The Life and Family of Josiah Winslow
In 1651 in England, with his father Edward present, Josiah married Penelope Pelham, daughter of Herbert Pelham. Pelham was a lawyer and aristocrat, who in 1643 had become the first Treasurer of Harvard College and who also had been assistant governor of Massachusetts. The Pelham family had been in New England from 1638 and returned to England in 1649. In 1651 Edward Winslow was on government service in England and Josiah’s mother Susannah (White) Winslow remained at home in Marshfield, Massachusetts. During this time together in England, Josiah and Penelope, as well as his father Edward Winslow, all had their portraits painted which are extant today. Josiah and his new wife Penelope returned to Plymouth in 1655, the same year his father Edward died at sea on a British military expedition in the Caribbean. The Winslows lived quite well at their family estate in Marshfield known as Careswell, named for the English estate of Josiah’s great grandfather, where they took up residence in the 1660s. Josiah enjoyed the distinction of being accomplished in the manner of an English gentleman, with generous hospitality and the charms of a beautiful English wife.
Penelope Pelham, who married Josiah Winslow in 1651, was born about 1630 in England and died on December 7, 1703 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Both she and her husband Josiah were buried in the Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield.
Children of Josiah and Penelope Winslow, all born in Marshfield, Massachusetts:
- (infant), born and died March 1658.
- Elizabeth, born April 1664 and died June 11, 1735. She married, September 4, 1684 Stephen Burton as his 2nd wife. They had three children.
- Edward, born and died May 1667.
- Isaac, born 1670 and died December 6, 1738. He married, July 21, 1700 Sarah Wensley (or Hensley). She died December 16, 1753. They had two children. He was buried in Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Massachusetts. Isaac Winslow had an exemplary career in colonial military and governmental affairs.
The burial places of Stephen and Elizabeth Burton are unknown.
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