Early Life
Edward Winslow was baptized on October 20, 1595 in Droitwich, Worcestershire. His parents were Edward Winslow (1560-1620) and Magdalene Oliver/Ollyver (b. 1566). His father was a salt extractor. In 1613 Edward Winslow was apprenticed to a London printer. His wife was Elizabeth Barker.
In 1617 Edward Winslow traveled to Leiden, Holland and worked with William Brewster as a printer. By publishing religious tracts critical of the English king and his bishops, Brewster ran afoul of the English government. King James I ordered Brewster’s arrest, and when the king’s men came to seize him, he was forced into hiding, first in Holland and later in England. This was at a critical time for the Leideners, as their preparations for their voyage to America had entered a critical phase and Elder Brewster’s guidance was badly needed.
Read more about this topic: Edward Winslow
Famous quotes containing the words early and/or life:
“In the course of twenty crowded years one parts with many illusions. I did not wish to lose the early ones. Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)
“Let the whiteness of bones atone to forgetfulness.
There is no life in them. As I am forgotten
And would be forgotten, so I would forget
Thus devoted, concentrated in purpose.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)