. Sowams : with ancient records of Sowams and parts adjacent--illustrated. er at Leyden, 1618, and brought her with him to Plymouth, whereshe died in the winter of 1621. He then married Mrs. Susanna White,whose husband also had died the same winter. This marriage, whichtook place. May 12th, 1621, was the first in the Colony and also thefirst in New England. It was a singular honor that fell to Mrs. Winslowthat she should have been the mother of the first white child born inNew England, Peregrine White, one of the first widows, the first bridethe wife of a distinguished Governor of her own Colo
. Sowams : with ancient records of Sowams and parts adjacent--illustrated. er at Leyden, 1618, and brought her with him to Plymouth, whereshe died in the winter of 1621. He then married Mrs. Susanna White,whose husband also had died the same winter. This marriage, whichtook place. May 12th, 1621, was the first in the Colony and also thefirst in New England. It was a singular honor that fell to Mrs. Winslowthat she should have been the mother of the first white child born inNew England, Peregrine White, one of the first widows, the first bridethe wife of a distinguished Governor of her own Colony, and the motherof a son, Josiah Winslow, who was the first governor in New England,born on its soil. He added to this high office, the high and solitary honorof being the commander in chief of the forces of the ConfederatedColonies in Philips war. In 1623 Mr. Winslow went to England as agent of the Colony andpublished the first narrative of their transactions in New England. In1624, he returned to Plymouth bringing the first neat cattle importedinto the Colonies. 136. JOSIAH WINSLOW, GOVERNORA Sowams Proprietor In 1633, he was elected Governor; again in 1636 and again in 1643, he was elected one of the first commissioners of PlymouthColony in the Confederation. His relation with the Indians was alwayscordial and conciliatory. His visits to Massassoit are narrated inanother chapter. He was the founder of Marshfield, and his large estatecalled Careswell may be still in the possession of his descendants. Gov-ernor Winslow was a born diplomat,—^wise, virtuous, courteous, adroit,sincere, faithful. He was a strong pillar in the Pilgrim State. He diedat sea, May 8, 1655. His sons, John and Knelm, were copartners withtheir father in the Sowams propriety. Josiah Winslow, son of Edward and Susanna (White) Winslow,was born in New England, 1629, and died in Marshfield in 1689, havingattained the highest honors of Colonial times. He was for several yearsDeputy to the Plymouth C
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