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David Winchell

Male 1643 - 1723  (80 years)


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  • Name David Winchell 
    Born 22 Oct 1643  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 22 Oct 1643  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Dec 1723  Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2360  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Elizabeth Filley,   b. 4/04 Mar 1650/1, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Nov 1669  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 796-797 (references: "Winchell Genealogy," by Alex Winchell, 1869): Robert Winchell, prob. b. Wales; at Dorchester, Mass., 1634; came to Windsor early as 1637, where he had lot granted to him; had two sons b. before he came to Windsor. He d. 21 Jan 1667/8; will dated 1668, mentioned Nathaniel, Jonathan, and Mary. His wife d. 10 Jul 1655. Children (Old Church Records all execpt two eldest):
      A. Nathaniel, b. prob. bef. 1634.
      B. Jonathan, b. prob. at Dorchester bef. 1635.
      C. Phebe, bp. 29 Mar 1637; d. at Windsor 23 May 1662.
      D. Mary, bp. 5 Sep 1641; d. at Windsor after 1668.
      E. David, bp. 22 Oct 1643.
      F. Jospeh, bp. 5 Aug 1645.
      G. Martha, bp. 18 Jun 1648; d. 12 Jul 1655.
      H. Benjamin, bp. 11 Jul 1652; d. 24 Jun 1656."

      2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 796-797: David Winchell (son of Robert), m. (1) Elizabeth (dau. William) Filley, 17 Nov 1669 (O.C.R.); she was b. 4 Mar 1650; (2) Mary (dau. John) Griffin, 1 May 1672, who was b. 1646; he owned Half-Way Cov't in Windsor church, some time in yr. 1668-70 (O.C.R.); contrib. 0 to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor of other Colonies, 1676; removed to Suffield prob. after Philip's War, and became (acc. to Sheldon, 'Doc. Hist. Suff.') a prominent man there, being a selectman and land measurer for 25 years; he surveyed and allotted about 9,000 acres, including the Second Division. His son Joseph (b. Windsor) succeeded him as land measurer, and was Proprietor's (or Town) Clerk for 32 years. Most of Suffield east of the mountain was laid out and measured by father and son. David Winchell d. 29 Dec 1723, age 80; his widow d. 23 Jun 1728, age 78. Children (b. Windsor per O.C.R.):
      A. Joseph, b. 13 Sep 1670.
      B. Christian, b. 9 Mar 1672.
      C. Elizabeth, b. 9 Dec 1675; m. John Trumbull of Suffield, and their 8th child and 3d. son bp. 3 Apr 1715, was the Rev. John Trumbull, gra. Yale College 1735; settled at Westbury (now Watertown) Conn. - Dexter's 'Annals Yale College.'
      D. David, b. 19 Mar 1682 in Suffield.
      E. Mary, b. 8 Feb 1685 in Suffield.
      F. Jedediah, b. 29 Dec 1690 in Suffield.
      G. Samuel, b. 9 Jun 1693 in Suffield."

      3. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 5, p. 363, Article: "Early Records of Windsor, CT.":
      "Robard Winchell, m. had chn.: Phebe, bp. 29 Mar 1638; Mary, bp. 5 Sep 1741 [s/b 1641]; David, bp. 22 Oct 1643; Joseph, bp. 5 Apr 1646; Martha, bp. 18 Jun 1648; Benjamin, bp. 11 Jul 1652; Robard Winchell, d. 21 Jan 1667."
      David Winchell, m. Elisabeth Filly, 17 Nov 1669; chn. Joseph, b. 13 Sep 1670; Christian, b. 9 Mar 1672; Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec 1675."

      MARRIAGE:
      1. The marriage of Mary Griffin and David Winchell is disputed as noted at the following website 17 Feb 2008: http://kinnexions.com/ancestries/griffin.htm from the files of Stephen M. Lawson:
      "Both the 'Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut' (1941) and 'The Winchell Genealogy' (1869) claim that Mary Griffin, daughter of John and Anna (Bancroft) Griffin, married David WINCHELL as his second wife. Mrs. Albert H. Chase, in her article "David-2 Winchell (Robert-1) of Suffield, Conn.," TAG 24:1, pp 49-50, provides the evidence needed to remove this claim and state that "David Winchell had but one wife, Elizabeth Filley, whom he married 17 November 1669, the mother of his children."
      Since the claim of the Winchell-Griffin connection has been in print for over 125 years, the recent forest of family trees based on outdated information with little documentation will spread this error rapidly. The Griffin-Bancroft branch is here to provide descendants of David WINCHELL with information on the family tree branch that needs to be pruned, and descendants of Mary (GRIFFIN) WILSON with information on the branch to be engrafted."

      2. “The American Genealogist,” 24 [1948]:50-51, “David2 Winchell (Robert1) of Suffield, Conn.,” by Mrs. Albert H. Chase of Norwich, Conn.:
      “David Winchell had but one wife, Elizabeth Filley, whom he married 17 November 1669, the mother of his children. Several authorities have given him a second wife, Mary Griffin, the daughter of John1 Griffin, who was born 1 March 1651. Among these are the Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut (1941) and The Winchell Genealogy. Let us first examine the Register:
      Page 909, David Winchell, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728.
      Page 315, Samuel Wilson, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728.
      It is obvious that Mary Griffin could not have married both David Winchell and Samuel Wilson the same day. The Register gives a daughter, Martha Winchell, born at Suffield about 1678, daughter of David and Mary (Griffin) Winchell. Martha's birth is not recorded on the Suffield Vital Records, but she was the daughter of David and Elizabeth as will appear.
      The Winchell Genealogy, pages 63-64, makes Mary Griffin the second wife and mother of all the children except the first child, Joseph. The mistake seems to have originated in Stiles's History of Ancient Windsor, Vol. 2, page 825, where the marriage is given of David Winchell to Elizabeth Filley, November, 1669, and then the first three children: Joseph, b. 13 Sept. 1670; Christian, b. 9 Mar. 1673; and Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec. 1675. These are all the children given. Under this is noted: David Winchell m. 1 May 1672 Mary Griffin. If this last statement were correct and referred to the David Winchell who married Elizabeth Filley, then only one child, Joseph, could be Elizabeth's, and that is so stated in The Winchell Genealogy. However, the vital records of Suffield, Conn., make it all clear. Two of the children (Mary and Jedediah) are called children of David and Elizabeth; and the death record of Elizabeth, 23 June 1728, reads: Elizabeth, widow of David (Vol. 1, p. 13).
      Samuel Wilson and his wife Mary Griffin had a large family. Mary (Griffin) Wilson's death should be checked since the death date of Elizabeth (Filley) Winchell has been substituted for hers. For Wilson, see Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 4, page 588.”

      BURIAL:
      1. Mary Griffin does not appear in the following database nor any of her assumed husbands (Winchell, Hoskins, or Wilson) per the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937.