Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . THE WINSLOW FAMILY HE name Winslow stands forth so prominently among the found-ers and makers of this country that it would be impossible towrite a history of New England without considerable mention ofthe first representatives of the Winslow family. Five Winslowbrothers,—Edward, John, Kenelm, Gilbert, and Josiah,—wereamong the early emigrants to Plymouth Colony, Edward andGilbert being of the Pilgrim company who came in 1620 in the Mayflower. The latter returned to England shortly after-wards, but the former,
Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . THE WINSLOW FAMILY HE name Winslow stands forth so prominently among the found-ers and makers of this country that it would be impossible towrite a history of New England without considerable mention ofthe first representatives of the Winslow family. Five Winslowbrothers,—Edward, John, Kenelm, Gilbert, and Josiah,—wereamong the early emigrants to Plymouth Colony, Edward andGilbert being of the Pilgrim company who came in 1620 in the Mayflower. The latter returned to England shortly after-wards, but the former, Honorable Edward Winslow, becameeminent in the public life of the Colony. He served thrice asgovernor, filled many important diplomatic appointments, and had the distinc-tion of being the father of the first native-born governor of an American col-ony. The lives of this father and his son are briefly sketched in AppletonsCyclopaedia of American Biography as follows:. Edward Winslow, governor of Plymouth colony, born in Droitwich,near Worcester, England, 18 October, 1595; died at sea, 8 May, 1655. Hewas descended from an ancient English family. When he was a traveller onthe continent he met Reverend John Robinson, of Leyden, with whose churchhe united in 1617. He sailed in the Mayflower with the band of first settlersat Plymouth, and on 22 March, 1621, he was deputed to negotiate with Mas-sasoit, making a treaty that remained intact till it was broken by King Philipin 1675. In July, 1621, Winslow conducted the first embassy to the Indians,which was also the first attempt of the English to explore the interior. When,7 97 THE WINSLOW FAMILY in March, 1623, Massasoit was likely to die, he was sent to Winslow, andby his skilful treatment the life of the valuable ally was saved, who in his grati-tude informed Winslows guide of the plots among the surrounding tribes tocut off Thomas Westons colony. He sailed, 10 September, 1623, for Eng-land, where he pr
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