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1. The following is circumstantial, but very compelling nevertheless. For background, see extensive notes within the notes of the earliest Winner in my database, whom I use to act as a repository of a comprehensive search of all early Winners in both New Jersey and Bucks co., Pennsylvania. With such a comprehensive overview of these early Winners and by process of elimination, I have found a pattern which I believe establishes and follows the ancestry of the earliest Isaac Winner of Dover Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ. - who is our first ancestor in that area. This is my thinking:
Isaac's son Jonathan in the 1850 census in Brown Co., OH, indicates he was born abt. 1778 in Pennsylvania - this is even though we know he was in Dover Twp. circa 1812. Jonathan's birth with him being the first born of Isaac would logically lead us to a marriage there for about 1776.
Another link to Pennsylvania is found with Isaac's son, Isaac (bro. of Jonathan), who is reported to have married his wife Mary Catherine Powell in Philadelphia, PA, per the published biography of Isaac and Mary's son John Leopold Winner (see their notes for transcript).
We also have a personal family history memoir from Isabel (Lambert) Winner, wife of James Winner (Benjamin, Jonathan, Isaac) who states that the Winners were from Pennsylvania, probably Bucks county. (Source: 20 Jun 2004 email from descendant Gary Coon who descends from Arnold Coon, Clara Wilding, Leoni Winner, then James.)
Interestingly, we find some records in Bucks county (and New Jersey) that fits the pattern.
A. "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800," by William Nelson, Marriage Licenses from New Jersey Colonial Documents: "Winner, Isaac, Bucks, PA, and Hannah Searl, Bucks, PA, 1776 Nov. 9." (Familysearch, source film 888709, vol. W, p. 474.) Note that this date fits perfectly with Jonathan's birth discussed above while establishing a link with Bucks County and NJ. In doing an Internet search for this couple on 20 Nov 2011, absolutely no hits were found - this means that this particular couple has never been linked into a family tree or written up on the web.
B. We find only one Isaac Winner in Buck Co., PA, in the early records. Note however that all of a sudden in 1778/1779 we see both an Isaac Sr. and Jr. Isaac Jr. is married, which concurs with the 1776 marriage discussed above. It also shows Isaac Jr. being in Pennsylvania at the time of the birth of Jonathan in 1778. References to Isaacs in Middleton disappear thereafter. This would have been at the time of the American Revolution when records were poorly kept. Perhaps Isaac Sr. died thereafter, but more importantly we see our Isaac in the Dover Twp., NJ tax records beginning 1783. (See separate note in these notes for more on the Dover tax records.)
a. "Tax Records 1693-1778" (year, township, name, ₤ value, tax s-d):
-1754, Middleton, Isaac Winner, 10, 1-8, married.
-1757, Middleton, Isaack Winner, 6, 1-0, married.
-1760, Middleton, Isaac Winner, 4, 1-0.
-1762, Middleton, Isaac Winner, 4, 1-0.
-1778, Middleton, Isaac Winner Sr., 4, 2-0, married.
-1778, Middleton, Isaac Winner Jr., 4, 2-0, married.
b. 1779 Tax List: (Bucks co., PA)
-Isaac Winner, Sen., Middleton.
-Isaac Winner, Jun., Middleton.
c. H. Pagenweb Bucks Co. accessed 21 Nov 2011 "Middletown Township Property and Tax Records 1779," transcribed by Patricia Woodruff January 2001 (Name -Acres-Horses-Cattle-Servants), married men:
-Isaac Winner, Jr.-0-0-1-0 -Isaac Winner, Sen.-0-0-1-0 -Samuel Winner-0-0-1-0
d. Pagenweb Bucks Co. accessed 21 Nov 2011 "Middletown Township Property and Tax Records," transcribed by Laura VanSant 2003 (Name-Acres-Horses-Cattle-Servants) - all Isaacs disappear after 1781:
-1781: Isaac Winner, weaver, 0-1-1-0
-1782: Samuel Winner, 0 0 2 0
-1783: Sam'l Winner 2.10 [Not the assessment - probably the tax amount of 2 sh. 10 d.]
In short, I believe that we are seeing our Isaac, his wife Hannah Searle, and Isaac's father, Isaac, in the above records. Until proven otherwise, I am considering this our ancestral line.
2. The following is the only Searl/Searle entries I found at Pagenweb Bucks Co. accessed 21 Nov 2011:
A. Could this be Hannah's father? Is John the same as in Middletown in 1783? "Bensalem Township Property and Tax Records 1779": "John Searl est."
B. Could one of these be Hannah's father, or both as brother or uncles? "Middletown Township Property and Tax Records," transcribed by Laura VanSant, 2003:
a. 1783: "John Searl est. - 6.15.3." Apparently John is deceased on this return because of the mention of an estate.
b. 1784 (dwellings, horses, white inhabitants):
-James Searle, 1-1-3
-John Searles, 1-1-10
b. 1785 (Name Acres Horses Cattle Servants):
-James Searle 90-2-1-0
-John Searle 211-3-5-0
c. 1786 (tax amount):
-James Searle 13.11
-John Searle 1.16.11
C. Could Ann be a sister of Hannah? Davis, William W. H., "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania" [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III, p. 92: "John VAN HORN, born December 8, 1713, married, May 30, 1739, Lena VAN PELT, (See VAN PELT Family) and died in 1760. John and Lena (VAN PELT) VAN HORN were the parents of five children, all of whom were baptized at Southampton church, viz: Catharine, baptized August 11, 1741, married January 12, 1764, John SUBERS, see forward; Christian, baptized October 4, 1743, died young; Willimentje, baptized May 11, 1746, died in infancy; Willimentje, born March 1, 1748; and Joseph, born May 30, 1750, married, January 7, 1773, Ann SEARLE."
D. Could this be an ancestor of Hannah's? "The Bench and Bar" [No citation but probably from "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania."]: "A similar case introduces the only charge of witchcraft discovered in the records of Bucks county. This occurred in 1760 when Thomas King was presented for defaming Joan, the wife of Francis Searle. He pleaded not guilty and was tried before a jury. "Hugh Marshall attested, said that in or about the third month last he heard Thomas King say there was a witch near by: being asked who it was he said he suspected Francis Searle's wife, for she was an ugly, ill-favored woman, and he did believe her to be one. Robert Marsh attested, said that he heard Thomas King say there was a witch hard by." What defense was set up is not recorded, but it did not serve to save the prisoner, for the jury found him guilty and the court sentenced him to pay the costs and be bound to keep the peace, and to appear at the next court."
MARRIAGE:
1. "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800," by William Nelson, Marriage Licenses from New Jersey Colonial Documents: "Winner, Isaac, Bucks, PA, and Hannah Searl, Bucks, PA, 1776 Nov. 9."
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