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(III) Timothy Winn, son of Joseph Winn (2), born at Woburn, February 27, 1686-87, married Elizabeth, died May 14, 1724, daugh- ter of John and Mary (Bruce-Cranston) Brooks, of Woburn. He married ( second),
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February 29, 1729-30, Jane, born November 4, 1699, died May, 1775, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Cheney) Belknap, of Woburn. He received a deed of his father's homestead, August 5, 1709. He died in Woburn, January 5, 1752. Children: I. Timothy, born July, 1712, died March 3, 1800. 2. Elizabeth, born September 1, 1719, married, December 7, 1742, Nehemiah Wyman. 3. Ruth, born August 6, 1732, married Samuel Reed, Jr. 4. Joseph, born July 3, 1734, see forward. 5. Joshua, born August 4, 1740, married, September 27, 1774, John Burnham.
(IV) Lieutenant Joseph Winn, son of Tim- othy Winn (3), was born at Woburn (Second Parish), July 3, 1734. He married, October 16, 1760, Betsey, born August 18, 1742, died October 21, 1817, daughter of Captain Tim- othy and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Pool, of Lynnfield. He resided on his father's farm; enlisted in the French war, 1755; served at Lexington, in the battle of April 19, 1775; was ensign, First Company of Woburn mili- tia, April 30, 1775; was lieutenant in Captain Cadwallader Ford's company before April, 1778, for three months. Nine Woburn men under his command, who were engaged Sep- tember 6, 1778, to serve at Rhode Island, were ordered afterwards to Boston, for three and one-half months, ending January 1, 1779. He was called lieutenant from 1776 in tax lists. He was a selectman of Woburn several years, and chairman of the first board of selectmen of the town of Burlington. He was a mem- ber of the First Baptist Church in Woburn. He died in Burlington, April 30, 1817. Chil- dren: I. Joseph, born September 29, 1761. 2. Timothy, born August 12, 1763. 3. John, born December 20, 1765. 4. Abel, born De- cember 9, 1767, see forward. 5. Betsey, born March 15, 1770, died November 16, 1828. 6. Susanna, born November 2, 1771, married, May 13, 1817, John Stearns, of Billerica. 7. Benjamin, born April 9, 1774. 8. Sarah, born June 10, 1776, married, April 28, 1796, Ebe- nezer Fay; married (second) Jesse Converse. 9. Pamelia, born January 7, 1778, married, March 8, 1814, Gideon Foster. 10. Jerusha, born January 25, 1780, married, December 22, 1799, Benjamin Tay, of Salem. II. Lucy, born January 22, 1782, died October 18, 1833. 12. Olive, born December 6, 1784, married, April 28, 1805, Moses Billings Walker, of Burlington.
(V) Abel Winn, son of Lieutenant Joseph Winn (4), was born at Woburn (Second Parish), December 9, 1767. He married, July
29, 1795, Ruth, born November 3, 1771, died January 24, 1848, daughter of Bartholomew and Sarah (Converse) Richardson, of Wo- burn. He died in Burlington, October 12, 1847. He was a farmer and resided on the farm he inherited from his father. He was a magistrate, and a man of thrift. Children: I. Ruth, born February 22, 1796, married, Jan- uary 4, 1816, Samuel Abbott, of Woburn. 2. Betsey, born February 22, 1798, married Au- gustus Roundy, of Beverly. 3. Abel, born September 2, 1800, see forward. 4. Joseph, born August 22, 1806, married Almira Shed, of Burlington. 5. Mary, born June 28, 1809, married, May 4, 1828, Timothy Newhall, of Woburn. 6. George, born November 12, 18II, married, December 10, 1844, Maria Parker, of Woburn.
(VI) Abel Winn, son of Abel Winn (5), was born at Burlington, September 2, 1800. He married, April 19, 1827, Lydia Stearns, born May 9, 1803, died December 9, 1868, daughter of John and Ruth (Cummings) Lovering, of Woburn. He died May 9, 1868. He resided on his father's place in Burlington, attended the Baptist church of Woburn, was a Democrat in politics and later a Republican. He was a private in the early militia. One child, John, born July 3, 1828, see forward.
(VII) John Winn, son of Abel Winn (6), was born at Burlington, July 3, 1828, and died February 17, 1907. He attended the common schools of Burlington and the Warren Acad- emy of Woburn until eighteen, helping his father on the farm in the meanwhile. When twenty years old he started 'a milk route, and continued in that line for three years. Sub- sequently for ten years he carried produce into Boston. In 1858 his father gave up busi- ness, and John Winn started farming on his own account. He hired the farm and raised produce, and by general farming and large herds of cattle has carried on successfully the affairs of the place to the present day. On the death of his father the entire property became his; it was a notable fact that a war- ranty deed had never in the occupation of the Winn family been given on the farm. The original tract comprised forty acres which he increased to three or four hundred. These lands are situated on the town line between Burlington and Woburn. Mr. Winn was still active in farming and business at his death. He bought and sold real estate in and around Woburn for himself and others, and owned much realty and residential property in Wo- burn and Cambridge. He built, a few years
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since, an elegant residence on the Woburn side of his farm for the occupancy of one of his sons.
Mr. Winn was a Unitarian in religious be- lief, and a Republican in politics. He had been a delegate to state, county and councilor conventions ; was a member of the legislature in 1878, and there served on the committee of agriculture, being elected again in 1895 to represent in the house the towns of Burling- ton, Lexington, Bedford and Billerica, and he served on the committee on drainage. The only town office he ever held was that of "field driver." He was vice-president and director of the Woburn Five Cents Saving Bank, and served on the investment commit- tee of that bank for fifteen years. He was elected a member of the board of trustees, October 4, 1880, and vice-president, July 3, 1896. He was also one of the board of direc- tors of the Winning Home Farm, a charitable institution for children of Boston.
Mr. Winn married, 1851, Marah L. Bald- win, born May 6, 1830, died October II, 1852, daughter of Jonathan and Betsey (Parker) Baldwin, of Woburn. He married (second), November 30, 1854, Martha Williams. Garri- son, born August 26, 1832, daughter of John Stanley and Sarah Ann (Cosman) Garrison, of Perry, New York. Child of John and Marah L. (Baldwin) Winn: Marah Baldwin, born June 12, 1852, married, October 4, 1886, Frank Murray Pushee, of Thetford, Ver- mont. Resides in Woburn. They have Harold Baldwin, born January 16, 1890. Children of John and Martha Williams (Garrison) Winn : I. George. Edward, born April 13, 1856, see forward. 2. Joseph Franklin, born December 22, 1857, see forward. 3. Helen Louise, born October 27, 1860, married, August 30, 1890, Charles Willard. One child, Winn, born May 14, 1891. 4. Marcia, born September 21, 1864. 5. John Garrison, born November II, 1866, see forward. 6. Abbie Maria, born Oc- tober 6, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Winn celebrated their golden wedding November 30, 1904.
COLONIAL MANSION.
IN WINN FAMILY TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY YEARS.
By the death of John Winn, a lineal descen- dant of one of the early settlers of the town of Woburn, forcibly brings to mind the old Colonial mansion in which he was born, lived and died; and in which many of his ancestors
lived and prospered, and where all of his children first saw the light of day. It is a house rich in historical lore, and if its walls could but speak, what thrilling tales it could un fold.
In the Public Library is the fragment of a deed acknowledged 1709, whereby Joseph Winn, Senior, "for the love he bore his son Timothy Winn," granted to that son his home- stead, consisting of one dwelling house, barn, corn house and other outhouses, with the land in the field before the dwelling house, the Bil- lerica road parting this part of his home- stead from the other part, whereon the house standeth, in other words, going between the two parts. Other lands were also transferred, allowing, however, that his now "married wife" have the use of the house and barn on the homestead during her life, but after her death the son Timothy was to have full pos- session.
The son Timothy Winn died intestate in 1752 and the court assigned to the two sons, Timothy and Joseph, two-thirds of the real estate. Through this son Joseph the home- stead then passed to his son Abel, then to his son Abel, who was the father of John Winn.
It will thus be seen that the old homestead has been in continuous possession of the fam- ily for a period of two hundred and sixty years at least and perhaps much longer than that.
The house now standing is the original building on the original spot where it was first erected, although it has at various times been enlarged and improved.
Such a house under whose roof tree so many men and women in long succession have been born, lived and died, is exceedingly fruit- ful in romance, reminiscence and suggestive thought of what has gone before.
The old hand-hewn timbers are many of them in plain sight, the open fire-place and oaken projecting beams in the chambers are mute yet eloquent witnesses to the age of the venerable structure now among the few early ones yet remaining. It is a typical home of the early colonists, with the stately ash trees guarding the front entrance, and in conjuring up the past, it is quite easy to picture in the mind the four-in-hand stage coach driving up to the door to obtain refreshments for man and beast, for in those days this house being located on the direct road to Billerica, Groton and thence to Canada, was a tavern, pure and simple, and a design for the sign hung out at this hostelry is still in possession in the Library
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and from it a portion of the Winn so-called coat-of-arms was probably taken.
This house was known the country round as the "three broiled chickens," from a portion of the design on the sign.
In this old mansion are many relics of the past, old pewter ware, ancient china, solid mahogany four-posted bedsteads, surmounted by the richly carved pineapples from the solid wood. Hanging above the mantle in the din- ing-room is the old Queen's arm flint lock musket carried in the Revolutionary war by Lieutenant Joseph Winn, great-grandfather of the deceased John Winn.
The old brick oven of our grandfathers' days is another prominent feature of this time-honored home.
It is extremely doubtful if another house as old as this can be found in the country, in as good a state of preservation and containing all the modern improvements.
(VIII) George Edward Winn, son of John Winn (7), was born at Burlington, Massachu- setts, April 13, 1856. He was educated in the common schools of Burlington until twelve years of age, supplemented by a course in the Woburn public schools until eighteen, when he pursued a course at Sawyer's Commercial College at Boston. From early life he assisted in the work of the farm, and for a year or two after completing his education he continued this, shortly afterward engaging in the milk business for his father, which line of work he followed for twelve years. He then de- cided to engage in business on his own account, and subsequently ventured for himself, begin- ning with two customers, and at the present time (1908) his customers number between seven and eight hundred of the best citizens of Woburn. He has an extensive creamery on his place, and he purchases his milk stock from his brother, John G. Winn. He resides in his beautiful residence at 236 Winn street, just over the Woburn line in Burlington. His time is devoted exclusively to his business and his home. He is an attendant of the First Congregational Church (Orthodox) of Wo- burn. He casts his vote for the candidates of the Republican party. George E: Winn married, June 17, 1896, Alice Laura Bond, born February 5, 1864, at Thetford, Vermont, daughter of Chester Freeman and Persis Wil- son (Dewey) Bond, of Thetford, Vermont. No issue.
(VIII) Joseph Franklin Winn, son of John Winn (7), was born at Burlington, Massachusetts, December 22, 1857. He re-
ceived his education in the common schools of Burlington and Woburn, and graduated from the grammar school when seventeen. He early began to help on the farm, and after schooling entered the milk business, for his father first, later for himself. This he con- tinued until 1902, his product having been sold mostly in Woburn. In 1898 he entered into the sale of coal at Winchester, just beyond the Woburn line. He conducts an extensive trade in Woburn and Winchester, with offices in both places, his yards being in Winchester. He resides on his fifty acre farm on Wyman street, just in the edge of Burlington, for- merly known as the old Kendall farm. Mr. Winn is also engaged during the season in market gardening. He is a Unitarian in reli- gion, and a Republican in politics, having served his party as delegate to various con- ventions, and at present is on the Republican town committee for Burlington. He is a mem- ber of Towanda Club, a social organization of Woburn. Joseph F. Winn married (first), August 3, 1887, Mary Ella, born October 19, 1857, daughter of Augustus W. and Ellen (Montgomery) Jeffers, of Woburn, Massa- chusetts, the former of whom was a currier. Children : Martha, died young. Madeline Jef- fers, born November 30, 1890. He married (second), March 29, 1900, Mary Ellen Briggs, born May 1, 1852, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Jeffers) Briggs, of Woburn. John Briggs was a shoemaker and civil war veteran.
(VIII) John Garrison Winn, son of John Winn (7), was born at Burlington, Massa- chusetts, November II, 1866. He was edu- cated in the Burlington district schools until seventeen, and then pursued a one year course in the high school, and subsequently, after assisting his father on the farm, completed a three term course in Bryant & Stratton's Com- mercial College at Boston. He continued at market gardening and milk raising with his father until April, 1898, when he purchased his present farm in the southeastern part of Burlington, consisting of forty-five acres, known as the old Walker place. Mr. Winn is a successful market gardener and milk pro- ducer, supplying the Boston market and local trade, also supplying his brother, George E. Winn. He has a fine herd of twenty head, mostly Holstein. The homestead is one of the oldest in the town, having been built in 1744. this being the original building. He is a Uni- tarian in religion, and a Republican in politics. John G. Winn married, April 21, 1898, Mar- garet Jessie, born in Garden of Eden, Pictou
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county, Nova Scotia, May 10, 1875, daughter of Roderick and Mary Ann (Cummings ) Campbell. One child, Martha Campbell, born January 14, 1904.
(For first generation see preceding sketch).
(II) Sergeant Increase Winn, son
WINN of Edward Winn (I), was born in Woburn, December 5, 1641, the first white child born in that town. He was a sergeant in the company of Captain Thomas Brattle, of Boston, in King Philip's war, August 24, 1676, et seq. He was a prominent citizen of Woburn and selectman 1687-8. He married, at Woburn, July 13, 1665, Hannah Sawtelle, who was born in Watertown, Mass- achusetts, December 10, 1642, and died at Woburn, February 18, 1722-3, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Sawtelle. He died December 14, 1690. Children, born at Wo- burn: I. Hannah, born April II, 1666, mar- ried Samuel Baker. 2. Edward, born June 15, 1668. 3. Mary, born May 1, 1670, died 1756; married Nathaniel Wyman, and second John Locke. 4. Sarah, born December 23, 1672; married Peter Fowle. 5. Abigail, January 8, 1678. 6. Rebecca, November 5, 1679. 7. Jacob, October 4, 1681 ; mentioned below. 8. Joanna, June 24, 1683. 9. Increase, February 9, 1685.
(III) Jacob Winn, son of Increase Winn (2), was born in Woburn, October 4, 1681 ; married first, June 28, 1704, Prudence Wyman, born at Woburn, December 26, 1683, daughter of William, and granddaughter of Francis Wyman, of Woburn. William Wyman mar- ried Prudence Putnam, daughter of Thomas, and granddaughter of John Putnam, of Salem. Thomas Putnam's wife was Ann Holyoke. Winn married second, July 14, 1737, Phebe Palfrey. Children of first wife: I. Prudence, born July 28, 1705. 2. Elizabeth, born Sep- tember 29, 1707, married December 25, 1733, Andrew Richardson. 3. Hannah, born March I, IZII. 4. Increase, born January 24, 1716-7 ; married Elizabeth Knight. 5. Joshua, born April 4, 1719; mentioned below. 6. Abigail, born January 25, 1722-3, married Mary Haseltine, of Bradford.
(IV) Joshua Winn, son of Jacob Winn (3) was born April 4, 1719; married about October, 1745. Children, born at Woburn: I. Joshua, born May 17, 1747. 2. Jeremiah, April 29, 1749; mentioned below. 3. Molly, April 5, 1751. 4. James, April 7, 1753. 5. Jonathan, October 18, 1755.
(V) Jeremiah Winn, son of Joshua Winn (4), was born in Woburn, April 29, 1749. He was a soldier in the Revolution, in Captain Pettingill's company, in August, 1775, Colo- nel Loammi Baldwin's regiment. He settled in Burlington, Massachusetts. He married first, Mehitable Buck, of Wilmington, Massa- chusetts, and second, Rebecca Johnson, of Burlington. Children: I. Jeremiah, born April 2, 1776; married Elizabeth Richardson, October 30, 1797. 2. James, born April 12, 1778; mentioned below. 3. Moses, born March 17, 1780; married first, Sally Johnson, born September 25, 1784, daughter of John and Achsah (Simonds) Johnson; married second, Fanny (Damon) Nichols, born Jan- uary II, 1780. 4. Francis, born June 8, 1782 ; married Eliza Jackson. 5. Sally, born July 22, 1788. 6. Sewell, born July 19, 1789; mar- ried Lydia Whittemore. 7. Mary, born Oc- tober 17, 1790, married Ebenezer Hartshorn. 8. Mehitable, born March 3, 1793; married first, John Dean; second, April 17, 1816, Ben- jamin Stevens. 9. Abigail, born December 28, 1797; married Jeremiah Bryant.
(VI) James Winn, son of Jeremiah Winn (5), was born in Burlington, April 12, 1778, and died September 11, 1832, at West Cam- bridge. He was educated in the district schools and reared on his father's farm. When he left home he bought a small farm in the southern part of Burlington, near Cummings- ville, West Woburn. In later years he became a chronic invalid and was a great sufferer. He was baptized in the Congregational church October 27, 1805, and later was a member of the Baptist church. He and his wife owned the covenant in the precinct church ( Congre- gational) October 27, 1805. In politics he was a Democrat. He served in the militia in his younger days. He married, September 2, 1804, Sally Frost, born September II, 1782, died September 17, 1855, daughter of Seth and Sarah (Hill) Frost, granddaughter of Samuel Frost, son of Ephraim, (see Frost). Children : I. James, born January 31, 180-, baptized February 28, 1808; died January IO, 1860; married May 19, 1836, Hannah Con- verse of West Cambridge, who died March 30, 1888; children: i. Jane, born March 24, 1837 ; ii. Louise, born July 1, 1839 ; iii. James, born July 25, 1841, married April 9, 1891, Mary Turnbull; iv. Harriet A., born October 31, 1843, married October 5, 1870, Stratton Penstone; v. Rebecca, born October II, 1845, died March 14, 1846; vi. Charles G., born De- cember II, 1847, married July 27, 1896, Lora
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Dimmitt; vii. Jeremiah, born March 15, 1850. died February 25, 1860; viii. Abbie, born July 27, 1853, married March II, 1875, Louis H. Dean; ix. Elizabeth, born August 25, 1854, married September 26, 1878, Charles H. Bash- forth. 2. Charles Grant, born February 28, 1805 (see sketch). 3. Albert, born June IO, 1810; married December 14, 1837, Sarah Prentice, of West Cambridge; children: i. Sarah Georgiana, born October 16, 1842; ii. Albert, born December 7, 1843; iii. George Prentice, born October 9, 1846; iv. William Adams, born December 1, 1848; v. Susanna Adams, born September 28, 1852. 4. Samuel Frost, born July 11, 1812; mentioned below. 5. John Jewett Crafts, born August 23, 1814. 6. Sarah Ann, born July 6, 1819, never mar- ried.
(VII) Charles Grant Winn, son- of James Winn (6), was born at West Cambridge, Mass- achusetts, February 28, 1805, and died January 22, 1872. He attended the district school during the winter, and helped on the farm until he was fourteen years old, working also on the farms in the neighborhood of his father's place. He later went into Faneuil Hall market, in the carly days of the market after 1826, selling produce for Williams of Roxbury. With Samuel Butterfield and Lemuel Pitts he formed a partnership for the selling of pro- duce under the firm name of Butterfield, Winn & Pitts. After a while this firm dissolved and Mr. Winn went into partnership with Louis C. Ricker and Joshua Bragdon, under the firm name of Winn, Ricker & Company, which continues to-day. Some years before his death, owing to poor health, Mr. Winn sold his interest in the business to J. W: Hill. He was an invalid for some time up to his death. Mr. Winn was very successful in all his business transactions, and his genial nature won him a host of friends. His interest in the young merchants in his line led him to advance much capital to assist them in starting busi- ness. He was devoted to his home, and took a keen interest in church affairs, being a con- stant attendant at the Unitarian church. He was a Democrat in politics. He married, July 2, 1837. Ann Louise Wellington, born No- vember 7. 1817, and died March 19, 1895, daughter of Charles and Ann (Locke) Wel- lington of West Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Wellington was a farmer, was prominent in town - affairs and a vast property owner. Children: I. Charles Wellington, born April 28, 1843, mentioned below. 2. Frederick Wellington, died in childhood. 3. Adeline
Nichols, born August 6, 1853; died February IO, 1893; married Joaquin Hernandez; chil- dren: i. Robert A. Hernandez, born October 17, 1882; married April 24, 1907, Nancy Swift. ii. Charles Joaquin Hernandez, born December 1, 1885.
(VIII) Charles Wellington Winn, son of Charles Grant Winn (7), was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 28, 1843. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Boston, after- wards taking a course at Chapman Hall under Master Baker, where he graduated when he was eighteen years old. Soon he entered the employ of his father as clerk in his stall in Faneuil Hall market, where he stayed a year. The work proved most uncongenial owing to the confinement, so he decided to start at mar- ket gardening on the home farm at Belmont, where his parents had moved about 1856. He was successful in this from the start, and in 1868 he took entire charge of the business, most of the product going to his father in the market. On the death of his mother in 1895 the property, which was hers by inheritance from her father, descended to him. His present residence was built on his mother's property in 1875. He cultivated about twelve acres with four greenhouses for inside growth of lettuce and cucumbers, with a cultivating area of about twenty thousand square feet. He also grows lettuce and cucumbers. His pro- duce is handled by Winn, Ricker & Company, his father's old firm. Mr. Winn comes from a sturdy stock, the Winns being one of the oldest of the Woburn families. He is of a retiring disposition. He is a Unitarian in reli- gion, and a Republican in politics, and has served his party as delegate to state and county conventions, and the town as registrar of voters. He is a member of the Republican Club of Boston, of the Middlesex Club of Boston, of the Belmont Club, also of the Boston Market Gardeners' Association. He is a trustee of the Belmont Savings Bank. He married, February 10, 1869, Anna Maria But- terfield, born at Arlington, Massachusetts, September 30, 1848, daughter of Joseph and Judith Ann (Cutler ) Butterfield, of West Cam- bridge. They have one child, Alice Louise, born July 19, 1879.
(VII) Samuel Frost Winn, son of James Winn (6), was born at Burlington, Massachu- setts, July II, 1812. He received his educa- tion in the district schools of his native town, attending the winter terms until about fifteen years of age. He and his brothers began early in life to work on their father's farm
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and he followed farming all his life. He left the homestead when a young man and worked on the farm of his brother Albert, at West Cambridge, remaining with him a number of years, returning at length to Burlington, after his father's death, and buying the interests of the other heirs settled there on the homestead. He devoted his attention to raising marketable produce for the Boston markets. He was a man of quiet manner, respected by all who knew him for his many excellent qualities. He died March 21, 1881. He attended the Arling- ton Baptist church, and later the Burlington Baptist church. In politics he was a Democrat. He served in the militia.
He married, March 3, 1841, Lucy Tufts Cutter, of West Cambridge, born at Charles- town, September 10, 1820, daughter of Ammi and Lucy (Tufts) Cutter. Her father was a miller by trade; descendant of the Cutters of Arlington. (See Cutter family ). Children : I. Samuel Frost, Jr., born December 9, 1841, died January 1, 1842. 2. John Jewett, born July 15. 1843,. died January 13, 1847. 3. James Henry, born July 24, 1845 ; mentioned below. 4. Ammi Cutter, born February 18, 1849, married April 17, 1878, Elizabeth C. Kyle, of Roxbury, Massachusetts ; children : i. Clarence Henry, born April 11, 1879 ; ii. James Herbert, born March 21, 1882, married March, 1906, Harriet Upton, and had Doris, born No- vember 16, 1906; iii. Chester Russell, born April 6, 1884, died July 6, 1887; iv. Edward Samuel, born April 26, 1893; v. Nancy Lillian, born November 16, 1895. 5. Lucy Frances Russell, born June 9, 1851.
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