Robert Winchell's wife

Note to managers. Merge data indicates the place of birth as England vs the original profile's place of birth as Windsor CT. Mary's birthdate 1611 would probably proclude a birth in the colonies.

Disputed Origins

"Mary Phelps" as a name is claimed for the wife of Robert Winchell of Windsor CT (daughter of William Phelps and Anne Dover) with no supporting evidence. Disconnected as child of William Phelps, of Windsor, CT & Mary (Elizabeth) Phelps

Name also seen as Anna Crouch. Disconnected as child of John Crouch & Mrs. Joan Scott

Family

Genealogy of the Family of Winchell in America: Embracing the Etymology and ... By Alexander Winchell. Page 25. GoogleBooks

Family 1. Robert Winchell was probably born in the south of England-but perhaps Iu in Wales. (See Introduction.) He was at Dorchester, Mass., undoubtedly as early as 1634; and removed to Windsor, Conn., about 1635. He died 21 Jan., 1669, and his wife died 10 July 1655.

He had the following family:

• 2 Nathanael 2. b. probably before 1634 and perhaps brought with his parents from England.
• 3 Jonathan 3. b. proably at Dorchester before 1635.
• 4 PHEBE. b. Windsor, Ct. ; bap. 29 March, 1638; d. Windsor, 1662.
• 5 MARY. b. Windsor ; bap. 5 Sept., 1641; d. Windsor after 1668.
• 6 David 4. b. Windsor ; bap. 22 Oct., 1643.
• 7 JOSEPH. b. Windsor; bap. 5 Apr., 1645; d. before 1668, as he was not named in his father's will.
• 8 MARTHA. b. Windsor; bap. 18 June, 1648; d. Windsor 12 July, 1655.
• 9 BENJAMIN. b. Windsor; bap. 11 July, 1652; d. Windsor where he was buried 24 June, 1656. .

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Notes

Robert Winchell, in 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), 4:591.

Robert (Winchell), Dorchester, but how early is not kn. nor how he came, but prob. with w. and perhaps one ch. was there 1635, and carr. two s. Nathaniel and Jonathan, to Windsor a. 1638, there had Phebe, bapt. 24 Mar. 1639, d. at 23 yrs.; Mary, 5 Sept. 1641; David, 22 Oct. 1643; Joseph, 5 Apr. 1646, wh. d. bef. his f.; Martha, 18 June 1648, d. in 7 yrs; and Benjamin, 11 July 1652, d. at 4 yrs. His w. whose name is not heard, d. 10 July 1655, and he d. 21 Jan. 1668. In his will of that mo. s. Nathaniel, Jonathan, and David are nam. and Mary refer. to as hav. had her portion.

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References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-519629
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Unknown_Unknown_%285058%29
• Winchell, Alexander. Genealogy of the family of Winchell in America: embracing the etymology and history of the name and the outlines of some collateral genealogies. (Ann Arbor: Dr. Chase's Steam Print. House, 1869). 61. “Robert Winchell … died at Windsor, 21 Jan., 1668, and his wife died there 10 July, 1655.“
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 12 2017, 21:10:24 UTC
• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1898) Page 39 GoogleBooks & Page 43 Archive.Org