. The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits. two of whom grew to maturity, Elizabeth, the wifeof Stephen Burton, and Isaac Winslow, the chief justiceof the Court of Common Pleas. She died, 7 December,1703, at Marshfield. Penelope WInslows portrait hangs beside that of herhusband In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth. It has always been a matter of regret that so few of thePlymouth faces have come down to us. What would wenot give for a glimpse of the features of Go
. The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits. two of whom grew to maturity, Elizabeth, the wifeof Stephen Burton, and Isaac Winslow, the chief justiceof the Court of Common Pleas. She died, 7 December,1703, at Marshfield. Penelope WInslows portrait hangs beside that of herhusband In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth. It has always been a matter of regret that so few of thePlymouth faces have come down to us. What would wenot give for a glimpse of the features of Governor Brad-ford, Mary Chilton, John Alden, William Brewster, orJohn Carver? They were all the first beglners and, In asort, the foundation of all the Plantations and Colonies InNew England. But It Is fortunate that such excellentportraits as those of the Winslows have survived. EdwardWInslows face must do duty for all early Plymouth set-tlers, since through him we get our only vision of the May-flower type. Penelope Pelham may well be taken as a typeof the early settlers of Boston. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October, 1850, page 299; July,1879. page 291- 512. PENELOPE WINSLOW1633-1703 (513) THE AE^i yoF K PUBLIC IT n^; ^ . ASTO», . TtLDKK ? John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts, and theMoses of New England, was born, 12 January, 1587/8,at Edwardston, Suffolk, the son of Adam and Anne(Browne) Winthrop. His father was a lawyer, associatedwith the University at Cambridge, and his two grand-fathers were prosperous clothiers. His own nephew, SirGeorge Downing, perpetuated his name In the famousDowning Street of London. Winthrop entered TrinityCollege, 2 December, 1602, but left early in order tomarry, 16 April, 1605, Mary, daughter of John Forth,by whom he had John, governor of Connecticut, two othersons, and two daughters. Mary died 26 June, 1615. Sixmonths later he married Thomaslne, daughter of WilliamClopton, and lost her, 7 December, 1616. His third w
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