The Old Colony Club is one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in the United States, founded in 1769 in Plymouth, Massachusetts .
11-522: The club was founded in January 1769, by Isaac Lothrop , Pelham Winslow , Thomas Lothrop , Thomas Mayhew, Elkanah Cushman , John Thomas, Edward Winslow, Jr. and John Watson. Their intent in creating a private club was to avoid "the many disadvantages and inconveniences that arise from intermixing with the company at the taverns in ... Plymouth." It went moribund during the American Revolution due to
22-474: A split between Tory and Patriot members, but was revived in 1875. Its clubhouse on Court Street was purchased in 1893. The club meets on Fridays at a much-renovated old colonial house on Court Street in downtown Plymouth. The club is best known for its annual celebration of Forefathers' Day , one of the oldest holidays in America, dating from colonial times. Hoyle's Official Book of Games notwithstanding,
33-603: Is an unincorporated rural area 20 km west of Fredericton , New Brunswick , Canada. The area includes forests, Saint John River shoreline, agricultural land, small businesses, rural residences, and the Mactaquac Dam . Access is via the Trans-Canada Highway , and NB Routes 102 , and 3 . Local governance was provided by the Kingsclear Local Service District (KLSD). The KSLD did not govern
44-418: The "extinct" game of Bestia is still played every Friday night at this institution. The Old Colony Club boasts among its early members Revolutionary War hero General Alexander Scammell . 41°57′27.7″N 70°39′57.2″W / 41.957694°N 70.665889°W / 41.957694; -70.665889 Edward Winslow (loyalist) Edward Winslow (February 20, 1746 or 1747 – May 13, 1815)
55-654: The Founding of New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Military Heritage Series, Volume 2. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions and The New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, 2003. William Odber Raymond . Winslow Papers A.D. 1776–1826. Saint John: New Brunswick Historical Society, 1901. "Judge Edward Winslow." Sibley's Harvard Graduates. Ed Clifford K. Stanley. Vol 16. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1972, 274–291. Maude Maxwell Vesey, Manuscript Biography of Edward Winslow, University of New Brunswick Archives, Fredericton New Brunswick. Kingsclear, New Brunswick Kingsclear
66-653: The Patriots' victory was secured in 1783, Winslow and his fellow Loyalists were essentially reduced to the status of refugees. He moved his family to Granville in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia , but spent most of his time in Halifax making plans for the settling of Loyalists throughout Nova Scotia . Frustrated with the efforts of the Nova Scotia authorities at settling the approximately 35,000 Loyalists, Winslow began to advocate for
77-624: The creation of a separate colony in the area north of the Bay of Fundy . In 1783 he was named secretary to Brigadier-General Henry Edward Fox , who was sympathetic to Winslow's proposal. The British government approved the creation of a new colony, called New Brunswick , in June 1784. Winslow and his family spent a few months in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1785, before moving to Fredericton. In 1787 Winslow's mother and sisters (his father Edward Sr. died in 1784 and
88-752: The peace. By 1774, Winslow was forced to flee Plymouth, and in April 1775, as a member of the British Army , he was involved in a bloody confrontation at Lexington against the Patriot militia. In March 1776, he retreated along with the British troops to Halifax , and by July had been appointed muster master general for the Loyalist forces. (He was subsequently named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778.) After
99-822: The relative financial ease that his position with the New Brunswick Supreme Court offered him, Winslow's family endured financial hardships up until the time of his death. He died in 1815 in Kingsclear, New Brunswick . It was during the war that Winslow met his future wife Mary Symonds, and by 1783 they had three children: Daniel Murray (1777-1814), Chipman (1778-1783) and Mary (1779-1843). Nine children followed: Penelope (1783-1836), John Francis Wentworth (1783-1859), Thomas Aston Coffin (1784-1810), Edward (1785?-1820), Hannah (b.1788?), Sarah Ann (1790-?), Christianna (1791-1814), Eliza Chipman (1794-1854), and Catherine (1799-1805). Dallison, Robert L. The American Revolution and
110-648: Was a loyalist officer and New Brunswick judge and official. Edward Winslow was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1746 or 1747, a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim Edward Winslow and the son of Edward Winslow (scholar) . He studied at Harvard College , graduating in 1765 with an MA. After graduation, as the political tension escalated between Great Britain and its North American colonies over issues such as trade, taxation, and governance, Winslow publicly put his support behind Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson and helped create "a company of Tories" in an effort to keep
121-591: Was buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia) ) joined them. Before his appointment to the New Brunswick Supreme Court in 1807, Winslow served in a number of government posts: surrogate general, judge of the inferior court of common pleas, muster master of the King's New Brunswick regiment, secretary to the International Boundary Commission, and deputy surveyor of the King's Woods. Despite
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