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Josiah Winslow (c. 1623 in Plymouth Colony – 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony) was the 13th Governor of Plymouth Colony. In records of the time, historians also name him Josias Winslow, and modern writers have carried that name forward.
16 apr 2024 · Josiah Winslow (born c. 1629, Plymouth colony [now Plymouth, Mass., U.S.]—died December 18, 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth colony) was a British-American military leader and governor of the Plymouth colony who established the colony’s first public school.
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Josiah Winslow, c.1629–1680, American governor of Plymouth Colony, b. Plymouth, Mass.; son of Edward Winslow. Educated at Harvard, he was an assistant of the Plymouth Colony (1657–73) and then governor (1673–80), the first native-born governor of any American colony.
Josiah Winslow. "Birth: Josiah Winslow was born on February 11, 1605/6, in Droitwich,Worcestershire. Death: He was buried on December 1, 1674, in Marshfield. Ship: Unknown, 1631. Life in England: Josiah Winslow was the youngest child of Edward and Magdalen (Oliver/Ollyver) Winslow of Droitwich, Worcestershire.
Overview. Josiah Winslow. (1629) Quick Reference. (1629?–1680) colonial military leader and governor. Born the son of the governor of Plymouth Colony, Josiah Winslow became its military commander in 1659. He became governor himself in 1673. When ... From: Winslow, Josiah in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military »
Josiah Winslow 1628-1680. Edward's son Josiah was among the first Winslow generation to be born in New England. He grew up in Marshfield at the Careswell estate. In 1651 Josiah joined his father in London where he married Penelope Pelham in St. Bride's Church, where his father had first become acquainted with the Separatist movement.
Winslow served as governor of Plymouth (1673-1680) and was its military leader during King Philip’s War. His bellicose management of Indian affairs reflected a radical departure from the accommodating policies of his father, becoming as one modern writer has suggested, an “increasing arrogant opportunism towards the colony’s Native ...
