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The Historic Winslow House in Marshfield, Massachusetts
The Pilgrims came to America just to keep their religion pure but also to win fame and fortune. In 1620 Edward Winslow (1595-1655) arrived in America on board the Mayflower with his wife and servants. [1] Today, Careswell, the family's estate in Marshfield, Massachusetts, stands as a memorial to the secular status the Winslows attained over the next two hundred years.
In the seventeenth century property ownership was the hallmark of the English aristocracy and the aspiration of the middling classes. The quest for property could be played out in New England by a "division" of land outside the town ...