Winslow

Winslow, EDWARD, governor of Plymouth colony, Massachusetts, was born in 1595 at Droitwich, sailed in the Mayflower, was either assistant-governor or governor from 1624, and thrice returned to England to describe the colony, or defend it against its accusers. He thus came to publish his Good News from New England (1624), Hypocrisy Unmasked (1646), and New England's Salamander (1647), all three valuable accounts of the young colony. Appointed by Cromwell chief commissioner of an expedition against the West Indies, he died at sea in 1655.—His son, JOSIAH (1629–80), was assistant-governor from 1657 to 1673, and then governor till his death. In 1675 he was chosen general-in-chief of the United Colonies; and under him the first public school was established in 1675.—His grandson, JOHN (1702–74), carried out, under orders, the removal of the Acadians (see ACADIA); and John Auerum Winslow (1811–73), descendant of one of Edward Winslow's brothers, commanded the Kearsarge in her action with the Alabama (q.v.), and died an admiral.