The Almost-Final Collier Genealogy Update -- September 20, 1999 Collier Genealogists' Anti - Motto 8-28-99 "I'm from the branch of the Collier's that moves a lot and doesn't ever keep records or write anything down...." Herbert Collier, Fort Smith, AR Collier Lineage notes CONNECTION MADE !! I made what I think is a certain connection between Gershom Collier, of Boston and Chesterfield, Mass. (father of "our" John Collier, who went to Ohio) and the Hull - Scituate family when I visited the Massachusetts State Archives last week. I haven't found a birth certificate or a family snapshot, and I don't think I am apt to, but found the final indirect evidence in the Suffolk County Probate Records. It would appear that all of the early Colliers in Chesterfield -- Anna, Rebecca, Susanna, Thomas, Jane Collier House and Mrs. Bridget Collier - were from the Hull family, and Gershom almost certainly was, as well. Gershom's father almost certainly was the Ephraim Bosworth Collier, last son of Thomas and Bridget Southworth Collier, born in Scituate June 13, 1748, who died in Boston before January 13, 1788. "Bosworth" was definitely the father of the sisters Anna and Rebecca Collier, who married in Chesterfield, definitely the sister of Jane Collier House, of Chesterfield, definitely a close relative of Susanna Collier James of Chesterfield, whose husband was appointed guardian of Anna and Rebecca, and almost certainly the son of the Thomas and Bridget Collier who died in Chesterfield, 1784 and 1798, respectively, and the father of "our" Gershom. With 99 and 44/100 % certainty - my perhaps generous estimate -- we can say that we are descended from Thomas Collier of Hingham (1635), James, Susanna and Mary Chilton of the Mayflower, Alice and Constant Southworth of Plymouth (Constant married Elizabeth, daughter of William Collier), John Winslow of Plymouth and Boston (brother of Governor Edward Winslow, who married Mary Chilton), and for the Ohio contingent, William Bassett, who came to Plymouth on the Fortune in 1621. There are lots of loose ends to tie up, of course, and we can start checking into them after a break (i.e., who was the Southworth Collier in the 1771 Hull census? Who are some of the other Colliers in the early 19th century Boston directories? Was the original Thomas Collier actually the one from the area of Prestwich, Lancashire? Can we find anything certain about the Colliers of Iowa and Michigan?) Page 2 I will do some added research in Suffolk County and Hampshire County Probate records at a later date. There are some Suffolk County records I didn't locate last week, and it would be useful to find Gershom's Chesterfield will, too. The hard data on Bosworth Collier and Gershom Collier of Chesterfield: Bosworth Collier (June 13, 1748 - Before January 18, 1788) -- 1) Ephraim Bosworth Collier was born June 13, 1748 in Scituate, Mass., son of Thomas and Bridget Southworth Collier. He was their last child. (Scituate VRs). [All later references call him either "Bosworth" or "Bozworth". There was a Great Uncle Ephraim Bosworth in his mother's line, born 1684 - died 1760.] 2) Marriage of " Bosworth" Collier, of Hull, who later served in the Revolution, and Ann, the sister of John House of Hanover, husband of Bosworth's sister, Jane Collier House. Their marriage date was Jan 31, 1771. (Hanover Vital Records) 3) Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, Plymouth County, Hanover, page 165. "Bosworth Collier of Hull & Anna House, Jan. 31, 1771." 4) Massachusetts Tax Valuation List, 1771 -- Census -- Collier Heads of Households Hull, Mass. -- William, Bosworth and Southworth Collier (p. 640) Thomas Collier and Thomas Collier, Jr. (p. 638) 5) (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols, Sec. Of the Commonwealth, Boston, 1896-) Volume 3, page 806 Coller, Bozworth. Gunner, Capt. Daniel Lothrop's co., Col. Thomas Crafts's (Artillery) regt.; service from Feb. 1, 1777, to May 7, 1777, 3 mos. 7 days. Volume 3, page 809 Colliar, Bozworth, Cohasset. Private, Capt. Obadiah Beal's (Cohasset) co., Col. Solomon Lovel's regt.; company assembled at Hull June 14, 1776; service, 2 days. Roll sworn to at Hingham. Volume 3, page 810 Collier, Bozworth. Private, Capt. Obadiah Beal's (Cohasset) co.; marched to Dorchester March 4, 1776; service, 5 days; roll sworn to at Hingham; also, Corporal, Capt. Theophilus Wilder's co., Col. David Cushing's regt.; engaged March 4, 1778; discharged April 4, 1778; service, 1 mo. 2 days, under Maj. Thomas Lathrop at Hull; also, Private, Capt. Thomas Vinson's co., Col. Garrish's regt.; enlisted Oct. 20, 1779; discharged Nov. Page 3 23, 1779; service, 1 mo. 15 days, travel included, at North river; regiment raised in Essex and Suffolk counties. 6) 1786 and 1788 Suffolk County Probate records: a) Bosworth Collier in 1786 was a "Housewright of Boston ." On April 18th, 1786, he and Aaron Pratt of Cohasset [a brother-in-law] were "bound with the said Daniel [Ballard, "Taylor" - unknown to me], of Boston" ..."as administrator[s] of the Estate of Thomas Collier, late of Hull...yeoman deceased intestate." [This probably refers to Bosworth's brother, born in Scituate, April 17, 1736, who married Jemima Pope, of Dorchester, Dec. 10, 1767. It possibly refers to Bosworth's father, Thomas, who died in Chesterfield in 1784, although he was not then a "yeoman" of Hull. There is no death of a Thomas Collier in the South Shore area VRs in the early 1780 - period. The administration of the estate dragged on until 1801. Notes to follow.] (Suffolk Probate Records, Vol. 86, page 96, 1786) b) Bosworth died, in Boston, prior to January 18, 1788. On that date Thomas James, of Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Mass. was "...nominated and allowed to be guardian to Anna and Rebecca Collier, minors above fourteen years of age, daughters of Bosworth Collier late of Boston deceased." [Thomas James was born in Cohasset, and is listed in the Chesterfield "History" as the husband of Susannah Collier. Thomas and Susannah were married in 1784, so she could have been the "Susanna," daughter of Moses and Susannah Foster Collier, born in Boston Sept 20, 1758. Either Thomas or his wife were clearly related to the Colliers.] (Suffolk Probate Records, Vol. 87, page 45, 1786-1788) 7) Some conclusions from the record: a) Susannah Collier James and Bosworth, Anna and Rebecca Collier were related, with a virtual certainty. b) Bosworth was a "housewright" of Boston. Gershom of Boston and Chesterfield was a "housewright" of Boston. Gershom, who moved to Chesterfield about 1805, was either the brother of Anna and Rebecca, therefore the son of Bosworth, or at the very least, a cousin. [Note that Jane Collier House, sister of Bosworth, Capt. Jedediah Southworth, cousin of Bosworth, Anna and Rebecca, his children, and Thomas and Bridget Collier, the presumed father and mother of Bosworth and Jane, all lived in Chesterfield at various periods. What other origin could Gershom have ? !] c) We have an indisputable connection from Chesterfield to the Hull, Scituate, etc. family. Several, in fact. Subject to further checks in Suffolk and Hampshire County Page 4 Probate records, or other information, I will list Bosworth Collier as father of Gershom Collier "of Chesterfield," and assume that the connection is proven. Gershom Collier (ca. 1771 - April 16, 1819) - Probably born in Boston about 1771 to Bosworth and Ann House Collier. No records of his birth or those of his children born in Boston have been found. The last two children, Priscilla and "Maderson," are in the Chesterfield records. 1) (Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1809) reads (Page 161) " Gersham Collier & Mary Kittle, Rev. Samuel West, June 16, 1793." 2) BOSTON DIRECTORY FOR 1796. (In the 10th Report of Boston Record Commissioners, ) Collier William, taylor, Love lane. Collier Gershom, housewright, Sheaf's lane. [Now Sheafe Street, North End.] Collier & Jacobs, housewrights, George street. [Now Hancock Street, Beacon Hill] (...Page 236) 3) In the 1798, 1800 and 1803 Boston City Directories - but not later ones - Gershom was listed as a housewright in Belknap Street, Beacon Hill. This is now called Joy Street, and is only one street west of where "Collier & Jacobs, housewrights" were listed in 1796. 4) About 1805, Gershom and Mary Kittle Collier moved to Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Mass. The History and Genealogy of the Families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts 1762 - 1962, pp. 101 - 103, contains the remaining facts on the family: GERSHOM COLLIER FAMILY 1. GERSHOM COLLIER, b. in Boston, d. 16 Apr. 1819, m. in Boston, 16 June 1793, Mary Kittell. The oldest children were born in Boston. He came here about 1805. His estate consisted ... Page 101 Bot Page 102 Top ...of 30 acres of land, a sawmill, a gristmill and other buildings valued at 750 pounds which he willed to his wife, Mary. She d. 4 Dec. 1837, ae. 68. Children: 2. Mary Ann, m. Joseph Witherell (No. 5). 3. Elizabeth, called Liza, m. Luther Torrey (No. 51); res. Florida, Mass. Page 5 4. Thomas, m. (int. 13 Sept. 1818), Lodema Hawkins. 5. Jane, m. Jason Damon (No. 254). 6. John, m. 5 Dec. 1822, Mary Samson; rem. to Ohio. *7. William, b. in Boston about 1803. 8. Catherine, m. Joel Pelton (No. 1). 9. Priscilla, b. 26 Apr. 1807; m. Dorus Vinton (No. 18). 10. Maderson, b. 9 July 1809; (Madison) m. (int. 7 Feb. 1835), Derinda Drury of Montague; rem. to Swanzey, N. H. 7. WILLIAM2 COLLIER (Gershom1), b. in Boston, d. 29 Oct. 1885, ae. 82; m. (1) (int. 3 Oct. 1823), Parnel Shaw (No. 21). She d. 26 Mar. 1832. He m. (2) 24 July 1832, Rebekah Hathaway (No. 6). She d. 3 Jan. 1894. Children by first wife: 11. Zilpha, b. 28 May 1825; m. Elijah Higgins (No. 18). 12. Tryphena, b. 31 Aug. 1828, in Northampton; m. Andrew J. Everett (No. 5). 13. Melinda L., b. in Westhampton, 15 May 1831; m. (int. 9 June 1849), Hollis E. Hillman, son of John Hillman, of Williamsburg. She d. in Williamsburg, 5 Mar. 1853. *14. Dorus, b. 19 Oct. 1832. 15. Daniel G., b. in Westhampton, 16 Aug. 1835; m. (1) Jane Meacham, b. in Worthington; m. (2) in Longmeadow, 15 Aug. 1900, Sarah S. Maginis, b. in Hatfield, dau. of Allen and Sophia (Bardwell) Dickinson. Children: i. Child, d. 1859. ii. Carrie, b. 8 Apr. 1860, d. 30 Sept. 1861. iii. Dau., b. 14 May 1863. 16. Horace, b. 22 Oct. 1837; d. Feb. 1864, Brandy Sta., Va., 37 Mass. Vol.; m. 13 Mar. 1862, Martha Meacham (No. 15). She m. (2) Henry C. Terry of Ware. One dau.: i. Mary Electa, b. 29 Mar. 1863, was taken from her mother in 1867, and Albert Nichols was appointed her guardian. At age 18, she m., 7 Dec. 1881, John Duffy of Easthampton, ae. 27, b. in Charlestown, son of Thomas and Mary Duffy. 17. Hannah Maria, b. Mar. 1840; m. Otis Baxter. 18. Thomas W., b. about 1842; m. 25 Nov. 1869, (Mrs.) Mary Lucretia Moody, dau. of Norman and Charlotte Trask. 19. Gershom, b. 20 Mar. 1846; m. Sarah Cowing. She, a widow, and her young child were drowned in the Mill River flood, 16 May 1874. Page 102 Bot Page 103 Top 14. DORUS3 COLLIER (William2, Gorshom1), b. 19 Oct. 1832; d. in Army, Co. D, 37 Regt., 21 Oct. 1862; m. (1) (int. 6 May 1857), Maria Delight Geer. She d. 18 May 1861. He m. (2) Julia Holmes. One son: Page 6 20. Welcome Luther, b. 16 Mar. 1858; m. (1) 11 Aug. 1880, Alice I. Burrell, dau. of James P. and Lucy E. Gay Burrell, b. in E. Weymouth, d. 4 Jan. 1906, ae. 57-8-19. He m. (2) in Northampton, 31 Aug. 1925, Delia (Dubue) Sullivan, dau. of Leon and Elmira (Parent) Dubue; her 2nd marriage. He d. 19 Oct. 1939. He made a will leaving all property, both real and personal, to the inhabitants of the Town of Chesterfield, to show appreciation of the care and attention he had received, including financial assistance, and stating "I purposely omit to provide for any of my cousins or relatives which I may have." ................ COLLIER, ANNA, m. (int. 28 Apr. 1793), Orange King (No. 12). COLLIER, MRS. BRIDGET, d. 12 May 1798. COLLIER, REBECCA, adm. to the Church, 20 Sept. 1789; m. James Bates, Jr., 12 Jan. 1792. COLLIER, SUSANNAH, m. (int. 26 July 1784), Thomas James (No. 2). COLLIER, THOMAS, d. 5 Mar. 1784, in the 78th year of his age. ... [Also in the Chesterfield "History" is the family of Jane Collier and her husband, John House, which I have already sent information on.) End portion of Page 103 Since I last wrote to everyone, I have been in touch with 4 additional Collier cousins; two descended from our Chesterfield family, and two from the Gershom Collier, born in Scituate in 1738, who moved to Maine by 1800. These folks are now in upstate New York, Illinois, Utah, and Washington state. They have all been happy to share information with me, and vice versa. They have given me the generations after their ancestors left eastern Mass., and they are posted to my computer files. I expect to be getting more of this type of information as time goes on, but won't bother sending all of it along right away. All of the essential information I have collected is on 2 computer files, which can be run on common genealogy software. I would be happy to send these to anyone who could use that format -- children, grandchildren. I have collected the central information and enclose two updated paper printouts -- one on the "Descendants of Thomas Collier, Hingham, Mass., - 1635," which includes individuals up to the present day, with the exception of our "Chesterfield" branch. A year ago, I started two separate files because I couldn't certainly connect our branch to the Hull- Scituate one, so for convenience I will keep it that way. The file on "our" branch is titled "Family of Gershom Collier, Chesterfield, Mass - 1805" For computer users, there are cross references and notes. Page 7 Attachments -- 2 Updated direct descendant charts - "Descendants of Thomas Collier, Hingham, Mass., - 1635," and "Family of Gershom Collier, Chesterfield, Mass - 1805." Descendant charts for our "Pilgrim Fathers" -- William Bassett, the Chilton family, William Collier, the Southworth family, and the Winslow family. For each of these, I have copied the sections only down to the point where those families merged with the main line of Thomas Collier, and I have highlighted the names where that connection is made. ( For example, William Collier's daughter, Elizabeth, married Constant Southworth, and I have printed the page(s) down to where their great-granddaughter, Bridget Southworth, married Thomas Collier, and highlighted those two names. I hope this makes sense to you. It seems to give a good view of the connections without a lot of retyping on my part.) For each of those first settlers I have also printed out a few paragraphs of biographical information. That for Thomas Collier is pretty sparse, as we don't yet, and may never, know much about his background in England, but some of the others have been much written about.. I want to thank all of you who have sent along family information, and words of encouragement about this project, over the last year or so. Aunt Elva has been especially busy feeding Ohio information to me. We have been able to go a lot further back than I ever thought we could. I am so glad I have been able to find, not only where John Collier and Mary Samson came from, but information on several generations before them. I wish I had been able to locate some of it while my father, and many other members of the family, were still with us, but that was not to be.. I know they would all be pleased to know something about our early family history. With love to all, Biographies - I checked The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, Charles Edward Banks, and others, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1980 and Plymouth Colony, Its History and People 1620-1691, Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, 1986, for background on the various early Collier ancestors. I have also used other sources, which I have noted in each section. Page 8 William Bassett (About 1600 - 1667) -- (Probably of London - Possibly also of Leyden, Holland. Came on the Fortune, 1621. Ancestor of the Stephensons, of Vermont and Ohio) The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, Charles Edward Banks, and othrs, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1980, page 106. "He was a gunsmith and worker in metals, and is probably the William, son of William Bassett of Bethnal Green, London, next Whitechapel, who was baptized at Stepney, 24 October, 1600. Extended investigation satisfactorily disposes of the inference that he was identical with a William Bassett of Leyden twice married before 1612 and said to be from Sandwich, co. Kent. The church records of Sandwich, all parishes, do not confirm this supposition. The emigrant's death in 1667 and the terms of his will indicate that he was not old enough to have been a widower in 1611, as was the Leyden William, who was a 'hodman' (mason?). Bethnal Green was in the Pilgrim neighborhood whence came Hopkins, Warren and Snow. He was unmarried on arrival, but in the division of 1623 was allotted two acres showing that he had taken a wife before that date." Added note, page 179 -- " William Bassett. The second share was surely for his wife Elizabeth, and there is no reason to suppose that they were not married when they arrived [on the Fortune, November 1621]. See article in the Mayflower Quarterly (May 1974), p. 56." Plymouth Colony, its History and People 1620-1691, cited above does not really clarify the early years of William Bassett. On the early history of William, and the marriages in Leyden, the author and a correspondent say, "(...[It is questionable ] whether it was the same William Bassett in all four marriages, and it is a surprisingly large number of Englishmen sharing a name with someone else that was resident in Leiden.)" From The Hamlin Family , Portion of page 166 - (*) NOTE 130. Mr. Sergle of Chicago, author of an unpublished genealogy of the Bassett family, says they are of Norman-French origin. and came to England with William the Conqueror; Therstine Bassett, being the King's Grand Falconer. During succeeding centuries they were great barons, holding power second only to that of the king; and some claimed royal lineage, most of these peerages have long been extinct. The American families of Bassett descend from William, of Plymouth, 1621; William, of Lynn, 1640; John, of New Haven, Ct., 1647, and some from French Huguenots. WILLIAM BASSET[T],1 came in the Fortune, 1621; settled in Plymouth; then in Duxbury; and finally in Bridgewater, Mass; planter and mechanic; a wealthy and large land Page 9 owner; he possessed a large library; freeman. 1633; his wife was named Elizabeth, perhaps Tilden. Children: WILLIAM, b. 1624; m. Mary Burt. ELIZABETH, " 1626; " Thomas Burgess, Jr. NATHANIEL, " 1628; " 1st, Mary or Dorcas Joyce. SARAH, " 1630; " Peregrine White. End portion of Page 166 James (Before 1563 - 1620), Susanna (Unk - 1621) and Mary Chilton (About 1606 - 1679) -- (Canterbury, and Leyden, Holland) (Were on the Mayflower, 1620) James Chilton Children and Grandchildren. Source: Mayflower Families Through Five Generation, Volume 15, Chilton, More, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997, James Chilton was born probably in Canterbury, Kent England, and before 1556, as he was aged 63 in 1619. [One of the 2 oldest men on the Mayflower.] He was the son of Lyonell Chylton and his first wife -- second wife, the widow Isabell Furner was not the mother of his children. He married in England, before 1587 poss. Susanna Furner, dau. of his step-mother. His wife died shortly after Jan 11, 1620/1. James Chilton died aboard the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor, Dec. 18, 1620. [ Mary Chilton became an orphan at the age of about 14.] [James Chilton had been a tailor by trade -- Wade's Note.] Only two of ten of his children are accounted for -- Isabella, and Mary. The remaining eight known children either died young, or there was no further record as of 1997. James Chilton, Wife Susanna Furner (?) Isabella Chilton bp. St. Paul's Parish, Canterbury, Jan 15, 1586/7 Mary Chilton bp. St. Peter's Parish, Sandwich, May 30, 1607 Isabella Chilton, death date unknown, married in Leyden, Holland, July 21, 1615, Roger Chandler, "batchelor from Colchester, England." He died probably Duxbury, bet 1658 and Oct 3, 1665. Bradford remains the only reference for Isabella's arrival at Plymouth, when he names another daughter that was married and came afterward. ..." Mary Chilton married in Plymouth, between July 1623 and May 22 1627, John Winslow, brother to Edward, who arrived on the ship Fortune, and son of Edward and Magdalen (Ollyver) Winslow. Mary died, Boston, before May 1, 1679. John died, Boston, before May 21, 1674. ...Ten Children [An ancestor of Bridget Southworth Collier.] Page 10 James Chilton, a tailor by trade, was the oldest Mayflower passenger, and one of the first to die after reaching the New World. He was born and raised in Canterbury, Kent, England and around 1600 moved to Sandwich, England. By 1615 James and at least some of his children were living in Leyden, Holland. On 28 April 1619, James Chilton and his daughter Isabella were caught in an anti-Armenian riot and James was hit in the head with a large stone and required the services of the town surgeon, Jacob Hey. He came on the Mayflower with his wife Susanna and daughter Mary. Susanna died shortly after James, leaving their daughter orphaned; she probably joined with the household of Myles Standish. Mary Chilton came on the Mayflower at the young age of 13, and legend has it she was the first female to step ashore at Plymouth. She married John Winslow, who came in the ship Fortune, and was the brother of Mayflower passengers Edward Winslow and Gilbert Winslow. Folklore has it that either Mary Chilton or John Alden was the first person to step on Plymouth Rock. Historians think the story unlikely. Thomas Collier (About 1576 - 1647) -- (Unknown) Some Internet sources, and Mormon files, give Prestwich, Lancashire (now a suburb of Manchester) as his birthplace, but with no authority given. I do see several births of Collier children in that area in the general 1590 and later period, but not one for Thomas on the more reliable date of 1576 given by his death, aged about 71, in Hingham, 1647. One of our new cousins has recently found the record of a birth of a Thomas Collier, about 1578, in the town of Eccles, a few miles from Prestwich. As of now, we have no information that this was our ancestor. At least one other authority (Banks, ? same as the author of English Ancestry..., above) gives his origin as Reading, Berkshire (Thames Valley, west of London), but this may be largely because his daughter-in-law, Jane Curtis (wife of Thomas (2) Collier, of Hull, Mass. was from there. No authority is given, and Mrs. Smith, author of the article on "17th Century Hull and Her People," considers it speculation. Many of the original settlers of Hingham are known to have come from Hingham, Norfolk, England (near Norwich), but I haven't found any certain identification of them yet. In an article in the History of Hingham, published 1893, on "Early Settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts," there is a list of names of the first planters of 1633, who were from the area of Hingham. Others came in 1634, and then in 1635 the first large group, including our Thomas Collier, and the names Baker, Bates, Bosworth, Lincoln, Loring, all Page 11 of which were later related to our Collier line. There is NOT an identification as to which of these was from the area of Hingham, England. We really don't know what part of England Thomas was from. William Collier (About 1585 - before 1671) -- (London) Merchant and "brewer" of London. Married his wife, Jane Clarke, and most of his children were baptized in St. Olave, Southwark. One of the few Adventurers (investors) to actually settle in New England.. Came over to Plymouth in 1633, lived in Duxbury. Probably the wealthiest man in Plymouth Colony. Daughter Elizabeth married Constant Southworth.. Much detail on his life is available in Moore Families, pp. 196-205, which I have not located yet. Often elected an Assistant Governor, active in public affairs. (I have much more information -- a well known figure.) From the General Register of the Society of Colonial Wars 1899-1902: Collier, William (???) 1670. Governor's Assistant, 1634-1665. Plymouth Colony. Commissioner to the United Colonies, 1643. Representative, Member Council of War, 1642, Although William and Jane had 12 children, including four boys, none of those survived to adulthood. All descendants of William Collier are through his daughters, including our ancestor, Elizabeth Collier Southworth. Alice, Constant (1615 - 1679) and Thomas Southworth (1617 - 1669) -- (Fenton, Nottinghamshire and Leyden, Holland. Came to Plymouth 1623 and 1628 ?) The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, Charles Edward Banks, and othrs, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1980, page 161. Mrs. Alice Southworth (Came to Plymouth, a widow, in 1623): "She was the widow of Edward Southworth, daughter of Alexander Carpenter and sister of Julian Carpenter, the wife of George Morton (q.v.) She was betrothed to Edward Southworth, say-weaver of Leyden, 7 May, 1613, by whom she had two sons, Constant, born 1615, and Thomas, 1617, who accompanied her on the voyage. [Plymouth Colony, Its History and People 1620-1691, Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, 1986, page 355 - 356, has records that show the sons came to Plymouth at least 5 years later.] She married Governor Bradford, about a month after arrival, on 14 August, 1623. The Southworths and Gov. Bradford had lived in Heneage House, Duke's place, London, for about a year prior to the sailing of the Mayflower. It is probable that the Southworth family came from the vicinity of Fenton, co, Notts, near Sturton-le-Steeple, the home of the Rev. John Robinson (P. R. O. Exchequer, Dep. 43-44, Elixabeth Michaelmas No #). Page 12 Southworth families lived in various parishes in that section of England before the Pilgrim exodus. Constant and Thomas Southworth came to Plymouth on either the Anne or the Little James in 1623, with their mother, the widow Alice Carpenter Southworth. She later married Governor William Bradford, whose first wife had died in the first winter (q.v.)." Constant Southworth was Secretary of the Plymouth Colony from 1659-1679, and Assistant Governor (one of 6 or 7) from 1670 - 1678. Also was Representative for 22 years starting 1647. Thomas Southworth was Assistant Governor 1652-1653 and 1658-1659. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs [Massachusetts], 4 Vols., Cutter and Adams, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1910, New York, page 1692: "Edward Southworth, progenitor of the family in England, was born there about 1590, and died about 1621. He married, May 28, 1613, Alice Carpenter, of Wrington, Somersetshire, England. He was a silk worker in Leyden: one of the Pilgrim exiles who formed Rev. John Robinson's church. He was descended from the Southworths of Samlesbury Hall, Lancashire, where the family was established in the thirteenth century. His widow married Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth. Tradition has it that Alice Carpenter and Bradford were lovers before either married, and that her parents selected Edward Southworth because of his higher social rank. After Bradford's wife Dorothy was drowned in Provincetown harbor, Governor Bradford wrote to the widow in England, and she came over in the ship "Ann," in 1623, to marry him. Her two sons, Thomas and Constant, came with her, or soon followed...." Page 1693, "(II) Constant, son of Edward Southworth, was born in Leyden, in 1615. He was brought up in the family of his stepfather, Governor William Bradford, at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman in 1636-7, and was in the service against the Indians in 1637. In 1646 he was color-bearer for the Duxbury company. He was of the council of war in 1653; a deputy to the general court and assistant to the governor; and treasurer of the colony, 1659 to 1673. He owned land in Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island, as well as Duxbury. He married, November 2, 1637, Elizabeth Collier, daughter of William Collier, a London merchant, who assisted the Plymouth colonists, and in 1633 himself made his home in Plymouth, where he died in 1670. Constant Southworth died March 10, 1679. Children: 1. Mercy, born about 1638. 2. Edward. 3. Alice, born 1646; married Benjamin Church, the celebrated Indian fighter. 4. Nathaniel, mentioned below. [Ancestor of Bridget Southworth Collier -- Wade's note.] 5. Mary, married David, son of John and Priscilla Alden, Pilgrims. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Priscilla. 8. William, born 1659." Page 13 Governor Edward Winslow (1595 - 1655) --- ( Came on the Mayflower -- not a direct ancestor, but a brother of our ancestor John Winslow, husband of Mary Chilton. ) The source for this information is the Internet site, the Mayflower Web Pages: "Edward Winslow was the son of Edward Winslow, a wealthy owner of a salt boilery, and Magdalene Oliver. Edward Winslow was baptized at Droitwich, Worcester, England on 28 October 1595. Winslow soon joined with the Separatists, and moved to Leyden where he became a printer along with William Brewster, publishing illegal religious pamphlets. His first wife, Elizabeth Barker, was from Chattisham, Suffolk, England. His second wife was the widow of William White of the Mayflower. ...[Edward Winslow] ... was one of the more prominent and influential men in the Plymouth Colony, and was the colony's third governor. In the early years of Plymouth, Edward played a prominent role in Indian-Pilgrim relations, and made many diplomatic visits to the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit. On one occasion in 1622 he even managed to "cure" Massasoit of a dreadful sickness--an event which greatly helped Indian-Pilgrim relations. Winslow also made trips to England in the early years of the Colony to conduct business agreements and make legal arrangements, including trips in 1623-4, 1630, and 1635. In 1646 he returned to live in England and served in the English army under Oliver Cromwell . In 1655 he died of a fever on a military expedition to capture the island of Hispaniola. ... Edward Winslow authored several books. He wrote Good News From New England first published in 1624. He authored a good portion of Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth first published in 1622. Winslow also wrote Hypocricie Unmasked (1646), and New England's Salamander (1647), which are both for the most part religious discourses. He also edited several pamphlets. Edward Winslow is the only Mayflower passenger to have a known portrait in existence--although a questionable sketch of Myles Standish exists. The portrait ...was painted by Robert Walker in 1651, so Winslow is here 31 years older than he was when he came on the Mayflower at the age of 25. The original portrait is in the possession of the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. " I attach a copy of this portrait. Our ancestor, John Winslow must have looked much like this. Page 14 John Winslow (1597 - 1674) -- (From Droitwich, Worcester -- Came on the Fortune, November, 1621) English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, Charles Edward Banks, and others, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1980, page 130. English Ancestry, page 130 " John Winslow He was brother of Edward, of the Mayflower, and baptized 18 April, 1597, as recorded at Droitwich, co. Worcester (see under Winslow, in the list of Mayflower passengers for his ancestry). He was unmarried on his arrival and in 1623 had but one acre assigned him. He married Mary Chilton (q.v.)" John Winslow came over on the Fortune, arriving November 1621, the second ship to Plymouth. Brother Edward, later Governor of Plymouth, had come on the Mayflower, with brother Gilbert. Kenelm came in 1623, and Josiah in 1631. There were also several sisters, but I have little information about them at present. John Winslow was also an important citizen of the Plymouth Colony and, later, Boston. I am certain that there are book length studies of the family, but I have pieced the following together from several sources: The genealogy of the Winslow family is traceable back to the 14th century. John Winslow, younger brother of Edward, was born April 16, 1597, baptised two days later, and came over from England on the Fortune in 1621. Between 1623 and 1627 he married Mary Chilton, who came on the Mayflower with her parents, James and Susanna, but was orphaned shortly after arrival in the New World. John Winslow was a Member of the Council of War, 1646. Deputy, 1653-'55. He performed important duties for the Plymouth Colony, including operating a trading post on the Kennebec River in Maine about 1650. I have not yet taken a complete look at his life. About 1655 - 1657 he and Mary removed to Boston, where he was a "thrifty" and "eminent" merchant and ship owner; bought the "mansion of the late Antipas Boice, September 19, 1671," was freeman 1672 [see note, below], and died 1674. He was buried in King's Chapel, Boston, MA. His will was dated March 12, 1673, and proved May 21, 1674. Mary died about 1679, in Boston One daughter of John and Mary married Myles Standish, Jr., and a granddaughter married Nathaniel Southworth. Later generations of the Winslow family remained prominent in Massachusetts life. Unfortunately for several, they were Loyalists during the Revolution, and lost their property during the war. I will pursue the family history at a later date. Page 15 (NOTE: FREEMAN As I understand it, the term "Freeman," a status which most of our early ancestors had, basically means that the person (men only at that time, of course) was of good character, had some means, and was chosen by town officials to be given the right to vote, and to participate in town and colony affairs. Indentured servants, for example, would have to complete their period of service, and acquire some property before they could become "Freemen.")