WINDOW/WINDOE/WINDOR/WINDE
Richard Window, my 10th great grandfather, was
married three times. The first wife
(unnamed) appears in the Gloucester records when he was called before the court
for living without his wife. He proved
that he had sent for her to come from England, but she wouldn’t . He had to
prove she was dead before he could remarry.
The next records show that Window
built a house in West Gloucester after marrying, Elinor, the widow of John
Bennett. This house is still standing at
11 Lincoln Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Richard Window was a house carpenter, and later he was
chosen to be the constable. He served as
a town selectman in 1654. My WINDOW
lineage daughters out with his only child, Anna, who married Humphrey Woodbury
in 1671. He later married Bridget, the
widow of James Travers. We don’t know
the maiden name of any of his three wives!
Richard Window signed
his will on 2 May 1665 and died on 5 June 1665.
He had already sold his homestead
to William Haskell in 1652. This house on Lincoln Street is now known as The
Haskell House. It is serendipity that
William Haskell is also my 10th great grandfather in another lineage!
When Richard Window made his will,
Haskell was one of the overseers who signed the will and who oversaw Anthony Bennett (Window’s stepson) in 1666
until he chose a guardian. His third,
surviving wife, Bridget, petitioned the court because she had been left
destitute in the will, all the estate having been left to his children. The court ordered the administrators to leave
her a cow.
For more information on Richard Window:
file:///C:/Users/Heather/Downloads/The_Monograph_Series_Excerpt.pdf
see page 3 of the article “The Interior Details and Furnishings of the William
Haskell Dwelling built before 1650 at West Gloucester, Massachusetts” for a
description of Richard Window’s property.
History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Massachusetts. By
James R. Pringle, 1892, page 53
Also see The Essex County Quarterly Court Files for the
probate records of Richard Window’s will (EQC Volume 10, leaf 148), Anthony
Bennett’s guardianship (Ipswich Quarterly Court Records Volume 1, page 150) and
his widow’s petition ( EQC Volume 11,
leaf 133 and EQC Vol. 4, page 162).
My WINDOW genealogy:
Generation 1: Richard
Window, died 5 June 1665 in Gloucester, Massachusetts; married first to Unkown
before 1649 probably in England; married
second about 1652 to Elinor Unknown, widow of John Bennett; married third on 30 March 1659 in Gloucester
to Bridget Unknown, widow of Henry Tavers and Daniel Goodwin.
Generation 2: Anna Window, daughter of Richard Window and Elinor,
baptized on 19 February 1654 in Gloucester, died 28 February 1728 in
Gloucester; married on 10 October 1671 in Gloucester to Humphrey Woodbury, son
of Humphrey Woodbury and Elizabeth Hunter.
Eleven children.
Generation 3: Susanna
Woodbury m. John Bray
Generation 4: Humphrey Bray m. Lydia Woodbury
Generation 5: Humphrey Bray m. Molly Herrick
Generation 6: Polly Bray m. Asa Burnham
Generation 7: Lydia W. Burnham m. Samuel Mears
Generation 8: Samuel Mears m. Sarah Ann Burnham
Generation 9: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen
Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 11: Stanley
Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ WINDOW of Gloucester, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 19, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/09/surname-saturday-window-of-gloucester.html : accessed [access date]).
Richard is also my ancestor, as is one of the people mentioned in his will, Richard Goodwin. What documentation do you have that his wife Bridget was previously married to a Daniel Goodwin?
ReplyDeleteRichard is also my ancestor, as is one of the people mentioned in his will, Richard Goodwin. What documentation do you have that his wife Bridget was previously married to a Daniel Goodwin?
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