he and three additional men, Benjamin Hammond, Nicholas Snow, and Joseph
Haskel, were themselves the protesters of a Rochester town meeting which was
held on August 1, 1737 MA27:
We y.e Subscribers being Voters according as y.e Law
Directs Enter this as Our Discent [dissent] against y.e
Proseedings of a Town Meeting held at Rochester August y.e first
Day 1737 presented to be Warn’d by Samuel Wing Cornelius Briggs & Benj
Hammond Jun.r as Select Men for s.d Rochester Who Do Not appear to us to be so Upon y.e Town
Book of Records There fore We are of an opinion y.t y.e Meeting
is Not Legally Warnd & Enter This as our protest against y.e
Proceeding on any Town affairs on s.d Day by Vartue of Any Warrant from y.e afores.d Select
[the preceding word was struck out] Men Rochester August 1:1737
Fourteen men
of Rochester, including Edward, requested the town “To Do what may be tho.t propper
Respecting the pigwackett [Pigwacket] Indians” on May 15, 1749, and the town
responded by deciding to prepare a petition to the General Court, “praying them
to Remove the pigwackett Indians from our Town or some way or other Relieve us
from the Great Ingureys [injuries] we Suffer by their making strip & wast
amongue owr young timber wood” MA27.
Edward
created his will on October 2, 1758, which was witnessed by Samuel Wing, Thomas Whitredg, Nathan Nye, Ezra Clark, William
Sears, and Timothy Ruggles MA23. The
record of his death stated that Edward Winslow,
Esquire, died at age eighty-one on January 25, 1760 in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts VI8. Other sources state that he died
at age seventy-nine on June 25, 1760 HO14, PA5,
in Rochester, Massachusetts SI4. His will has been transcribed below MA23:
In The Name of God. Amen The Second Day of October
Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty Eight I Edward Winslow of Rochester In the County of Plymouth Esqr being of a
disposing mind & memory Do make & ordain this my last will &
Testament...
First
I give & bequeath To Sarah my Dearly beloved Wife The Use
and Improvement of my Now Dwelling house & one Half
of my home stead lying between the middle branch & westerly branch of mattepoi sett River That is to say the one Half of all the lands & meadows that I there own which lyeth
Westward & southward of s[ai]d middle branch,
also the one Half of the fresh
meadow I have lying on the East side mattepoiset river
from the most southerly spring brook in the ninth lot of fresh meadow
up stream Excepting Two acres at the North End
there of also my Half of the Grist mill standing on
the afores[ai]d River & also my two best
working Cattle & Two Cows & also my Two best beds & the furniture belonging to them & also my Great Looking
Glass & silver Shoe buckles & Gold Shirt Sleve buttons & also the one Half [following the word “Half” was a two letter
word that began with an “a”, but the second letter was indistinguishable] the other Houshold Goods within Doors Exclusive of the other beds & beding also I give her the one Half of the out door
utentals for farming & one half my Swine & all my sheep also I give her
my large Brass andirons all which I give her During her being my widow It being
for her comfort & I give her my Negro woman named
Dinah so long as She Shall be my widow And In Case She see cause to marry again
I give her the two
Beds & furniture above mentioned & Thirteen Pounds, Six shillings &
Eight pence worth of the Stock above given her to be at her Dispose for Ever also I Give
her the use of the Barn standing on my
homesteed neerest my Dwelling house & all the Provision & corn in the Stores to Be at my widows Dispose, The
Barn only during her widowhood
Item I
give & bequeath To my Son Edward Winslow & the Same to be to him &
his Heirs & assigns for Ever The other Half of my homesteed Lands & buildings upon the Same & that both up land & meadow being that
half which my s[ai]d Son now Improves also I give him my fresh meadow that I
have lying on the East side mattepoisett River from
the north end of the Eighth
lot of fresh meadow & so up stream Excepting the two
acres above Expressed as Excepted up to the s[ai]d two acres also I Give him my
s[ai]d Son the Stream & Damm where the Iron Works stood also the land
where the Cole house Stood & all the land I have on the East
side of the middle branch of s[ai]d
River adjoyning to s[ai]d Iron Works also all my land lying between Capt Noah
Spragues land & the land which did belong to
Mr. Ebenezer Lewises land and I give him the land that
I bought of Peter Crapoo and Thomas Tompson In
Sniptuet neck so called also all my Land of all Sorte I own In Free town &
Tiverton, also my will is that what Land, & building, that are upon the Same which I have in this my will given to my wife
during her being my widow I give the Same To my s[ai]d
son Edward, He not to interrupt her in her peaceable Possession & improvement
of the same during her widowhood and I also give my
s[ai]d Son Edward The land and housing I bought of Justus & Sylvenus Whites & Nathaniel White
which was called the Great house & homesteed
which was Samuel Princes Esqr Referrence being had to their Deeds for contents
& bounds of the same, my will is that all the Land, & Real Estate which
I give to My s[ai]d Son Edward shall be to him his heirs and assigns for Ever
also my will is that my s[ai]d son allow sufficient & handey fire wood of from his Share of land to
his mother as also fencing stuff for her Farm also what I bought of s[ai]d
Princes Farm at a vendor which was Thomas Turners I give him
Item
my will is that beside the Land I have already
given to my Son In Law Thomas Winslow & his Wife Mehitable by Deed which I
here by confirm to them I also Give them one fifth part of
my Indoor Houshold stuff which I have not already Given away for this my
will
Item I
give to my Son In Law James Whitcomb & Sarah his wife & to their Heirs
and assigns for Ever Three Quarters of my original
Lot of Number sixty one that I have in Greenwi ch [Greenwich] in the County of Hampshire and also Do confirm to them what I have
already Given them by Deed also I give them the one fifth part of that half of the Indoor
movables which I have not given away that is to say of Houshold
Stuff
Item I
[these two words were on their own line, and the sentence was incomplete]
Item I
give to my Three Grand Children viz Seth Lincholn Mehitable Russel and Rachel
Phips In Equal Partnership One Quarter of my lot of Land In Greewich afores[ai]d of Number
Sixty one Together with the Second Division wich
[this word was muddled, and may have been “with” or “which”] the after Rights of s[ai]d
Quarter not Included In James & Sarah [the previous word, which was very
likely “Sarah”, was utterly indecipherable, because the scribe wrote one word
and another directly atop it, but the letters “S-a-r-a-h” were legible] Whitcombs
Deed, and my will is that s[ai]d James Whitcomb upon the account
of what I have given h [probably “him”, but just
the “h” was visible] & wife he discharge my Estate from all demands of cost or charge on the account
of what he has Expended on my Lands [after the word
“Lands” was an illegible two letter word, which slightly resembled the word
“up”] In S[ai]d Greenwich & Elsewhere
Item I
give To my Son In Law James Foster & Lydia his wife one bible of octavo besides what I have Given them by Deed before
which I confirm also I give the one Fifth part of that half of the Indoor
moveables which I have not given away that is to say Houshold Stuff, to them
also
Item
my will is Relating to my Son In Law Chillensworth Foster & the five Children he has by my Daughter Marcy that Considering
what I have already put Into his Hand [after the word “Hand”, the scribe or a
different individual wrote over the original words, so that the meaning has
been lost; two or perhaps three small words now resemble “gu fu ll”] of their
portion In the Right of their deceased mother, I Do now
give them to be Equally Divided between them the one fifth Part of that half of the Indoor utencells to be Equally Divided between them not before
Given to their Grandmother as a surplus again full.
Item I give to my Grandson Edward Winslow Son of my
Daughter Mehitable & to his Heirs & assigns for Ever That Parcell of Land I have laid out to me adjoyning to the land which Samuel Rider Junior bought of Isaac Little Esqr which s[ai]d
Land lyeth In Rochester afores[ai]d & also I give him as afore said So much
more land out of some of my
Grants not yet laid out in said Rochester Proprietee as to make up that piece
about s[ai]d given him Thirty acres In the whole he to lay It out as the Grant
will allow of & my Executer to assign what Grant & Share to be taken
out off
Item I
give to my Grandson Edward my son Edwards son & the Same to be to him &
his Heirs & assigns for Ever all my land that I have lying by my Grist Mill
In s[ai]d Rochester on the Northerly side of the old Road Island Path or Road so called & adjoyning
thereunto which I bought of Kenelm Winslow of Harwich & also my Fresh Meadow & Swampy Ground
adjoyning To s[ai]d Land which was part of the Eighth Lot of fresh Meadow
Item I
give To my Grandson Edward Whitcomb son of my
Daughter Sarah Whitcomb Four Spanish milld Dollurs
Also I
give to my Grandson Edward the son of my Daughter Lydia Foster Four Spanish milld Dollurs
Item I
give to my Grandson Edward Hammond son of my Daughter
Thankfull deceased his Heirs & assigns for Ever That piece of of [sic] Land
I have in Rochester afores[ai]d which lyeth by the Homesteed
which was the late William Bassets Deceased lying
on the south ward of the Road
or path way
Item I
give to my Four Grand Children the Children of my Daughter Thankfull deceased viz Edward Parnel
Thankfull & Zerviah Hammonds & the same to be to them & their Heirs
& assigns for Ever That Fourty acres of land In
Rochester afores[ai]d which I bought of my s[ai]d Son
In Law Josephus Hammond which was once part of Job Lorings homesteed & the
same to be Equally divided between them Immediately after their s[ai]d Fathers
Death he to Im prove [the previous word was probably “improve”, but the letter
“m” was poorly formed] of it his life time
also I
give to my s[ai]d Four Grand Children of the s[ai]d Daughter Thankfull one Fifth
part of that half of the Indoor
Houshold stuff to be Equally Divided between them s[ai]d Edward Parnel
Thankfull & Zerviah which was not Given to my wife.
Item
To my Son In Law Josephus Hammond I give That two acres of
fresh meadow & medowish Ground Reserved out of the parcel Given to
Improve to my wife at the North End there of on the East
side of s[ai]d mattepoisett River to be bounded out
by my Executor at s[ai]d Ha…d [probably “Hammond”] cost
and I
also Give to my Son Edward winslow & the same to be to him his Heirs &
assigns for Ever my Three Quarters of a Sawmill by
Deacon Elisha Freemans Homesteed with the Land I
own there & my Right In the Stream & Damm, also
I give him my waring appariel my Cane my Share In the Grist
mill on mattepoiset River my Silver Shoe buckels & Gold Shirt Sleeve Buttons,
Given to my wife during her life, after Her Death: Further more what Ever other
Estate both Real or Personal which I have or shall dye owner of not mentioned
In this my will I give the Same To my s[ai]d Son Edward and To his Heirs &
assigns for Ever whatso Ever or whereso Ever the Same is or may be found
Finally
I do hereby appoint & Impower my s[ai]d Son Edward Winsl [the remaining two
letters are missing because the edge of the paper has been frayed] Sole Exceceter
[Executor] of this my Last will & Testament & order him to pay all my
Just Debts & all my Legacyes in this my will given & to Enable him
thereunto I give him all my moneys Due or that hereafter Shall become due to me
any manner of ways whatso Ever, and I do also hereby make void all & any
Former Will or wills heretofore made by me & Ratifie this & only this
To be my last will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand & Seal the day & year first above written
Signed
Sealed Published Pronounced & Declared by the s[ai]d Edward Winslow as his
last will & Testament In Presence of
The will of Edward Winslow was presented for probate on
July 21, 1760 to John Cushing, Judge of the Probate Court at Plymouth,
according to the notation written directly on the will itself, in the lower
right hand corner of the third and final page, yet on the probate record, which
was also signed by John Cushing, the date which the will was proved was June
21, 1760 MA23. Each
month and date was very clear. The probate record directed Edward Winslow, Jr.,
as the executor of the will, to conduct an inventory of his father’s estate,
and to present it on or before October 21, 1760 MA23. This
inventory was conducted on July 15 and 16, 1760 by Timothy Ruggles, Nathaniel
Ruggles, and Thomas Whitredg, and was then attested by Edward’s son, Edward
Winslow, on July 21, 1760 MA23. This sequence of events seems strange, because based on
the dates which were clearly written, the will was proved on June 21, the
estate was inventoried on July 15 and 16, and then the will was presented for
probate on July 21.
The total assessment of Edward Winslow’s estate was 1,591
pounds, eight shillings, and eight pence MA23. While the valuations of each line item have been
omitted for the sake of brevity, as it has been done throughout this book in
each transcribed inventory, in this particular inventory, some of the items
have numbers and slash marks MA23. To eliminate confusion, as an explanatory example, the
line which stated “10 Pillarbiers 8/7 Table Cloaths 24/” indicates that ten pillow
biers were found, the value of which were eight shillings, and seven
tablecloths were found, the value of which were twenty-four shillings.
Following the line over to the column of numbers on the right side of the page,
the total value of this line was “1 12 0”, or one pound, twelve shillings.
Because there are twenty shillings in a pound, thirty-two shillings equates to
one pound, twelve shillings. A transcription of
the inventory of his estate has been provided MA23:
Waring
apparel… books… ye best bed & furniture in ye front great Room below… ye Best
bed & furniture in ye front
great Chamber… one Pair of Large Brass headed Andirons… one Large Looking
Glass… 1 pair gold Shirt Buttons & Silver Shoe Buckle… ye Negro woman named Dinah… 2 Cows being ye 2 youngest that gives milk… 2 Steers being ye only working Cattle… 1 Swine & 1 pigg being half ye Swine… 22 Sheep… Corn Meat & other Provisions… one half ye farming utinsels… one half a grist mill on mattapoisett River
with ye appurtenances… 1 great Chair & 10 Small ones in ye great Chamber… ye window Curtains 6/Tea Dishes & Sausers 1/4…
1 Desk 20/ & 1 Leather Trunk 10/… one bed in ye bed Room at ye East
End ye house… 1 Table 2 Chairs in ye Same
Room… 1 bed in ye lento [probably “Lean-to”]
Chamber & 1 Old Chest… Empty tubs Barrils & other Cask & 1 Churn…
wool & Flax… ye negro
womans bed… 7 pair of Sheets besides 2 pair to Each bed… 1 pair of Sheets… 1
bed Quilt 4/ & 3 bed Blankets 6/… 12 napkins 16/8 Towels 5/4 q Tow Towels
4/… 10 Pillarbiers 8/7 Table Cloaths 24/… 14 Chairs 24/ 1 Square Table & 3
old wheels 4/… 1 Case with Draws 40/& 1 Chest with Draws 13/… 5 Silver Spoons
40/Tin Earthen & glassware 6/… 1 Ovel Table & 40 wt of Puter… 1 pair Stiliards [also called stilards or a steelyard;
this was a balance which was used to measure weight] & 1 Tea Pot… Iron Pots
& Kittles 16/… 2 pair andirons Trammils Chafing Dish Crane & other
Iron… Earthen & wooden ware 6/1 pair of Bellow 12/… 1 Brass Kittle & 1
Brass Skillet & other Brass… 1 Case bottle & 1 Large Round Do 2/8… 1 Box Iron & heeters [a “box iron” and its heaters were
used to iron clothes; typically, metal slugs were heated before being placed
into the iron box] 6/… 1 warming pan 2/8 & 1 Joint Stool 2/ [as the line
item total was four shillings and eight pence, the warming pan was probably
worth two shillings and eight pence]… Knives & forks… half a grindstone 2/
part of a hetchel [a hatchel is a comb used to separate flax fibers]… 1
Powdering tub… 1 old Cow & Calf… 2 Heifers… 1 Swine & 1 pigg… Bar Iron
& Leather… his homestead Farm with ye
Buildings [worth 1040 pounds]… about 59 acres of Land in Sniptuet Purchase
[worth twenty three pounds]… half ye
Eighth Lott in N in Sniptuet Purchase… 50 acres of Land adjoining y Late Ebenr Lewes Land… his house & farm on ye East Side Muddy Brook in
Rochester [worth 133 pounds]… about 10 acres of Land adjoining Benaiah Davises
land… about 40 acres of Land at wareham [worth five hundred pounds]… his Right
of Lands in Twerton & Freetown [worth three hundred pounds]… ye 40 acres of upland & fresh meadow bought of Kenelm Winslow
Lying on ye East Side Mattepoisett River Together with his Rights in ye undivided Lands in Rochester Proprietee [worth 160 pounds]… also
40 acres of Land Formerly belonged to Job Loring… also a piece of Salt marsh in
Crommeset neck [Cromesett Neck, south of Wareham, Massachusetts]… half a pew in
ye meeting house
Sarah was
born circa 1682 HO14. She was probably the mother of the six
children born to Edward Winslow whose births were recorded in Rochester,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7.
Edward
Winslow, the son of Edward, was born on November 6, 1703 in Rochester,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. Mr. Edward Winslow, Jr. of Rochester and Hannah Winslow of
Harwich declared their intent to marry on December 14, 1728 in Harwich,
Barnstable County, Massachusetts MA26. Edward
Winslow, Jr. and Hannah were the parents of eight children whose births were
recorded in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. These were Edward, born on January 3,
1729, Clerk, born on August 8, 1731, Sary, born on March 23, 1732/3, Enoch,
born on October 6 sometime between 1734 and 1736, Isaac, born on April 19,
1738, Hannah, born on May 6, 1740, Ezra, born in November 1742, and Bethiah,
born on August 22, 1744 VI7. Hannah, the wife of Captain Edward Winslow, Jr. died
on September or December 25, 1745 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8. Lieutenant Edward Winslow, Jr. married Mrs.
Rachel Winslow of Freetown on May 1, 1746 in Freetown, Bristol County,
Massachusetts VI8. Captain
Edward Winslow and Rachel were the parents of six children whose births were
recorded in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. These were an unnamed child, born on
August 8, 1747 (who died the following day VI8), Rachel, born on February 10, 1749 and
baptized on February 12, 1748 (probably 1748/9), Tisdale, born on April 8,
1751, Josiah, born on June 8, 1753, Thankfull, born on August 14, 1755, and
Benjamin, born on June 3, 1758 VI7. Isaac, the son of Captain Edward Winslow, died at age
fifty-three on May 10, 1790 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8. Rachel, the wife of
Captain Edward Winslow, died at age forty-five on December 28, 1767 in
Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8. Josiah, the son of Captain Edward Winslow and
Rachel, died at age twenty-one on November 28, 1773 in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts VI8. Captain Edward Winslow died at age
seventy-seven on May 7, 1780 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8.
Mehitabell
Winslow, the daughter of Edward, was born on May 6, 1705 in Rochester,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. Mehetibel
Winslow married her cousin, Thomas Winslow of Harwich, on February 12, 1722/3
in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8, HO14. Mehittable and Thomas Winslow were the
parents of twelve children whose births were recorded in Harwich, Barnstable
County, Massachusetts MA26.
Just three of these children survived to adulthood; the remaining nine died in
infancy. These were Thomas, born on February 29, 1723/4, Edward, born on March
4, 1725/6, Bethiah, born on January 19, 1729/30 (who died on May 18, 1730),
Bethiah, born on February 11, 1730/31 (who died on March 8, 1731), Isaac, born
on January 22, 1732/3 (who died on August 17, 1733), Sarah, born on February 2,
1735/6 (and died on December 1, 1736), Sarah, born on April 24, 1737 (and died
on May 16, 1737), Isaac, born on October 7, 1738 (and died on October 23,
1738), Zenas, born on April 20, 1740 (and died on May 21, 1740), Zenas, born on
October 30, 1741, Josiah, born on September 26, 1744 (and died on October 8,
1744), and Joshua, born on May 30, 1748 (and died on December 11, 1748) MA26. Mehitable and Thomas Winslow were mentioned in her father’s
will dated October 2, 1758, although her father referred to them as “Thomas
Winslow & his Wife Mehitable” MA23.
Sarah
Winslow, the daughter of Edward, was probably born between May 6, 1705
and September 8, 1709 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7.
Lydia
Winslow, the daughter of Edward, was born on September 8, 1709 in Rochester,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. Lydia
Winslow married James Foster on July 10, 1729 in Rochester, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts VI8. James and Lidya
Foster were the parents of eleven children whose births were recorded in
Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7.
These were Marcy, born on July 4, 1730, Mary, born on April 11, 1732,
Chillingsworth, born on December 8, 1733, James, born on April 17, 1735 (who
died at about six weeks on May 29, 1735 VI8),
Lydia, born on April 13, 1736, James, born on April 12, 1737, Edward, born on
July 3, 1738, Nathan, born on April 4, 1740 (who died on October 28, 1742 VI8), John, born on August 5, 1742 (who died on September 9, 1742 VI8), Nathan, born on January 26, 1743, and John, born on July 30,
1745 VI7. Lydia and James Foster were mentioned in her father’s will
dated October 2, 1758, but as he did with all of his daughters, Edward Winslow
placed their husbands’ names first (“my Son In Law James Foster & Lydia his
wife”) MA23. Lydia Foster, the wife of Deacon James Foster, died on January
7, 1770 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8.
Marcy Winslow, the
daughter of Edward, was born on September 1, 1712 in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts VI7. Marcy
Winslow married Chillingsworth Foster of Harwich on October 10, 1730 in
Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8.
Chillingsworth was a resident of Adams in Berkshire County and then relocated
to Rochester VI8. Marcy and
Chillingsworth Foster, Jr. were the parents of five children whose births were
recorded in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts MA26. These were Thankfull, born on June 14, 1733, Mary, born in
Barnstable on May 2, 1735, Chillingsworth, born in Barnstable on July 17, 1737,
Mehitable, born on April 18, 1746, and Sarah, born on November 26, 1747 MA26. Marcy was said to have died on January 25, 1757 HO14. Marcy’s father, Edward Winslow, mentioned Chillensworth Foster
and his five children with Marcy in his will dated October 2, 1758 MA23. Chillingsworth Foster declared his intent to marry Mrs. Sarah
Freeman on August 17, 1794 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8, and Lieutenant Chillingworth Foster died at age seventy-five
on March 3, 1807 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8.
Thankfull
Winslow, the daughter of Edward, was born on April 2, 1715 in Rochester,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. MA27, VI7. Thankfull Winslow married Josephus
Hammond on April 10, 1735 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8. Thankfull and Joseph Hammond were the parents of four children
whose births were recorded in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. These were a daughter named Pernall (or Pernel), born on March
24, 1735/6, Edward, born on May 8, 1738, Thankfull, born on January 2, 1739/40,
and Zurviah, born on April 22, 1742 VI7. Thankfull
had likely died prior to October 2, 1758 when her father wrote his will MA25. His will mentioned her four children, Edward, Parnel,
Thankfull, and Zerviah, and his son-in-law, Josephus Hammond MA25.
Sarah Winslow, the wife of Major Edward Winslow, died at age eighty-six on October 11, 1767 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI8.
