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5 unusual facts about Edward Winslow


Edward Winslow

He was the author of several important pamphlets, including Good Newes from New England and co-wrote with William Bradford the historic Mourt's Relation, which ends with an account of the First Thanksgiving and the abundance of the New World.

Edward Winslow, along with William Bradford are believed to have prepared a Journal of the Beginning and Proceeding of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth in New England, published in 1622, which is generally known as Mourt's Relation, owing to its preface having been signed by "G. Mourt."

John F. Winslow

He was born on November 10, 1810 in Bennington, Vermont, and was a direct descendant of Kenelm Winslow, brother of Edward Winslow, a Mayflower colonist and a governor of Plymouth Colony.

The Mayflower Society

The mansion home was originally built in 1754 by the great-grandson of Edward Winslow, third Governor of Plymouth Colony.

Wamsutta

But considering Winslow's father, Edward Winslow and Governor William Bradford (both of whom had died before this), and their previous peaceful relations with Wamsutta's father, Massasoit, such speculation is open to question.


History of the Puritans in North America

Robert Cushman and Edward Winslow – believed that Cape Ann would be a profitable location for a settlement.

Two of the Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony - Robert Cushman and Edward Winslow - believed that Cape Ann would be a profitable location for a settlement.

More Light Presbyterians

In 1646, governor Edward Winslow recalled Robinson's farewell to the pilgrims as they set sail on the Mayflower.

Princess Helga-Lee of Schaumburg-Lippe

Her mother was Claude Lennox Miller (daughter of Admiral and Governor Miller), a descendant of Edward Winslow, one of the founding fathers of the colonies in North America, who came on the Mayflower.


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L. Forbes Winslow

His older brother was the Revd Forbes Edward Winslow, the vicar of Epping, while his sister, Susanna Frances, married the humorist Arthur William à Beckett.