The Isaac Winslow House is the ancestral home of the founding family of Marshfield and was considered an avant-garde South Shore mansion.

It has been occupied by a family of governors, generals, doctors, lawyers and judges who helped to create Marshfield and the South Shore.

[2] Among its occupants were General John Winslow, leader of the Massachusetts militia, who is best known for his role in the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia—an event commemorated by Longfellow in his epic poem Evangeline.

Another notable occupant was the manservant Briton Hammon, who after voyaging at sea, being captured by Indians off the coast of Florida, and his subsequent escape and reconciliation with former master John Winslow, wrote his life story, becoming among the first African-Americans to have published his work in the New World.

[1] A tour of the home shows antiques and architecture from the Winslow period, and includes items such as a Queen Anne dresser constructed around 1760.