Birth: Edward Winslow was baptized on October 20, 1595, in
Death: He died on May 8, 1655, at sea near Hispaniola in
the West Indies.
Ship: Mayflower, 1620
Life in England: Edward Winslow grew up in Droitwich,
Worcestershire with his parents, Edward and Magdalene (Oliver/Ollyver)
Winslow, one stepbrother, four brothers and two sisters. His father was a
salt extractor.He was apprenticed to a printer in London in 1613.
Life in Holland: Edward Winslow traveled to Holland about
1617. He was a printer in Leiden, most likely working with William
Brewster near St. Peter’s Church.
Life in New England: Edward Winslow served Plymouth Colony
as governor, assistant governor and as the colony’s agent in England.
He wrote three important pamphlets, including Good Newes from New
England, and co-wrote Mourt’s Relation. He moved to
Marshfield by 1643, and returned to England in 1646. He is the only
Plymouth colonist with an extant portrait, which can be seen at Pilgrim
Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Family: William White married Susanna _____ by about 1614
and had at least two children. He died in Plymouth on February 21,
1620/1. Edward Winslow married Elizabeth Barker after May 12, 1618, in
Leiden. She died on March 24, 1620/1, in Plymouth.Edward Winslow married
Susanna White on May 12, 1621, in Plymouth and had five children. She
died between 1654 and 1675.
Children of William and Susanna White:
Children of Edward and Susanna Winslow: