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http://www.lindapages.com/marshall/gen-winters.txt: Notes for ISAIAH WINTERS: Isaiah Winters Sr family with his six sons made their way from Fermanagh and Milford Twp, Cumberland (Mifflin now Juniata) Co., PA to Ten Mile Creek, Morgan Twp, Washington (now Greene) Co., PA to Island and Cross Creek Twp, Jefferson Co., Ohio. Related by Richard A. Winters USAF/geologist (in Minnesota) b 1933 via his daughter Julie from her great-uncle Alfred as Alfred rememnbered it being told him) "The first Winters in this country was a young Dutchman (?German or Dutch?) named Vinters or VanVinters...in Wm Penn's colony. He married a German girl named Fredricks from the Maryland colony. Their son married an English girl and had 4 sons. These 4 arrived in Pittsburgh and later moved to Ft Steuben. They then claimed land (4 plots) west of Ft. Steuben, building their cabins at the mutual corners for protection. The four cabins were enclosed by palisades. This later became Wintersville. One of the brothers had a son named Isaiah...." Another traditon states" our progenitor when a young man was in Wm Penn colony. They kept moving west with each generation. My ggfather and his 3 brothers flatboated down the Ohio River to Ft. Steuben (now Steubenville, OH) and settled on an adjoining section of land for protection against Indians."
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