13 Facts About Edward Winslow

Edward Winslow was one of several senior leaders on the ship and later at Plymouth Colony.

Edward Winslow 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.

Edward Winslow is the only original Plymouth colonist with an extant portrait painted from life.

Edward Winslow was the eldest son of Edward Winslow Sr.

Edward Winslow had four younger brothers: Gilbert, John, Josiah, and Kenelm, all of whom followed Edward and Gilbert to America over the next decade.

In 1617 Edward Winslow traveled to Leiden Holland to join the English exile Separatist church and help Elder William Brewster with his underground printing activities.

Edward Winslow blamed Weston, and stated that Governor Carver had worked himself to death that spring and the loss of him and other industrious men lives cannot be valued at any price.

Edward Winslow made several voyages back to England in the 1620s, serving as ambassador for the Pilgrims and negotiating with the colony's financial backers.

Edward Winslow had established a friendship with native leader Massasoit, whose people were trading with the colonists.

Edward Winslow was an experienced diplomat acting for Plymouth in its relationship with English officials.

Additionally, in 1643 Edward Winslow was one of the commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, which was a military group uniting the various New England colonies against the natives.

Some settlers returned to England to join the efforts to overthrow the reigning King, Charles I In 1646, Winslow began working for Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector.

In 1654, Edward Winslow was commissioner of an English naval mission against the Spanish in the West Indies.