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Nicholas Winter

Also Known As: "Wynter"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lydney, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: January 1586 (20-30)
Santo Domingo, West Indies (Died fighting Spaniards )
Immediate Family:

Son of Admiral Sir William Wynter, Kt. and Lady Maria Wynter
Brother of Sir Edward Wynter, MP; Mary Baynham; Eleanor Huntley; Elizabeth Morgan; James (Jacobus) Winter and 2 others

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Nicholas Winter

Evidence need to support as the same as Nicholas Winter. Evidence needed to support him having a son Francis Winter, Sr. born 1581 at Reading. Visitations of Gloucestershire show this Nicholas died without issue in the lifetime of his father.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wynter

William Wynter married Mary Langton (died 4 November 1573, Seething Lane, London, daughter of Thomas and Mary) and had issue:

Nicholas (died fighting Spaniards). Is said to have died in 1585 [SIC: 1586] during Drake's attack on Cartagena, “although Hakluyt fails to mention him.” No known wife or children.


Biography

Wikitree profile

Nicholas Winter (abt. 1560 - 1586)

  • Born about 1560 in Lydney, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
  • Son of William Winter and Mary (Langton) Winter
  • Brother of Mary (Winter) Baynham, Edward Winter, Eleanor (Winter) Huntley, Elizabeth (Winter) Morgan, Jane Winter and William Winter
  • [spouse%28s%29 unknown]
  • Father of Francis Winter Sr.
  • Died Jan 1586 in Santo Domingo, West Indies
  • Profile last modified 5 Jan 2020 | Created 3 Feb 2014
  • This page has been accessed 662 times.

Rootsweb profile

  • •ID: I01095[1]
  • •Name: Nicholas Winter
  • •Sex: M
  • •Birth: 1558 in Lydney of Gloucester County, England
  • •Death: 1587 [sic=Jan 1586] in Santo Domingo, Columbia
  • •Note: In 1580 [sic: battles were in Jan. 1586] Sir Francis Drake plundered Vigo and crossing the Atlantic, sacked and burned Santo Domingo and Catregena de las Indies, Columbia, during which raid Sir William Winter's son Nicholas died. [2]
  • Father: William Winter (Elder) b: ca. 1528 in Brecknockshire (Brecon), Wales.
  • Mother: Mary (Langton) Winter ,b: 1536 in London, Middlesex, England
  • Marriage to Spouse Unknown
  • Children: Francis Winter Sr., b: 1581 in Reading, Berkshire, England

Sources

  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winter-1415 cites
  • ↑ Nicholas Winter profile on The Carolina Winters on RootsWeb
  • ↑ Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) article on Wikipedia
  • Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. - http://www.Ancestry.com
  • Images: 1 Wynter in Visitations of Gloucester 1682-3 (1 of 2) Wynter in Visitations of Gloucester 1682-3 (1 of 2)

References

  • His wife Mary (daughter of Thomas and Catherine [sic] Langton) died on 4.11.1573 at Seething Lane; her funeral was held at Barking Parish Church and the death certificate stated that they had 4 sons, Edward, Nicholas, James and William and 4 daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Jane.
  • Will of William Winter, 1589. http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-73-383.pdf
  • Maclean, John and W.C. Heane, eds., The Visitation of the County of Gloucester Taken in the Year 1623, Vol. XXI, (London: Harleian Society, 1885), “Wynter.” Page 273. Archive.Org Children of William Winter and Maria Langton: 1. Edwardus (miles) = Anna, filia Edw. comitis Wigorniae [Worcester] 2. Nicholaus & 3. Jacobus ob. s. p’le. 4. William. Maria ux Thomas Baynham. Elianora ux George Huntley.
  • The visitation of the county of Gloucester : begun by Thomas May, Chester, and Gregory King, Rouge Dragon, in Trinity vaction, 1682, and finished by Henry Dethick, Richmond, and the said Rouge Dragon, Pursuivant, in Trinity vacation, 1683 : by virtue of several deputacons from Sir Henry St. George image Sons: 1) Sir Edward Winter, Kt = Anne, 3 dau of Edward, Earl of Worcester. 2) Nicholas. 3) William. Daughters: 1) Elizabeth 2) Elianor 3) Jane.
  • http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=winters19... no supporting evidence for son Francis
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santo_Domingo_(1586)_
  • Nicholas Winter -Drake Expedition 1585-86 AncestryImage
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Nicholas Winter's Timeline

1560
1560
Lydney, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom)
1586
January 1586
Age 26
Santo Domingo, West Indies