The Winslow Family
Memoirs by Ella (Rich) Winslow,
Winslow, The Pilgrims
“It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fine timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time!”—Bacon
Of families bearing the Pilgrim name there is none more identified with this belief and with Pilgrim history than of the honored name of Winslow. The descendant Winslows may read these pages grateful that it was permitted to their distinguished ancestors to bear so important a part in planting the colony of New Plymouth. According to the Penguin Dictionary of Surnames, the name Winslow is derived from Latin meaning “Friend’s burial mound;” later to Old English meaning “Winis burial mound.”
William Wyncelowe (1) was born about 1300 in London, England. His mother’s name was Marhgeria. His wife was Margeria.
He is the first in the lineage as traced in England.
Children:
William Wyncelowe, son of William Wyncelowe (1), was born in either about 1324 or about 1340.
Children:
John Wyncelowe, son of William Wyncelowe (1), later of “Wyncelowe Hall,” of great repute in London 1350, living in 1387-8, married Mary (Mariota) Crouchman (who died 1409-10), styled of "Crouchman Hall", daughter and heiress of William Crouchman.
Children:
Thomas Winselowe, Esquire, son of William Wyncelowe (2), of “Burton” in the County Oxford, also had lands in Essex. Born about 1380; He was living in 1443 and 1452. He was married to Cecelia Tansley, born about 1475, one of the two daughters and heiress of the old family, Tansley. (Some of the old papers call her the Lady Agnes.)
Children:
William Winslow (3), son of Thomas Winselow, Esq., born about 1435-40, living in 1529
Children:
Kenelm Winslow I, son of William Winslow (3), was born about 1502, in Worcestershire, England. He purchased in 1559 of Sir Richard Newport, an estate called Newport’s Place, in the parish of St. Andrews, Kempsey, County Worcester. He had an older and very considerable estate in the same parish called “Clerkenleap.” His will, dated 14 April 1607, was proved 9 November of the same year, and is still to be seen in Worcester. He was married to Katherine Buck.
In his will he names Katherine the sole executor of his estate. According to his will there were other children besides those listed here.
Her father was Kenelm Buck, born 1504, died before January 1549/50, son of William Buck, born about 11480, Nashe, Worcester, England, married to Miss Goode, born about 1482, in Castle Frome, England.
Her mother was Ellen Neville, born between 1487 and 1508, died after 1547, daughter of Thomas Neville and Letitia Harcourt See: Neville/Harcourt Family
Children:
Edward Winslow I, born 17 October 1560, in the Parish of St. Andrew, Droitwich, Worcester-shire, England, of Kempsey and Droitwich in County Worcester, England, was son of Kenelm Winslow I and Katherine Buck.
He was married/1 to Eleanor Pelham of Droitwich, daughter of Sir Herbert Pelham, by whom he had a son, (Richard Winslow, born about 1585/6; died 20 May 1659; resident of Draycoat in Kempsey, England; married about 1605 to Alice Hay.)
Edward was married/2 in St. Brides’s Church in London, on 4 November 1594 to Magdalene Oliver, daughter of Gilbert Ollyver and Margery Young. The records of this family are all to be found in the Parish Register of St. Peter’s Church in Droitwich. All children were born in Droitwich. He died 1620, in Droitwich.
But what and where is Droitwich? And how may Edward have come there? “Droit” means right; “wych” means salt-spring. It may mean a well that is owned shares; or it may imply that the manufacture of salt from it is lawful. Droitwich is 7 miles from Worcester, 19 from Birmingham, and 118 from London. This would be a beautiful place but in 1877, its roads from excessive use were fearfully muddy in wet weather; and the smoke of numerous furnaces filled the air with soot. The tower of St. Andrews Church, in Droitwich, is said to have been built in 1320. St. Peters was built about 1500. The salt springs at Droitwich have been known from time immemorial, being by far, the best in England. From earliest ages salt (sal) has been warped down to the Severn by the little river Salwarp. Here was probably the “Salinae” of the Romans. Rights to the salt had been a Crown monopoly, but since 1689, anyone who bought a lot could freely buy coal and sell salt.
Children:
John Winslow II, son of Edward Winslow I and Magdalene Oliver, was born 16 April 1597, in Droitwich, England.
He arrived in New England 9 November 1621, on the ship Fortune, and was married 12 October 1624 in New Plymouth to Mary Chilton, who was born about 1605 in Canterbury, England, daughter of James Chilton. Her step-mother was Susanna Furner, three of the first emigrants in the “Mayflower.”
Lyonell Chylton was married/1 to his first wife whose name is unknown. Lyonell's second wife, Isabell Furner, had two children, Thomas and Susanna Furner.
Benjamin James Chilton, son of Lyonell Chylton, was born in England about 1556 and lived in Canterbury.
Listed as a freeman of Canterbury in 1583, James Chilton was a tailor. He married before 1587 and his first seven children were born in Canterbury.
The last three were born in Sandwich where the family had moved about 1600. Here, James and his family became part of the separatist movement that escaped to Leiden to escape persecution.
James Chilton was the oldest passenger on the Mayflower, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. Sadly James passed away aboard the Mayflower in December of 1620. His wife died soon after.
Mary Chilton, was baptized in 1607 in Sandwich, Kent, England, and was the daughter of James Chilton and his wife (whose name has not been discovered). When Mary was just two years old, excommunication proceedings began against her mother, who had attended the secret burial of a child of Andrew Sharpe. The child was buried in secret because they opposed the "popish" burial ceremonies required by the Church of England.
Mary and family then came to Leiden, Holland, and joined with the Pilgrims' church there. In 1619, when she was twelve, her father and oldest sister were caught in an anti-Arminian riot and her father was hit in the head with a stone--an injury for which he would have to seek out a surgeon.
In 1620, at the age of 13, Mary came with her parents on the Mayflower. Her father was one of the first who died after the ship had anchored off Provincetown Harbor. He died on December 8. Mary is traditionally given the honor of being the first female to step ashore at Plymouth Rock, but there is no historical documentation for this tradition.
Her step-mother also died sometime later the first winter, orphaning her in the New World. Which family it was that raised her has not been determined, but in 1623, at the age of 16, Mary received her share in the Division of Land, and her property was apparently located between that of Myles Standish and John Alden, and was not too far from Edward and John Winslow.
Edward Winslow's brother John had come to Plymouth on the ship Fortune in 1621. Sometime between 1623 and 1627, John Winslow married Mary Chilton, and in the 1627 Division of Cattle, where they received a share in the "lesser" black cow that had come in the ship Anne in 1623, along with two female goats. As they had not yet had any children by the Division of Cattle, it is likely their marriage was in 1626 or 1627.
They remained in Plymouth until 1655/56, when they removed to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became an eminent merchant and ship-owner. John died in 11 May 1674, in Boston.
Mary made out her will in 1676, and died in 1679, both buried in King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. John Winslow had a grant of land in New Kent County, Virginia, in 1669. As the records of New Kent have been destroyed by fire, no further mention of said John is made.
Children:
Kenelm Winslow (2), son of Edward Winslow I and Magdalene Oliver, was born 29 April 1599, in Droitwich, England.
He was an immigrant ancestor. He came to Plymouth, probably in 1629, with his brother Josiah, and was admitted a freeman, 1 January 1632-33.
He married Eleanor (Ellen) Newton Adams, widow of John Adams, of Plymouth, June 1634.
He was a surveryor of the town of Plymouth, 1640, and was fined ten shillings for neglecting the highways. He removed to Marshfield, about 1641 having previously received a grant of land there, called Green's Harbor, 5 March 1637-38. This grant, originally made to Josiah Winslow, his brother, he shared with Love Brewster.
She died and was buried at Marshfield, Massachusetts on 5 December 1681. He died 13 September 1672 in Salem, Massachusetts where he had gone on business.
Children:
Joseph Winslow, son of John Winslow & Mary Chilton, was born about 1625/8, in Plymouth Colony, and moved to Long Island, New York. He was described as “able to bear arms, in 1643.”
He was married/1 about 1653, to Sarah ___, the mother of his son Timothy.
He was married/3, about 1668 probably in Marshfield, Massachusetts, early family home, to Sarah Lawrence, who was born about 1644, daughter of Major Thomas Lawrence of New Town, Long Island, New York. Joseph was also a merchant and ship-owner, known as the “Yankee Trader.”
Joseph and Sarah made a deed in Maryland in 1668. Joseph sailed vessels in Albemarle Sound in 1677 to assist the inhabitants of Albemarle County in shipping their tobacco without regard to the Navigation Acts which taxed the tobacco without the approval of the Grand Assembly and which forbade shipment except through James River ports. He was correctly referred to as “in debt to the Crown for customs” on the tobacco, as were most of the inhabitants of Carolina. He took part in Culpepper’s Rebellion in 1677. (See: Culpepper Family)
We find him at Edenton, North Carolina, in 1677-79, where he served as “foreman of the Petit Jury” when acting Gov. Thomas Miller was tried for treason, between the said dates. In the “Colonial Records of North Carolina” he is called “another New England Traider.” The question naturally arises—would it not be the usual custom for a man of John Winslow’s wealth, a merchant and ship-builder, to fit out one of his own ships, with his own goods and put his son Joseph in command as Captain? Certainly the ship he commanded “traided” between the Ports of New England, and the ports of Carolina, or he would not have been designated as a “New England Traider.” No one could serve on a jury, in the Province of North Carolina without being a resident of the colony, and having in their possession at least 100 acres of land, therefore we know he was living in the County, and it is supposed he would naturally have his family here with him.
In 1663, Joseph Winslow was Master of the ship "Content", trading in Maryland waters. Certainly he was at least 21 years old in early 1663, for at that date he was summoned to court and prosecuted in Maryland Admiralty Court. [(3) p. 5]
In the Colonial Records of North Carolina, Joseph was called a New England Trader. It does seem plausible that his father could have put him in charge of trading between New England and the Carolinas.
On 10 Oct 1668, "Joseph Winsloe and Sarah his now wife" guaranteed the title to property in Maryland which he was selling. [Annapolis, Talbot Co. Land Rec., Liber A#1, Fol. 53,54]; This "now wife" statement implies that he had had a previous wife; Certainly this record proves that Joseph Winslow was a married man in 1668, and strongly implies that he had had a former wife. [(3) p. 5].
In the will (1776) of Mary Chilton (Winslow) of Boston, we learn that Joseph Winslow, her son, had vacated a house he had owned in Boston by that date. The will makes clear that he was in debt. If he had left the town, it seems probable that all his family would go with him, including the first, and nearly grown-up child of his first marriage. [(1) p. ]
Joseph Winslow appears not to have been a very responsible member of the family. Chances are that his father had done a great deal to help him, and, consequently, in his 1673 will, left him no special bequest. He was to receive, like the other children, a share of the sale of the Katch 'Speedwell' and the profits of her current cargo, and a child's share of the residue of the estate, if any, with this provison:
"ITEM My will is that what my estate shall amount unto more than will pay funerall charges my debts and legacies in this my will given and bequeathed it shall be divided (after the decease of my said wife) among my seaven children in equal proportions except any one of my said children shall have any extra-ordinary providence befall them by way of any eminent losse then that part of my estate that shall remain as aforesaid shall be divided and distributed according to the prudence and discretion of my Overseers hereafter named or any two of them." [(3) p. 6] This clause may have been written because it is likely the ship 'Content', which, through Joseph's failure to obey the law, was forfeited to the authorities in Maryland, had been given or supplied to Joseph by his father so that Joseph could earn a living. Joseph's mother, in her will of 1676, stated that her son Joseph was in debt to her and stipulated that the twenty pounds she was giving to little Mary were to be taken from the money Joseph owed her.
Joseph died in New England, in Boston, probably on one of his trading trips, in 1679. He was buried at Newton, Long Island, New York.
Sarah was married/2 to Charles LeBros, and died before 1693. John Winslow’s will dated 12 March 1673, mentioned “Joseph’s two children” (He died in 1674) The information about Timothy is very sketchy, and is in dispute. No claim for accuracy is made here. There may be a son John of his first marriage.
Children: (the following children have not been confirmed. More research is needed. Timothy may have another father.)
DNA Findings for Kenelm, Timothy, Thomas and John-2005
“A number of Kenelm (b.1599) descendants who participated in the project laid the groundwork for the New England Winslow DNA fingerprint. We now know 24 to 25 of the 26 DNA markers for Kenelm, for a better than 90% confidence for his fingerprint. This will allow any potential descendant, desiring to confirm Kenelm as an ancestor, the opportunity with a quick DNA test either directly if they are a male Winslow or indirectly through a surrogate family member who is.
“Most recently, significant results have culminated for the Southern Winslows in the DNA fingerprint for Timothy Winslow (born about 1654). With only three descendants of Timothy we have a 99% confidence of Timothy's DNA fingerprint. Additionally, the results have confirmed that believed sons Thomas (born 1682) and John (born 1699) are truly brothers. This was a unique situation where two descendants of Thomas and one of John all have all 26 DNA markers exactly matching, allowing the high confidence for the DNA fingerprint.
“The connection between the Southern and the New England Winslows are not yet fully conclusive. There are enough DNA markers in common to know that there is a related connection between the two branches. However, the DNA genetic distance is such that it is very doubtful the common ancestor occurred as early as Edward Sr. (born 1560).
“The project is actively searching for any male Winslow descendants of John Winslow (born 1597) and of course any of those of his sons or brothers. Finding a direct male descendant of John Winslow could be the keystone to finalizing Kenelm's DNA and confirming the Southern and New England connection.
“Again, anyone who wishes to confirm their ancestry to either of these branches of the family may either have their DNA tested, if they are a male with a Winslow surname, or use a family member who is as a surrogate and have a high confidence in a conclusive outcome.
“For more information on the Winslow Family Y-DNA Project, registration process or DNA questions in general, you can access the project's website
Stephen Winslow
This section needs to be reviewed and probably deleted
John Winslow I, son of William Winslow III; He was married/1 to Agnes Thogmorton, (Throck-morton) of Kemsey, born 1420 in Coughton, Warwick, England, daughter of John Thogmorton, Esq.
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In the Leyden Records in Holland, we read:
“On 16 May 1618, Edward Winslow was married to Elizabeth Barker, of Chetsum, England. There is a big leap from the salt furnaces of central England where the youngest member of the family was born in 1605, to the narrow confines of a Dutch mart, where a handful of refugees from ecclesiastical tyranny lead an anomalous life. Some had made a heroic escape from the low shores of Lincolnshire, ten years before. Some had known what it was to forsake all earthly possessions. They had risked liberty, even life.
“After residing a year or two in Amsterdam, or wandering in Holland, strangers in a strange land, and among a people of strange speech, and of a laxity of religious principles that shocked them, they had found a temporary home together, at Leyden, five miles from the coast of Holland.
“The fierce and dreadful struggle with Spain and the Inquisition was closing, just as the first attempts were made to exchange religious persecution for cruel and bloody war. The peace of Antwerp was made certain by a series of victories, and was signed while the flights of this church were preparing, 1609. But, even under these favorable circumstances, the church of good John Robinson was almost in a state of siege. People who had been cradled in luxury, or who had all their lives being amply supplied with comforts and elegancies, now suffered absolute want. Their beloved children, “through the extreme necessity that was upon them, although of the best dispositions and graciously inclined, and willing to bear their part of their parents’ burdens were often times so oppressed with their heavy labors, that, although their spirits were free and willing, yet their bodies bowed under the weight of the same, and became dwarfed in their early youth, and the vigor of nature consumed in the very bud.
“Among these martyrs at “a faith’s pure shrine” for “freedom to worship God” was Elizabeth Barker. She had first accidentally met Edward Winslow in the streets of Leyden the fall before. An English traveler on the Continent, just 22 years of age, Edward was attracted to the ancient city, perhaps, by the fame of the university, now only 42 years old, and making its mark upon the annals of science. He may have been utterly indifferent to the great cause that had drawn her from her home in Chetsum. But she spoke English; and her first look may have shaken a soul that he was not before conscious of possessing.
“There was no more salt-boiling for him. He was about to receive a calling like that of Abraham, “Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee.” Some give Rev. John Robinson the credit of being the means of Edward’s conversion, but a transformation like this is not the work of logic, nor indeed of earthly love. That casual meeting in the streets of Leyden may have had in it the fate of those 5 Droitwich boys-all of them now between 22 and 11, of which he was the senior and was to be the leader,-and of all New England as well.
“Even now the question of the removal of the Leyden church to the New World was nearly settled, if only a suitable spot could be found for them. Holland would cheerfully make room for them somewhere in the infant New Netherlands, would they but be true to the Dutch Republic. But English they were and English they would remain. Just then, came two messengers returning from England and brought news that the King, while granting them no chartered rights, would promise graciously to wink at their nonconformity, till it pleased him to open his eyes upon them.
“Edward was accompanied by his brother Gilbert, now just closing his twentieth year. He had realized so much from his property, it would enable him to stand at the head of a family. Without children of his own, and not including his brother Gilbert, his “family” consisted of himself and wife, George Soule, a boy Elias Story, and a girl Ellen Moore. Of the five, he and Soule were the only ones to survive the first winter in the new land.
“The Pilgrims left Leyden Delft Haven, Holland in the Speedwell, July 1620, for Southampton, (England) where they found the Mayflower had arrived from London. The two vessels sailed from Southampton on the 5th of August. They had not gone far, before the Speedwell proved so leaky that they were forced to return and refit. On the 21 Aug, they sailed again and proceded about one hundred leagues, when they were obliged to return again, and to leave as unfit for service, the Speedwell. leaving a part of the company, the remainder went on board the Mayflower. On the 6th Sep, they sailed from Plymouth; sighted land near Cape Cod, 9th Nov; anchored, 11 Nov, a Saturday. (There had been a change of destination)
“And now on this eventful 11 of November 1620, O. S., there is a Covenant, unanimously signed by all the men of lawful age. Among the authors of that great charter, was Edward Winslow, a man of just twenty five, one of the fifteen who were accompanied by either children or servants, one of the eight that bore the honorable distinction of “Mr.” It took three things to place him among the leaders of this greatest of the enterprises of the age: piety, intelligence, and wealth. His younger brother, Gilbert Winslow, was also one of the signers.
“There were preliminary excursions for wood, and for washing, then, Carver, Bradford, and Winslow, with 15 seamen set out to find a place to settle. Beset by Indians, battered by a storm, one month later, the shore party finally found a good harbor (at Plymouth) with a considerable brook running into it. Convenient to it they found a rock on which at a suitable stage of the tide the women and the sick might step ashore from the shallop without wading. This was enough; they were in the place which the Lord had prepared for them. Other hands that had tilled some maize, of which they saw the remains, were all gone. There were fields waiting the advent of a new race to till them. That day they returned to the ship rejoicing.
“On the morning of 20 December 1620, after imploring Heaven for guidance, a considerable number landed. Pretty Mary Chilton (who was later to marry John Winslow) is said to have had the privilege of being the first woman to step ashore
“A dreary winter followed the landing. Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow, one of the victims, died 24 March 1621. It shows the cruel necessities of the time when 102 persons had been assigned to 19 one-room houses, to note the brief interval of Edward Winslow’s widowhood.
“William White, one of the chief men in the colony, had died before her, and his widow, Susanna, whose maiden name was Fuller, was left with two little boys to care for, (the infant had been born while the Mayflower was lying at Cape Cod) with neither man-servant nor maid-servant to help her, for they had died also. It cannot be thought strange, when the circumstances of the case are considered, that at an early day, Edward Winslow and Susanna White were married.
“The first Christian wedding in the Pilgrim colony was not in accordance with the laws of England, and to that extent, it was an informal declaration of independence. Edward Winslow and Susanna White, before the magistrate, Governor Bradford, and with public solemnities, entered into the sacred covenant of marriage. Thus in the first New England wedding, a precedent was given which has never yet been set aside, and which marked clearly the distinction between the jurisdiction of the civil power and the legitimate jurisdiction of the church.
“The Mayflower, on her return, sailed 5 April 1621 and arrived in England 16 May, doubtless bearing letters from Edward and Gilbert Winslow to their brother John Winslow, and perhaps Kenelm. The result was that the ship Fortune which first started from London in the early part of July, arrived at Plymouth 9 November 1621, brought among her passengers to the New Colony, John Winslow, then age 24. It might very have been that John would have made the trip with Edward, except that he was the eldest brother at home, and as their father died in 1620, one can only speculate that he felt it was his duty to care for the estate. It is likely that at the time that John left Droitwich, arrangements had been perfected for the removal of the family.
“In 1629, Kenelm, then 30, and Josiah, 24, came to America. Kenelm and Josiah were made freemen together, 1 January 1632/3. It is thought that Gilbert Winslow went to Piscataqua after the settlement was commenced there; and thence to England, and that he never returned to this country. He did not leave any family here. Edward was elected assistant to Governor Bradford in 1624. During the religious persecution of Bishop Laud, while he was in England he was imprisoned on the charge of taking part Indiana, and officiating in illegal weddings. It took special petitions to free him.
“On his return in 1636, he was first elected Governor. Edward spent his life in service to the colony; emissary to the Indians with whom he had a good relationship, going on trips to England and in and out of the colonies, as an agent, ambassador, and on trading trips. During this time the United Colonies of New England was formed, laws made, and articles of confederation drawn up. The year 1646, was the last one he spent in New England. He led a victorious expedition against the Spaniards in the West Indies in 1655. He contracted a fatal fever and died on 8 May, age 61. His body was committed to the deep, with the honors of war, forty-two guns being fired by the fleet on that occasion.”
The Quaker Winslows
Thomas Winslow I, was born according to his Bible, 1 August 1682, in Massachusetts. According to that Bible, he is the son of Timothy Winslow snd his wife Sarah
The first set of family records is recorded on a blank page between the Old Testament and the Apocrypha.
"Job Winslow the son of Thomas Winslow and Elizabeth his wife was born ye 24th day of ye 9 month 1724"
"Miriam Winslow"
In a different hand: "Thomas Winslow the son of Timothy Winslow and Sarah his wife was born the first day of Agust in the year of our Lord God 1682"
In yet another hand: "Thomas Winslow ye son of Timothy Winslow and Sarah his wife Departed this life ye 26th day of ye 9 month in ye year of our Lord God 1745"
In the same hand as the previous: "Elizabeth Winslow daughter of Thos and Elizabeth his Wife departed this Life the 12 day of ye 9 month in the 30 year of her age 1750"
Job Winslow son of Thos and Elizabeth his wife Departed this Life ye 28 of ye 1st month in ye 27th year of his age 1751"
Ruth Winslow Daughter of John Winslow Dyed the 18 of 11 mo 1761
The corner of one page is torn away, causing a loss of some data:
"(torn) slow, the son of John Winslow and )torn) was born ye 28th of ye 7th mo 1741
(torn) Winslow Do was born ye 9th day of (torn) no 1743
Th---as Winslow son of John was born ye 8th day of ye 1st mo 1745/6
Samuel Winslow was born ye 1st day of ye 4th mo 1748
Ruth Winslow was born ye 23rd day of ye 7th mo 1750
The following were in a different hand: "John Winslow was born 2nd day of 9th month called Septm New Stile about 1 o'clock in the morning.
Thomas proved his freedom “from Timothy Clare” in 1702. He was either an apprentice to said Timothy, or had been imported by him to the Province of North Carolina, for which he had to serve for a certain length of time. From the fact that he soon after this date married the Clare daughter, we are led to believe that he came of age at that time.
He was first married 2 September 1704, Perquimaens County, North Carolina, in Timothy’s home to Elizabeth Clare, who was born 21 February 1685, daughter of Timothy Clare, son of William Clare; and Mary Bundy (See Bundy, and Clare families). Elizabeth died 27 October 1739 (?), in Perquimans County. (Question: If Elizabeth died in 1739, how could he marry Leah in 1734?)
He was married/2 on 7 June 1734 (?) to Leah Pritlowe, daughter of John and Elizabeth Pritlowe, and widow of Joseph Smith.
Thomas was appointed a Commissioner the 2nd month, I 6day, 1743. Thomas died 26da 9m 1745, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
All of the children were born in Perquimans County. See: The Winslow Family, by Joy Roos
Children:
Joseph Winslow I, son of Thomas Winslow and Elizabeth Clare, was born 5mo, 31da 1704, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was married 6mo, 22, 1729, in Perquimans County to Pleasant Toms, born about 1710, at house of Francis Toms; In 1753, Pleasant was appointed a member of Ministers and Elders;
He died about 1750, in Perquimans County. She died 1 April 1785, in Perquimans County
Children:
Timothy Winslow, son of Thomas Winslow and Elizabeth Clare, was born 4m 5d 1712.
He was married 1mo 9 1736 Perquimans County, North Carolina,at house of Mary Newby, to Rachel Wilson, who was born 19 July 1719, daughter of Robert Wilson and Rachel Pricklowe
Rachel Pricklowe, daughter of John Pricklowe, who was theson of Samuel and Elizabeth Pricklowe. His will was proved July 1752, in Perquimans County
Rachel was married/2 4 April 1753, to William Townsend, and married/3 to John Williams.
Rachel was a Quaker minister, and traveled widely. She met assemblyman Patrick Henry in Virginia, while traveling. This information is from Encyclopedia of American Quakers and the History of Perquiman County, North Carolina.
Rachel Wilson Winslow’s will was proved in July 1777, in Perquiman County.
Children:Jacob Winslow, son of Timothy Winslow and Rachel Wilson, was born about 1737, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was married 4 July 1759, Perquimans County to Elizabeth Griffin, who was born about 1738, died 1784, buried in Perquimans County (See: Griffin Family, Part VIII) She was the daughter of Joseph Griffin (son of James Griffin)
Children:
William Winslow, son of Jacob Winslow and Elizabeth Griffin, was born 14 November 1765, Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was married 18 January 1787, in Perquimans County, to Pleasant White. They were cousins. They lived on the edge of Perquimans County
The 1790 Census of Edenton District, Chowan County shows 1 white male over 16, one under 16, and 2 white females and 1 slave. I suppose the children were actually born in Chowan County, but the information was from Perquimans County Monthly Meeting.
William left a saw and gristmill to son John who left it to brother Obediah. The children were all born in Perquimans County, North Carolina
Children:
Obed Winslow, son of William Winslow and Pleasant White, was born 12 February 1790, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was married 15 February, in Pineywoods Meeting House, to Sarah Newby, who was born 16 September 1794, in Perquimans County, daughter of Exum Newby of Wight County, Virginia, and Martha Lawrence.
Obed was listed on the 1820 Census for Chowan County, and on the 1850 census. Courtney Lawrence? age 13, black, was in the household. Obed lived near Hunter Winslow and Elisha Copeland and Rachel (Winslow) Copeland.
Obed died 17 April 1875, Perquimans County, and Sarah died 5 August 1876 (or 21 December 1875).
Children:
Francis Edward Winslow Sr., son of William Winslow and Pleasant White, was born 19 October 1795, probably in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was married 21 May 1819, Chowan County, North Carolina, to Rachel Newby, who was born about 1790.
Francis died 23 July 1857, in Perquimans County.
Children:
Thomas E Winslow, son of Obed Winslow and Sarah Newby, was born 22 December 1821, in Chowan County, North Carolina.
He was married 29 March 1843, in Rich Square, Northhampton County, North Carolina, to Mary Ann Peele, who was born 31 January 1819, Northhampton County, the daughter of James Peele of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and Ruth ___.
The children were born in Perquimans County.
Children:
Josiah Winslow, son of John Winslow Sr and Mary Pearson, was born 7mo 28d 1741.
He was married 4 June 1767 to Elizabeth Lamb, born in 1744, daughter of William Lamb and Sarah Moore.
On 18 January 1775, they arranged to free their negro boy Jacob, (then about 6 years old) at the age of 21, and their negro girl Lettice (about 4 years old) at the age of 18. James, John, and Sarah requested a certificate to Lick Creek Monthly Meeting, Washington County, Indiana, from Back Creek Monthly Meeting, Randolph County, North Carolina.
Elizabeth married/2 to Thomas Nicholson, reported 19 April 1778.
Children:
John Winslow I, son of Thomas Winslow and Elizabeth Clare, was born the 12mo 9da 1717, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was married the 9mo, 20day, 1740, at the house of Leavin Bufkins near Bufkins Creek in Nancemond County, Virginia, to Mary Pearson, who was born 20 November 1720, daughter of Peter Pearson (died 1735) and Rachel Bogue. (See: Pearson Family)
John also died in the house of Leavin Bufkins, 17 April 1754, buried in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, before the birth of his youngest child. Mary was married again 1 May 1755 in Perquimans County, North Carolina to Joshua Morris at Symons Creek Meeting House.
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John Woolman Winslow, son of Josiah Winslow and Elizabeth Lamb, was born 4 March 1784, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. He was married 10 July 1811, at Back Creek Meeting House, Randolph County, North Carolina, to Pheobe Lacy, daughter of Peter Lacy and Susanah Price.
John died 3 April 1857, in Indiana.
In 1860 Census, 10 yr old Margaret Godfred, born North Carolina, and daughter Margaret Bowling was living with Pheobe. Phoebe died 19 June 1881, Indiana. Both John and Phoebe are buried in the Old Blue River Cemetery.
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John Winslow II, son of John Winslow I and Mary Pearson, was born 5 January 1754, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was married 23 March 1777 to Caroline Nicholson, who was born 8 October 1757, daughter of Joseph Nicholson, son of Thomas, and Mehitabel Nixon. (See: Nicholson Family, Part II)
John was a pioneer teacher and farmer. He died 9 May 1825; Carolyn died 19 November 1825, in Randolph County, North Carolina.
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Barnabas Winslow, son of John Woolman Winslow and Phoebe Lacy, was born 28 March 1812, North Carolina.
He was married 17 March 1836, Washington County Indiana, to Sarah Draper. Barnabas died 26 May 1846, in New Boston, Illinois.
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Joseph Winslow, son of John Winslow II, and Caroline Nicholson, was born 5 January 1778 in Randolph County North Carolina.
He was reported married 15 February 1800 in Symons Creek to Penniah Pritchard, who was born 7 July 1776, the daughter of Matthew Pritchard and Sarah Symons. (See: Part IV, Pritchard Family and Symons Family)
The family moved to to Wayne County, Indiana. Penniah died 30 August 1839, in Grant County, Indiana. Joseph died 27 October 1859 in Indiana.
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Thomas Winslow II, son of John Winslow I and Mary Pearson was born the 1mo 8d 1745/6 in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
He was first married 13 January 1767 in Perquimans County, to Elizabeth Phelps, daughter of Henry Phelps and Margret Newby (See: Phelps Family in Part IV.) They moved to Guilford County, North Carolina, in 1774, where she died in 1807.
Thomas was married/2 11 December 1807 to Mary ___ who died in 1811. He was married a third time 26 April 1812 to Elizabeth Albertson. Thomas died 29 January 1826 in Guilford County The last 7 children were born there.
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Henry Winslow, son of Thomas Winslow II and Elizabeth Phelps, was born 25 August 1771 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. He moved with his family to Guilford County, North Carolina, in 1774. He was married/1 in 1794 to Elizabeth Needom, born about 1774, daughter of John Needom and Rebecca Pool. In 1794 the family was living in Randolph County. Elizabeth died in 1807, in Randolph County North Carolina
He was married/2 27 May 1809, in Randolph, or Guilford County, out of unity with the church, to Miriam Jackson, who may have been the daughter of Simon Jackson. She was received into the church in 1811. In 1840, they moved to Grant County, Indiana, with the Great Quaker Migration. Most or all of the children moved to Indiana. Miriam died before son Henry was married in 1838.
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Henry Jackson Winslow, son of Henry Winslow and Miriam Jackson, was born 8 March 1816 in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina.
He was married 22 November 1838 at the Back Creek Meeting, North Carolina, to Hannah Moorman, who was born 14 June 1821 at New Garden Monthly Meeting, Wayne County, Indiana, daughter of Uriah Moorman and Elizabeth Morris. (See: Part VII, Moorman family)
Henry and Hannah moved to Grant County, Indiana 1837; to Guthrie County, Iowa, in 1855; then to Dallas County, Iowa, and back again. They left the farm in 1899, and moved into the town of Panora. He died there 19 June 1901. She died 11 August 1905. Both had been members of the Friends Church ever since childhood, and lived their daily lives in accord with their faith. They are buried in the Brethern Cemetery at the Dunkard Church 1 mile north of town.
Henry’s obituary says: “The influence of the life of such a man as Henry Winslow never ends. His earnestness, his high ideals of integrity, his kindness of heart and his daily practice of his Christian profession, made him a man who had the warmest love of friends and neighbors.” Hannah’s obituary says: “She was always loved by her friends and neighbors and never lost an opportunity to do what good she could, and her character and unblemished life is the richest heritage she leaves to her children” They left 10 surviving children, 66 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren, and 2 great, great, grandchildren.
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Bibliography
1886-History of Grant County, Indiana, page 737, 828 KS Genealogical Library, Dodge City, Kansas
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy by Hinshaw
Winslow Memorial pub. 1877, pages 1-81, LDS microfilm, Salt Lake, Utah
Washington County Historical Society Records, 307 E. Markey St., Salem, Indiana 47167
The Winslow Family, by Virginia Alexander, Esbon, Kansas
History of Perquimans County, North Carolina, page 433, Published 1931 in Raleigh, North Carolina, Seattle Public Library
Quaker and Southern Winslows, by Elizabeth D Herzfeld
“My parents were Madison H. Rich and Charity Benbow Rich. Madison Rich was born in South Carolina. I have lost my record of his family, but as I remember it, he was of a family of 7 children, one pair of twins, and I don’t remember any of his brothers or sisters names. I think his father’s name was John and his mother’s name was Mary. His parents and all of his brothers and sisters, but a younger brother who died when he was a small boy, I don’t know how old he was but he may have been 5 or 6 years old. They were moving by team and wagon from South Carolina to North Carolina and were taken sick with some kind of fever that people living in the south often were having in that part of the country. The family all but Madison and a younger brother died in a few weeks. These two boys that survived stayed with a family there until they could get word to an uncle living in Alabama, and he got the boys and took them to live with his family. The boys went through a rough time with scarcely enough food to live on until the uncle got to them and gave them a better home.
“How they managed to make the trip from Carolina to Alabama, I do not know. His uncle kept slaves but all I know about that, the Negro slaves were not mistreated. He was kind and treated them well. The younger brother died in a few weeks after they went to make their home with their uncle. My father grew to manhood there.
“He married a girl who lived near them. Her name was Jane Warren. To this union were born 6 children. Four boys, John, Joe, Sam, and Frank, and two girls, Mary Ann and Rebecca Jane. Madison had to hide out to keep from being forced to join the Confederate Army when the Civil War broke out in 1861. He managed to not have to go into the army until the Federal Army came close enough so he could join them and served until the end of war. He was in the 1st Indiana Cavalry. He and his family moved to Indiana where his wife Jane passed away.
“After a time, he met and married my mother, Charity Benbow. Her home was in Fairmount, Indiana. Amboy was her nearest town. To this union was born 8 August 1876, Elizaidella; on 9 August 1878 Ella was born, on April 22 1879 Elizabeth was born, and on 19 January 1883 Nancy Kathern was born. The oldest of the second set of children, Della, passed away in Indiana at 9 months of age. Madison, Charity, and family moved by team and covered wagon to Iowa the early spring of 1876, and came to Kansas by team in 1878. They bought a homestead of a man for about 200 or 300 dollars and lived in a dugout until they could build a frame house in the year of 1879. We lived in this same house until my father passed away 3 December 1906. Mary Ann passed away in Indiana. She was married a short time to a man by the name of Eli Taylor. A baby boy was born to them, but lived only a few hours. Mary Ann had TB and was sick several months. Rebecca was married to Oscar Dillon 10 December 1888.
“Ella Rich and H. A. Winslow (Bert) were married 9 October 1898. Elizabeth and Mike Hoffman were married 23 June 1920. Kathern and Orville Price were married 11 September 1908. Rebecca passed away 30 April 1930. Oscar V Dillon passed away in 1945. Kathern Price died 19 December 1953, and her husband Orville a few years later. Mike Hoffman passed away 28 March 1957.
‘Born to Bert and Ella Winslow were 3 children, Forest, 24 September 1900 on a farm owned by Isaac Houghtelling east of Ash Creek Church, in Ash Creek Community. Effie L. Winslow McDowell was born 9 March 1902, Lester H. Winslow was born 31 July 1908, and passed away 5 October 1946.
“Forest and Estelle Thompson were married 23 May 1925. Their children are as follows: Carrol Dean, 1 August 1926; Dorothy May, 12 March 1928; Gerald Lee, 9 April 1932; Robert Eugene, 30 November 1937; and Pearl Elaine, 13 October 1938. Robert Eugene died in February 1938.
“Effie Winslow McDowell married Mac McDowell 14 July 1935. Their children are: Keith Winslow McDowell, 20 June 1937; and Elmer Reece McDowell, 18 January 1939. Reece passed away 6 June 1959.
“Lester H Winslow married Myrtle Renken 5 April 1931. Their children are: Lynn H, 27 May 1936, and Joyce Verlee, 10 May 1941. Great grand children are: Larry and David Meltzer; Lee, Ricky, Jimmie, Rene, Bruce Winslow; Eddie, Brenda, Christene Merilee Crippen; Charles, Kathy, Rachel Winslow; Keven and Brian Winslow, Susan, Kimberly, Debra, Patti Kattenberg.
“Carroll and Virginia Maher were married 2 October 1960. Dorothy and Howard Meltzer were married 18 July 1949. Gerald and Marilyn Bruce were married 28 March 1955. Elaine and Bill Crippen were married 8 November 1958. Keith and Ann Goodlet were married 14 August 1958. Lyn and Joanna Cashier were married 7 February 1961. Joyce and Bob Kattenberg were married 31 May 1959. Lynn and Joanna Winslow have another son by a previous marriage, (her son) Mike Winslow.
“My three oldest half brothers did not stay in Kansas long, as many people were moving to Oregon and Washington. They all got land out there, and later all married and continued to live there, and Sam never did come back to Kansas, and the others only came back for a visit while Father was living.
“After Father’s death Katie and Mother lived on the farm for a year or two. Then after Katie was married Mother made her home with my family. She had what was called shaking palsy and wasn’t in good health. On 9 October 1908, she fell and broke her hip and was never able to walk after that. She lived until 17 February 1909, and was laid to rest in the Oak Creek Cemetery at a Quaker church 1/2 mile east of our family home by the side of our father. The heirs to our parents estate sold the farm and shared equally the proceeds from the farm.
“The first town I remember of knowing anything about was Burr Oak, Kansas. That was 7 1/2 miles from our home and the only way we had of traveling was by a team of horses and wagon. There was no laid out roads or section lines, but more like a cow path, that had a high ridge in the middle of the road and the road wound around, across prairies. The folks who homesteaded their farms had certain things they had to do to be able to keep their farms. Many planted Osage hedge around their farms.
“We children didn’t often get to town with our parents. Our older sister Rebecca (10 years older than I) would usually stay at home when our parents went to town. It was a long tiresome trip and it took most of a day to go to Burr Oak and back. About once a week was as often as we usually went. We raised a large garden so we didn’t have to buy so much of our food. We couldn’t go to town and buy prepared foods or canned fruits and vegetables. We tried to raise cabbage, turnips, beets and all kinds of vegetables. These were buried in a hole dug in the ground to keep over the winter. We usually kept a large amount of potatoes in the cave. Most folks had a few seedling peach trees and apple trees, but we depended mostly on wild plums, gooseberries, and wild grapes to make jellies and butters. We made gallons of plum and grape butter to last over winter. Most of the folks raised a patch of sorghum cane. There was a few cane mills around over the country, where they stripped the blades from the cane stalks, laid them in piles. They hauled it to a place where it was ground, and the juice boiled over a fireplace and made into sorghum molasses to use through the winter months. Almost all our food and the fruit butters were sweetened with sorghum molasses.
“About everyone owned a cow or two, and a few chickens. We had milk to use and put the milk in crocks, and skimmed the cream off after it set long enough for the cream to raise to the top. Then we churned the butter for our own use and sometimes had a few pounds to sell at the store, or trade for a little sugar or coffee. I have taken butter to town in warm weather. We started early and covered the butter with quilts and straw to keep it from getting too warm before we could get to the store.
“Every one tried to raise hogs or cattle for their own meat. Most farmers had a few acres of wheat to take to the flour mill and get it ground into flour, or trade it for flour at the mill. The mill we took ours to was the Amboy mill on the river with water power. It was near where the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska, now is. The hedge fences around the farms had thorns that made it a pretty good fence to keep the cattle and horses from straying away, and it was good to hold the drifting snow. When we had a Kansas blizzard, the roads would be drifted full of snow, so sometimes anyone wanting to get anywhere with sled or team and wagon had to go around fields or anyway to get around the drifts.
“The first I remember about Burr Oak, Kansas, there was one store where the owner, T. B. Carpenter, had groceries and a few yard goods and shoes. In a lean-to on the north side of the store, Mrs. Carpenter and daughter Gussie made and sold ladies hats. At the grocery store they had brown sugar in barrels, coarse salt in wooden barrels, and sometimes a barrel of apples. They kept a large round cheese at the store. It must have weighed several pounds. They would cut it into wedge shaped pieces and a good size wedge of cheese cost about 10 cents.
“I think I was 11 or 12 years old, before I ever heard of bananas. One Sunday, the Methodist Minister came out to our school house and organized a Methodist class and Sunday School, about 1/2 mile from our place. I think he only came out there to preach every 2 weeks. His name was J. C. Walker. His wife and 3 children usually came with him. He had a team of a sort of dun colored ponies he drove, and one Sunday they were invited to eat dinner with us, and Mrs. Walker said that she had been buying banana for their children part of the time and thought they were better for them than candy. After they went home, I asked my mother what bananas were like. She said she had seen some in the store lately, but had tasted them and thought they had a sickening taste. They were 5 cents each, and Mother bought some and we all liked them, and I still do.
“All the stores there were in Burr Oak, when I first remember it, was the general store and millinery store, a hardware store, livery stable, church, school house. There were narrow board walks in front of the business places and the board walks were not good. All the machinery the farmers had were, of course, horse drawn and one-row walking machinery. Anyone who tried to fix a way to ride on any kind of machinery, was considered too lazy to walk, and that made it hard on your horses to have to haul someone around.
“The school houses were all one room schools, for all 8 grades. The schools were not close, so some had to walk 2, or 2 1/2 miles to school. In the winter time, some boys, almost grown, went to school when there was no work on the farm. We had a full house sometimes, 65, or a few more, and 3 in a seat made for two. Our schools were conducted very differently than the elementary schools are now. We had much larger drifts of snow in the roads that were not kept in good condition, and the east and west roads always caught a lot of snow. We would walk on top of the drifts, sometimes, for quite awhile, and all of a sudden we would sink down over our knees and have to struggle to get on top again. The folks all wore very heavy underwear, and extra warm clothing. At that time we didn’t have overshoes, but had heavy wool yarn stockings that were knitted at home. We couldn’t buy a loaf of bread, but had to bake our own. There was not much of any kind of entertainment for young people, a literary program, or a spelling match, or ciphering match. But it was the same for all, and we were happy. The ladies sometimes had a quilting party, the men got together to help a neighbor, and all had an enjoyable time.
“After I was good-sized child, my father was the first one in that part of the country to buy a grain harvester that cut and bound the bundles, and tied them with binding twine. People came miles to see it. Then for years they had grain binders that cut and bound the bundles and would haul it in a hayrack, and stack it. Finally, someone with a thrashing machine would get into the neighborhood and it took several men, and teams and wagons to thrash the grain for the whole neighborhood. The women had 20 or more men to cook for until the thrashing was all done. We couldn’t make a flying trip to town to buy meat or bread or other food to feed all the men helping, but had to dress chickens and cook the meals on a wood burning stove.
There were no electric fans either. For sometime, we didn’t have even screen doors, or screens on the windows. So some of the children had to stand by the table with a limb from a tree, or a stick with some paper cut in strips fastened on it, to scare the flies away. But we were as happy as we are now, for it was the same with all our neighbors, and we didn’t know it could ever be any other way. We never even dreamed of having the conveniences like we have now. A lot of folks bought green coffee and roasted it in a shallow pan in the oven, and everyone had a coffee grinder that you turned a hand crank to grind the coffee.
“We had no windmills and most of the wells were dug wells, with a rope to pull the buckets of water up and out of the well. You just pulled the rope, hand over hand, until someone invented a pulley, and a crank to wind the rope on a windless, I think we called it. Our troughs for the stock to drink from were, mostly, a log made into a trough. Some made tanks from lumber, but many were hard to make tight enough to prevent leaking. When we first began getting windmills for pumping water, they were considered a luxury.
“The first buggy we had to ride in was quite a luxury compared to the lumber wagon. It was a top buggy, just a one-seated rig, with one-horse shaves. There were a lot of wild rabbits and quail and prairie chickens and the men did a lot of hunting in their spare time. A lot of our meat was rabbit, and wild fowl.
There were not many Indians moving through that part of the country. They sometimes stopped at farm-houses and begged for food, and would steal horses and other things, some were a little afraid of them. We sometimes heard of Indians stealing a white child, but we never heard of anyone in our part of the country having any trouble of that kind.
“All of the children in our neighborhood, when I was a child, had no toys, only a few inexpensive ones. All the dolls I ever had was a rag doll my mother made for me, but I was well pleased with it, and I think we loved our home-made dolls as much as children love the expensive dolls and other toys. I think children of today have so many expensive toys that they fail to appreciate them. There was a birthday party quite often and sometimes a taffy pull for entertainment that we all enjoyed. The people did more visiting in early days here than is done now. We knitted our stockings of wool yarn, also, our mittens, and when I was a small child, the shoemaker made most of our shoes by taking the measurement of our feet. The shoes lasted so long, that the younger children could wear the shoes the older ones outgrew, and all shoes were high-topped, too.
“My father had very poor health for several years before he passed away. He was not able to farm for several years, and my brothers were all my half-brothers and much older, and were away making a living for their own families, so I tried to help my father with the farm work. So for 4 years, I worked and tended about 40 acres of corn, and I husked corn, and did some other farm work. Father rented out the rest of the farm land for share of crop.
“I was married to Albert Winslow on 9 October 1898. My sister Elizabeth was married on 22 April 1898, but this marriage didn’t last many years and she married Mike Hoffman, on 3 June 1920.
“Kathern Rich was married to Orville Price, 11 September 1908, and lived on a farm a few miles from Burr Oak, north and west of Burr Oak a few years before moving to Erkham, Iowa. Two sons were born to them. Lewis B was born on the farm near Burr Oak, 16 March 1916. My husband was born in Iowa, 19 September 1873, and passed away from a stroke 6 October 1938 in Ash Creek Community, north of Esbon, Kansas.
“Ella Rich Winslow was born 9 August 1878 on the farm 7 1/2 miles west of Burr Oak, Kansas. My mother Charity Benbow was born at Amboy, Grant County, Indiana. She had 2 sisters, Sarah and Celia. One older than her and one younger, and four brothers, Nathan, John, Eli, and Evan. Her mother passed away, and her father married again. To this union were born 4 children, 2 girls, Elizabeth and Mary Ann; 2 boys, Levi and Benjamin. Elizabeth married a man by name of Henry Flora and some of their children were still living near Quinter, Kansas, the last I heard of them.
“My sister Rebecca Dillon’s children: Ed, Harry, Frank, Fred, Verda, Gladys, Lester, Wayne, Lulu. One living in Washington, and others in Kansas and Nebraska, 3 in Idaho.
A. Winslow’s parents were Henry and Hannah Winslow. Their home was in Iowa and they had 16 children. His grandparents on his mother’s side were Hezekiah Lamb and I think they had a family of 18 children, one pair of twins.
“Bert’s father’s name was Nathan Winslow, and his mother’s name was Lydia Lamb Winslow. They had a family of Ed, Effie, Luella, Cora, Albert, Clarence, Ralph, Raymond, Herman, and Lottie.
“Ed and his wife Charity Pixler Winslow had 5 children: Lessie, Harlan, a boy died in infancy, Marvel, and Omar. Cora Winslow and Ed McIndoo had 4 children: Jay, Ray, Beryl, and the oldest girl died in infancy. Albert and Ella Winslow had a family of 3 children: Forrest, Effie, Lester. Clarence and Bertha Paxton Winslow had a family of 5 children: Leland, Verlin, Nathan, Hazel, and Leo. Raymond and Hester Foldworth Winslow had a family of 2 children: Orville and Garrah. Lottie passed away at age of 15 years with TB.
“Albert Winslows parents came from Iowa to Kansas some where near the year of 1880-1890. My record has they came in covered wagon, 13 to 30, (l7 days on the road), in the year of 1889. His grandparents, Hezekiah Lamb’s came a few years earlier.
“I have done a poor job of writing this bit of family history. I just wrote down things as they came to mind, and didn’t write them in their proper order, but I hope someone can get some help concerning the family history of Bert and Ella Winslow. I will let someone go from here.
10 July 1971 2nd edition
Just a bit about the family church membership. I think most or all of the ancestors were Quakers, or as they are now called, the Friends Church. All of my father’s people were Methodist. The first church I remember of attending was a sod church 1/2 mile east of my old home place, a Quaker meeting place, near the cemetery where my parents are laid to rest. Known as the Oak Creek cemetery. Ella Winslow, age 93 years
“Ella Rich Winslow, daughter of Madison H. and Charity Benbow Rich, was born in a dugout on a farm near Burr Oak Aug. 25, 1878, at Carpenter Manor in Smith Center at the age of 95 years and 16 days. On Oct. 9, 1898, she was united in marriage to Henry Albert Winslow and to this union were born two sons, Forrest W. and Lester H., and a daughter, Effie L.
“She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Henry, son Lester, a son-in-law, four half-brothers, two half-sisters, an infant sister, two sisters Elizabeth Hoffman and Kathern Price, and two grandchildren. Left to mourn her death, are her children Forrest Winslow and wife Estelle of McPherson; Effie McDowell, Gentry, Arkansas; a daughter in-law, Myrtle Winslow, Lebanon; seven grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
“Lebanon had been her home since 1943. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Lebanon. Memorial services were Aug. 28, 1973, from United Methodist Church in Lebanon with the Rev. Graydon Pittman officiating. Music was supplied by Neta Shipley, Marjorie Bell and Delorse Rorabaugh, with Mrs Otto Luke the accompanist. Casket bearers were Elton Ford, Owen Shively, Walter Kellogg, Orville LaDow, Raymond Schuette, and Harvy McCaulley. Interment was in Highland Cemetery, Esbon.”