Edward Winslow

Edward Winslow
3rd, 6th & 10th Governor of Plymouth Colony
In office 1633–1634
Preceded by	William Bradford
Succeeded by	Thomas Prence
In office March 1, 1636 – March 7, 1637
Preceded by	William Bradford
Succeeded by	William Bradford
In office June 3, 1639 – June 5, 1644
Preceded by	William Bradford
Succeeded by	William Bradford
Commissioner for Plymouth Colony
In office 1643–1644 Serving with William Collier (1643) John Brown (1644)
Personal details
Born	(1595-10-18)18 October 1595[1] Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
Died	8 May 1655(1655-05-08) (aged 59)[1] Near Jamaica
Profession	Politician and governor
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Edward Winslow (18 October 1595 – 8 May 1655) was a Separatist and New England political leader who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number of governmental positions such as assistant governor, three times was governor and also was the colony's agent in London.^[2] In early 1621 he had been one of several key leaders on whom Governor Bradford depended after the death of John Carver. He was the author of several important pamphlets, including Good Newes from New England and co-wrote with William Bradford the historic Mourt's Relation, which ends with an account of the First Thanksgiving and the abundance of the New World. In 1655 he died of fever while on an English naval expedition in the Caribbean against the Spanish.

He is the only original Plymouth colonist with an extant portrait painted from life. This, along with portraits of Winslow's son and daughter-in-law, and various Winslow family artifacts, are in the Pilgrim Hall Museum, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.