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  • Name Elizabeth Filley 
    Born 4/04 Mar 1650/1  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 3 Aug 1651  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I2350  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father William Filley,   b. Abt 1617, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1686, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Margaret,   b. Abt 1621, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Sep 1642  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David Winchell,   b. 22 Oct 1643, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1723, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    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, p. 250:
      "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.:
      a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643.
      b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff.
      Record.)
      c. Mary *.
      d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669.
      e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.)
      f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658.
      g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec.
      h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5."

      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."
      [Kerry's note: the marriage of David Winchell with Mary Griffin is disputed. See his notes for further explanation.]

      3. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.":
      "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665."

      4. "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 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.”