Edward Winslow | |
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3rd, 6th & 10th Governor of Plymouth Colony | |
In office 1633–1634 | |
Preceded by | William Bradford |
Succeeded by | Thomas Prence |
In office March 1, 1636 – March 7, 1637 | |
Preceded by | William Bradford |
Succeeded by | William Bradford |
In office June 3, 1639 – June 5, 1644 | |
Preceded by | William Bradford |
Succeeded by | William Bradford |
Commissioner for Plymouth Colony | |
In office 1643–1644 Serving with William Collier (1643) John Brown (1644) | |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire, England | 18 October 1595
Died | 8 May 1655[1] Near Jamaica | (aged 59)
Profession | Politician and governor |
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Edward Winslow (18 October 1595 – 8 May 1655) was a Separatist and New England political leader who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number of governmental positions such as assistant governor, three times was governor and also was the colony's agent in London.[2] In early 1621 he had been one of several key leaders on whom Governor Bradford depended after the death of John Carver. 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. In 1655 he died of fever while on an English naval expedition in the Caribbean against the Spanish.
He is the only original Plymouth colonist with an extant portrait painted from life. This, along with portraits of Winslow's son and daughter-in-law, and various Winslow family artifacts, are in the Pilgrim Hall Museum, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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