Edward Winn, my 10th great grandfather, came to New England about 1635 with his wife and three eldest children. On 8 February 1640/1 Edward Winn was listed as one of the original men of the town of Woburn, Massachusetts. The first European child born in Woburn was his fourth child, and my 9th great grandfather, Increase Winn.
Edward Winn was made a freeman on 10 May 1643 in
Woburn. He is mentioned frequently in
the Woburn town history, town records, and served as a selectman in 1669. There is now a Winn Street in Woburn, and just
by coincidence, our daughter lived off Winn Street in her first apartment after
graduating from college.
Edward Winn’s will [Middlesex Probate (6:11-2, File
#25243)] was dated in Watertown,
Massachusetts on 6 May 1682 and proved 6 October 1682. It mentions his son Increase Winn, Sarah Winn
(daughter of son Joseph), three Cleaveland grandchildren and three Polley
grandchildren. The probate inventory was
taken on 11 September 1682 by Deacon Josiah Converse and Ensign James Converse
of Woburn, ancestors on my paternal side.
Some notable descendants of Edward Winn include both
President Herbert Hoover (1874 – 1964) and President Grover Cleveland (1837 –
1908).
For More WINN information:
Genealogy
of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, Edmund Janes
Cleveland, 1899, three volumes
History
of Woburn, Massachusetts, Samuel Sewall, 1868
“Doubt About the English Origins of Edward Winn and
Moses Cleveland of Woburn, Mass” by Martin Hollick, in MASSOG: A Genealogical Magazine
for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 32, pages 57 – 58.
My WINN genealogy:
Generation 1:
Edward Winn, died 5 September 1682 in Woburn, Massachusetts; married to
Joanna. Four children. Married second to Sarah Beal. Married third to Ann Unknown, widow of Nicholas Wood and William Page.
Generation 2:
Increase Winn, born 5 December 1641 in Woburn, died 14 December 1690 in
Woburn; married on 13 July 1665 in Woburn to Hannah Satell, daughter of Richard
Sawtell and Elizabeth Pople. Hannah was
born 10 December 1642 in Watertown, Massachusetts, and died 18 February 1723 in
Woburn. Nine children.
Generation 3: Mary Winn, born 1 May 1670 in Woburn,
died 7 June 1743 in Woburn; married on 28 June 1692 in Woburn to Nathaniel
Wyman, son of Francis Wyman and Abigail Reed.
He was born 25 November 1665 in Woburn and died 8 December 1717 in
Woburn. Twelve children. Mary remarried on 30 November 1720 in Woburn
to John Locke, son of William Locke and Mary Clark. No children.
Generation 4: Increase Wyman m. Deborah Pierce
Generation 5: Increase Wyman m. Catherine Unknown
Generation 6: Jemima Wyman m. Joshua Burnham
Generation 7:
Jemima Burnham m. Romanus Emerson
Generation 8:
George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger
Generation 9: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E.
Batchelder
Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph
Elmer Allen
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude
Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ WINN of Woburn, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 13, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/08/surname-saturday-winn-of-woburn.html: accessed [access date]).
I, too, am a descendent of Increase Wyman. He was my 8th great grandfather. I think that makes us 9th cousins once removed...or something like that! - Jennifer Bond Hickman
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a descendent of Mary Winn and Nathaniel Wyman but I'm descended from their youngest daughter, Kezia. Looks like you and I are 9th cousins, I think. - Jennifer Bond Hickman
ReplyDeleteI am an eleventh generation in direct descendant of Edward Winn and Joanna Sargent through Joseph.
ReplyDeleteThe family didn't leave England until 1638 or 1639. Their daughter Sarah was born in 1636 and died in 1638. She is buried
in England.