Col. Kenelm Winslow, II

Colonel Kenelm Winslow II

• Born 20 Apr 1635 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Died 11 Nov 1715 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Son of Kenelm Winslow and Ellen (Unknown) Winslow
• Brother of John Adams Jr [half], Susanna Adams [half], James Adams [half], Eleanor (Winslow) Baker, Nathaniel Winslow and Job Winslow
• Husband of Mercy (Worden) Winslow — married 23 Sep 1667 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Husband of Damaris Eames — married 1689 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Father of Kenelm Winslow III, Josiah Winslow, Joseph Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Thomas Winslow, Mercy (Winslow) Jenkins, Nathaniel Winslow, Eleanor (Winslow) Hamblen, Edward Winslow, Damaris (Winslow) Small and John Winslow

Biography

Kenelm was born about 1635. He married (1) Mercy Worden by 1668 and had seven children. He married (2) Damaris Eames by 1693 and had four children. He died on November 11, 1715

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winslow-118

Kenelm was born 20 Apr 1635 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. He is the son of Kenelm Winslow and Eleanor (______) Newton Adams.[1]

He married in Yarmouth or Marshfield, 23 September 1667 Mercy, daughter of Peter Worden his Cousin. Fined 10 shillings for riding on the Lord's Day[2]

He died 11 November 1715 in Harwich (or Yarmouth?), MA. Kenelm Winslow is buried in Worden Cemetery (also known as the Homer/Winslow Cemetery) in East Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA[3]. The epitaph reads >Here Lyes ye Body of Mr Kenelm Winslow Who Decd November ye 11th 1715 In ye 79th year of his age,

a photo of his gravestone is on FindAGrave.

First Marriage

First marriage Mercy Worden, daughter of Peter Worden Jr and Marcy of Yarmouth[4]
Date: 23 SEP 1667
Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts[1]

Children included:

1. Kenelm, born August 9, 1668, who married Bethiah Hall[3] [4]
2. Josiah, born November 7, 1669, who married Margaret Tisdale[3], Hannah Winslow, Hannah Booth, Martha Hathaway, and Mary Jones (5 marriages)[4]
3. Thomas, born March 3, 1672, who died 1689[3] [4]
4. Samuel, born 1674, who married Bethia Holbrook, Mercy King and Ruth Briggs[3] [4]
5. Mercy, born 1676, who married Melatiah White and Thomas Jenkins[3] [4]
6. Nathaniel, born 1679, who married Elizabeth Holbrook[3] [4]
7. Edward, born 1680[3], who married Sarah[4]

Mercy died 22 Sep 1688[2] [4]

Second Marriage

Second marriage Damaris Eames
Date: aft 22 Sep 1688, bef 12 Jul 1693
Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts[2] [4]

Children included:

1. Damaris, who married Jonathan Small or Smalley of Harwhich in 1713[3] [4]
2. Elizabeth, who married Andrew Clark in 1711[3] [4]
3. Eleanor, who married Shubael Hamelin in 1719[3] [4]
4. John, born 1701, who married Bethiah Andrews in 1721[3][4]

Probate

Will of Kenelm Winslow[6]

• Dated: 10 January 1712
• Proved: 28 December 1715
• Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
• Beloved wife Damaris
• Son Kenelm
• Three daughters - Damaris, Elizabeth and Elenor
• Daughter Mercy White
• Son John Winslow
• Sons Josiah Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Nathaniel Winslow and Edward Winslow
• [Note: Damaris, Elizabeth and Elenor & John Winslow are under age at the time the will was written]
• Executor: Son Kenelm Winslow
• Witnesses: Samuel Osborn, John Wing and Jedediah Osborn

Sources

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winslow-118 cites
   1. Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 3, page 1699 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which provides the following sources: WINSLOW, Kenelm (1635-1715) & 1/wf Mercy [WORDEN] (-1688); 1664?, ?23 Sep 1667; Scituate/Yarmouth {MD 3:201; Reg. 25:357; Bridgewater 388; Winslow 1:74-5; Worden 34; Shurtleff 684; Hamlin 126; Foster 530; Cram 44, 45; Gen. Adv. 3:64; Barnstable Co. Prob.
   2. Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 3, page 1699 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which provides the following sources: WINSLOW, Kenelm (1635-1715) & 2/wf Damanis [EAMES]; aft 22 Sep 1688, bef 12 Jul 1693; Harwich {Harwich, MA 541; Gen. Adv. 3:94; Foster 530; Hamlin 126; Cram 44; Barnstable Co. Prob. 4:117; MD 6:56, 25:357}
   3. "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton, (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), Vol. 50 (Wing to Young). See page 116 for Kenelm2. Look the children indicated with an + up alphabetically. This open source shows the same information as that shown on NEHGS (behind a paywall)
   4. Winslow Memorial. Family Records of the Winslows and Their Descendants in America, with the English Ancestry as far as known. Kenelm Winslow, 2 vols. by Holton, David-Parsons, (New York: D. P. Holton, 1887–88). See volume 1, pages 74-78 for Kenelm, his will and detailed notes, and his family
   5. A Grave Memorial# 16028721
   6. Holton, David-Parsons, and Frances Keturah Forward Holton. 1877. Winslow memorial Family records of the Winslows and their descendants in America, with the English ancestry as far as known. Kenelm Winslow. New York: D.-P. Holton. Page 75-78. See also:
   7. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 13 William White 2006 p. 24
   8. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Ancestry.com
   9. Ancestry.com Title: American Marriages Before 1699 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
   10. Volume 25 (1871), Page356-7 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
   11. Ancestry Family Trees
   12. Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QDJQ-CNM : accessed 9 September 2021), entry for Kenelm Winslow; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
2. http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_8.htm#106
3. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16028721
4. http://winslowtree.com/tree/getperson.php?personID=I586&tree=Winslow
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16028721/kenelm-winslow
6. http://miller-aanderson.blogspot.com/2011/07/kenelm-winslow-1635-17...