Person:Samuel Winch (1)

History of Framingham, MA, 1847: Samuel appears on Sud[bury] Rec., 1671. He bought, 1683, of Wid. Anne Stone, 56 acres at Wolfe Swamp, a part of Corlet's Farm (prob. at the Frost place*). In 1689, "Winch's old house" is referred to as on Mr. Danforth's land. He was among the original members of the church in Framingham, Oct. 8, 1701; was Selectman, 1709, and Tythingman, 1716. "Aug. 8, 1718, our brother, Samuel Winch, was buried, who died of cancer." Swift's Journal. *Samuel is said to have lived where is a cellar hole, nearly opposite the old Frost house; this last, tradition supposes to have been built by Samuel and a son, near 150 years since.

1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
   473.

   WINCH, Samuel, bur. Aug. 3, 1718. P.R.

2. ↑ Barry, William. A history of Framingham, Massachusetts, including the plantation, from 1640 to the present time: with an appendix containing a notice of Sudbury and its first proprietors, also a register of the inhabitants of Framingham before 1800, with genealogical sketches. (Boston: J. Munroe and Co., 1847)
   page 442-3.

   Samuel Winch m. (1) 11 Feb 1673 Hannah Gibbs, m. (2) 11 Jan 1698-9 Sarah Barnard. bur. 3 Aug 1718 [citing Swift's Journal].