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Edward Winslow (15951655) was a Separatist 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.〔William Bradford, ''History of Plymouth Plantation by 'William Bradford, the second Governor of Plymouth'', (Boston: 1856), p. 306〕 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 a British naval expedition in the Caribbean against the Spanish. He is the only Plymouth colonist with an extant portrait, and this can be seen at Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts. == English origins == Edward Winslow was born in 1595 and would have been baptized a few days later. He was the eldest son of Edward Winslow (Sr.) of Droitwich, co. Worcestershire, by his wife Magdalene Oliver who he married the previous year at St. Bride’s Church, Fleet St., London. Edward Winslow, the father, according to family records, was born October 17, 1560 and was a descendant of the Winslow family of Kempsey, Worcestershire, a line that had existed in the county at least since 1500. The Winslow estate in Kempsey was called Kersweil with a similar name of Careswell later being given to the gentrified Plymouth estate of Governor Josiah Winslow, son of Edward Winslow and Susannah White. Author Charles Banks notes that it is highly probable that this Edward, Sr. was the son of Kenelm Winslow of Kempsey. Author Eugene Stratton believes that no one has been able to discern Kenelm Winslow's ancestry with any certainty. Kenelm Winslow, probably a brother of Edward, Sr., born in 1551, was called a resident of Worcester, yeoman, in 1605. It is not certain if the family was gentry, but were at least fairly well-off. Edward, Sr. was an under-sheriff and involved in the salt production trade.〔Eugene Aubrey Stratton. ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620–1691'', (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 373〕 Edward Winslow had four younger brothers –Gilbert accompanying him on the Mayflower in 1620, with other brothers John, Josiah and Kenelm all following them to America over the next decade. Between April 1606 and April 1611, Edward Winslow attended the King’s School at Worcester Cathedral. Two years later, in August 1613, he became an apprentice contracted for a total of eight years to John Beale stationer and citizen of London, but after an apparent legal dispute with Beale, Winslow’s contract was re-made with him being apprenticed in October 1615 for eight years. But Winslow apparently did not fulfill his contract with Beale as about two years later, in 1617, he moved to Leiden, Holland to join the Separatist church there.〔Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623'' (Baltimore, MD.:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 98〕〔Caleb H. Johnson, ''The Mayflower and Her Passengers''. (Indiana: Xlibris Corp., copyright 2006 Caleb Johnson), p. 251〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Winslow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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