Kenelm Winslow Homestead

Kenelm Winslow Homestead is settled on a gentle eminence by the sea, near the extremity of a neck of land lying between Green Harbor and South Rivers. This tract of the township was considered the Eden of the region. It was beautified with groves of majestic oaks and graceful walnuts, with the underground void of tangled shrubbery. A few of these groves were standing within the memory of man, but all have now fallen beneath the hand of the woodman.

Kenelm Winslow (1599-1672), younger brother of Plymouth Colony governor and Mayflower pilgrim Edward Winslow (1595-1655), arrived in the early years of the colony and with his brother helped to settle an area north of Plymouth, Massachusetts, known today as Marshfield, Massachusetts, but first known as Green Harbor.

Homestead Overview
The house, built circa 1645, is believed to be the oldest house today in Marshfield, Massachusetts and one of the oldest in all of Plymouth Colony. It's located on Winslow Street in Rexhame with a historical plaque and gravestone in the front, midway between Kenelm Drive and Sherrill Road. It is a private home. No public tours available. It is rumored to be haunted.

Ownership Timeline
The homestead of Kenelm Winslow, sen., passed, after the decease of Nathaniel, his son, to Kenelm, his son, who m. Abigail Waterman ; then to their son Kenelm, who m. Abigail Bourn of Barnstable, whose son Kenelm was the last resident of the family name thereon. He removed to Kennebec County, Me., where he recently deceased. The families of this name, both in Lincoln and Waldo Counties, are, with perhaps others, descended from Kenelm Winslow, sen. On this estate remains, in fine preservation, one of the .... etc.


 * 1) Kenelm Winslow (1599-1672) - builder of the homestead, younger brother of Colonial Governor, Edward Winslow (1595-1655).
 * 2) Nathaniel Winslow