JOHN WINSLOW (BRITISH ARMY OFFICER)

'John Winslow' (May 10 1703–April 17 1774), descendant of Pilgrim Edward Winslow , was an officer during the French and Indian War. John was the son of Sarah and Issac Winslow.
He was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1703. He married Mary Little, a descendant of Pilgrim Richard Warren in 1725. They had three children: Josiah, Pelham and Issac Winslow. Winslow commanded a company in a British expedition to Cuba in 1740; he was a Colonel in the Expedition of 1755 to Nova Scotia,and, during the French and Indian War, was the commander-in-chief of Fort William Henry.
The town of Winslow, Maine is named for General Winslow.
He died at Hingham, Massachusetts in 1774.

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★ Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''