John Winchester Genealogy

I. John¹ Winchester, at the age of 19, embarked in the ship Elizabeth from England, in 1635, and settled in Hingham, Mass.; admitted freeman in 1637. He m. Oct. 15, 1638, Hannah Sealis, dau. of Dea. Richard Sealis of Scituate. In 1650 he removed to Muddy River (now Brookline, Mass.), where he d. Apr. 25, 1694. His widow d. Sept. 18, 1697.

II. John² Winchester, son of John¹, I, was bapt. at Hingham, June 2, 1644. He lived at Muddy River, and the records name a wife Hannah, and subsequently a wife, Joanna. He d. Feb. 1, 1717-8.

III. Henry³ Winchester, son of John², II, was the sixth of ten ch., and m. Oct. 5, 1705, Frances White. They lived in Brookline.

IV. Rev. Jonathan⁴, son of Henry³, III, was the first minister of Ashburnham, Mass. He was b. Brookline, Apr. 21, 1717; d. Ashburnham, Nov. 26, 1767. He m. May 5, 1748, Sarah Crofts.

V. Jonathan⁵, Winchester, son of Rev. Jonathan⁴, IV, b. at Brookline, Mass., July 31, 1755; d. Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 16, 1837; m. Feb. 3, 1783, Persis Whitmore, b. Leominster, Mass., Mar. 3, 1755; dau. of Joseph and Mary (Marvin) Whitmore. She d. at Ashburnham, July 17, 1837, six months after her husband.

1. Samuel⁶ Winchester, 1, of Sullivan, son of Jonathan⁵, V, was b. at Ashburnham, Sept. 13, 1785, was a farmer and lived in S., where all his ch. were b.; he d. Oct. 20, 1865; m. (1), May 7, 1813, Sally Foster, b. Marlborough (now Roxbury); d. S., Feb. 12, 1814. According to the Keene Sentinel, “Mrs. Sally Winchester was taken with a pain in her head on Friday, Feb. 11. It increased with great violence until she expired Saturday evening, Feb. 12, (1814), just at midnight.” She was dau. of Enoch and Rebecca (French) Foster of Roxbury. He m. (2), Dec. 1, 1814, Chloe Faulkner Boynton, b. Sturbridge, Mass., Oct. 7, 1790; d. S., Dec. 11, 1830; dau. of David E. and Bethiah (Morris) Boynton. He m. (3), Sept. 6, 1831, Eusebia Eames, b. Swanzey, Mar. 18, 1800; d. S., June 12, 1880; dau. of Jotham and Eusebia (Goddard) Eames of Swanzey. Ch.:
   1. Sally Foster⁷, b. Jan. 14, 1814, m. Dec. 6, 1831, John Thompson, b. Gilsum, Mar. 18, 1804, d. Dec. 6, 1840; son of Benjamin and Anna (Tubbs) Thompson. He was a farmer in Gilsum, and his death was caused by an injury which he received, while putting up his cattle in the evening. He came into the house and died suddenly. Ch. b. Gilsum:
      1. 1. Emily F.⁸ Thompson, b. July 11, 1834; m. Nov. 29, 1855, Francis Charles Minor, b. Chanbly, P. Q., June 12, 1832, son of Joseph and Margaret (Abert) Minor; res. Northfield, Vt.; three ch.:
         1. Frank Leslie⁹ Minor, b. Keene, May 7, 1857; d. Gilsum, Feb. 23, 1880; m. Oct. 16, 1877, Irene Mahala Polley, b. Butler, Ill., July 28, 1855, dau. of Jacob Jr. and Marietta (Emerson) Polley.
         2. Elmer Ellsworth⁹ Polley, b. Northfield, Vt., July 2, 1861.
         3. Charles Clifton⁹, b. Northfield, Vt., Nov. 22, 1864, drowned in Gilsum, July 27, 1869.
      2. Lydia A.⁸ Thompson, b. Apr. 6, 1836; m. (1), June 4, 1856, George William Tubbs, b. Northfield, Vt., 1841; d. Keene, Feb. 5, 1871; son of William and Eunice (Carpenter) Tubbs; she m. (2), Frank Russell Boyce (q. v.) By her first m. she had a pair of twins:
         1. May Etta Estella⁹ Tubbs, b. Feb. 14, 1858; m. Dec. 23, 1878, George R. Keyes and res. Acton, Mass.
         2. Ida⁹ Tubbs, b. Gilsum, Feb. 14, 1858; d. Mar. 1, 1858.
      3. Simon Edwin⁸ Thompson, b. Gilsum, Feb. 6, 1838; d. in Athol, Mass., Feb. 1, 1868; m. Nov. 21, 1862, Fanny S. Forester, b. Orange, Mass., May 4, 1843; dau. of Nathaniel C. and Frances (Goddard) Forester, (she m. (2), Jan. 5, 1876, Abner S. Stratton). Simon Edwin had a son:
         1. Loren S.⁹ Thompson, b. Orange, Mass., Oct. 28, 1863.
      4. Jane Augusta⁸ Thompson, b. Gilsum, Apr. 2, 1840; d. unm. in Northfield, Vt., Feb. 18. 1859.
   2. Enoch Whittemore⁷, b. Apr. 28, 1816, m. (1), Dec. 3, 1841, Mary E. Betts, who d. Keene, May 22, 1845, aged 21. He m. (2), in Keene, by Dr. Barstow, Mar. 2, 1846, Martha Abigail Kingsbury, b. Keene, Aug. 12, 1820; dau. of Abijah and Abigail (Wilder) Kingsbury. Ch. b. in Keene:
      1. Julia Amaryllis⁸, b. Oct. 22, 1843; d. there, Aug. 23, 1848.
      2. Charles Henry⁸, b. May 14, 1845; is married has ch. and res. Grand Rapids, Mich.
   3. Emery⁷, b. Apr. 28, 1816; d. Dec. 12, 1816.
   4. Mary Morris⁷, b. Nov. 22, 1817; m. Charles C. Comstock (q. v.)
   5. Harriet Eliza⁷, b. July 2, 1819, m. May 4, 1842, Jacob Staples, b. Westmoreland, June 10, 1818, d. Keene, Feb. 28, 1895; son of Perkins and Mary (Prouty) Staples. They res. in Westmoreland, Bellows Falls, Vt., and Keene. Mr. Staples was a carpenter. She d. Keene, Sept. 20, 1901. Ch.:
      1. Henry Marshall⁸ Staples, b. Westmoreland, Feb. 23, 1843, killed on a locomotive in Keene, Oct. 21, 1876; m. June 2, 1868, Rosetta Maranda Hart, b. Keene, Aug. 23, 1846, dau. of Nehemiah and Maranda R. (Miller) Hart of Keene. Res. Keene, three ch. b. Keene:
         1. George Frank⁹ Staples, b. June 13, 1869, d. there, May 18, 1871.
         2. Irving Winchester⁹ Staples, b. Mar. 6, 1871.
         3. Don Henry⁹ Staples, b. Mar. 23, 1876, m. Nov. 23, 1898, Alice Mabel Reed of Keene.
      2. Frank Albert⁸ Staples, b. Westmoreland, Nov. 26, 1845; d. Keene, July 23, 1871, unm.
      3. Mary Ella⁸ Staples, b. Keene, Aug. 18, 1848; d. there, Jan. 6, 1849.
      4. Charles Jacob⁸ Staples, b. Bellows Falls, Vt., May 15, 1854, d. in Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 10, 1895; m. May 1, 1880, Margaret Lucella Cudney, b. Kentor (?), near London, Ontario, July 11, 1861; dau. of James and Margaret Ann (Chestnut) Cudney. No children.
   6. Persis Augusta⁷, b. Dec. 1, 1821, d. Oct. 6, 1822.
   7. Samuel Alexander⁷, b. May 24, 1823, m. (1), Apr. 1, 1847, Mary Elizabeth Gibbs, b. Framingham, Mass., d. 1848, dau. of Matthew Gibbs. He m. (2), May, 1851, Rebecca Bailey, b. Swanzey, May 19, 1827, d. at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 21, 1877. He m. (3), Oct. 26, 1881, Martha (Gibbs) Bailey.
   8. Alpheus Boynton⁷, b. Mar. 19, 1825, died in Clinton, Wis., Nov. 10, 1875. We know nothing further of his family.
   9. William Warren⁷, b. Sept. 4, 1827; res. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., m. twice and had several ch.
   10. Augusta Chloe⁷, b. Oct. 17, 1830, d. Keene, Feb. 15, 1851.
   11. Elliot Caleb⁷, b. Oct. 2, 1832,  res. Sullivan, but d. in Grand Rapids, Mich.; m. Mar. 18, 1857, Eliza Ann Rawson, b. S., Jan. 19, 1836, dau. of Chauncy W. and Eliza (Bolster) Rawson of Sullivan, Seven ch. b. Sullivan.:
       1. Elsie Eliza⁸, b. Oct. 6, 1858, m. Oct. 31, 1883, Blondin Milan Towne, b. in Stoddard, Aug. 19, 1859; son of Harvey and Sarah Osgood (Seward) Towne. Divorced. She m. (2), in Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 24, 1895, Charles Henry Richardson, b. Feb. 28, 1838, in Raisin Township, Lenawee, Co., Mich., son of Charles and Eliza Jane (Densmore) Richardson. He is a farmer and carpenter at Hart, Mich. She had no ch. by either husband.
       2. George Elliot⁸, b. Oct. 3, 1859, d. Aug. 4, 1862.
       3. Hattie Eusebia⁸, b. Apr. 28, 1861; m. George W. Comstock (q. v.)
       4. Elmer Ellsworth⁸, b. Oct. 16, 1862; d. Mar. 1863.
       5. Clara Maria⁸, b. July 16, 1864; m. Frank E. Comstock (q. v.)
       6. Julia Ann⁸, b. Mar. 18, 1866, m. Feb. 17, 1891, at Grand Rapids, Mich., Richard Morgan McRae; b. Lawville, N. Y.; son of William and Mary (Kern) McRae. He is a grocer at Grand Rapids, Mich. Ch.:
          1. Rosabella Anna⁹ McRae, b. Jan. 17, 1892.
          2. Florence⁹ McRae, b. Jan. 19, 1893; d. Grand Rapids, Mar. 27, 1894.
          3. Marie Elizabeth⁹ McRae, b. Jan. 5, 1895.
          4. Alta Irena⁹ McRae, b. Jan. 26, 1897.
       7. Charles Elliot⁸, b. July 3, 1870, was a carpenter and contractor in Port Huron, Mich.; m. June 30, 1897, Mary Elizabeth Traviss, b. Bradford, Ontario, Jan. 16, 1872; dau. of George A. and Phoebe (Nichols) Traviss. They have a dau., Alta Mae.