Person:Caleb Winchell (1)

'Caleb, b. Windsor, 6 Dec., 1701; m. Mary Owen. At Poquonnock (a society of Windsor) in 1723. On the 26 Jan., 1729, Caleb bought of Josiah Higley for 42 pounds, 16 acres of land in Simsbury towards the northeast corner adjoining land belonging to Stephen Winchel, Senr.

Mar. 14, 1734, Caleb and his brothers Thomas, Robert, Martin and Stephen divided among themselves the 100-acre lot in Simsbury, bequeathed to them by their father.

Jan. 26, 1736, Caleb bought of Josiah Bissell of Windsor for 46 pounds, 46 acres of land in Simsbury adjoining other land already in his possession. On the same date, Caleb sold to Isaac Owen, Jr., for 12 pounds 10 shilling, 13 acres of land in Windsor, adjoining Caleb's land in Simsbury.

Dec., 1742, Caleb deeded to the representatives of the town in Windsor for a highway 13 acres of land, received in exchange 12 1/4 in another location.

May 31, 1743, Caleb of Windsor bought of his brother Robert of Simsbury, for 300 pounds, 50 acres of land at Turkey Hills (a society in the west part of Windsor, now E. Granby).

Oct. 25, 1743. In the division of the "Windsor town commons," Caleb Winchel received lot 275 amounting to 20 acres and 80 rods.

Apr. 3, 1744, Caleb of Windsor, for 1200 pounds bought of John Lewis of Simsbury to tracts of land at Turkey Hills -- one off 40 acres, the other of one acre and a dwelling house.

Nov. 16, 1745, Caleb of Windsor, for 560 1/2 pounds, sold Gideon Moore of Simsbury, land at Turkey Hills with a dwelling house thereon. On the same date he bought of Samuel Griswold of Simsbury for 32 pounds, 16 acres of land at Turkey Hills -- the same which Robert Winchel lately sold said Griswold.

Dec. 11, 1752. In a division of common and undivided lands in the town of Windsor, on the west side of the river, a lot was assigned to Caleb Winchel, containing 24 acres.

Sept. 1, 1756, Caleb, still at Windsor, deeded land to Thomas Winchel of Simsbury (see 49 Thomas).

The foregoing information from the public records of Windsor and Simsbury is all that has been learned of Caleb. He seems to have been a citizen of respectability and worth.'^[1]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 #50, 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)
   pages 71-72.
2. ↑ Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1638-1925.

   Caleb son of Stephen Winchel was born December ye 6th 1701 (Bk II Page 40)