Winslow, Josiah, c.1629–1680, American governor of Plymouth Colony, b. Plymouth, Mass.; son of Edward Winslow. Educated at Harvard, he was an assistant of the Plymouth Colony (1657–73) and then governor (1673–80), the first native-born governor of any American colony. Winslow also served (1658–72) as the Plymouth commissioner to the New England Confederation and as commander in chief of the colonial forces in King Philip's War King Philip's War, 1675–76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag . His Wampanoag name was Metacom, Metacomet, or Pometacom.
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Winslow, Josiah

(born c. 1629, Plymouth colony—died Dec. 18, 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth colony) American colonist. The son of Edward Winslow, he succeeded Myles Standish as commander of Plymouth colony's military forces in 1656. He was appointed assistant governor of the colony (1657–73) and served as a member of the directorate of the New England Confederation. He was the first native-born colonial governor of Plymouth colony (1673–80) and established its first public school. In King Philip's War he was commander in chief of the confederation's military forces (1675–76).