Edward Winn, of Watertown

Not the son of Edward Wynne & Mary Dorothy Winn

Edward Winn migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 379)

Biography

Profile updated 26 March 2024

1. Edward Winn born say 1598 and died 5 September 1682 at Woburn, Massachusetts. His origins are unknown. Edward was a carpenter.

He married:

1. first before 1625 Johanna (-) who died at Woburn on 8 March 1649.
2. secondly at Woburn on 10 August 1649, Sarah Beal. who died at Woburn on 15 March 1679/80.
3. third, between March 1679/80 and May 6, 1680, Anna, widow of 1) William Page 2) Nicholas Wood.

Edward Winn emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his first wife and three children sometime in 1641:

According to History of Woburn, at meetings in the [two months following the December meeting of the Commissioners], "they admitted many to set down their dwellings in the proposed plantation." It is thus likely that Edward subscribed to the orders in January or February 1640/1, but it is possible that he subscribed at a later date. The fact that the December 1641 birth of son Increase was recorded in the Woburn town records[21] indicates that Edward was, in any event, almost certainly in New England prior to the winter of 1641-1642.

He had four children with his first wife:

1. Ann, born about 1626 in England. Married Moses Cleveland.
2. Elizabeth, born about 1628 in England. Married George Polly.
3. Joseph, born about 1640 in England. Married Rebekah Reade.
4. Increase, born about 5 Dec 1641 in Woburn, Massachusetts. Married Hannah Sawtell.

He left a will in Middlesex Probate (6:111-2, File #25243), which notes him as Edward Winn of Watertown. It was proved and inventory sworn to on October 3, 1682.

Brief Biography

(may have errors)

Edward Winn "evidently immigrated to Charlestown,Mass. in about 1635 with his wife and children. (Edward would have been about 35.) It is conjectured that he was a master builder or carpenter, and that Moses Cleveland was his apprentice and accompanied the family to Massachusetts. Moses married Edward's daughter Ann. Edward was one of the original planners of the town of Woburn on February 8, 1640. The first born child entered in the town's records was Increase, son of Edward Winn. He was made freeman on May 10, 1643. He was one of the leaders in town affairs for many years and a Selectman in 1669. Local records frequently mention his name as well as his many descendants, and there is a Winn street in Woburn."

Disputed origins

The origins of Edward Winn are unknown (Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640 [Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2015], 379). < AmericanAncestors >

Seen as the son of Edward Wynne (1570-1643) and his wife Mary Dorothy (Bekeley) Winn (1596-1608), Birth: March 1602 Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire, England.

See: Doubt About the English Origins of Edward Winn and Moses Cleveland of Woburn, Mass., by Martin E. Hollick, MASSOG 32 (2008):57-58.

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winn-92

Parentage

Edward's parentage has not been determined. The authors of The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families stated that they had no definite account of his ancestry, but noted that Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commmoners of Great Britain and Ireland shows that Mary Berkeley, daughter of Rowland Berkeley and Catherine Hayward, married Edward Wynne, esq., of Thornton Curtis, in Lincolnshire.[9] That caused some incautious genealogists to state that Edward's parents were Edward Wynne and Mary Berkeley and others to copy them. However, other sources says that the man who married Mary Berkeley, daughter of Rowland Berkeley, was named Edmund (not Edward) Winn and that that Edmund Winn was born in 1583 (too late to have been the father of an Edward Winn born about 1599) and only had sons named George, Rowland and Mark.[10] Moreover, no evidence has been found that suggests any connection between this profile's Edward Winn and Edmund/Edward Wynne/Winn of Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire.

Place of Birth

Many online genealogies state that Edward was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. That claim appears to be based on (1) a 1759 letter by the great, grandson of Moses Cleveland that Moses came from Ipswich and that he came to New England as an apprentice with his master[6] and (2) the statement in The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families that his master is conjectured to have been Edward Winn (whose daughter Moses later married).[7][8] However, (1) no evidence has been found that confirms the claim in the 1759 letter that Moses Cleveland came from Ipswich or, more importantly, that he had resided at Ipswich before leaving for New England, (2) no evidence has been found that confirms the claim in the 1759 letter that Moses Cleveland emigrated with his master, (3) no evidence has been found that establishes that Edward Winn was Moses Cleveland's master and (4) no evidence has been found that connects Edward Winn to Ipswich.[3]

Based on the discussion above regarding Edwin's place of residence before emigrating to New England, it is perhaps most likely the Edward was born in Worcestershire, perhaps in or near Broughton Hackett.

Supporting data

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 3
• https://books.google.com/books?id=3X-4t4qKo-IC&pg=PA1339&lpg=PA1339...
• Pg.1313
• (I) Edward Winn, the progenitor of the New England family, was born about the beginning of the seventeenth century, and came with his family from Ipswich, England, to Massachusetts about 1639-40. He was one of the first settlers of Woburn, being there in 1641, and he died in that town, September 5, 1682. He was married three times. His first wife, Joanna, came from England with him, and their son Increase, born December 5, 1641, was the first child whose birth is found in the records of Woburn. It is probable that the son Joseph and the daughters Ann and Elizabeth were older, and came from England with their parents. Joanna, wife of Edward Winn, died March 8, 1649, and on August 2 of that year he married Sarah Beal. She died March 15, 1680, and Edward Winn married Mrs. Ann or Hannah Wood, widow of Nicholas Wood, who survived him, dying in 1686. Children: 1. Joseph, see forward. 2. Ann, married, September 26, 1648, Moses Cleveland, of Woburn. 3. Elizabeth, married, May 21, 1649, George Polly, of Woburn, a carpenter by trade; she died May 2, 1695. 4. Increase, married, in Woburn, July 13, 1665, Hannah, daughter of Richard Sawtell.
• (II) Joseph, eldest son of Edward and Joanna Winn, was born in England, and came to this country with his parents about 1640. He died in Woburn, where he spent his life and reared his family, in 1641. About 1664 Joseph Winn married Rebekah, daughter of William and Mabel Reed, and sister of the first George Reed, of Woburn. Joseph and Rebekah (Reed) Winn had children: 1. Rebekah, born May 25, 1665, died April 6, 1679. 2. Sarah, November 9, 1666, married Ebenezer Johnson. 3. Joanna, 1668, married Edward
• Pg.1314
• Knight. 4. Abigail, June 18, 1670, lived but one week. 5. Joseph, May 15, 1672. 6. Josiah, whose sketch follows. 7. Timothy, 1676, died March 22, 1678. 8. and 9. Rebekah and Hannah (twins), February 14, 1679. 10. Anne, November 1, 1684, died September 13, 1686. 11. Timothy, February 27, 1687, married Elizabeth Brooks, who had a son, Deacon Timothy Brooks, who became wealthy.
• (III) .... etc. _____________________

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• Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs ..., Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter
• http://books.google.com/books?id=b6AhB-PTzMYC&pg=PA1139&lpg=PA1139&...
• Pg.1139
• (I) Edward Winn came evidently from England to America, bring his wife Joanna, and children Ann, Elizabeth and Joseph. He settled first in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and was one of the commissioners for founding the contemplated town of Woburn. He was one of the signer of the "town orders," or by-laws, for Woburn in 1640, one of the original planters of that town in 1641, and was taxed in the first tax rate of Woburn, 1645. He was also the father of the firstborn child. He was made freeman 1643, and selectman 1669. His will was made at Watertown, May 6, 1682, and he died September 5, 1682. His residence was near a place in Woburn, known as the Vineyard, at which was a watering-place (on present Park street), the house being on some spot near Middlesex, Chestnut and Kilby streets. His wife Joanna died in Woburn, March 8, 1649. He married (second), August 10, 1649, Sarah Beal, died in Worburn, March 15, 1680. He married (third) Ann or Hannah Wood, respectively the wife of William Page, of Watertown; Nicholas Wood, of Medfield; and Edward Winn of Woburn. She died before November 1, 1686. Children: 1. Ann, married September 26, 1648, Moses Cleveland (ancestor of ex-President Grover Cleveland). 2. Elizabeth, married May 21, 1649, George Polk. 3. Joseph, see forward. 4. Increase, born December 5, 1641, died December 14, 1690.
• (II) Joseph Winn, son of Edward Winn (1), probably born in England, was a soldier in King Philip's war, 1676, and an ensign in Phipps' Canada expedition to Quebec, 1690. His company was .... He died February 22, 1714-15. He married Rebecca, born at Brookline, died 1734. daughter of William and Mabel Reed, of Woburn. Children: .... etc. _______________________

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• History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: with biographical ..., Volume 1 edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd
• http://books.google.com/books?id=m74TAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA452&lpg=RA1-...
• Pg.452
• .... The first-born child recorded in Woburn was Increase Winn, born December 5, 1641, the son of Edward and Joanna Winn, the ancestors of all the Winns of Woburn. Edward was of Woburn, 1641; made freeman 1643, and taxed in Woburn, in the rate for the county, September 8, 1645. His daughter Ann, the wife of Moses Cleveland, of Woburn, is the ancestor of Grover Cleveland, ex-President of the United States. Edward Winn, the family ancestor, died in Woburn, September 5, 1682. From Edward Winn, the early settler, the Hon. Jonathan Bowers Winn, trace his descent, through Edward's son Joseph, who was born in England, and who, known as "Ensign Joseph Winn," died in Woburn on February 22, A.D. 1714-15; and Timothy Winn, son of Joseph was born in Woburn, .... etc. ____________________

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• Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a ..., Volume 2 By Lewis publishing company, Chicago
• http://books.google.com/books?id=cfoI0UIOCKQC&pg=PA819&lpg=PA819&dq...
• Pg.819
• (I) Moses (or Moyses) Cleveland (sometimes written Cleaveland), the common ancestor of the Clevelands of New England, was born at Ipswich, in Suffolk, probably in 1621, and at the time of his emigration from London (1635) was an indentured apprentice to a housewright. He was made a freeman in Woburn, Massachusetts, at the time of his majority in 1643, and he died there January 9, 1701-02. According to the Woburn records he acquired some political prominence, and was admitted to full communion with the First Church in Charlestown in 1692. On September 26, 1648, he married Ann Winn, born about 1626, either in England or Wales, daughter of Edward and Joanna Winn. His eleven children all born in Woburn, were: Moses, Hannah, Aaron, Samuel, Miriam, Joanna, who died at the age of six years; Edward, Josiah, Isaac, Joanna and Enoch.
• (II) Sergeant Samuel, third son and fourth child of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland, .... etc. ______________

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• The ancestry of Jane Maria Greenleaf: wife of William Francis Joseph ... By William Francis Joseph Boardman
• http://books.google.com/books?id=RzVPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=E...
• Pg.39
• II. MOSES CLEVELAND, the emigrant ancestor of this family, came from Ipswich, Suffolk County, England, sailing from London, according to tradition, in 1635. He was born probably at Ipswich about 1624 and died in Woburn, Mass., January 9, 1701-2. While in Woburn he married September 26, 1648, ANN WINN, born, says tradition, in Wales or England, about 1626. She died in Woburn before May 6, 1682. She was a daughter of
• Pg.40
• EDWARD WINN of Woburn and JOANNA, his wife. He was a settler there in 1641, a freeman in 1643 and died September 6, 1682. His wife died March 8, 1649. He married 2nd, August 10, 1649, Sarah Beal, who died March 15, 1680, and 3rd, Mrs. Ann Page Wood, widow of Nicholas Wood, who died in 1686. [Cleveland's Cleveland Genealogy, pp. 23 ff., 50, 51, 91; Sewall's History of Woburn, pp. 599, 649.] ________________

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