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He married at Woburn, 19 Jan. 1687, DEBORAH PIERCE, born 30 Oct. 1666, daughter of Ensign John and Deborah (Converse) of Woburn, who died before 26 Apr. 1716, the date of the will of her father Ensign John Pierce, who left a legacy to the children of his daughter Deborah Wilson, deceased.
Children, ii. and iii. born at Woburn, they and the rest baptized at Cambridge Farms:
i. Daughter, b. at Woburn 1688; d. 1688.
ii. DEBORAH, b. 27 Feb. 1690; d. 14 Dec. 1703.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 8 Feb. 1692.
iv. JAMES, bapt. Aug. 1699; m. ? MEHITABLE ( ); had children born at Leicester.
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EBENEZER, bapt. 15 Oct. 1699.
vi. JOHN, bapt. 17 Sept. 1704.
vii. WILLIAM, bapt. 27 May 1705.
viii. MARGARET, bapt. 24 Nov. 1706.
ix. HANNAH, bapt. 20 July 1708.
THOMAS, bapt. 14 May 1710.
xi. PHEBE, bapt. 29 May 1713.
xii. JONATHAN, bapt. 31 Oct. 1714. Child, d. 1696. Child, d. 9 Dec. 1703.
JAMES ALEXANDER3 WILSON (William,2 James A.1) was born at Arlington 5 Nov. 1859, son of William, born in Ireland 11 June 1832, died 27 Nov. 1891, and grandson of James Alexander and Margaret (Johnson). His mother, Ann Irwin, was born in Ireland 19 Mar. 1822?, daughter of John and Margaret (Johnson). William Wilson came from Ireland July 1854 and settled at Arlington or Belmont. He became a resident of Lexington in 1880.
He married at Montreal, Canada, LILLIAN FLORA ELLIOTT, born at Montreal 26 Nov. 1865, daughter of James and Annie (McLean).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ANNIE REBECCA, 4 b. 29 Dec. 1885; m. FRANK B.2 NEEDHAM.
ii. WILLIAM, b. 22 July 1888; d. 24 Aug. 1898.
iii. EDNA GERTRUDE, b. 22 Oct. 1891; d. 2 Apr. 1895.
iv. GEORGE SKERMISH, b. 30 Nov. 1894.
v. JAMES NORMAN, b. 2 Nov. 1896; d. 22 Nov. 1897.
vi. WALTER BOLTON, b. 11 Sept. 1899.
vii. ERNEST IRVING, b. 17 Dec. 1901.
viii. LILLIE FLORA, b. 10 May 1905.
ix. GRACE MCLEAN, b. 4 Sept. 1907.
JAMES W.1 WILSON; wife IDA (JELLISON).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. MARK THOMAS,2 b. 29 Dec. 1905.
JOHN MILLS3 WILSON (William H.,2 William1) was born at Glasgow, Scotland, 16 May 1864, son of William Henry, born at Hamilton, Scotland, 12 June 1825, and grandson of William and Marion (Summers). His mother, Ann Mills, was born at Kil- marnock, Scotland, 21 July 1826, daughter of John and Helen (Goodwin).
He was educated in the public schools of Boston, at Phillips Acad- emy, Andover, was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1890, and spent one year at Harvard Divinity School. He was ordained at Hudson Jan. 1891, called to Fall River in 1897 and installed over the First Church at Lexington 10 May 1905.
He married at Boston, 21 Apr. 1891, HELEN BOWKER, born at Charlestown, N. H., 18 Jan. 1865, daughter of Luke and Frances (Challis).
Children, first two born at Hudson, the others at Fall River:
i. DONALD, 4 b. 7 July 1893.
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ii. DOROTHY, b. 23 Dec. 1895.
iii. HELEN C., b. 26 Sept. 1899.
iv. CHALLIS, b. 4 Apr. 1904.
WILLIAM1 WILSON; wife LILLIE ( ), born in Canada.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM,2 b. 22 July 1888.
WILLIAM TAYLOR2 WILSON (James H.1) was born at Windsor, N. S., 17 June 1861, died 5 Nov. 1896, son of James H. and Mar- garet (Taylor).
He married at Arlington MARGARET SARAH MURPHY, born 5 July 1866, daughter of William2 and Bridget (O'Donald).
Children, iv. born at Newton, the others at Lexington:
i. JESSIE EDITH,3 b. 7 Oct. 1885; m. at Arlington DANIEL J.2 ANDREWS.
ii. WILLIAM M., b. 1 July 1887; d. 8 Aug. 1889.
iii. GEORGE TAYLOR, b. 28 Dec. 1888; m. 21 Dec. 1910 MARY ELLEN' ROSE.
iv. MARY L., b. 4 Sept. 1890; m. 10 Nov. 1908 ERNEST MORRISON, b. at Franklin Falls, N. H., s. of Charles and Frances (Farnum).
v. MARGARET S., b. 13 Sept. 1892; d. 24 July 1893.
vi HERBERT TILTON, b. 31 Dec. 1894.
vii. HELEN TAYLOR, b. 21 Feb. 1897.
WING
LEANDER JOSEPH3 WING (Hiram,2 James1) was born at Roches- ter, Vt., 30 Oct. 1833, son of Hiram, born at Hardwick 22 Mar. 1800, and grandson of James and Hannah (Wetherbee). His mother, Myra Morse, was born at Goffstown, N. H., 22 Feb. 1803, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Parker). The ancestor, John Wing, came from Banbury, England, and was at Saugus for five years and then settled at Yarmouth.
He became a resident of Lexington in 1872. He is a Free Mason. Married at Gill, 30 June 1863, ZILLAH ANNETT LOVERING, born at Newfane, Vt., daughter of Samuel M. and Harriet M. Perry.
Children, first born at Providence, R. I., the others at Cambridge:
i. MABEL,4 b. 19 June 1864; m. HENRY NORTHROP CASTLE. Grad. Welles- ley, B.A., 1887.
ii. GRACE LILLIAN, b. 17 Aug. 1867; m. 22 July 1896 ALBERT W.2 CROCKETT.
iii. FLORENCE ANNETT, b. 18 Feb. 1869; grad. Wellesley, B.A., 1892.
WINSHIP
1. EDWARD1 WINSHIP, presumably from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, was born 13 Mar. 1612, died 2 Dec. 1688, g. s. at Cam- bridge. He sailed from Harwich, England, in the ship Defiance Aug. 1635, and settled at Cambridge.
He was made freeman in 1635, was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638; a selectman of Cambridge for several years between 1637 and 1684; representative in the General
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Court 1663, '64, '81, '86; held a commission in the militia, and was an active and honored member of the Cambridge church.
Edward Winship was a large landholder, not only at Old Cam- bridge, but also at the Farms, where he had land assigned to him as early as 1642. In his will, dated 1685, he mentioned sons Ephraim, Edward, Samuel and Joseph, and daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Abigail. As seen by his will his land within the present limits of Lexington extended from Lowell St. across the brook there to the hill west of Mass. Ave., upon the present line of Arlington, and including the mill site, Mount Ephraim, and a part of the Great Meadow.
"I doe: give vnto my fon Ephraim yt ycell of land whereon his houfe ftandeth, both all yt meadow upland which he hath now in his poffession."
"I doe give vnto fon Edward all my land that lieth on the eaft fide of the broke whereon our fawmilne ftandeth, except that which I bought of Edward Michellfon and twelue acres in my own great meadow."
"I doe give vnto my fon Samuel an hundreth acres of land or theirabout fome of it be meafure by Dauid fiske about eightie acres vpon the weft fid of Concord way next to his brother Ephraim his line, and another ycell of land vpon the eaft fide of Concord way."
He was lieutenant of the Cambridge military company, and in 1662 released from all ordinary training so long as "he hath three training soldiers in his family and himself in commission."
He married first JANE WILKINSON, died between 1648 and '51, daughter of Widow Isabella Wilkinson, from Newcastle-upon- Tyne, England, and cousin of William and Richard Cutter; secondly 165(?) ELIZABETH PARKE* (died 19 Sept. 1690, aged 57, g. s. at Cambridge), presumably one of the two daughters of Richard Parke, the name of the other daughter being Isabel, the wife of Francis Whitmore, the name of Isabel suggesting a possible connection with the family of his first wife Jane, the daughter of Widow Isabella Wilkinson, who owned certain lands in common with her son-in- law Edward Winship, with whose family she probably resided.
Her will, dated 1689, mentioned daughters Elizabeth, Abigail, Margery and Mehitable.
Children by the first wife, born at Cambridge:
i. SARAH,2 b. Apr. 1638; m. 29 Sept. 1659 JAMES HUBBARD, d. 28 Aug. 1693; d. 20 Oct. 1665.
' ii. MARY, b. 2 July 1641.
iii. EPHRAIM, b. 29 June 1643; m. (1) 7 Apr. 1670 HANNAH REYNER, d. 10 Nov. 1674, dau. of Samuel; m. (2) 9 Nov. 1675 ELIZABETH KENDALL, b. at Woburn 15 Jan. 1652-53, dau. of Francis1 and Mary (Tidd). She was admitted to the church from the Cambridge church.t Shem. (2) Joseph3
* See Boston Evening Transcript, 17 Oct. 1904.
t "In the time when the Revd: m": Eastabrook was Pastour of this Church there were added unto this Church by Letters Difmifsive from other Churches Severall persons, whofe names fol- low:" "The wife of Ephraim Winship from the church at Cambridge" being among them. .
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Pierce. Mr. Winship lived in the easterly part of the town, and the eminence near his place is still called "Mount Ephraim"; subscribed to the building of the first meeting-house in 1692; was an assessor in 1693 and '94; a member of the committee chosen to treat with the town of Cambridge in relation to the purchase of land for the ministry; and an ensign of militia.
iv. JOANNA, b. 1 Aug. 1645; d. unm. 19 Nov. 1707. She was famous in her day as a school teacher. The following lines are on her gravestone:
THIS GOOD SCHOOL DAME
NO LONGER SCHOOL MUST KEEP
WHICH GIVES US CAUSE
FOR CHILDREN'S SAKE TO WEEP
v. EDWARD, b. 8 June 1648; d. the same day.
Children by the second wife, born at Cambridge:
vi. ELIZABETH, b. 15 Apr. 1652.
2. vii. EDWARD, b. 3 Mar. 1654.
viii. ABIGAIL, b. 13 Feb. 1656; m. 18 Mar. 1682-83 WILLIAM2 RUSSELL; d. 31 July 1727.
3. ix. SAMUEL, b. 24 Oct. 1658 .*
4. x. JOSEPH, b. 21 June 1661.
xi. MARGERY, b. 10 Dec. 1664; m. 12 May 1687 JOHN DICKSON, b. 21 Mar. 1655-56, s. of William and Jane ( ); d. 6 Oct. 1734.
xii. MEHITABLE, b. 14 Nov. 1667.
2. EDWARD2 WINSHIP (Edward1), born at Cambridge 3 Mar. 1654, died 10 June 1718, aged about 65, g. s. at Cambridge.
He owned land at Cambridge Farms, but his residence was on the Cambridge side of the line. He was selectman at Cambridge 1691- 93, '95-1701. His will, proved in 1718, and an instrument, signed by his heirs, make it evident he had seven living children at the time he died. He gave to his son Edward "the houfe he dwelleth in, and fifty fix acres of land adjoining thir unto butted and bounded as followeth . viz. beginning at a fmall birch Tree with a heap of ftones being the foutheaft corner ftanding near the Town Road leading from Old M' Mun Roes towards Menotomy . being marked with my own hands in the Prefents of Deacon Whitmore . & brother Joseph fharmon." He gave to his son Ephraim "all that ycell of land whereon he dwells and the interest I have in the houfe he now dwells in, which was formerly my brother Ephraim's, lying on the fouth weft fide of the country road."
Both of these bequests were of land lying in Lexington and show that these sons were then living at Lexington.
He married 14 May 1683 REBECCA BARSIIAM, born 12 Dec. 1657, died Aug. 1717, g. s. at Cambridge, daughter of William and Anna- bella ( ) of Watertown.
Children, all probably born at Cambridge:
5. i. EDWARD,3 b. 9 Mar. 1683-84.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 1 June 1686; m. 3 Apr. 1706, as his second wife, WALTER' RUSSELL.
* All of the above children were baptized at the Church of Christ at Cambridge before 1658.
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6. iii. EPHRAIM, b. 4 Feb. 1687-88.
7. iv. NATHANIEL, b. 16 Feb. 1689-90.
v. WILLIAM, b. about 1691; m. 6 Dec. 1716 THANKFUL WYETH, bapt. 18 Apr. 1697, dau. of John and Deborah (Ward); d. at Menotomy 26 Jan. 1774, aged 73.
8. vi. JOHN.
vii. JASON, bapt. 29 Oct. 1699; m. MRS. HANNAH (WYETH) PRENTICE, d. 12 Dec. 1756, aged 63, dau. of John Wyeth and widow of Nathaniel Prentice; drowned in Menotomy Pond 26 Dec. 1762, aged 62; going from a neighbor's it was supposed that he missed his way, and "got into the pond where he was drowned." Family at Arlington. His son Jason Winship and son-in-law Jabez Wyman were killed by the British at Menotomy 19 April 1775, and Jason Winship himself was a private soldier in the French War. Hist. Arlington, p. 326.
3. SAMUEL2 WINSHIP (Edward1), born 24 Oct. 1658, died 8 June 1696. He resided in the precinct, was a subscriber to the meeting- house 1692, and for the purchase of the Common 1711, was among those who were taxed from the beginning, selectman in 1728, '29, '30-33, and an assessor 1733.
He married 12 Apr. 1687 MARY POULTER, born at Billerica 9 Apr. 1665, died 2 Oct. 1745, g. s. at Cambridge, daughter of John2 and Rachel (Eliot); she married secondly 14 Apr. 1701 Isaac Powers of Concord.
Children, first three born at Cambridge:
9. i. SAMUEL,8 b. 8 Jan. 1687-88.
ii. MARY, b. 12 Dec. 1689; living unm. 5 Dec. 1749.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 26 Nov. 1691.
10. iv. JOHN.
v. ABIGAIL.
All the above children were living 22 Feb. 1708-09, and shared in the division of their father's estate.
4. JOSEPH2 WINSHIP (Edward1), born at Cambridge 21 June 1661, died at Charlestown 18 Sept. 1725, g. s. at Cambridge .* He resided at Menotomy.
He married first 24 Nov. 1687 SARAH HARRINGTON, born 10 May 1671, died 28 Nov. 1710, g. s. at Cambridge, daughter of Robert1 and Susanna (George); secondly 27 Oct. 1714 SARAH STEARNS, born 23 Apr. 1671, died Sept. 1726, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Manning).
Children by the first wife:
i. JOANNA,3 b. 14 Jan. 1689; d. young.
ii. SARAH, b. about 1691; m. 11 Dec. 1712 NATHANIEL CUTTER, b. at Charles- town 10 Apr. 1691, s. of Nathaniel and Mary (Fillebrown); d. before 1726. iii. SUSANNA, bapt. 14 Feb. 1696-97; m. at Cambridge, 1 Apr. 1713, THOMAS CARTER of Woburn; d. 12 Aug. 1751, aged 57.
iv. JOANNA, bapt. 14 Feb. 1696-97; d. unm. 17 Dec. 1716, g. s. at Cambridge. ABIGAIL, bapt. 16 Oct. 1698; m. JOHN MANNING, d. at Windham, Conn.,
v. 5 May 1760, s. of Samuel and Deborah (Spalding); d. 30 July 1770. They lived at Hopkinton in 1725.
* Letter of administration, 1725; inventory £308. 1726; real estate assigned 1726, per family papers still extant.
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vi. JOSEPH, b. 28 Feb. 1700-01; m. ANNA WHITMORE of Medford, b. 4 May 1707, d. 2 Feb. 1806, aged 101,* dau. of Francist and Anna (Pierce); d. at Norwich, Conn., 24 July 1761. They had eleven children at Norwich.
vii. MARGERY, b. 8 Aug. 1703; m. 26 Mar. 1729 JOHN ELDER.
5. EDWARD3 WINSHIP (Edward,2 Edward1), born 9 Mar. 1683-84, buried at Menotomy 13 May 1763. He owned the covenant at Cambridge Farms 1 Sept. 1706, was tythingman 1714; fence-viewer 1716; constable 1717.
He married SARAH ( ), died 24 Mar. 1749, Arlington record. Children, all born at Lexington:
11. i. EDWARD, 4 b. 25 Aug. 1706.
ii. REBECCA, b. 22 Aug. 1709; m. 30 Apr. 1731 CAPT. JOHN WOOTON, of Boston and Lexington, a mariner.
iii. SARAH, b. 25 June 1712; m. 22 June 1758, as his second wife, JONAS4 MERRIAM.
iv. JONATHAN, b. 28 May 1713; d. young.
v. MARY, b. 25 June 1716; living unm. 1763. ,
12. vi.
JONATHAN, b. 28 May 1719.
18. vii. ISAAC, b. 8 June 1724.
All of the above named as the children of Edward Winship, deceased, in a deed dated 13 Dec. 1763.
Child, d. 21 Nov. 1726.
6. EPHRAIM3 WINSHIP (Edward,2 Edward1), born 4 Feb. 1687- 88, died 14 July 1757. He subscribed toward the Common 1711, was surveyor of highways and tythingman 1721, constable 1728.
He married 17 June 1708 HANNAH CUTTER, born 20 May 1688, died 9 Apr. 1764, daughter of William3 and Rebecca (Rolfe). She was employed by the town to keep school 21 July 1717; they were admitted to the church 12 Oct. 1718.
Children, all born or baptized at Lexington:
14. i. EPHRAIM, 4 b. 23 May 1709.
15. ii. RICHARD, b. 25 July 1711.
iii. DANIEL, b. 27 Aug. 1713; d. 8 Dec. 1713.
iv. JOSHUA, b. 17 Feb. 1715-16; was in the West India service in 1740.
v. HANNAH, b. 18 Aug. 1718; m. (intention published 14 July 1744) NOAH BOWMAN, b. 23 Oct. 1718, s. of Samuel3 and Deborah (Wyeth).
vi. MosEs, b. 18 Sept. 1720; m. at Waltham, 3 Apr. 1746, LUCY HASTINGS, b. at Waltham 9 Apr. 1726, dau. of Joseph8 and Lydia (Brown). Child, d. 22 Feb. 1748-49.
vii. BETHIA, b. 11 Feb. 1724.
viii. JONAS, bapt. 20 Mar. 1726; d. at Westminster 16 Apr. 1805; m. (1) MARY ( ), d. at Westminster 11 Nov. 1779, g. s. there; m. (2) Sept. 1781 MRS. MARY (DARBY) JACKSON, b. at Concord 28 Feb. 1735, d. at Westminster 4 Feb. 1823, dau. of Andrew and Elizabeth (Patch) Darby and widow of Josiah Jackson.
7. NATHANIEL3 WINSHIP (Edward,2 Edward1), born 16 Feb. 1689-90, resided at Menotomy, died 1721. His widow Rebecca administered his estate 6 Mar. 1721-22.
* See Wyman, Charlestown Genealogies, p. 1020; Cutter, Hist. of Arlington, p. 326; Paige, Hist. of Cambridge, p. 685.
+ Son of John.ª
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He married 11 Feb. 1713 REBECCA PIERCE of Woburn, born 16 Sept. 1692, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Parker); she married secondly 6 June 1728 John Manning of Cambridge, and died his widow at Cambridge 1775 .*
Children, last baptized at Lexington, the others at Cambridge:
i. ELIZABETH, 4 b. 13 Oct. 1713-14.
ii. NATHANIEL, b. 27 Dec. 1716; m. ? MERCY ( ); ? d. at Holliston 27 Dec.
1753.
iii. REBECCA, b. 7 Dec. 1717; m. 8 Dec. 1736 ELIJAH2 WHITNEY.
iv. MARTHA, b. 21 June 1720; m. (intention dated 8 Mar. 1744) NATHANIEL WRIGHT of Woburn and Lancaster.
v. ABIGAIL, bapt. 25 Mar. 1722; d. July 1722.
8. JOHN3 WINSHIP (Edward,2 Edward1), died 7 Nov. 1759. He resided at Menotomy and was one of the first two deacons of that church, selectman and parish officer. His death and that of his wife and son Noah occurred so near together, that Rev. Samuel Cooke of Menotomy preached a sermon on that occasion. t
He married 2 Oct. 1718 ELIZABETH WYETH, baptized 25 May 1701, died 8 Oct. 1759, daughter of John and Deborah (Ward).
Children :
i. JOSIAH,4 b. 1 Oct. 1719; d. young.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 24 Mar. 1720-21; m. 28 Jan. 1740 JASON RUSSELL, b. 25 Jan. 1716-17, killed 19 April 1775, s. of Hubbard and Elizabeth (Dickson); d. 11 Aug. 1786.
iii. JOHN, bapt. 8 Dec. 1723; d. young.
iv. RUTH, b. 14 June 1726; d. young.
v. JOHN, bapt. 1 Sept. 1728; d. young.
vi. RUTH, bapt. 24 Oct. 1731; m., as his second wife, 24 Mar. 1760 EBENEZER SHED, JR., of Charlestown, b. 8 Apr. 1726, s. of Ebenezer and Abigail (Ireland) .
vii. NOAH, d. 18 Oct. 1759, aged 25.
viii. JOSIAH, bapt. 28 May 1738; grad. Harvard, 1762, ordained at Woolwich, Me., 12 June 1765; d. 2 Sept. 1824.
ix. JOHN, b. 3 May 1742.
x. THANKFUL, b. 14 Mar. 1744-45; living in 1766.
9. SAMUEL3 WINSHIP (Samuel,2 Edward1), born 8 Jan. 1687- 88, died 13 Feb. 1776. He was high sheriff of Middlesex Co. He owned the covenant 21 Sept. 1712.
He married first 10 Jan. 1711-12 JANE FESSENDEN, born 22 Apr. 1688, died 2 May 1758, g. s., daughter of Nicholas1 and Margaret (Cheney); secondly 24 Dec. 1761 MRS. LYDIA (BOWMAN-SIMONDS) CUTLER, daughter of Francis3 and Lydia (Stone) Bowman and widow of Thomas3 Cutler; she died his widow, buried 18 Apr. 1790.
Children by the first wife, all born at Lexington:
16. i. SAMUEL, 4 b. 19 Sept. 1712.
ii. MARTHA, b. 27 Dec. 1714; m., as his second wife, WILLIAM BOWERS of Billerica, b. 8 Jan. 1709, d. 16 Sept. 1799, s. of Capt. Jonathan and Hannah (Barrett); d. 25 Feb. 1797.
iii. MARGARET, b. 25 Dec. 1718; d. unm. 25 May 1791.
* See N. E. Gen. Hist. Register, Vol. 57, pp. 111, 223; Vol. 55, p. 443.
+ W. R. Cutter, Hist. of Arlington, p. 325.
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10. JOHN3 WINSHIP (Samuel,2 Edward1), died 22 July 1747.
He married MRS. BETHIA (PAGE) WHITMORE, widow of Samuel3 Whitmore.
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. JOHN,4 b. 12 July 1726; d. 27 Nov. 1726.
ii. JOHN, b. 8 Nov. 1728; d. 14 Jan. 1748, g. s.
iii. THADDEUS, b. 8 Mar. 1731-32; d. 3 June 1747.
iv. JAMES, b. 27 Sept. 1733; m. 15 Apr. 1762 LYDIA PHILLIPS of West Cam- bridge. He served in the French War in 1757, '59 and '60. They had nine children .*
v. EBENEZER, b. 30 Sept. 1735; m. 19 Aug. 1756 ELIZABETH3 RAYMOND. He served in the French War 1755 .*
vi. BETHIA, b. 27 Sept. 1737; d. 19 Mar. 1739-40.
vii. JOSIAH, b. 18 July 1741.
viii. ELIOT, bapt. 3 Feb. 1745; m. 16 June 1768 EDWARD CRAFTS, b. at Boston 12 Oct. 1746, d. at Middlesex, N. Y., 11 Apr. 1806, s. of Thomas; d. at Auburn, Ohio, 17 Dec. 1832.
11. EDWARD4 WINSHIP (Edward,3 Edward,2 Edward1), born 25 Aug. 1706, died 7 Dec. 1773, "aged 66"; buried at Menotomy. He served in the French War 1757.
He married ESTHER ( ), died 10 Oct. 1785, aged 85.
Children, all born at Lexington:
17. i. THOMAS,5 b. 25 Oct. 1729.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. 12 Apr. 1731.
18. iii. EDWARD, b. 18 Jan. 1733.
19. iv. JOEL, b. 13 Nov. 1734.
v. AMOS, b. 12 Dec. 1736; d. 19 May 1740.
vi. MARY, bapt. 1738.
vii. ESTHER, b. 1 Jan. 1739; d. unm. 28 Apr. 1789.
viii. ISABEL, b. 2 Feb. 1743; d. unm .; buried at Menotomy 18 Nov. 1763.
12. JONATHAN4 WINSHIP (Edward,3 Edward,2 Edward1), born 28 May 1719, died 3 Oct. 1784. He was admitted to the church by letter from Cambridge Second Precinct Church 21 May 1754 and his wife was admitted 18 June 1758. After 1765 he moved to Brigh- ton. Was selectman at Mason, N. H., 1772-73. He established the Brighton Market.}
He married first 6 Oct. 1741 ISABEL CUTTER of Cambridge, baptized 25 Jan. 1719-20, died 9 June 1742, daughter of Gershom and Mehitable (Abbott); secondly 16 Mar. 1746 ELIZABETH READ, born 28 Feb. 1726, died 7 Jan. 1796, daughter of Joshua and Eliza- beth (Russell).
Children by the second wife, born at Lexington except iv. and xi:§ i. JONATHAN,5 b. 18 June 1747; m. 4 May 1769 SARAH RICHARDSON, b. 15 Nov. 1749, d. 1 Mar. 1822, dau. of Abiel and Sarah ( ); d. 13 Oct. 1814.
* See Cutter, Hist. of Arlington, p. 329. .
t October 4, 1772. Difmifs'd Jonathan Winfhip & Eliza, his Wife Samuel Smith & Eliz", his Wife to Mason in Order to the gathering a Church there.
¿ See J. P. C. Winship, Hist. of Brighton, p. 124.
§ See J. B. Hill, Hist. of Mason, N. H., p. 208.
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ii. JOSHUA, b. 27 Jan. 1748.
iii. AMos, b. 19 Dec. 1750; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1771, A.M., and M.B., 1790, M.D., 1811, and was a corresponding member of the London Medical Society; d. 1811. (Also spelled Windship.)
iv. ABIGAIL, d. Mar. 1830, aged 78; m. 12 Nov. 1787 SAMUEL KIDDER, b. 26 Sept. 1753, d. July 1832, s. of Nathaniel and Deborah (Bowman).
v. HEPZIBAH, b. 15 Feb. 1753; m. 29 Feb. 1776 JONATHAN DAVIS.
vi. MARY, b. 18 Feb. 1755; m. 5 July 1782, as his second wife, BENJAMIN HILL, s. of Joseph and Priscilla (Dana).
vii. ELIZABETH, b. 23 May 1757; m. 8 July 1784 ISAAC LEARNED, b. at Cambridge, d. at Brighton 10 Oct. 1827, aged 76, s. of Abijah and Abigail ( ) .*
viii. LUCY, b. 9 Feb. 1760; m. 5 Nov. 1789 JASON LYON.
ix. NATHANIEL, b. 23 June 1762; m. (?) 28 Mar. 1799 MARY W. SYMONS.
x. EDMUND, b. 2 Oct. 1765; m. 22 Nov. 1789 LUCY LEARNED, (?) b. at Charl- ton 8 July 1768, dau. of Elijah and Rachel (Kingsbury).
xi. ISABEL, b. 2 Sept. 1769; m. 31 Mar. 1789 JOSIAH HOVEY, b. 24 Dec. 1763, d. 29 Mar. 1847, s. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Brown).
13. ISAAC4 WINSHIP (Edward,3 Edward,2 Edward1), born 8 June 1724, died 8 Apr. 1783.
He was in the French War 1755, and his son Isaac administered upon his estate. Isaac (either this one or his son) had a seat in the Menotomy meeting-house 1781.
He married HANNAH ( ), who survived him.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. HANNAH,5 b. 26 Dec. 1746; d. at Menotomy 23 July 1749.
20. ii. ISAAC, b. 7 Apr. 1749.
iii. HANNAH, b. 4 May 1751; d. young.
iv. SARAH, bapt. 12 May 1753; m. 17 Oct. 1771 NATHAN4 FESSENDEN.
v. PHEBE, b. 23 July 1755; m. 11 Mar. 1779 EBENEZER3 HADLEY.
vi. EUNICE, b. 28 Feb. 1758.
vii. MARTHA, b. 12 Feb. 1764.
viii. BENJAMIN, bapt. 12 Oct. 1766.
ix. LYDIA, b. 3 Apr. 1769.
14. EPHRAIM4 WINSHIP (Ephraim,3 Edward,2 Edward1), born 23 May 1709, died at Windham, Me., 4 June 1766.
He resided at Lexington probably in the easterly section of the town, and worshipped a part of the time with the Menotomy con- gregation. He joined the Lexington church 4 Apr. 1736. He moved to New Marblehead, now Windham, Me., about 1740, to which place he was dismissed from the Lexington church 30 May 1762. This place suffered severely from the Indians from 1747 to 1763, and he was attacked and scalped by them, but not mortally wounded, on 14 May 1756.t At this date he was a widower, with a family of "six" children.
He married first 28 Aug. 1735 MEHITABLE CUTTER, born 9 Oct. 1709, died at Windham, Me., before 14 May 1756, daughter of Gershom and Mehitable (Abbott). He married a second time and had five more children who survived him.
* J. G. E. Larned, Learned Families.
t See W. R. Cutter, Cutter Family, p. 86.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
Children by the first wife, the first two born at Lexington, the others at Menotomy :
i. GERSHOM,5 b. 10 May 1736; m. 27 June 1759 ANNE MAYBERRY.
ii. MEHITABEL, b. 28 July 1738.
iii. EPHRAIM, b. 20 Nov. 1740 .* Ephraim Winship served one year in the New York campaign 1775.
iv. HANNAH, b. 22 July 1742 .*
v. REBECCA, b. 11 June 1744 ;* m. 9 Nov. 1762 JOHN EDGELL of Westminster, Mass., b. at Westminster, Vt., s. of William and Elizabeth (Norman).
15. RICHARD4 WINSHIP (Ephraim,3 Edward,2 Edward1), born 25 July 1711, died 13 Dec. 1768.
He was constable in 1750 and tythingman 1758. His will dated 28 Nov. 1768, and proved 7 Jan. 1769, mentioned eight children, then living, viz., Abigail, Ephraim, Hannah, Grace, Rebecca, Richard, Prudence and Nehemiah, and Nehemiah Estabrook administered the widow's estate.
He married PRUDENCE ESTABROOK, born 28 Mar. 1725, died 1776, daughter of John3 and Prudence (Harrington).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. PRUDENCE,5 b. 12 Mar. 1749; d. 2 Oct. 1751.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. 2 Jan. 1751.
iii. EPHRAIM, b. 25 June 1753; m. 8 Apr. 1777 SUSANNA MARION of Lex- ington.
iv. PRUDENCE, b. 16 July 1756; d. 7 Oct. 1756.
v. HANNAH, b. 25 Apr. 1757; m. 16 Mar. 1779 JONATHAN MARBLE of Brookline.
vi. GRACE, b. 17 May 1759.
vii. REBECCA, b. 20 May 1760; m. 28 Sept. 1788 SIMON CHILDS.
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