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BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: (Stillwell's "Hist & Gen. Misc.," Vol III, p7). Info from Edwin Wallace, Keene, NH. 8 children (not entered).
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason by Jane Curci [wmcurci@aol.com] on 14 May 2003.
DATA ON WILLIAM WINTER
By J. KENNETH WINTER
From "History of Center and Clinton Counties" by John Blair Linn
Published 1883 by Louis H. Evarts, Center County, page 221
William Potter, Esq., a grandson of General James Potter of the Revolutionary War, was born at Potters Mills, December 18, 1792. Mrs. Lucy Potter, widow of Hon. W. W. Potter, died in Bellefonte, May 30, 1875, aged eighty-four years, nine months and two days. Mrs. Potter a member of a large and rather remarkable family, her father having been born in 1728, married in 1747, died in 1794, children to number of nineteen being born to him, the eldest in 1790, their births extending over a period of forty-two years. William Winter, the father of the deceased, came from Berks County to Northumberland, now Lycoming County, in the year 1778, having purchased the farm lately known as the Judge Grier farm, near what is called Newberry, but within the corporate limits of Williamsport. Mr. Winter was twice married. His first wife was Ann Boone, sister of col. Daniel Boone, famous in the early annals of Kentucky. His marriage took place in the year 1747 in the then province of Virginia. By this union there were issue eleven children, four males and seven females. His eldest daughter, Hannah, married in Rockingham County, Virginia, Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather of the ex-president Lincoln. Shortly before his death, Lincoln, who was killed by the Indians, visited his father-in-law at what is now Williamsport and John Winter, his brother-in-law, returned with him to Kentucky, whither Mr. Lincoln had removed after his marriage, John being deputed to look after some lands taken up by Col. Daniel Boone and his father. They traveled on foot from the farm by a route leading from where Bellefonte now is the "Indian Path from Bald Eagle to Frankstown". John Winter visited his sister, Mrs. Potter, in 1843, and wandering to the hill upon which the academy is situated, a messenger was sent for him, his friends thinking he had lost himself, but he was only looking for the path he and Lincoln had trod sixty years before, and pointed with his finger the course from Spring Creek along Buffalo Run to where it crosses the "Long Limestone Valley" as being their route. Upon the death of Mr. Winter's first wife, in the year 1771, he again in 1774 married. His second wife was Ellen Campbell, who bore him eight children, three males and five females, of whom the latter, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest. The farther of Mrs. Potter died in 1794, and in 1795, Mrs. Ellen Winter, his widow, was licensed by the Courts of Lycoming County to "keep a house of entertainment" where Williamsport now is, where she lived and reared her children as well as several of her step-children. Here all her daughters married, Mary becoming the wife of Charles Huston, who for a number of years adjourned the bench of the Supreme Court of this state; Ellen, the wife of Thomas Burnside, who was a member of Congress, judge of the Court of Common Pleas and finally a Justice of the Supreme Court; Sarah, wife of Benjamin Harris, whose daughter, Miss Ellen harris, resides on Spring Street in Bellefonte; Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Alexander, a carpenter and builder, who erected one of the first dwellings in Williamsport, at the corner of what is now Pine and Third Streets in that city, many of whose descendants still live in Lycoming County. Mrs. Potter continued with her mother's family in Lycoming County, frequently visiting her two sisters, Mrs. Huston and Mrs. Burnside, who resided in Bellefonte, where in1815she was united in marriage by Rev. James Linn with William W. Potter, a young and rising lawyer and son of General James Potter, one of the early settlers of this county. Here with her husband until his death and then upon the marriage of her niece, Miss Lucy Alexander with Edward C. Humes, she made her home, having lived continuously in this town since her marriage. From Publications of the Genealogical Society of Penna. Vol. XIV, p. 27, abstracts of Wills of Northumberland County. June 11, 1794. Letters of Administration on the estate of James Campbell were granted to Jean Campbell and Samuel Reed. Sureties Robert Martin and John Winter.Ibid p. 27 Will of William Winter of Loyalsock Township, County of Northumberland. Will dated June 18, 1794, proved August 2, 1794. Wife of Eleanor to have use of my negro Tom. Henry Miller, husband of my daughter Hannah. Daughter Jane Campbell the house and garden she now holds. Daughter Phebe Jones and her children 200 acres adjoining the tract I gave my son William. Thomas Linkorn (Lincoln, my son-in-law. Daughter Ann, wife of George Crawford. Sons John, James, Elias, and Archibald; daughter of Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Lucy. Grandson Thomas Linkhorn (Lincoln) a bond. Land in Kentucky patented in my name. Sons William, John, and James. Executors son John Winter and William Hammond, Esq. Witnesses Samuel E Grier, William Vanderbilt and Isiah Voras.
From "Chronicles of Central Pennsylvania" by Godcharles William W. Winter, native of New Jersey, died June 29, 1794, Aged 66 years, 3 months and 2 days. Had two wives and 19 children. Buried in old cemetery near Corner of Third and Rose Streets, Williamsport. From " The Williamsport Sun", Tuesday, March 15, 1949. Miss Gertrude Allen, one of the oldest residents of Montoursville, and descendant of one of Williamsport's earliest settlers, died Monday, March 14, 1949, at the of her niece, Mrs. William Schenck, of 29 North Arch Street, Montoursville. Miss Allen was 89 years old. She was the great-great granddaughter of William Winter. William Winter was one of the first settlers in what is now Williamsport. He had taken up lands and made improvements on a plot east of Lycoming Creek and was among those driven out by the Indian troubles of the Revolution. In the Summer of 1778, following the Big Runaway, in which the West Branch Valley was vacated, and the tardy dispatch of troops to guard the valley, Winter and others returned from Berks County to his home site, for the purpose of cutting hay to feed stock he intended bringing up in the Fall. Some of the men were in the field near the river cutting hay and others were at the cabin when a party of Indians attacked, killing four of the mowers. Winter was among those at the cabin. They hid themselves in the woods until night and were not detected by the Indians. They found the bodies of their slain companions, covered them with hay and hurried back to the protection of downriver points. Next Spring, returning to the scene, they found that the bodies had been prserved beneath the hay, according to an account of Meginnes' "Otzinachson." The victims of this attack were buried, with other massacre victims, at Fourth and Cemetery Streets. Miss Allen traced the descent from this pioneer through Sarah Winter, a daughter by the second marriage of William Winter. His first wife had been Annie Boone, through whom President Lincoln traced descent.
Through various marriages, the family traces ties with two justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Charles Huston, of Lycoming County and Thomas Burnside, of Clinton and Centre Counties; with Elias Winter, early sheriff of Lycoming County; and with William W. Potter, congressman of a century ago. From "Otzinachson", a History of the West Branch of the Susquehanna. Court held at the home or barn of Eleanor Winter near the present corner of West Fourth and Rose Streets, Williamsport. Records show that on September 11, 1797, the commissioners issued an order to pay Mrs. Winter $30 rent for holding three courts. From "Gazette & Bulletin", Williamsport, Feb. 22, 1909 by Col. Thomas W. Lloyed. On file at James V. Brown Library, Williamsport. Time: March 2, 1909 "Life in Early Williamsport" - from Rose Street west to Lycoming Creek. Originally, this was a farm known as "Ormeskirk", consisting of 579 acres, deeded to one Richard Peters, a close friend of William Penn. On November 23, 1772, Peters sold it to Philip Francis, a cousin of the celebrated Englishman, Sir Philip Frances, an author. Amariah Sutton obtained the west half of the farm, adjacent to Lycoming Creek, south to the river. Sutton's home stood on the east bank of the creek, near the main road to Jersey Shore. He formed, in 1791, the first methodist Society north of Northumberland. Turbott Francis sold the east part of the farm to Hawkins Boone in 1775, and William Winter, the first settler in Williamsport, came in possession of it in 1778. His orginal log house stood near West Fourth and Rose Streets. When Captain Hawkins Boone was killed in 1779, he deeded his half to William Winter. William Winter raised a large family of fifteen children (sic) at his homestead in williamsport.
One of the interesting stories of the family came when a son, John Winter, married Miss Ellen Harris. Their honeymoon included a trip to Steuben County, New York. Enroute Young John decided it would be nice to show his wife the life in a maple sugar camp at Ralston. Workers in camp busy boiling sugar when the newlyweds arrived. John Winter made his arrival rather auspicious by dressing as an Indian, and along with several of his cronies, charged the camp by yelling like savages. One of the young men working at the camp was so shaken by the surprise attack that he fled all the way back to Williamsport, warning the city residents, "the Injuns are comin!". The local settlement was so alarmed that they started to bake extra bread and gather their cattle. Judge Hepburn got his family ready to leave Williamsport when the truth finally arrived that it had all been a prank of the newlyweds. The first courts in this area were held in the Winters home, near Fourth and Rose Streets. They were primitive but legal. Mr. Winter finally sold his home through his heirs to one John Rose, whose daughter later married the distinguished lawyer and jurist, the Hon. Robert C. Grier. This eminent Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States spent many a summer here at the Grier Farm as it was known. Many of the William Winter family made prominent marriages. A daughter married Benjamin Harris, prominent of his time. Another married the Hon. Charles Huston, later Justice of the Supreme Court of the Penna. A son, Elias Winter was Sheriff of the county for several years. Another daughter married the Hon. Thomas Burnside, also a Justice of the Supreme Court of Penna. And Lucy Winter married the Hon. William W. Potter, member of Congress. Following data to be rechecked: Probably taken from "Otzinachson", a History of the West Branch of the Susquehanna. In September, 1787, William Winters came up from Berks County with several men to cut hay in a meadow near the mouth of Lycoming Creek for the purpose of feeding cattle he proposed to bring up late in the Fall. While William Winters, who led the party, was preparing dinner in the cabin, he had built at present corner of Third and Rose Streets, stood their guns against a tree, Indians opened fire, killing three or four the first round. Winters and those with him, hearing the firing, concealed themselves until the Indians had departed, etc.
William Winters family consisted of: Sarah, daughter of Elizabeth Tharp, his first wife who was slain in the massacre, born August 22, 1774, died September 19, 1850. Ruth, born May 23,1763, died date unknown. Martha Reeder, his second wife, born February 24, 1763, Died May 16, 1817. Her children were: Mary, born February 6, 1781, died June 13, 1782. William, Jr., born August 29, 1783, died --------------. Joseph, born September 3, 1786, died July 16, 1870. Martha, born January 13, 1792, died -------------. George Washington, born July 14, 1794, died ---------. John, born June 16, 1797, died ----------. Descendants reside in and around Williamsport.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: 11 children (not listed).
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason by Jane Curci [wmcurci@aol.com] on 14 May 2003.
DATA ON WILLIAM WINTER
By J. KENNETH WINTER
From "History of Center and Clinton Counties" by John Blair Linn
Published 1883 by Louis H. Evarts, Center County, page 221
William Potter, Esq., a grandson of General James Potter of the Revolutionary War, was born at Potters Mills, December 18, 1792. Mrs. Lucy Potter, widow of Hon. W. W. Potter, died in Bellefonte, May 30, 1875, aged eighty-four years, nine months and two days. Mrs. Potter a member of a large and rather remarkable family, her father having been born in 1728, married in 1747, died in 1794, children to number of nineteen being born to him, the eldest in 1790, their births extending over a period of forty-two years. William Winter, the father of the deceased, came from Berks County to Northumberland, now Lycoming County, in the year 1778, having purchased the farm lately known as the Judge Grier farm, near what is called Newberry, but within the corporate limits of Williamsport. Mr. Winter was twice married. His first wife was Ann Boone, sister of col. Daniel Boone, famous in the early annals of Kentucky. His marriage took place in the year 1747 in the then province of Virginia. By this union there were issue eleven children, four males and seven females. His eldest daughter, Hannah, married in Rockingham County, Virginia, Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather of the ex-president Lincoln. Shortly before his death, Lincoln, who was killed by the Indians, visited his father-in-law at what is now Williamsport and John Winter, his brother-in-law, returned with him to Kentucky, whither Mr. Lincoln had removed after his marriage, John being deputed to look after some lands taken up by Col. Daniel Boone and his father. They traveled on foot from the farm by a route leading from where Bellefonte now is the "Indian Path from Bald Eagle to Frankstown". John Winter visited his sister, Mrs. Potter, in 1843, and wandering to the hill upon which the academy is situated, a messenger was sent for him, his friends thinking he had lost himself, but he was only looking for the path he and Lincoln had trod sixty years before, and pointed with his finger the course from Spring Creek along Buffalo Run to where it crosses the "Long Limestone Valley" as being their route. Upon the death of Mr. Winter's first wife, in the year 1771, he again in 1774 married. His second wife was Ellen Campbell, who bore him eight children, three males and five females, of whom the latter, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest. The farther of Mrs. Potter died in 1794, and in 1795, Mrs. Ellen Winter, his widow, was licensed by the Courts of Lycoming County to "keep a house of entertainment" where Williamsport now is, where she lived and reared her children as well as several of her step-children. Here all her daughters married, Mary becoming the wife of Charles Huston, who for a number of years adjourned the bench of the Supreme Court of this state; Ellen, the wife of Thomas Burnside, who was a member of Congress, judge of the Court of Common Pleas and finally a Justice of the Supreme Court; Sarah, wife of Benjamin Harris, whose daughter, Miss Ellen harris, resides on Spring Street in Bellefonte; Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Alexander, a carpenter and builder, who erected one of the first dwellings in Williamsport, at the corner of what is now Pine and Third Streets in that city, many of whose descendants still live in Lycoming County. Mrs. Potter continued with her mother's family in Lycoming County, frequently visiting her two sisters, Mrs. Huston and Mrs. Burnside, who resided in Bellefonte, where in1815she was united in marriage by Rev. James Linn with William W. Potter, a young and rising lawyer and son of General James Potter, one of the early settlers of this county. Here with her husband until his death and then upon the marriage of her niece, Miss Lucy Alexander with Edward C. Humes, she made her home, having lived continuously in this town since her marriage. From Publications of the Genealogical Society of Penna. Vol. XIV, p. 27, abstracts of Wills of Northumberland County. June 11, 1794. Letters of Administration on the estate of James Campbell were granted to Jean Campbell and Samuel Reed. Sureties Robert Martin and John Winter.Ibid p. 27 Will of William Winter of Loyalsock Township, County of Northumberland. Will dated June 18, 1794, proved August 2, 1794. Wife of Eleanor to have use of my negro Tom. Henry Miller, husband of my daughter Hannah. Daughter Jane Campbell the house and garden she now holds. Daughter Phebe Jones and her children 200 acres adjoining the tract I gave my son William. Thomas Linkorn (Lincoln, my son-in-law. Daughter Ann, wife of George Crawford. Sons John, James, Elias, and Archibald; daughter of Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Lucy. Grandson Thomas Linkhorn (Lincoln) a bond. Land in Kentucky patented in my name. Sons William, John, and James. Executors son John Winter and William Hammond, Esq. Witnesses Samuel E Grier, William Vanderbilt and Isiah Voras.
From "Chronicles of Central Pennsylvania" by Godcharles William W. Winter, native of New Jersey, died June 29, 1794, Aged 66 years, 3 months and 2 days. Had two wives and 19 children. Buried in old cemetery near Corner of Third and Rose Streets, Williamsport. From " The Williamsport Sun", Tuesday, March 15, 1949. Miss Gertrude Allen, one of the oldest residents of Montoursville, and descendant of one of Williamsport's earliest settlers, died Monday, March 14, 1949, at the of her niece, Mrs. William Schenck, of 29 North Arch Street, Montoursville. Miss Allen was 89 years old. She was the great-great granddaughter of William Winter. William Winter was one of the first settlers in what is now Williamsport. He had taken up lands and made improvements on a plot east of Lycoming Creek and was among those driven out by the Indian troubles of the Revolution. In the Summer of 1778, following the Big Runaway, in which the West Branch Valley was vacated, and the tardy dispatch of troops to guard the valley, Winter and others returned from Berks County to his home site, for the purpose of cutting hay to feed stock he intended bringing up in the Fall. Some of the men were in the field near the river cutting hay and others were at the cabin when a party of Indians attacked, killing four of the mowers. Winter was among those at the cabin. They hid themselves in the woods until night and were not detected by the Indians. They found the bodies of their slain companions, covered them with hay and hurried back to the protection of downriver points. Next Spring, returning to the scene, they found that the bodies had been prserved beneath the hay, according to an account of Meginnes' "Otzinachson." The victims of this attack were buried, with other massacre victims, at Fourth and Cemetery Streets. Miss Allen traced the descent from this pioneer through Sarah Winter, a daughter by the second marriage of William Winter. His first wife had been Annie Boone, through whom President Lincoln traced descent.
Through various marriages, the family traces ties with two justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Charles Huston, of Lycoming County and Thomas Burnside, of Clinton and Centre Counties; with Elias Winter, early sheriff of Lycoming County; and with William W. Potter, congressman of a century ago. From "Otzinachson", a History of the West Branch of the Susquehanna. Court held at the home or barn of Eleanor Winter near the present corner of West Fourth and Rose Streets, Williamsport. Records show that on September 11, 1797, the commissioners issued an order to pay Mrs. Winter $30 rent for holding three courts. From "Gazette & Bulletin", Williamsport, Feb. 22, 1909 by Col. Thomas W. Lloyed. On file at James V. Brown Library, Williamsport. Time: March 2, 1909 "Life in Early Williamsport" - from Rose Street west to Lycoming Creek. Originally, this was a farm known as "Ormeskirk", consisting of 579 acres, deeded to one Richard Peters, a close friend of William Penn. On November 23, 1772, Peters sold it to Philip Francis, a cousin of the celebrated Englishman, Sir Philip Frances, an author. Amariah Sutton obtained the west half of the farm, adjacent to Lycoming Creek, south to the river. Sutton's home stood on the east bank of the creek, near the main road to Jersey Shore. He formed, in 1791, the first methodist Society north of Northumberland. Turbott Francis sold the east part of the farm to Hawkins Boone in 1775, and William Winter, the first settler in Williamsport, came in possession of it in 1778. His orginal log house stood near West Fourth and Rose Streets. When Captain Hawkins Boone was killed in 1779, he deeded his half to William Winter. William Winter raised a large family of fifteen children (sic) at his homestead in williamsport.
One of the interesting stories of the family came when a son, John Winter, married Miss Ellen Harris. Their honeymoon included a trip to Steuben County, New York. Enroute Young John decided it would be nice to show his wife the life in a maple sugar camp at Ralston. Workers in camp busy boiling sugar when the newlyweds arrived. John Winter made his arrival rather auspicious by dressing as an Indian, and along with several of his cronies, charged the camp by yelling like savages. One of the young men working at the camp was so shaken by the surprise attack that he fled all the way back to Williamsport, warning the city residents, "the Injuns are comin!". The local settlement was so alarmed that they started to bake extra bread and gather their cattle. Judge Hepburn got his family ready to leave Williamsport when the truth finally arrived that it had all been a prank of the newlyweds. The first courts in this area were held in the Winters home, near Fourth and Rose Streets. They were primitive but legal. Mr. Winter finally sold his home through his heirs to one John Rose, whose daughter later married the distinguished lawyer and jurist, the Hon. Robert C. Grier. This eminent Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States spent many a summer here at the Grier Farm as it was known. Many of the William Winter family made prominent marriages. A daughter married Benjamin Harris, prominent of his time. Another married the Hon. Charles Huston, later Justice of the Supreme Court of the Penna. A son, Elias Winter was Sheriff of the county for several years. Another daughter married the Hon. Thomas Burnside, also a Justice of the Supreme Court of Penna. And Lucy Winter married the Hon. William W. Potter, member of Congress. Following data to be rechecked: Probably taken from "Otzinachson", a History of the West Branch of the Susquehanna. In September, 1787, William Winters came up from Berks County with several men to cut hay in a meadow near the mouth of Lycoming Creek for the purpose of feeding cattle he proposed to bring up late in the Fall. While William Winters, who led the party, was preparing dinner in the cabin, he had built at present corner of Third and Rose Streets, stood their guns against a tree, Indians opened fire, killing three or four the first round. Winters and those with him, hearing the firing, concealed themselves until the Indians had departed, etc.
William Winters family consisted of: Sarah, daughter of Elizabeth Tharp, his first wife who was slain in the massacre, born August 22, 1774, died September 19, 1850. Ruth, born May 23,1763, died date unknown. Martha Reeder, his second wife, born February 24, 1763, Died May 16, 1817. Her children were: Mary, born February 6, 1781, died June 13, 1782. William, Jr., born August 29, 1783, died --------------. Joseph, born September 3, 1786, died July 16, 1870. Martha, born January 13, 1792, died -------------. George Washington, born July 14, 1794, died ---------. John, born June 16, 1797, died ----------. Descendants reside in and around Williamsport.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: 8 children (not listed).