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Perry Winslow

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Occupation
  
whaler

Relatives
  
Charles F. Winslow

Home town
  
Nantucket

Died
  
October 17, 1890

Name
  
Perry Winslow


Born
  
February 25, 1815 (
1815-02-25
)

Known for
  
discoverer of Winslow Reef in the Phoenix Islands

Perry Winslow (1815–1890) was a whaling ship master out of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Born February 25, 1815 in Nantucket to Joseph Winslow and Betty (Comstock) Winslow, he was the brother of another whaling captain, Joseph Winslow, and the first cousin of Charles F. Winslow, 1811–1877. Among his many commands was Phoenix. While in command of Edward Cary in 1854, he was accompanied by his wife, Mary Ann (Morrow) Winslow, and his son and daughter, John and Sarah Bunker Winslow, in a whaling voyage in the Pacific Ocean.

He died in Nantucket, October 17, 1890.

References

Perry Winslow Wikipedia