Person:Stephen Winchell (2)

Will

'Recorded in Vol. XII, Page 135-6
Stephen Winchell, Simsbury. Invt. 884-05-04. Taken 5th April, 1726, by Joseph Barnard, Nathaniel Pinney and Nathaniel Pinney, Jr.

I, Stephen Winchell of Simsbury, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Abigail the 1-3 part of my moveable estate, to her and dispose forever, with the improvement of 1-3 part of my lands during her natural life. I give to my five sons, viz., Stephen Winchell, Thomas Winchell, Caleb Winchell, Robert Winchell and Martin Winchell, all my estate, both real and personal, to be divided amongst them in equal shares, excepting 5 in moveables at inventory price, which I give to my daughter Dorothy with what I have already given her. And I do by these present make and ordain my two eldest sons, Stephen Winchell and Thomas Winchell, the executors to this my last will and testament.

Witness: John Owen, Henry Millington, Samuell Higley. Stephen Winchell, LS.

Court Record, Page 113 - 4 January 1725-6: The last will and testament of Stephen Winchell was exhibited by Stephen and Thomas Winchell, executors. Proven.

Page 127 - 5 April, 1726: Martin Winchell, a minor, 18 years of age, chose Stephen Winchell of Simsbury to be his guardian. Recog., 100.'^[6]

Land Transactions

'Stephen was unable to write. Under date of 23 June, 1707, Samuel Wilcoxon, Senr., of Simsbury, "for valuable sum of silver money to the quantity of ten pounds" conveyed to Stephen Winchel, "husbandman," of Windsor, a parcel of land in Simsbury township "amongst a teer of lots towards Symsberry north-east corner bounds, being the 17th lot there." Deemed 80 or 90 acres.

June 4, 1708. Stephen of Windsor, for 44 pounds, conveyed to John of Windsor 10 acres of meadow, being part of a homelot west of the river and north of the rivulet (Farmington River).

Under same date Samuel Gibbs, for 30 pounds, conveyed to Stephen and John Winchel, both of Windsor, 10 acres.

June 13, 1711. Stephen, late of Windsor, now resident of Simsbury, deeded to his brother John, of Windsor, for 12 pounds 10 shillings paid, and 5 1/2 pounds "secured in the law to be paid to me within half a year after the decease of my honored mother Sarah Winchel," a piece of land in the great meadow, 2 acres, "being one half of the 4 acres which was set out to me of my father's estate as part of my portion." Two thirds of this was to the use of John Winchel immediately, and the other third after the death of his mother.

Under the same date Stephen conveyed the other half the same real estate to his brother-in-law Samuel Gibbs, Jr. -- two thirds for immediate possession and one third on the death of their mother.^[5]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 #13, in Winchell, Newton Horace; Alexander Winchell; and Alexander Newton Winchell. The Winchell Genealogy: the Ancestry and Children of Those Born to the Winchell Name in America Since 1635 with a Discussion of the Origin and History of the Name and the Family in England and Notes on the Wincoll Family. (Minneapolis, Minn.: Horace V. Winchell, 1917)
   page 71.

   'STEPHEN WINCHELL (2 Nathanael, 1 Robert). Born Windsor, 13 Aug., 1677; bapt. Aug. 19, 1677; m. Abigail Marshfield, 10 Mar., 1698; d. before 1728.'

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Coddington, John Insley. Wilton and Marshall Families of Windsor, Conn., and Northampton, Mass. The American Genealogist. (1962)
   38:11.

   'The will of Sarah (Griswold) (Phelps) Pinney, mother of Abigail Phelps, made 13 June 1711, calls this daughter Abigail Winchell; and it seems that it was the widow of David Marshall, miscalled Abigail "Marshfield" by Stiles (Ancient Windsor, 2:797) who m. 10 Mar. 1697/8 Stephen Winchell, b. 13 Aug. 1677 (over ten years her junior), d. at Simsbury, Conn., 18 Dec. 1725. ... This suggestion as to the identity of the Winchell who married David Marshall's widow was made by Donald L. Jacobus, but neither he nor the contributor of this article considers it fully proved.'

3. ↑ Parsons, Samuel Holden. Record of Marriages & Births in the Town of Windsor, in Connecticut: copied from the first Book of Records in Windsor. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1851)
   5:363.

   'Nathanl Winchell, m. Sara Porter, ... chn. ... Stephen, b. 13 Aug, 1677.'

4. ↑ Bates, Albert C. Simsbury, Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Hartford, Connecticut)
   page 158.

   'Stephen winchill Dyed Decemr. [th]e 18 - 1725'

5. ↑ #13, in Winchell, Newton Horace; Alexander Winchell; and Alexander Newton Winchell. The Winchell Genealogy: the Ancestry and Children of Those Born to the Winchell Name in America Since 1635 with a Discussion of the Origin and History of the Name and the Family in England and Notes on the Wincoll Family. (Minneapolis, Minn.: Horace V. Winchell, 1917)
   page 72.
6. ↑ Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   2:624-25.