Monday, May 28, 2018
A new family discovery!
Another Mayflower Ancestral Great Uncle unearthed...
(This makes 23 great grandparents and 8 great uncles and or aunts that I have now discovered in my ancestral lines that came over on the Mayflower).
As I am digging through my various family tree branches back to New England on my mothers side I came upon the tree of one of my 10th Great Grandmothers who was the niece of another Mayflower Passenger...
The history of these people and their connections to each other are absolutely amazing.
Meet my 10th Great Grandmother:
Margaret Winslow Miller was the daughter of Josiah Winslow, the brother of Edward Winslow, Mayflower Passenger and Plymouth Colony Governor.
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| My 11th Great Uncle Edward Winslow |
Josiah Winslow would be my 11th Great Grandfather.
Thus I would be Edwards 11th Great Grand Nephew.
Margaret married my 10th Great Grandfather, John Miller and one of their children, Rebecca was my 9th Great Grandmother.
Also through Josiah and Margeret, I and my siblings have a few other neat relatives:
Famous Kin of my 10th Great grandmother
And through my 12th Great grandfather, Edward Winslow Senior, there ends up being a few more:
Famous Kin of my 12th Great grandfather
Does anyone else share Edward Senior and or Josiah and or Margeret or any of her siblings or descendants with me and my family?
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A short genealogy of My 10th Great Grandmother and her family...
Margaret Miller formerly Winslow
She was Born 16 Jul 1640 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
ANCESTORS
Daughter of Josiah Winslow and Margaret (Bourne) Winslow
Sister of Elizabeth (Winslow) Burton, Jonathan Winslow, Rebecca (Winslow) Thacher, Hannah (Winslow) Sturtevant, Mary (Winslow) Tracy and Martha (Winslow) Bradford
Wife of John Miller — married 24 Dec 1659 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
DESCENDANTS
Mother of Lydia (Miller) Cooke, Rebecca (Miller) Clark, Hannah (Miller) Hall, Margaret (Miller) Hall, Mehitable (Miller) Crosby, John Miller, Margery Miller, Susanah (Miller) Clark, Josiah Miller and John Miller
She Died 1 Jun 1711 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Province of Mass.
The inscription on her gravestone reads:
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF MARGARET MILLER WIFE TO JOHN MILLER DECEASED OCTOBER 26th 1698 IN Ye 61st YEAR OF HER AGE
This is the oldest stone in Yarmouth Ancient Cemetery and one of the oldest on Cape Cod. The wide border around the inscription area is visible below the skull. This stone most likely was carved by Joseph Lamson (1658 - 1722) of Boston.
(See photo below of Margeret’s gravestone)
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| My 10th Great Grandmother's Gravestone |
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A Short Genealogy of my 11th Great Grandfather, Josiah Winslow:
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| My 11th Great Grandfather, 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.
Life in New England: Josiah Winslow arrived in Plymouth in 1631, sent by the colony’s investors to keep accounts. The investors accepted him initially for the sake of his brother, Edward Winslow, Mayflower passenger and Assistant Governor. Unfortunately, Josiah proved to be incompetent. William Bradford wrote that he “did wholly fail them and could never give them any account; but trusting to his memory and loose papers, let things run to such confusion that neither he nor any with him could bring things to rights.” He was admitted a freeman of Plymouth on January 1, 1633/4, but moved to Marshfield by 1643. Josiah’s confusion over financial matters apparently held to the last, and the court made void his conditional bequest of house and land to his son Jonathan, as he had already given the property to him at his marriage. Josiah was one of five brothers (Edward, John, Gilbert, Kenelm, and Josiah) who came to New England.
Family: Josiah Winslow married Margaret Bourne by 1637 and had six children. She died on September 28, 1683. Children of Josiah and Margaret Winslow:
• Elizabeth was born on September 24,1637,in Marshfield. She was apparently accidentally shot and killed by her eight-year old brother, Jonathan, in 1646.
• Jonathan was born on August 8, 1639, in Marshfield. He married Ruth Sargent by 1664 and had six children.
• Margaret was born on July 15 or 16, 1640, in Marshfield. She married John Miller on December 24, 1659, in Marshfield and had eight children.
• Rebecca was born on July 15, 1643, in Marshfield. She married John Thatcher by 1665 and had eight children.
• Hannah was born on November 30, 1644, in Marshfield. She married (1) William Crow on April 4, 1664, in Plymouth She married (2) John Sturtevant by 1687 and had two children.
• Mary was born about 1646. She married John Tracy on June 10, 1670, in Marshfield and had one daughter."
ANCESTORS
Son of Edward Winslow Sr. and Magdalene (Ollyver) WinslowBrother of Mary (Winslow) Hilton [half], Edward Winslow Jr., Josiah Winslow, John Winslow, Eleanor (Winslow) Hilton, Kenelm Winslow, Gilbert Winslow, Elizabeth Winslow, Magdalene Winslow and Richard Winslow
Husband of Margaret (Bourne) Winslow — married about 1636 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
DESCENDANTS
Father of Elizabeth (Winslow) Burton, Jonathan Winslow, Margaret (Winslow) Miller, Rebecca (Winslow) Thacher, Hannah (Winslow) Sturtevant, Mary (Winslow) Tracy and Martha (Winslow) Bradford
Died 1 Dec 1674 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
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| My 11th Great Grandfather, Josiah Winslow memorialized on this plaque |
My lineage to Margeret
My lineage to Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow
Genealogical information regarding Josiah Winslow's lineage can be found in "Winslows of Careswell in Marshfield" by Cynthia Hager Krusell. (shown below)
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| Geneology Sources of Josiah and family |
Warm Regards,
John Repinski
My Family Historian
Additional Sources:
For Further Information:Robert C. Anderson. The Great Migration Begins.
Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Robert C. Anderson. The Pilgrim Migration.
Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.
Bradford, William. Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620–1647. Edited by Samuel Eliot Morison.
New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Edgar Francis Waterman and Donald Lines Jacobus. The Waterman Family,Volume I, Descendants of Robert Waterman. New Haven, Connecticut: Edgar F.Waterman, 1939.
A collaboration between PLIMOTH PLANTATION and the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY® Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services www.PlymouthAncestors.org
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