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About Major General John Winslow
Great grandson of Mayflower Pilgrim Edward Winslow Jr.
Added by Elwin C. Nickerson about my Ancestor: Major General. John Winslow (1703–1774) who had an outstanding military career as a major general in the British service. He participated in several military campaigns, starting with the War of Jenkin’s Ear from 1740–1741. At Nova Scotia (Acadia) from 1742–1755( 40th A-Foot) Annapolis Royal he assisted the British in the removal of the French Acadians, an event commemorated by Longfellow in his epic poem "Evangeline." Lastly, at Lake Champlain in 1756, he commanded Fort William Henry.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winslow_(British_Army_officer)
Major-General John Winslow (May 10, 1703 – April 17, 1774), descendant of Pilgrim Edward Winslow, was an officer during the French and Indian War.
John Winslow belonged to one of the most prominent families of New England; his great-grandfather Edward and grandfather Josiah Winslow had both been governors of the Plymouth Colony. He was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1703 as son of Sarah and Isaac Winslow. In 1725, he married Mary Little, a descendant of Pilgrim Richard Warren. They had three children: Josiah, Pelham and Isaac Winslow. One of his slaves was Briton Hammon who published the Narrative of the Uncommon Suffering and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man in 1760.
After holding a few minor positions in Plymouth, he was commissioned captain of a provincial company in a failed British expedition to Cuba in 1740. Following this he transferred to the British Army and served as captain in the 40th Foot at Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, and St John’s in Newfoundland.
Seven Years War
Main article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_in_the_Seven_Years_War
In 1754, he was promoted major-general of militia by Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts and put in command of a force of 800 men which was sent to the Kennebec River in Maine to consolidate British positions and prevent French encroachments. There he built two forts.
In 1755, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of a provincial regiment raised by Shirley to aid Lieutenant Governor Charles Lawrence of Nova Scotia in his attempts to sweep French influence from the province, and played an important role at the capture of Fort Beauséjour in June 1755.
Winslow was then ordered to proceed to Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, to remove the Acadian population, as part of the infamous Great Upheaval. Although often believed solely responsible for carrying out the deportation, Winslow was in charge of only one segment of a much larger operation. On 5 September 1755 he informed the assembled Acadian men that they and their families were to be removed from the province. Winslow termed the business “Very Disagreable to my natural make & Temper,” in his “Journal of Colonel John Winslow of the provincial troops, while engaged in removing the Acadian French inhabitants from Grand Pre”. The numerous delays in arranging transports caused the deportation to take far longer than had been anticipated, but by November he had shipped 1,510 Acadians to Pennsylvania, Maryland, and other British colonies to the south.
Winslow returned to Massachusetts in November 1755, but only a couple of months later he was appointed by Shirley (then temporary commander-in-chief), to command the provincial troops in an expedition against Fort St. Frédéric, New York. However, in March 1756 the new commander-in-chief, Lord Loudoun, arrived from Britain, and Winslow fought bitterly with him over his proposed integration of the provincial troops with the regulars. The provincial soldiers had enlisted to serve only under their own officers, and feared the hard discipline, with floggings and hangings, that was part of the regular army. And their officers feared that the integration could result in them losing their rank, as they held it only by colonial commission. The issue nearly developed into a mutiny of the provincial troops and a revolt of their officers, but Winslow eventually agreed to the integration under threats from Loudoun.
In 1757 Winslow returned to Massachusetts and civilian life. He represented Marshfield in the General Court from 1757 to 1758 and from 1761 to 1765. In 1762 he served as a member of the St Croix River boundary commission, and about 1766 he moved to Hingham, Massachusetts, where he died at in 1774.
The town of Winslow, Maine is named for General Winslow.
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Major General John Winslow's Timeline
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May 10, 1703
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Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts
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September 5, 1730
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Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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June 8, 1737
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Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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April 27, 1739
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Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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April 17, 1774
Age 70
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Hingham, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts
Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 John Winslow in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/HaleCemeteryInscripti... http://interactive.ancestry.com/2900/32971_302234-00417?pid=971043&... --------------------------------- The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
in the The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/NEGenReg/174931/print... http://interactive.ancestry.com/2129/32608_234066-00327?pid=174931&... --------------------------------------- John Winslow in the Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/FSConnecticutDeath/19... -------------------------------------------- Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Hon John Winslow in the Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
http://interactive.ancestry.com/3897/41384_2421406273_0017-00534?pi... ------------------------------------
in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/ContentPegFamilyHisto... http://interactive.ancestry.com/61157/46155_b290099-00021?pid=17193... |
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April 17, 1774
Age 70
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Old Winslow Burying Ground Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 116844804
Birth: May 27, 1703
"John the son of Isaac Winslow and Sarah his Wife was borne May the 27 : 1703 being Wensday". He was born in Marshfield, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. John married Mary Little on 16 Feb 1725 in Marshfield, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They had children:
John was a General in the provincial forces of the British Army. He led the Massachusetts Militia in the deportation of the Acadians. John retired from the military and entered politics. He represented Marshfield in the General Court 1757-1758 and 1761-1765. He moved to Hingham about 1766 and remained there until he died. John died in Hingham, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Family links: Parents:
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