Person:John Winter (4)

  1. John WinterAbt 1572 - 1662
m. Abt 1598
  1. John Winter, Sr - 1662
Facts and Events
Name John Winter
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1572 Englanddied at age 90 (?)
Marriage Abt 1598 Watertown, MAto Mary Brounker
Occupation? Jul 1636 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statestanner, proprieter
Will? 4 Mar 1662 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death? Apr 1662 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate? 16 Jun 1662
References
  1.   Henry Bond, M.D. Watertown, Massachusetts Genealogies and History. (Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1855)
    page 656.

    WINTERJOHN WINTER, a tanner, proprieter, 1636-7; d in Wat., Ap. 14, or 21, 1662, aged about 90 (?90). His Will, dated March 4, 1661-2, proved June 16, 1662, mentions sons Richard and Thomas, late of London; dr. Alice Lachman, of London; son John of Wat., exe'r, to whom he gave his lands, &c., in Wat. Inventory, May 13, 1664, pounds 104 .4 .6.

    The Will of JOHN WINTER, of Camb. Farms, son of the preceeding, aged 56, dated Dec. 12, 1690, proved May 1, 1691, mentions no wife, but sons John (the eldest), Thomas, Samuel and drs. Sarah, Hannah, and Mary. Inventory, Jan. 12, 1690-1, 359 pounds.16.6., by David Fiske, Sr. and Samuel Stone, Sr. The Commisioners appointed by the Coury, Oct. 6, 1691, to the estate, (viz.: Lieut. David Fiske, Samuel Stone, and Lieut. Benjamin Garfield), reported, each of the other chil. 1 share. JOHN HARRINGTON, who m., Nov. 17, 1681, the dr. HANNAH, and guardian of Mary, had received their shares. The shares of the younger chil. to remain in the hands of son John.

    JOHN WINTER, of Camb. Farms, son of the preceeding; o.c., in Wat., June 20, 1690, then called "young John," and had,

    1. SARAH, bap. Ap. 22, 1688
    2. HANNAH, bap. June 22, 1690, by Mr. Bailey.
    3. JOHN
    4. THOMAS
    5. ABIGAIL
    6. PATIENCE, bap. Sept. 12, 1698, by Mr. Angier.

  2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:605-606.

    JOHN, Watertown 1636, a tanner, brot. from Eng. s. John, prob. two yrs. old, but from his will of 4 Mar. pro. 16 June 1662, in wh. he ment. s. Richard, Thomas, and d. Alice Lachman, all of London, it may seem they were left behind, for neither is heard of on our side of the water. He d. 14 or 21 Apr. (as reports vary) at great age, and perhaps was f. of that Hannah wh. m. at Malden, Nov. 1653, Robert Burditt. JOHN, Scituate 1637, by Deane thot. br. of Christopher, but very little could he give us a. him, exc. that he was found d. suppos. by violence, in that his wid. m. James Turner, and that he left d. Catharine, s. John, bapt. 1 Apr. 1638, and Obadiah. JOHN, Scarborough 1638, "a grave and discret man" liv. chiefly at Richman's Isl. was sent out 1632, by Trelawney and other fishermen of Cornwall to oversee their, people, acquir. large est. had m. at Plymouth, Co. Devon, but in 1640 sued George Cleves for defam. of his w. Yet Cleves was foreman of the gr. jury that same yr. Such charges and the occasions. for them were too common in the early days of that Province. He seems to exhibit some spirit of independ. 4 July 1663, against royal commiss. and republican usurpers, as in Geneal. Reg. V. 264 may be read. But some other person than the early sett. of this name, must there be intend. for Willis in his noble Hist. of Portland, I. 26, shows that Winter d. 1645. His d. prob. only ch. m. aft d. of her f. Rev. Robert Jordan, wh. had admin. in 1648.